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Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Charles Barkley, representing the 1992 USA Olympic "Dream" Team, speaks during the enshrinement news conference in August 2010 at the Hall of Fame Museum in Springfield, Mass. Barkley recently was critical of the Philadelphia 76ers coaching search. (AP File Photo | ELISE AMENDOLA)
Charles Barkley is never afraid to express his opinion.
He made some headlines again recently when he made the following comments on Comcast SportsNet's "Philly Sports Talk" about the Philadelphia 76ers coaching search or lack thereof:
"I think that's one of the silliest things that I've seen in sports in a long time," Barkley said. "I'm in Philly during the summer as you know, and I'm watching and reading every day -- to not have a coach under contract by now, I think that's a joke. I don't know what they're waiting on. You're playing summer-league games, people need to know who's in charge. They got players who are playing in the summer league, they got assistant coaches coaching the team. You just can't bring somebody in, and him have instant credibility -- he has to build rapport with the players."
I don't always agree with Sir Charles but he nails it on this one.
What in the world are the Sixers doing? It's July 29 and the team still doesn't have a head coach. The summer league is over and the preseason isn't too far away. But the team's management continues to drag its feet on bringing in a coach.
Doug Collins resigned April 18. That's more than three months ago. You would think after Collins left, the team would be determined to have a coach in place by the June 27 NBA draft. It seems absurd in today's sports world for a team to hold a draft without a coach. Do you ever think you will see that in the NFL? A coachless team navigating its way through the critical draft without any insight from the man who will actually be coaching the players.
Oh, but it's not that big of a deal. It's not like the Sixers made any critical trades or anything during the draft. If they were trading one of their star players for a rookie, insight from the coach would have been crucial. But it's not like that happened or anything.
Maybe Sixers General Manager Sam Hinkie is searching the entire globe for that perfect coach that all of Philadelphia will embrace. Or maybe the Sixers organization is just having that hard of a time finding someone who will coach a team that looks destined this season for the cellar of the Eastern Conference.
Source: http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/sports/index.ssf/2013/07/charles_barkley_gets_it_right.html
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