Rod Beard offers his thoughts on the Pistons hiring Dwane Casey as their new head coach. Rod Beard, The Detroit News
Dwane Casey took over a team mired in mediocrity and lacking direction. Seven years later, he led the Toronto Raptors to the best record in the Eastern Conference.
The Pistons are betting Casey still has that transformative touch, and they worked hard to woo him. And Casey is betting the Pistons actually, eventually, will put together a viable front-office structure. As plans go, this one is rooted in desperation and mutual faith.