Monty did EVERYTHING he could to make sure he got fired. He wouldn't challenge calls, call timeouts, he played Killian Hayes heavy minutes, he gave Ivey DNP despite him playing well. Monty played a HUGE role in the pistons record, a coach that isnt actively trying to get fired wins at least 10-12 more games
@@damonjohnson7044 Monty is the reason they were bad if you paid any attention. Detroit on paper had a ton of talent when the season started. This isn’t for casuals.
@@tigera6we didn’t expect him to make the Pistons a contender, heck we didn’t even expect them to be a playoff team. But we wanted SOME improvement from last year (and it didn’t even HAVE to be record, at least progression from the core). Monty Williams actively failed Detroit in both aspects
Right!!?? Cleveland has a playoff ready roster…better than L.A.’s roster but notice how he never mentions them when a good candidate becomes available(no I’m not from Cleveland) and all that clown Stephen A. can think about is the beach and house parties in L.A. Dude makes me sick
not really he still has to pay taxes every year and his cost of living is alot so that money burns pretty fast when you not on contract anymore cause his incentives now go away.
@@hooligan5381 you sound so stupid! 😂 Y'all kill me! talking that taxes 💩 He is set. Point blank period. You act like this is the last contract he's going to get.... Even if it's an assistant job
Lost his last 2 playoff elimination games by 30 points each at home and was the higher seed by a lot in one series. Choked a 2-0 lead in The Finals by losing 4 straight. Then becomes the highest paid coach. Smh
Hope they hire him and he sucks. Guy didn't put any care of his job in Detroit. It's such a shame. We were all excited too. It's one thing to be bad but another when you just don't care about losing...
How about ownership should be in jail for taking peoples money to watch their garbage…😂 ive thrown out trash before, and it doesn’t stink as much as the detroit pistons.
SAS didn't watch a single Pistons game last year. Monty Williams was an absolutely horrible coach. The guy started Killian Hayes, who is now out of the league.
So Stephen A just excusing Monty of any responsibility or accountability for that horrible season he coached last year ?? Starting Killian Hayes over Jaden Ivey ?? Nothing ?? He’s a good man who was just stuck in poor Detroit with all of his millions 🎻🎻🎻
You know the owner is the one who gave him that money right? The GM at the time Troy weaver have another coach in mind but the owner vetoed his decision and decided to throw a bag at Monty, like it was gonna make him want to coach this team. He was here t coach, he was here for the money. And I don’t blame him, can’t see anyone turning down that much paper.
@@MangoTroubles-007if you get fired and still under contract they still get paid from that franchise unless they wanna buy you out to get you off the books
@@soda8736 yup. he said short answer is the gm, players and the money. then laughed about how its disrespectful to say the money isn't part of the reason lol
I'm sorry but Monty is not a good coach. He's a more reserved version of Doc Rivers. These aren't X and O coaches, they're more "inspirational". Coaches like Doc, Monty should not be getting these coaching gigs anymore. We need to give guys like Sam Cassell, JJ Reddick, Dave Joerger, Mark Jackson etc..
No really. Of course everyone is gonna think that idiot. But I'd rather see them hire jj let LeBron finally have some accountability for the first time in his career instead of blaming everyone else
Good coach but lost 14 thibs beat embiid with Josh hart as his spearhead that's a good coach, give thibs this team pretty sure they win at least 35 games
When the front office has a behind closed doors meeting with Monty halfway through the season questioning his rotations and why he's got Jaden Ivey in the doghouse, you knew they were gonna drop him.
Why would Monty want the LA job? Odds are at best the Detroit contract includes offset language so he'd be coaching for no additional money while dealing with the pressure of LA when he didn't even want to coach last year before Detroit offered him so much money he could no longer refuse.
Monty's lineups were incomprehensible, his substitutions were incomprehensible and his minutes distributions were incomprehensible - other than that - Monty was just freaking great.
So does Monty still get paid the rest of his contract? How does this work when a franchise fires a coach after only one season when they signed a multi-year contract? Can anyone explain this?
@@tkbreen1381 A waived player still gets paid as well? That's interesting. I was especially interested in this in regards to team budgets. It seems like a really bad decision to fire a coach that you still have to pay 10-15 million/year to for several years when he's not even there coaching AND you have to hire a new coach that you have to pay as well. Seems like a situation where you have to pay double the price for a head coach because you fired the last one.
By firing coach Williams after only one season, the Pistons have made it way harder now to attract another decent coach knowing they may be given a very short leash with a very bad team.
