If Sixers’ General Manager was interested in pursuing Doug Collins as the team’s next coach, the former 76er-turned-coach-turned-analyst would take the call, according to his agent.
According to the Philadelphia Daily News, Collins’ agent John Langel told them that there had absolutely been no contact between the Sixers and his client, that while Collins has always left the door open to coaching again he would not pursue a job with a team that already has a coach in place, but if the Sixers removed Tony DiLeo as head coach, he would be interested.
“Certainly last year, he had an interest [in coaching],” Langel said. “He said if the right situation ever arose, he would be intrigued, but it would have to be the right situation, the right group of players. But he does not seek positions, particularly when someone is already in that position with a team; he has a good relationship with Tony DiLeo and has great respect for him and the job he has done.
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After a wild opening month in which it looked like the Phillies’ would never get out of the gate, they have finally made it back to where they were at the end of last season, first place in the National League East.
The Fightins moved ahead of the Florida Marlins, who lost to the Cincinnati Reds 7-0, with a 10-7 victory over the NL Central leading St. Louis Cardinals.
Last season, the Phillies won the World Series largely because of their pitching, both starting and relief. This season, however, they are winning in spite of it.
The Phillies’ starting rotation is the worst in baseball, with a combined earned run average of 6.54. Brett Myers, Tuesday night’s winning pitcher, has allowed more homeruns than anyone in baseball (10). The Phillies’ starting rotation has allowed more homeruns (46), more than the Baltimore Orioles (45) and and 15 more than the next closest National League team, the lowly Washington Nationals.
The Phillies’ bullpen, the best in the National …
