The first shots have been fired. In his column today, The Detroit News’ Terry Foster wrote some very harsh words about John Kuester:
"Pistons coach John Kuester said he wanted to take a long look at the game film of the Pistons’ stunning 120-116 loss to the Raptors to figure out how they blew a 25-point second-half lead after scoring a season-high 72 points in the first half.Kuester is wasting his time.The problems Saturday cannot be found on game film. They are between the ears and are etched inside of a coach who cannot pull the right gears."
Read the whole column. The rest of it isn’t much kinder, but Foster came just short of dropping the f-word – fired.
I don’t recall another mainstream writer taking such a harsh stance on Kuester. I suspect Foster won’t be the last to do so, and this column won’t be strongest to be written.