BREAKING: MONTY WILLIAMS IS FIRED AS DETROIT PISTONS HEAD COACH!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- BREAKING NEWS: The Detroit Pistons ownership has decided to fire Monty Williams and start a completely new slate with Trajan Langdon.
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Who do YOU want to see Detroit hire to replace Monty Williams? Comment below!
Laimbeer
@@lovedenaro6729about 10-15 years too late for that
I wish they could entice Jay Wright out of his announcing gig, but he hasn’t been away long enough to want it yet.
jj redick
Borrego or quinn
I honestly believe Monty was trying to get fired since day 1. Dude got paid.
The national consensus is that he's a great coach. But he ticked off Ayton in Phoenix and messed around with Ivey. It's one thing to have better options but he ticked off top draft picks.
He was honest about it. He said he didn’t want to coach and he didn’t coach. I just didn’t expect active sabotage. What he did doesn’t happen by accident. It may have actually taken more effort than if he had coached (or is he just that bad?).
OMG totally!
Terrible smh
Yep
I would like to see Sam Cassell at least get a call or interview. He's paid his dues, and he would be bringing championship experience .
Agree all the way
Been saying this before they got Monty
Finesse completed. This whole thing was a scam. Now he can chill with his family and do nothing n get paid a bag for 5 years smh. Tough pill to swallow for gores but I hope he realizes when somebody says they don’t wanna coach that he will believe him
If Gores turns this franchise around it could increase in value by $1-2 BILLION dollars. $60M is peanuts. Make it happen Tom!
I came here to thank you. So many people on tv and the internet commenting on the Pistons WHO DON'T WATCH THE PISTONS. He was a huge part of the problem! He's was a good coach elsewhere but not here! Better to rip the band aid off now than throw away another season.
Monty was worse than Michael Curry!
Worse than Matt Patricia and Rich Rod
Complete disaster
As emotional as Ku can be. You have to give him props, he said Pistons don't need to bring him back. I thought it would be mid-season, but hey Ku was right Tom said.....✌🏾
Or JEIII was.
It would be hilarious if the new coach ran back the same lineup and started winning just using them differently.
Well get ready to laugh...
Although in fairness to Monty he had the post trade deadline team for like 10 games before everyone started getting shut down.
There is a good chance this happens ..
If we use the cap to get draft picks I won't be laughing in a good way.
Should of been fired mid season
The bad hand argument won't ever resonate with me: He knew what he was getting into - had this happened 2-3 seasons in, yeah,but I cannot think of a single positive from him being the coach this season. He turned into part of a bad hand ownership dealt their young players
He didn't know multiple people would go out there and shoot below 20% from 3. The team is dog shit we can't shoot and not willing to defend which is why Killian Hayes was getting minutes over ivey but hey ya just wanna blame coaches and not hold players accountable. If Killian is taking Ivey spot and Killian not even in league anymore then Ivey needs to look at himself in the mirror
@@deangelo9999 The fact Killian Hayes and Livers are not even NBA players since leaving Detroit speaks volumes as to why they should not have been starters,let alone rotation players. It's the coaches job to identify,and play either players who give the team the best chance to win,or players whose continued development can help the team moving forward. Stunting the growth of Ivey and others to play those bums is inexcusable and 100% the coaches fault
@@brianking7757facts
I honestly thought Monty was trying to be fired & I still believe that.
I saw nothing that proved otherwise & he got what he wanted.
The first 3 months I completely agree
I think by around mid-season he was actually invested if only because the losing streak got his competitive juices flowing. Certainly you started seeing better rotations, lineups and schemes as the year progressed
Also the fact he didn't just take a buyout -- maybe that's playing hardball -- but if you really didn't want to coach and you're this stand up a dude everyone says, you would have taken it
@@michaelahurtI think he started caring only because he didn’t get fired quickly and it started to hurt his brand if he ever wanted to coach again. And he still had crappy rotations even when it looked like he might care.
