Detroit Pistons coach: The argument against Mike Budenholzer
The Detroit Pistons are one of the younger teams in the NBA and want a coach that is going to be with them for the long haul.
Constantly switching out coaches is not the way to build sustainable success, so the Pistons will be looking for someone who can carry on Dwane Casey’s legacy of stability.
At 53-years-old, Budenholzer is far from ancient, but is this the job he really wants? Would a coach who won a title really be satisfied directing a rebuild whose best players are all under 22-years-old?
This would seem like a placeholder job for Budenholzer, whose name would probably come up every time there was a coaching vacancy in a big market that had a championship-caliber team. Would he just bounce when a better gig came along?
Fans will talk endlessly about his inability to “make adjustments” in the playoffs (more on that in a minute) but the Detroit Pistons haven’t won a playoff game since 2008, so getting to the playoffs is the goal at this point.
Anyway, that’s all I’ve got on the negative. Budenholzer is a little older than some of the candidates and may not see the Detroit Pistons as a dream job.