Lakers should definitely hire Monty Williams and have JJ as his assistant that way if for some reason it doesn’t work out they can move forward with JJ. Monty Williams is the best option right now.
I don’t understand giving a head coach one year with the worst team. Your never gonna make a difference in that short amount of time in this league. No faith whatsoever.
Exactly that was a very dumb decision by the Pistons. Yeah his rotations and lineups were pretty awful, but towards the end of the season, he was starting to get a better grasp of the talent and Monty was improving when it came to lineups and rotations. With his contract, Monty should have at least be given two more years.
Monty knew what he was doing. He purposely signed that massive contract and did everything to get fired after 1 year knowing his full contract is guaranteed
The thing about coaches and NBA contracts are guaranteed. So bro is a rich man he will be fine. Even with a garbage team if they play hard they can win 30 games. But dude got paid.
The Pistons did him a solid. He wasn't gonna succeed there and the front office is a joke. At least he got paid. Sad cause I miss the Pistons being a competitive team.
it just didn't work out we didn't grow or had any discipline you can blame injuries etc but the fact is our young guys didn't develop and we never found chemistry that's on coaching. I was excited when we got Monty but I was disappointed we need a shakeup.
Monty was doomed to fail going to the Pistons. They didn't give him the support he needed, and him taking practically a team of ncaa players to play at nba level is daunting. Detroit also barely made moves in the trade deadline. They needed vets to help the young guys. Monty would have been better off with the Lakers. He'll be OK
He gets paid from Phoenix and Now the Pistons. Monty is getting paid not to coach. Strong business model. La will hire him and Chris Paul. Lakers still cant get passed Mavs, Denver or Wolves.
Monty did EVERYTHING he could to make sure he got fired. He wouldn't challenge calls, call timeouts, he played Killian Hayes heavy minutes, he gave Ivey DNP despite him playing well. Monty played a HUGE role in the pistons record, a coach that isnt actively trying to get fired wins at least 10-12 more games
Most overrated coach
100% right def wouldn’t call timeouts in 1 possession games
Monty always been that way it worked in other places until it didn’t
If he did all that then what lol franchise is a joke
He didn't even want to go to Detroit. He only went because of the huge pay day
Steven A don’t know nothing 🤡
You cannot deny Detroit is a bad team no matter what coach you got you are not losing that many games
@@damonjohnson7044 Monty is the reason they were bad if you paid any attention. Detroit on paper had a ton of talent when the season started. This isn’t for casuals.
Detroit is a hell hole for coaching career. Its a joke if you think any coach would turn it around next year.
It’s just bc he’s bl4ck
@@tigera6we didn’t expect him to make the Pistons a contender, heck we didn’t even expect them to be a playoff team. But we wanted SOME improvement from last year (and it didn’t even HAVE to be record, at least progression from the core). Monty Williams actively failed Detroit in both aspects
Losing 28 straight games is a special accomplishment.
not if your trying to lose
For Stephen A, anywhere but L.A. is purgatory.
He's such a simp for them, it's embarrassing.
Right!!?? Cleveland has a playoff ready roster…better than L.A.’s roster but notice how he never mentions them when a good candidate becomes available(no I’m not from Cleveland) and all that clown Stephen A. can think about is the beach and house parties in L.A. Dude makes me sick
No his coaching was bad, He didn't want to develop his rookies
Lol, probably would’ve won even less games.
No more extra Ls to his coaching resume & still gets paid, sounds like a W for Monty
no would be a W for you cause you lazy that man rather have a job and be working fool
Facts
Acting like he didn’t contribute to those Ls is wild lmao
@@sebastianmarquez4200sure, but a team of professional basketball players should be able to win more than 14 games regardless of who the coach is.
$65+ mill?!?! Monty got paid!!
not really he still has to pay taxes every year and his cost of living is alot so that money burns pretty fast when you not on contract anymore cause his incentives now go away.
He gonna take the Vegas trip and retire with that bonus LOA 😂
@@hooligan5381this ain’t his first redo fool
@@hooligan5381 you sound so stupid! 😂 Y'all kill me! talking that taxes 💩 He is set. Point blank period. You act like this is the last contract he's going to get.... Even if it's an assistant job
he got paid for being fired. what a world
He wasnt in purgatory he went there on his own
It was 1 season. Stephen A said he was there for awhile.
Facts ! What he’s saying doesn’t make any sense.
Way to miss the point.
Stephen A thought he never should of gone there?
Detroit Piston is purgatory that statement doesn’t change just because he willingly went there.
Earned $78.5M just to coach a team for one year! 😳
No NBA player has even earned that much in one year of a contract.
