Murph
Masters Student
Posts: 626
Age: 63
Reg: 09-13-11
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03-31-16 12:38 PM - Post#205579
In response to randal7
Phelps seems like a Tommy Amaker clone. PG and four year starter for a North Carolina ACC school, including a National Champion. Phelps has a much longer professional career as a player, but much less experience as a coach than Amaker.
Only Phelps has the added benefit of hailing from NYC, and attending a prestigious Catholic high school basketball program that boasts notable alumns such as Lamar Odom, Jayson Williams, Omar Cook, Speedy Claxton, Khalid Reeves, Erick Barkley, Sue Bird, Tina Charles and of course Phelps. We need to tap into that pipeline, and Phelps is the way to do it.
And let's face it folks, for what Columbia has available to pay a coach, we would probably be better off hiring a less experienced guy like Phelps for less money, and trying to cultivate him as a successful head coach, who's interested in staying.
Piling should hire Phelps on a interim basis. If he doesn't work out then fine, but we should find out first.
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