AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Stan Van Gundy expects the Detroit Pistons front office to be on the same page as the coaching staff. That shouldnt be too much to ask, considering hell be part of both. "One of the big problems at least in our league right now in a lot of places is there is not a great connection necessarily between front office and coaching," Van Gundy said. "This setup -- nothing to do with power -- it allows us to really create a tremendous synergy and a very unified organization." Van Gundy was formally introduced by the Pistons on Thursday as their coach and president of basketball operations. Detroit went 29-53 last season, missing the playoffs for a fifth straight year. That was the end of Joe Dumars tenure as team president. Coach Maurice Cheeks was fired in February and replaced on an interim basis by John Loyer. Van Gundys coaching is well respected -- he went 371-208 in seven-plus seasons with Miami and Orlando -- but now hell have the added responsibility of handling personnel matters. Its rare for one person to have that much control in the NBA, but Doc Rivers does both jobs for the Los Angeles Clippers. "This is the most important decision we have made as an organization," said Tom Gores, who took over as the teams owner in 2011. "Not only did we hire a coach and president of basketball, we are resetting the culture of the franchise. Im so confident that this is going to work." The Pistons have changed coaches quite a bit in recent years, but this is by far the biggest organizational shakeup in some time. Dumars had been president for 14 years before stepping down as this season drew to a close. Van Gundy inherits a roster that has a few talented players but looked dysfunctional on the court for much of last season. Detroits Andre Drummond is one of the games top young big men -- and Van Gundy has experience coaching big men like Shaquille ONeal in Miami and Dwight Howard in Orlando. "I think we have two responsibilities to Andre Drummond that will help our team, and that is, number one, to do everything we possibly can to develop him as a player," Van Gundy said. "And then secondly, we have a responsibility to put a system and personnel around him that allow him to thrive." Greg Monroe is a restricted free agent, and both Rodney Stuckey and Charlie Villanueva are unrestricted. "I want to start the process by sitting down with Greg face to face, talking about how he sees himself, how he sees our organization, and giving me a chance to talk to him about my vision for what goes on and how I think we can create a system that will fully maximize his abilities," Van Gundy said. Monroe, Drummond and Josh Smith can all be effective around the basket, but last seasons Pistons did not shoot well from the perimeter. And Detroit will lose this years first-round draft pick if its not in the top eight -- part of a previous trade with Charlotte. But with a five-year deal worth $35 million, it looks like Van Gundy will have time to turn this team around. "Part of what we hired here is the emotions," Gores said. "Thats what I want. He cares. Hes got a passion. The reason hes so prepared is he stays up at night thinking about things." The Pistons are desperate to become relevant again in the Motor City, where theyve been an afterthought lately. Hiring Van Gundy has certainly created a buzz, but now he and Gores are both under pressure to restore the franchises lustre. "Theres no excuses now," Van Gundy said. "What happens a lot of times in this thing is -- and I know because I talk to coaches all the time. Coaches say, Im doing a great job but this guy is not getting me good enough players. And the front office is telling ownership, We put together a great roster and the coach is screwing it up. "Theres none of that anymore. Its on us to get it done." Adidas Nmd Dk . The Yankees made the moves before Tuesdays game against Baltimore. Robertson was listed retroactive to Monday. Robertson posted two saves in three games as the replacement for retired Yankees closer Mariano Rivera before getting hurt. Yeezy Powerphase Danmark . Jeff Carter had two goals and an assist as the Kings stretched their streak to seven wins in a row with a 4-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday. http://www.dknmdskotilbud.com/. "Ive got a lot of work to do on this team and the sooner that I can get back to my office and start that work, itll be better," he said straight-faced as the rest of the room erupted in laughter. Yeezy Powerphase Fake . The Brazilian-born strikers brace drew him level with Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo as the leagues leading scorers with 17 goals apiece through 16 rounds. "The important thing is to help the team win, not the goals," Diego Costa said. After a first half dominated by defence, Atletico pressed Valencia into its area and Diego Costa did the rest. Adidas Nmd Danmark . - Diego Fagundez scored his team-leading 13th goal of the season in the 76th minute to lift the Revolution to a 3-2 victory over the Columbus Crew on Saturday night that kept New Englands playoff hopes alive.The Winnipeg Jets look for their second win in as many nights, as following a 7-2 decision at home over Dallas, they are in St. Louis to face the Blues. The (31-29-9) Jets have 71 points and trail the Stars by four points for a Western Conference Wild Card playoff spot. ?Dallas has two games in hand on Winnipeg.? The Jets also trail Phoenix by four points and are one back of Vancouver. Due to arriving in St. Louis at 2am ct, the Jets did not have a pregame skate this morning.? Backup goaltender Michael Hutchinson and defenseman Paul Postma were the only players that went to the rink this morning. Al Montoya will start in goal.? He made 25 saves last night improving his record to 11-5-3. Dustin Byfuglien has scored three goals in his last two games. St. Louis is coming off a 4-1 win in Nashville Saturday that extended their undefeated streak in regulation to eight games (7-0-1). The (46-14-7) Blues have 99 points to leead the Western Conference standings.dddddddddddd A win tonight would make them the first team this season to pass the 100 point mark.? They are 7-2-1 in their last 10 games. Ryan Miller will start in goal.? He is 6-0-1 since the trade from Buffalo with a 1.70 goals against average and .932 save percentage. Head Coach Ken Hitchcock said this morning T.J. Oshie will make the decision himself tonight if he will play.? Oshie and his fiancée are expecting their first child as early as today. Blues Projected Lines: Schwartz-Steen-Backes Morrow-Roy-Ott Berglund-Sobotka-Jaskin Porter-Lapierre-Reaves Bouwmeester-Pietrangelo Jackman-Shattenkirk Cole-Polak This is the fifth and final meeting of the regular season between these teams.? Alexander Steen has scored four goals in leading St. Louis to a 3-0-1 record.? Andrew Ladd and Blake Wheeler each have one goal and three assists against the Blues. ' ' '