The Pistons' Rite Of Summer Arrives Again, Right On Schedule

Ah, summer in The D.School's out, the kids are free.A whiff of lighter fluid burning off the charcoal as another grilling session is about to begin, somewhere.Fireworks being held in all the burgs.Joe Dumars fires a coach.It's a rite of summer around here. Pistons president Dumars gets an itchy finger and cans a coach.Add Michael Curry's head to the wall, right next to Flip Saunders' mug, which is next to Larry Brown's, which is next to Rick Carlisle's, which is next to George Irvine's.When will Dumars' noggin join them?I run the risk of being the ole broken record here, so I'll just mention it once more.Maybe Joe should coach the Pistons himself.There -- I promise not to bring it up again. But me is thinking it.Hiring and firing coaches is a cause and effect sort of thing.Irvine was canned, back in the infancy of Dumars' tenure as team president, because he didn't have the fire in his belly. George admitted as much. He was the accidental...