After axing Eddie Jordan, the Sixers have reportedly reached a deal with former Sixer and current TNT analyst Doug Collins to become the team’s next head coach.
It’s Official: Doug Collins Is The New Coach Of The 76ers
The 76ers have made it official. Their new coach will be former TNT analyst Doug Collins.
The team sent out a press release announcing the decision earlier Friday, with general manager Ed Stefanski quoted.
Read Article >Report: Doug Collins To Sign Four-Year Contract To Become 76ers’ Coach
It’s looking more and more like Doug Collins will be the new 76ers’ coach for quite some time. ESPN’s Chris Sheridan is reporting that Collins is expected to sign a four-year contract.
The 76ers are expected to officially announce the hire Friday. Once they do, they will become Collins’ fourth team. It seemed like Collins was done with coaching after Collins’ difficult two years with the Wizards, but it didn’t take long for him to get back into it. Stephen A. Smith, for one, finds this confusing, and I agree. It does seem odd that Collins suddenly wants to get back into coaching.
Read Article >Report: Doug Collins Agrees To Become Next Sixers Head Coach
An AP source close to the situation is reporting that Doug Collins has agreed to become the next head coach of the 76ers. Terms of the deal were not immediately known, and the announcement is expected to be made on Friday, with Collins officially introduced Monday.
Our Sixers blog, Liberty Ballers, says the hiring is hardly a surprise.
Read Article >Report: Sixers Negotiating With Doug Collins To Fill Coaching Vacancy
Fresh off landing the second pick in the upcoming NBA Draft, the Sixers appear to be zeroing in on their next head coach: current TNT analyst Doug Collins. According to the Philadelphia Daily News, the Sixers have begun negotiations with Collins, although a deal isn’t expected to be announced Wednesday night.
Collins has compiled a 332-287 career record in three coaching stops that’s included stints in Chicago, Detroit and Washington. If he does indeed return to coaching, it would mark the second time he’s left the broadcast booth, having previously left his job at TNT to coach the Wizards (who featured a certain Michael Jordan) back in 2001. And it would also be a homecoming for Collins, who was drafted first overall by the Sixers in 1973, and played eight seasons for the team before injuries derailed his career.
Read Article >Sixers GM: Hiring Eddie Jordan Was Not The Right Decision
It’s hard not to sound like you’re throwing a coach under the bus when you fire them after just one season on the job. Still, Sixers GM Ed Stefanski found a way to throw Eddie Jordan under the bus on his way out in today’s press conference.
It’s one thing to say you wanted to go in a different direction. It’s another to also say you messed up and hired the wrong coach. Sure, both are true, but you don’t have to spell out that you messed up, because clearly you did if you’re firing a coach one year after you hired him.
Read Article >Eddie Jordan Officially Fired By Sixers; Announcement Expected At 11 A.M. Press Conference
One season with Eddie Jordan as the Sixers head coach was apparently more than enough for the team to decide he wasn’t the man to lead the team. Winning just 27 games and missing the playoffs for the first time in three years probably had something to do with that conclusion.
The team has scheduled an 11 a.m. press conference, during which they are expected to officially announce the firing of Jordan.
Read Article >According To AP, Sixers Coach Eddie Jordan Will Be Fired Thursday
A day after the Sixers lost their season finale and finished with a record of 27-55, they will fire head coach Eddie Jordan, according to the AP.
If Jordan is fired, the Sixers will begin the search for their fourth coach in three years.
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