Pistons fire Van Gundy: 'We just didn't win enough'

Rod Beard of The Detroit News discusses the Pistons and Stan Van Gundy parting ways. Rod Beard, The Detroit News

(Photo: Clarence Tabb Jr. / Detroit News)In many relationships, things just run their course and it’s not always a clean breakup. When Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores and Stan Van Gundy — who wore both hats as team president and head coach — had their end-of-season talk, they agreed to disagree.

In the end, the two sides wanted different things. There wasn’t enough common ground to move forward. Now, the two sides are moving in different directions.

After weeks of mulling their future, including meetings between Gores and Van Gundy, the two sides parted ways on Monday, with the…