Stan Van Gundy fired

And it's about time. Long overdue, actually.

The face of the Detroit Pistons for four miserable years could be summed up in two words -- colossal failure.

It leaves one to wonder about owner Tom Gores sanity. What could he possibly have been thinking when he put the recent hierarchy of the Pistons in place?

Van Gundy was the President of the franchise. Underneath him were two -- count em -- TWO general managers, whose responsibilities, if any, were never clear, other than collecting hefty salaries. And underneath them was the head coach, who was -- you guessed it -- Stan Van Gundy.

So who reported to who? Nobody knew. It was like Abbott and Costello's classic "Who's On First?" comedy routine.

And BTW, the Pistons were terrible for those four years, and don't look like they'll be getting any better any year soon. They gave a max contract to the likes of Andre Drummond? The same sort of dough guys like Kevin Durant and Lebron James make?

The same guy that has no jump shot, is totally ineffective more than 6 feet away from the basket, and shoots free-throws like Stevie Wonder? They crippled themselves in the salary cap world for THAT guy?

Of course, this was the same Tom Gores that grossly overpaid for the team, had a world class venue totally paid for (The Palace in Auburn Hills) by his predecessor (the late William Davidson), located in an easy to get to crime-free location, with major highways right around the corner for convenient transit....

And moved them back to the sorry depths of blight ridden Detroit, into an arena built for a hockey team -- where he has to pay rent? Do you see something wrong with this picture?

But back to Van Gundy, the squat little man that roared, but couldn't seem to figure out how to shave on a regular basis.

It would be pretty tough for Stan to complain about finally being kicked to the curb.

After all, as Prez, he oversaw such things as the draft and free-agent signings. He basically put the roster together.

As head coach, he got to dictate the various strategies used on the court by the players.

Top to bottom, old Stan had his hands all over the franchise.

So when they kept crashing and burning, guess who should be held accountable?

See ya bud. You were way over your head to start with.

And if there was a way to fire the owner, that clueless Gores, Pistons fans would be a whole lot better off. Pick somebody else -- ANYBODY else -- and give him or her a shot at running this once proud franchise.

Because under the likes of Gores and Van Gundy, it's been the proverbial train wreck.