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Wow. RIP Flip Saunders :( (1 Viewer)

Seriously......#### cancer! I lost a friend back in July and 1 last Wed to this ####! Not to mention the battle for myself! :censored:

 
Flip was awesome. Even as an NBA Exec he would call in to KFAN and give great insights and be real. He still acted like just a guy.

This all came on so fast. So young. Great University of Minnesota Golden Gopher too. True Minnesotan. He'll be missed.

 
johnnyrock62000 said:
Flip was awesome. Even as an NBA Exec he would call in to KFAN and give great insights and be real. He still acted like just a guy.

This all came on so fast. So young. Great University of Minnesota Golden Gopher too. True Minnesotan. He'll be missed.
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Yep. "Phil from Plymouth" would call in to Chad Hartman's show irregularly and unannounced.Saunders was a contingency with McHale getting hired. He wouldn't take the job without also knowing Flip would be the head coach and have a voice in personnel decisions. Flip was crushing it in the CBA as a game coach and developing players into NBA talents.

 
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He wasn't a great coach but he seemed like a great human being. So sad. So young too. :(

Found more info in the NBA thread, which I didn't see until now:

"mcintyre1, on 01 Oct 2015 - 9:34 PM, said:

According to a local writer, Flip Saunders will not return this season as coach, might never return as either GM or coach after he took a turn for the worse after cancer treatments"

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There’s no question things have changed dramatically since the team announced his diagnosis in August, back when it quoted his doctors saying the cancer was very treatable and curable. Since then there have been changes to the way his body handled the chemotherapy (and maybe how much cancer they’ve found) that have made it life threatening. Everyone involved has gone radio silent because of the family’s request for privacy and federal patient-privacy laws, etc., but between the complete silence, the lack of people visiting as far as I can tell apart from his immediate family and very inner circle while he remains hospitalized here in Minneapolis and the things I’m hearing second-hand, well, none of it is good. I’ll just say this, and this is just my own opinion, if he pulls through this: I doubt very much he’s back this year, it’s probably unlikely he coaches again just because of the stress inherent doing both those jobs and I think there’s a pretty good chance he doesn’t return full time to either job. As far as the franchise goes, that will put them in a holding pattern for some time. I can’t see Glen Taylor allowing Milt Newton and Sam to make a major decision until they know more about Flip’s future and Glen decides who will run his team for the long term. I wouldn’t assume it’ll be Milt and Sam going forward, that’s just for the short term until things become clearer.
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CurlyNight said:
Reactions on his passing...

http://nba.nbcsports.com/2015/10/25/grief-filled-reactions-on-social-media-at-passing-of-flip-saunders/
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Saw the garnett one last night on the local news :(
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Absolutely heartbreaking photo. My heart cries for everyone who knew him. I don't pay attention to the NBA during the summer once the playoffs are over so I had no idea he was battling cancer when it was announced. HL is pretty treatable. I'm friends with Vivian Campbell of Def Leppard on fb. He openly posts about his battle with HL. He was diagnosed in 2013 and is fighting the good fight. Even was able to tour with DL most of this past tour. He's doing chemo and the stem cell implant treatment. Seems to be working well for him and his attitude is bar none, which is really I think 1/2 the battle in my own experience,, and not just mentally.

 
My friend is a HS BB coach and I went to a clinic with him that Flip put on when he was in Detroit. There were only about 10 HS coaches there and a few stragglers like me. Flip was such a great communicator with the coaches and his passion for coaching. Afterwards he stayed for over an hour just talking basketball and shooting the bull like one of the guys and how much would love to coach HS kids again...but that it not pay as well as the NBA.

Flip was 64-18 as Piston coach in 2005..dam that seems so long ago. Also it is funny when you read peoples bios after they pass. Flip was the Ohio HS BB player of the year when he was a senior averaging 32 PPG.

RIP

 
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