Doug Collins denies Philly has called
May 14, 2009 by James Edwards
Filed under NBA Basketball, Philadelphia 76ers
NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball.
There are all kinds of coaches in the NBA, tough coaches, smart coaches, driven coaches, easy coaches, and so on. It seems like a certain kind of coach would be the best coach to win for every team, but that is not the case. Often a coach needs certain kinds of players or a level of players. A great coach may go to another team and not be able to coach at all.
What happened? Did he lose his coaching mojo? Nah! Certain coaches are just better for certain situations.
Sometimes you just need the players. Look at George Karl getting Chauncey Billups in Denver. Can Karl suddenly coach? Nah! He just needed a point guard to represent his coaching. Simple.
Collins showed on the Pistons that he can take a team that is building, without tons of talent, and mold them into winners. It is a type of style that can last only so long. He was sort of the early prep coach for the eventual champion Pistons.
Doug Collins contemplates life with the 76ers. Why not the Lakers or Cavs?
Collins would be perfect for Philly right now. Give them 1 or 2 years of Collins and they would learn to put out full effort at all times. Problem is, Doug says they have not even contacted him.
Collins was refuting an Associated Press report that quoted him as saying he had spoken with the 76ers about their coaching job that became available earlier in the week.
“They know, I’ve talked to them like two or three times, they know what I’ve said,” Collins was quoted as saying. “Whatever they want to do, they know where I am if they want to call.”
That, Collins said, didn’t happen. Collins told the Daily News that he had “absolutely not talked to the Sixers,” and said the story was “out of line.”
Earlier in the day, John Langel, Collins’ longtime agent, said that he had no knowledge of contact from either side. Last night, Langel said, “It’s unlikely that would have occurred without my knowledge.”
Get with it Philly. You need Collins.
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I am looking to the future when the Sixers can be contenders again. They’ll need to do something.