What the heck was Joe Dumars thinking when he fired Rick Carlisle, who had won 100 games and two division championships over the last two seasons, so he could hire Larry Brown?

	"Hey, Rick. You know that sandwich in the fridge with your name on it? Yeah, I ate that."

A. "We just feel the opportunity to have Larry Brown around for 10 to 15 minutes was worth letting Rick go."

B. "Yeah, but what had he done for me lately?"

C. "Larry is going to look so funny in one of those souvenir Ben Wallace afro wigs."

D. "We knew Larry has had contentious relationships with his point guard. But that won't be a problem here, since we don't have a point guard."

E. "We need somebody who can relate to 'Darko.' And Larry Brown has an unappreciated knowledge of Yugoslavian culture, language and folk music. He's coached everywhere else, right? We figured he coached over there for a while, too."

F. "Look, I know Larry's never wanted to stay anywhere else before. But he's never lived in Detroit during the winter."