Good for Gores to correct his costly mistake. After the Ayton drama in Phoenix, I initially surmised that it was a talented player and really good coach not seeing eyey to eye and the both would be alright but for Williams to come in and almost immediately disconnect with Ivey,and eventually Thompson,made me literally seethe. And this was after the embarrassing manner his final two seasons in Phoenix ended
Ku this is the most energy I’ve heard you have doing an episode in a long time lol. Today is a good day 😏
See the title literally made me come back to this video 😂😂
Thank God. There was a report that they were thinking about keeping him and I completely lost all faith. I don't think he should ever coach nba basketball again. May have cemented himself as the worst single season coach of all time in NBA history. His decision making and general coaching ability are beyond subpar and are absolutely abhorrent. He is a garbage coach.
This man is being paid nearly $90M to NOT coach in the NBA right now. It wasn't ALL his fault - but he's not blameless either. It is what it is.
God...national media coverage of this is such a joke..
I literally just saw Ramona Shelburne say firing Monty was " an indictment of the pistons organization".....
Good thing we got you Ku
They're not wrong. The insanity of the past 25 months is hard to comprehend.
I mean I get that but none of these people watched pistons games and witnessed how egregiously bad his coaching was
Monty honestly didn’t want to coach he wanted to sit at home take care of home but he was forced by offering the biggest contract
Cassell or Quinn are my choices.
Quinn is not a good candidate
@@ki2726why
@@ki2726why?
Called it! He just wanted the bag, he never intended on trying w this team, he didn't even wanna be here or anywhere for that matter!
Its more about what JE3 didn't say that was telling. Yes he was dropping the bread crumbs/clues as to what was going on behind the scenes. The discourse in this front office has always been a concern. Will be interesting to see how much power & influence Langdon has over the operation or will he just have the power in title only🤔
It's not off to a good start...
Goff was spot on with Detroit media smh
Absolutely wonderful news!
This the best Juneteenth since the first one 😅
Monty never was passionate about Detroit or it's basketball program. Complete circus show all season and he managed to put us in the record books smfh...
SPEAKING TRUTH KU!!!!
The three candidates for head coach are no doubt high on list. Question I have is how come you never hear Nate McMillian as a coaching candidate for open jobs? I was a big fan of his and then he is off the radar totally!!!
Zero creativity and he's had 4 different jobs. He's fine but he's the same as Dwayne Casey
We need someone progressive who can figure out a way to maximize this collection of players on both ends. And that's not what Nate does. He's a very inside-the-box thinker
Sam Cassell
I've always liked him, even in his playing days. Has defensive chops.
The only thing that stopped him being fired earlier, was the $65mil, but once Weaver was gone, it was over for him this year or next
Another great job, Ku, are trusted source every day 💯Detroit !🏀
I was a huge fan of hiring Monty. I think he’s a solid coach and a great man. HOWEVER, it became clear almost from day 1 that he was a bad fit. His entire demeanor and body language told me he didn’t really want to be there or had too many off court distractions. The national media is roasting the pistons for firing him but if he doesn’t want to be there and it was a bad fit from the start, why run it back? I literally saw NOTHING positive from him all year long.
There’s no way firing Monty fixes everything, but it does fix one thing: COACH! We need to hire a bright energetic coach who can connect with our players and bring the best out of them. Monty never came CLOSE to doing that. I absolutely agree our roster is terrible. But to me it’s not even so much how many games we lost this year- it was the way we lost. We were uncompetitive far more than we should have been. A large part of that was the coach.
WE have a YOUNG roster, NOT a terrible roster - oxy
@@davidmcpherson1347 when I compare it to rosters around the league, it is terrible IMO. There are a few young guys I like but the rest is subpar or just bad.
Monty told them he didn't want to coach, his wife is sick...but money trumps all. Good on Tom G for taking the bath, hopefully we can get Baraga or a young eager leader/teacher that wants to be here. Let's go Ku!!
Im so happy theyve finally come to a decision on this!
Gores should have fired both guys the day after the season. Then this confusion doesn't even happen.
It was a bizarre process. I'm surprised Monty made it past All Star break.
should have been fired before the losing streak happened...
