Is This the End For Saunders?

Rasheed Wallace didn't have a lot to say afterward. Three times he walked to his locker and then walked away, only once uttering anything of substance.
"This is the end, man."
The end of what, 'Sheed?
Only time will tell.
Pistons insiders told ESPN.com it appears to be a 50-50 proposition whether Flip Saunders will return next season to coach the fourth and final year on his contract, having come up short in the conference finals for the third consecutive year after inheriting a team that was coming off consecutive trips to the NBA Finals.
Saunders now holds the record for most conference finals games coached (24) without ever making it to the Finals, and all eyes will be on team president Joe Dumars in the days ahead to see whether he and/or owner Bill Davidson feel it's time for a new voice to lead the team. If Saunders is fired, expect current Pistons assistants Terry Porter (who also is a candidate for the vacancy in Phoenix) and Michael Curry to head the list of potential successors.
Asked about his job security afterward, Saunders politely declined to say anything of substance.
"That's not a good question to answer right now. Just thinking about the loss. That's something Joe and I will sit down to evaluate."
Dumars entered last offseason lamenting the fact that his team had gone down to defeat for a second straight season -- once against the Cavs, the other time against the Heat -- to an opponent that was simply hungrier for success than the Pistons. Too often, the Pistons' nonchalance and cavalier attitude had worked against them, and in the deciding final 12 minutes of the 2007-08 season, again they fell victim to an opponent that imposed its will.
All of the Pistons' starters except for Tayshaun Prince are at least 30 years old, and there's a strong possibility Dumars will break up the core of Prince, Chauncey Billups, Richard Hamilton, Wallace and Antonio McDyess in an effort to rebuild around Jason Maxiell, Rodney Stuckey, Amir Johnson and Aaron Affalo.
"He probably will, because there's no excuse on why we didn't go back to the Finals this year, and I'm pretty sure he sees that," McDyess said. "He's not blind and the fans are not blind, and I can't assume what he's going to do, but it will probably be pressed on him."
So stay tuned in the days ahead to the goings on in Motown. The Pistons may be done, but Dumars may just be getting started.