Steve Kerr's on the pipe

First off, I've had a lot of writing related projects on my plate, which has prevented me from doing daily updates. I fully intend to pick up steam, though, so fear not my few, dear readers.

It's actually really easy to want to post something (or is that punch something?) when you read mid-season award columns from morons like Steve Kerr. Any guesses as to what has me so upset about the following accolade?
"Coach of the Year: Flip Saunders – This was the perfect storm: A deep, talented team motivated by barely missing out on a championship last season (and the untimely exit of their hard-driving coach) meets up with a more laidback leader with a love for offensive basketball. Saunders has been the perfect man to guide the Pistons, and he has Detroit running away from the rest of the league. Saunders edges out Phoenix's Mike D'Antoni, who won the award last year but is doing an even better job this season. His offensive innovation is making stars out of a roster full of Suns. "

My previous post illustrates all you need to know about Avery Johnson. The Pistons are now only 1.5 games up on the Mavs and slipping, with 3 losses in their last 10 games. Not exactly "running away," last I checked. The Pistons are tweaking their identity; the Mavs have completely remade theirs, yet Dallas remains at the top of the Western Conference heap. Speaking of conferences, which team has to play a tougher schedule night in and night out? Which coach has had more injury troubles to deal with? And which team was generally picked to finish in the bottom half of their conference's playoff teams at the start of the season?

That's what I thought.

As we've noted in this space, Flip is doing a very good job, but not picking Avery for this "award" is a crime. Putting D'Antoni as the runner-up ahead of AJ qualifies Kerr for a capital read-end-kicking.

Bad boy, Steve. Bad boy.