Really we should sue Monty Williams for this RT 💯💯💯
Yuuup😂
Chris Quinn!!! I feel like we need the winning consistency that he had while in Miami and he is a player's coach! I love the idea of him with Cade, Jaden, Ausar, and Jalen! But your top 3 are my top 3 just in a different order: Quinn, Sweeney, Borrego!
1st Listen...what's up Ku. Great show my G. All we can do is see who's the next guy and we can judge a lil bit from there. Monty only took the job for the money, his head was never in it. This was no doubt the right decision. Peace out Ku.
I do agree with the firing - but let's keep in mind that the goal is not to fire Monty Williams - the goal is to improve the head coaching! No guarantee the new coach will be an improvement (though the bar is pretty low).
Gotta give Gores credit for eating all that cash. However it is primarily his fault the Pistons are in their current state.
Meanwhile, HUGE red flag Trajan was undecided to the point Gores had to make the decision for him
As a Pistons fan this is ROCK BOTTOM!
Our franchise has never been so bad all around.
It was reported that he’d probably stay another year. Happy the reports were wrong
Being indifferent about your head coach would be a bad sign. Not caring about one of your most important positions.
Back in the day it was 90 days and out the door if you didn't perform and you left with no coins in your pocket.😮 Now, how much is left on his contract🤔 Trust me people Monty will be FINE😏
It's hard to remember all the way back at the beginning of the season, it was so painful. But Monty's team BOUGHT IN at the beginning of the season. How many times were the players mentioning the .5 offense? How many times was Stew putting his hand to his chest motioning he was going to keep the emotion beneath him? The young guys were hungry and were eating up what Monty was feeding them. Monty gave them nothing to eat after the season started, and they died of winning starvation on the court. Good for Monty for taking his money and living whatever life he wants, but good riddance for taking down our young guys and fracturing the organization.
Yup Ku you been sayin it for months hate to admit but u was right bout Weaver and Monty
Hallelujah!!! The worst thing is that he will get those millions for doing so damn bad job...
Hope y’all look at Borreaga or whatever his name is. I liked him as a coach even in Charlotte.
I've heard of playing only playing for money, but I've never heard of coaching only for the money. Glad he's out
I'd like to see BJ Bickerstaff guided a young Cavs team well and is defensive oriented.
I told y'all we needed to fire Monty immediately he never cared about the team at all.
When you don’t call timeouts to stop runs/Momentum is grounds for firing.
I booed Monty at every game lol expert the first home game lol
Mark Jackson would be a great hire!!! Jackson or Earl Watson
Fred Vincent is gonna be the headcoaxh
Monty Williams has No Integrity.
Much Respect for Gores and Langdon for being on the same page.
Monty told everyone he didn't want the job. Gores threw so much money his way that he couldn't keep saying no.
Ku just flew over the KuKu’s nest 😂After hearing that monty got kicked to the curb. 😂😂
Go get Sam Cassell
It seems the guy Monty was the most dishonest to was himself.
So that the new president can’t say in a few years I didn’t hire this coach as an excuse
Let’s get Sam Cassell in here a winner as a player and ast coach
Damn I didnt think it would happen so fast 😂
He got away with robbery. Bro was so trash.
When I heard Monty wanted to take some time off and the Paula threw a bunch of money at him to sign I knew he was one year and done especially when he wasn’t playing Ivey
Sam cassell would be a great fit.
As if any coach has sole control over rotations… obviously, the rotations were as a result of discussions between the coaches and front office….
actually clown Gores has to fly down and Tell Monty to use Ivey. Usually management stays out of coaching unless you get Monty.
Bruh Troy wanted to cut Killian in October. That was 100% Monty's decision.
Of course the coach has full control over rotations. The FO only interfered after the losing streak
I heard Pistons have talked with J.J. Reddick.
Tom Gores the Goat. Has really changed his own narrative the last year. Fully support Tom Gores as an owner atp. F the haters
He’s had a good offseason so far, but he was the one who made the mess to clean up. It’ll take more than a good month to overwrite his past.
Time for a Bad Boy to coach.
I bet Cade told ownership and Management he was not feeling Monty Williams. So they pulled the plug.
Yeah, I witnessed games where Monty was looking at Cade to help him out with his clipboard.
