Richard Hamilton on the Frustrating Flip Saunders

Hello? Is that you on the line John W. Davis?

What’s Going on World?

John W. Davis here.  Rip is back in the news.  I wonder is that beard gone yet. Anyway, Rip says he is happy now but last year he became frustrated with former head coach Flip Saunders.  (Did You?)

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CHECK OUT THIS EXCERPT FROM THE DETROIT NEWS:

Pistons’ Hamilton is a happy camper

AUBURN HILLS — For most of last season, Richard Hamilton was not his usual self. He was moody off the court — at least with the media — and at times couldn’t contain his frustration on it, which was evidenced by his career-high 15 technical fouls.

There was speculation he was distracted by the birth of his son, which happened right before the season-opener. That, he says, wasn’t it.

“I had a son, which was one of the greatest times of my life,” Hamilton said Wednesday. “That was not a disappointment. Nothing off the court was a disappointment.”

“I was disappointed at the way Flip (Saunders) did things, that was the frustrating thing about it,” he said.

Hamilton wouldn’t get into specifics, but his major point of contention with Saunders was that he didn’t hold all players accountable for their actions.

“Players like to be challenged and they want discipline, even when they fight at times,” coach Michael Curry said. “Rip was frustrated because he didn’t feel that everybody was being held accountable. Our goal as a coaching staff this year is to do a better job holding everybody accountable every day.”

Hamilton has been a happy camper thus far and is eager to turn the page on last season.

“I don’t want to talk about (Saunders), either,” he said. “It’s a new season and I am glad MC is the coach. You can’t look to the past. I am glad to move on and focus on the season ahead of us.”

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If Rip is happy then I am happy too.  Rip is not a player to make excuse so early in the season I think having his child was an issue.  As the season progressed I believe Flip became an issue.  Richard Hamilton should be the focal point of the outside game and that surely was not the case last season.

All the players keep saying Flip let them slide.  They keep saying that no one was accountable and that Michael Curry will be the coach to do it.

The more they say it, the more I believe them.

Peace,

John W. Davis

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