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I worked for the Pistons for 5 years (although not during the Carlisle era). The coach may have treated people poorly, but I doubt his firing had ANYTHING to do with low level employees on the Palace side of the business. During my time, the basketball coaching staff has very little interaction with "low level" Palace employees who are more involved in arena management and ticket sales. Also, Mr. D rarely interacted with anyone below executive VP status other than a casual greeting.

Leyland has, with his time in Colorado an exception, always been beloved by his players for the most part. I know someone will cite some nonsense Kenny Rogers, an occasional jackass in his own right, not thinking much of Leyland. Whatever. My point is, Leyland's teams very rarely have had internal clubhouse issues, at least ones that went public.That goes a long way with people in baseball. If you're looking for a clue as to when he's going to be fired, that's the sign I would look for, if the players grumble to the press about him, either by name or by the dreaded "unnamed sources". I still don't see it happening. I do see his contract not getting picked up, and the Tigers conducting a search for a big name in the offseason, with Phil Nevin also a candidate.