Then why wait so long?
This smells like a disjointed front office.
This team is gonna be a dumpster fire for another decade ........
Whoa. This is huge.
Didn't like him as a player he was soft ass hell .....
Thank god
Damn 65 million, Happy Juneteenth bro 😆....
What if this a play to move Venson in as HC in the future?
😂😂😂😂😂😂. What? 😂😂😂😂
Do your research on venson….even though he’s a shooting coach but that’s the type of coaching we need on the floor. I’m just looking at Langdons moves. Venson has a proven track record of player improvement.
"Ku did not like Mr. Williams Wild Ride"
No coach is fixing the mess that is the Pistons roster
Prepare to be surprised
Bill laimbeer or Mark Jackson -
Ku get in front of that camera and speak with pure emotion.
Malik Monk gone. ANd a cheap deal. 20 mill a year.
What about Sam Cassell???????
Overall another loose for the pistons. Just glade that was not against the Cap the pistons have. All Goores loose as it should be.
Mark Jackson go get him dam
He's trash.
😂😂😂😂. He’s trash
Monty hit a lick
Sam Cassell rajon rondo Andre Iggy
I would pick Rajon outta the 3
@@Megahustla313rd imo can't go wrong
Not shock.
Monty sucked from the first month. Fans said that. You blamed everyone but Monty all season.
Who gave Monty a pass?
This is a complete joke smh, the pistons are a dumpster fire to say the least. Why wait this long do it soon as you hired Trajon the draft is next week makes no sense. Cade been here going on year 4 now on his third coach, that’s why no one wants to be here. Turning off this is a complete embarrassment
Quit crying we all should be jumping for joy.
Many times during season, I was convinced Weaver was instructing Monty to lose, to lock in a top 3 lottery pick.....just like San Antonio blatently did last season and OKC did for 3 years in a row...it's normal for teams to do this in NBA.
The other reason why I was convinced of Weaver tanking was purposely not bringing ANY veteran help whatsoever, except when forced to due to making a few trades and getting them in package. He had ZERO legitimate intention of bringing in any help. Which other teams did that? OKC refused to play any veterans- forcing them to sit half of season without playing (e.g. Horford); Spurs purposely used Sochan as point guard even though he has no skills in that area. All for tanking.
Monty is not a horrible coach but he had a situation of purposely having to lose, of course under the guise of "evaluating players; evaluating lineups", as well as fake injuries.
When Weaver left for whatever reason, Monty was on thin ice since his partner in tank was gone.
Portland and Utah should be investigated by the NBA for what they did after All-star break, basically forfeiting the season. BUT their Gms are sticking with the plan, unlike detroit.
What a great day
5.5 mill per win lol..hope Gores learns a lesson lol stay ought of basketball operations just sign the check because players,fans n nba executives dont care about your basketball opinions...no he didnt go over Langdon but he definitely went over weavers head
I disagree that Monty was dealt a bad hand because if he felt that his hand was that bad he should of never accepted the job in the first place
Monty turned down the job...
Lets go!
My guess is that this took so long because Gores was working with Monty's agent to negotiate a buyout below the $65 million owed to Monty. And it looks like Monty and Co said no way. Will have to pay me it all if you fire me. And so, at long last, Gores decided to just be done with it and instructed TL to break the news. Welcome to Detroit, Trajan.
Sam Cassell
Monty's gone.
Good.
James Borrego has a record of 138-163 with the Hornets in his coaching career ; hiring James Borrego to replace Monty Williams is like hiring Monty Williams to replace Jame Borrego ; “🤣”.
Yeah, I would rather Pistons hire Chris Quinn
@@Megahustla313rd, I would rather J.B. Bickerstaff or Darvin Ham.
Monty had a great W/L record.
Not that I want Borrego but he does have some potential.
JJ Reddick
🤣🤣🤣 all the way to the bank.
JJ Riddick to the rescue!
Sam cassell?
Give John kuester a call. Couldn't be much worse
Bill laimbeer or Mark Jackson
@@davidmcpherson1347 Kenny Atkinson might be a good choice