Kerr and Pop have surpassed this tho
Its spread out over 5 years tho. He's not getting it all at once.
@BaithNa he only had to work one year though. Never has to work another day in his life but will likely go in the booth of he sticks around
@@BaithNa but he can sit at home and still get paid.
@@BaithNahes still getting it
Thank you for my Pistons, that man was never in it right from the start here, good luck to ya Monty and thanks Trajan! 👍🏽 Go Pistons baby!
Cringy asf 😬
@@MangoTroubles-007 The man didn’t turn us down twice at first for nothing, his mind wasn’t in it I saw it right from the start. 🤷🏽♂️
Lost his last 2 playoff elimination games by 30 points each at home and was the higher seed by a lot in one series. Choked a 2-0 lead in The Finals by losing 4 straight. Then becomes the highest paid coach. Smh
Facts bad hire. He’s a nice Guy and well respected but he isn’t a good coach
@@JamesSmith-gz1zn Exactly
DIDNT CHOKE AYTON COST THEM BY PLAYING WEAK JUST LIKE HOW KAT PLAYED WEAK FOR WOLVES
LA you just got a gift from God
Hope they hire him and he sucks. Guy didn't put any care of his job in Detroit. It's such a shame. We were all excited too. It's one thing to be bad but another when you just don't care about losing...
@@pronobb8104cry😂
If Monty is smart he sits out and collect his money.
😂😂😂😂
Lakers still not doing anything
Monty Williams to be in jail for stealing money from the Detroit Pistons 😐
They fired him😂
How they let him go he didn’t quit
How about ownership should be in jail for taking peoples money to watch their garbage…😂 ive thrown out trash before, and it doesn’t stink as much as the detroit pistons.
It’s not his fault. This team is absolute trash
@@antoinejones1723 How do you know he's not just a trash coach? How could you possibly tell the difference?
Now go get Mark Jackson to turn this young squad around
And then fire him right before they get good lol
Why is it so hard to admit that dude was a bad coach? My goodness
SAS didn't watch a single Pistons game last year. Monty Williams was an absolutely horrible coach. The guy started Killian Hayes, who is now out of the league.
So Stephen A just excusing Monty of any responsibility or accountability for that horrible season he coached last year ?? Starting Killian Hayes over Jaden Ivey ?? Nothing ?? He’s a good man who was just stuck in poor Detroit with all of his millions 🎻🎻🎻
Facts!!!
That would imply that Stephen A has watched at 3 seconds of a Pistons game
@@sullyproductions5757 very good point..lol.. we Already know he's biased
Monty owes Pistons ex-gm wagner for blessing him a 60 million golden parachute
You know the owner is the one who gave him that money right? The GM at the time Troy weaver have another coach in mind but the owner vetoed his decision and decided to throw a bag at Monty, like it was gonna make him want to coach this team. He was here t coach, he was here for the money. And I don’t blame him, can’t see anyone turning down that much paper.
Pulled a Ben Simmons... Well done
The vast Majority of Coaches are wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy overrated.
He got the bag finessed that poverty of a franchise 😂
💍💍💍🏆🏆🏆
What franchise u represent if it's not the Lakers or the Celtics yo team poverty also....
Do they still have to pay him?
@@MangoTroubles-007yeah they still have to pay him.
@@MangoTroubles-007if you get fired and still under contract they still get paid from that franchise unless they wanna buy you out to get you off the books
JADEN IVEY IS FREE
MY BOY CAN FINALLY SPREAD HIS WINGS
Who knew purgatory paid so well 😂
Bulls still won't fire Donovan, crazy.
Bulls management is content on being mid. Just good enough.Blame Reinsdorf
@Whydoweneedhandles427 I know but that GM they got is also horrible. His buddy's with Donovan.
Because Reinsdorf has a chokehold on everything. He only wants money, not success.
eh i dont know. J-Kidd might've had them rocking. Maybe Monty isnt really that good without top 5 talent?
guy says at the press conference that he took the job for the money. why people surprised he didn't look like he was into the job lmao
Really?
@@soda8736 yup. he said short answer is the gm, players and the money. then laughed about how its disrespectful to say the money isn't part of the reason lol
@@dreasdwolfox3435 lol These Christians
I'm sorry but Monty is not a good coach. He's a more reserved version of Doc Rivers. These aren't X and O coaches, they're more "inspirational". Coaches like Doc, Monty should not be getting these coaching gigs anymore. We need to give guys like Sam Cassell, JJ Reddick, Dave Joerger, Mark Jackson etc..
The Lakers should sign Monty.
