Doug Collins understand that as the Philadelphia 76er’s Head Basketball Coach that he has them back in the NBA Playoffs and they are relevant again. If you are relevant that you have hope as a NBA Franchise. Doug Collins was an All-American basketball basketball player out of Illinois state, a great young All-Star in the NBA, and Coach of a young Michael Jordan at the age of 35
His Olympic Career ended with injuries at age 29 and during the 4th of July weekend in 1989, the Chicago Bulls fired him. It really could have broken him. Collins said. “But through the grace of God and my family, it didn’t. Now, as I’ve gotten older, I’ve grown to believe that things don’t happen just by coincidence. There are reasons I’ve come to the realization that I want to live my life all about faith, grace and love.”
Doug Collins was an TNT and NBC analyst around the Pistons and Wizards jobs. He had a coaching reputation as a turnaround coach that would lose his teams in the second or third year of the job plus he would micro-manage the X’s and O’s.
The past couple seasons in philadelphia, Doug Collins has proved his critics wrong with his young core group of players. They are playing great defense and low error offense.
He isn’t the 35 year old kid that came to Chicago. He has found peace in his family, his christianity, and many, many blessings. He has tattoos of his favorite proverbs on his chest near the names of his four grandchildren. When they are on the road, his great refuge is crossword puzzles.
He has tattoos of favored Proverbs on his chest near the names of his four grandchildren. Collins’ grand refuge on the road is crossword puzzles. He has had both hips and one knee replaced.
He is leading a tremendous turnaround in Philadelphia and you can learn a lot from his X’s and O’s.
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