No really. Of course everyone is gonna think that idiot. But I'd rather see them hire jj let LeBron finally have some accountability for the first time in his career instead of blaming everyone else
@@bigvsouthphilly2156are you serious
@@bigvsouthphilly2156he’s never blamed anyone 😂 what are you talking about don’t be a hater bro.
@@phillipsosa3353 I keep forgetting the espn comment section is full of idiots like u lol
I only want us to sign a great coach when LeBron leaves. Until he leaves it'll be pure chaos
Monty is a good coach but I don’t think he truly wanted to be here, we should try and bring in Sam Cassel
Bro pistons suck they need to fire the whole front office
@@DarrelWashingtonJr9002 they did
Hire darvin ham, lol
@@user-em6lz4bz9f no everything get rid of the players as well
Good coach but lost 14 thibs beat embiid with Josh hart as his spearhead that's a good coach, give thibs this team pretty sure they win at least 35 games
Monty got fired and won the lottery on his day off! 🤣🤣
Is it breaking news ESPN if it was reported by your network an hour ago?
are you retarded ?
Who cares. Are you really looking for something to complain about? Go touch grass 😂😂
Is Stephen A crazy? Lakers? Monty literally tanked the team. You want a coach that literally robbed the owner?
outside of Detroit or people who actually pay attention to the NBA don’t realize the team’s goal was to win around 30 games this year and not tank.
Hey Rob Pelinka, interview this guy!!
He will, to be a assistant to j.j. redick.
Funny joke 😂
Noone worried about LA
He just didn't care
I wonder the media going talk about the Detroit coach job every day 🤔
Im a Pistons fan. THE FACT THAT THEY DONT PUT ANY BLAME ON HIM IS CRIMINAL. Mannnnnnnnn this is sad.
So the highest paid NBA coach isn’t a coach anymore. That’s funny.
God how funny would it be if the Lakers hire Monty just so he can decide to bench Austin Reaves the entire year for no reason
Monty Williams is not a good coach. God bless the genius that gave him 65 mil.
Monty with the massive W. I'd gladly get fired for 65M.
Can you imagine firing someone for 65 million dollars? 😮😮😮
65 mz to step away from losers😂😂 Cleveland is the perfect spot
When the front office has a behind closed doors meeting with Monty halfway through the season questioning his rotations and why he's got Jaden Ivey in the doghouse, you knew they were gonna drop him.
Why would Monty want the LA job? Odds are at best the Detroit contract includes offset language so he'd be coaching for no additional money while dealing with the pressure of LA when he didn't even want to coach last year before Detroit offered him so much money he could no longer refuse.
he got the bag finessed and that poverty of a franchise
but is there any reason why First Take wasn't on TV today?
Lmao. Monty is laughing straight to the bank 😂.
Stephen quit lying. When Detroit signed him you said they would be 7-8 seed😂.
NOW WE ARE ON THE CLOCK. LETS HOPE THINGS TURN AROUND SOON.
I'm convinced SAS has never seen a basketball game.
Molly just be shouting out nonsense to feel included 🥴🤦🏾♂️
Monty took the job to get paid. He knew this was coming lol
Lakers Front Office Organization = 🗑
But KD and book got him fired from phoenix 🙄
Why would you hire a coach, not give him a real chance to turn things around, only to fire him with still having to pay him.
Detroit needs krispyFlakes in that front office
Espn needs to talk about hockey
Monty's lineups were incomprehensible, his substitutions were incomprehensible and his minutes distributions were incomprehensible - other than that - Monty was just freaking great.
At least Detroit has the lions right now.
No, you don't seem to understand how 1 hit wonders work egg brain
Molly talks too much. Sheesh!
So when they fire coaches do they not get paid their money? Is there no penalty of firing them?
I’m still wondering, wth sas still on tv?
I'm still wondering that about molly
Bro is going to be on the greatest Vacation ever
So does Monty still get paid the rest of his contract? How does this work when a franchise fires a coach after only one season when they signed a multi-year contract? Can anyone explain this?
Yea lmao, he’s gonna get 65 million 😂😂😂 if they fire you they still have to pay
@@tkbreen1381 So they are still legally contracted to pay the full contract? Even if they fire him?
Yes@@ChrisHunterSavesTheDay
@@ChrisHunterSavesTheDay yea because they signed the contract to pay them regardless, same thing if you waive a player
@@tkbreen1381 A waived player still gets paid as well? That's interesting. I was especially interested in this in regards to team budgets. It seems like a really bad decision to fire a coach that you still have to pay 10-15 million/year to for several years when he's not even there coaching AND you have to hire a new coach that you have to pay as well. Seems like a situation where you have to pay double the price for a head coach because you fired the last one.
You know it's bad when Chris mad dog Russo is agreeing with you when saying that someone got a lowball deal as a head coach in a terrible situation.
By firing coach Williams after only one season, the Pistons have made it way harder now to attract another decent coach knowing they may be given a very short leash with a very bad team.
Last year ESPN was praising this as a great hire by the Pistons. American media 😂
That football vs basketball comment he made at the end was ridiculous
lol "God-fearing man" as a compliment is craaazy
I knew it was coming because Trajan Langdon doesn't want anything to do with dell demps hirers
Mad dog really said it's easier to turn a football team around than a basketball team?
Yes, Molly... We do deserve better 😩😂 I'm confused... That was too much to throw away for one season!!! At least 1 more year!
Monty is light years away from JJ. Better chase Monty and get JJ as the media reporter for the Lakers that would one hell of a show.
Monti Williams to the Los Angeles Lakers. 🤔
Bad hire
The Detroit Pistons on Wednesday fired coach Monty Williams after one season, absorbing the remaining $65 million on his contract.
Monty doesn’t deserve another job anytime soon especially in LA. Stop making excuses for him Stephen.
Contract is insane.
The Detroit Pistons haven’t been right for YEARS y’all crazy if yall think Monty was the problem😂
If im Monty Williams im taking the next year off. Like nothing basketball for the year
Pistons shouldn't have fired him. It's his job to put the talent together.
You can say what you want. Monty got 65mil coming to him no matter what and he doesn’t have to spend another moment in Detroit
Lakers should definitely hire Monty Williams and have JJ as his assistant that way if for some reason it doesn’t work out they can move forward with JJ. Monty Williams is the best option right now.
Hire him so lakers can be a 9th seed
@@JHPG5they’re going to get better pieces, maybe they won’t be as riddled with injuries
Best option?😂Monty? Best!? 😂do u know how many CLOSE games they lost due to his coaching if anything they can take him as a assistant behind handy
BREAKING NEWS: THE LAKERS HAVE SIGNED MONTY WILLIAMS AS HEAD COACH
“You know how much I love Jeanie buss “…. Why ????
What about when you have players not knowing how to take the ball out of bounds without getting a violation! Or how to play team defense! 🤷🏽♂️🤦🏾♂️😀
New pistons head coach should be Dennis Rodman.
Easier to win in the NFL than in the NBA?
I vehemently disagree with that take Mad Dog.
Perfect job ngl.
Some head coaching jobs are just a setup to fail
pistons got talent Cade, Jaden Ivey, Jalen Duren we got pieces we just need veterans and proper coaching
I don’t understand giving a head coach one year with the worst team. Your never gonna make a difference in that short amount of time in this league. No faith whatsoever.
Exactly that was a very dumb decision by the Pistons. Yeah his rotations and lineups were pretty awful, but towards the end of the season, he was starting to get a better grasp of the talent and Monty was improving when it came to lineups and rotations. With his contract, Monty should have at least be given two more years.
Monty knew what he was doing. He purposely signed that massive contract and did everything to get fired after 1 year knowing his full contract is guaranteed
The thing about coaches and NBA contracts are guaranteed. So bro is a rich man he will be fine. Even with a garbage team if they play hard they can win 30 games. But dude got paid.
Stan Van Gundy had four years, was that not enough???
I was thinking the same thing.
I loved Monty here in Phoenix...
The Pistons did him a solid. He wasn't gonna succeed there and the front office is a joke. At least he got paid. Sad cause I miss the Pistons being a competitive team.
O'l Monty just ain't been the same since he lost the Finals to the Bucks!😂
Monty Williams the same coach who team was down 50 in a playoff game we Lakers fan are all set on kuz.
it just didn't work out we didn't grow or had any discipline you can blame injuries etc but the fact is our young guys didn't develop and we never found chemistry that's on coaching. I was excited when we got Monty but I was disappointed we need a shakeup.
Monty was doomed to fail going to the Pistons. They didn't give him the support he needed, and him taking practically a team of ncaa players to play at nba level is daunting. Detroit also barely made moves in the trade deadline. They needed vets to help the young guys. Monty would have been better off with the Lakers. He'll be OK
He gets paid from Phoenix and Now the Pistons. Monty is getting paid not to coach. Strong business model. La will hire him and Chris Paul. Lakers still cant get passed Mavs, Denver or Wolves.
I Hope JJ decides never go back on First Take I don’t think he gets the respect he deserves