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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Sixers announce coaching staff

As we have reported previously, the coaching staff for new Sixers coach Eddie Jordan will include Mike O'Koren, Aaron McKie and Jim Lynam. The Sixers officially announced the staff today. 

O'Koren will carry the title of associate coach, with McKie and Lynam listed as assistant coaches.

McKie and Lynam are holdovers from last season under Maurice Cheeks/Tony DiLeo.

“I am excited to be joined on the bench by three coaches with a wealth of basketball knowledge and for whom I have a tremendous amount of respect,” Jordan said. “My staff has a common vision for this team and how we will play, and I truly look forward to working with them to achieve our goals.”

Posted by Daily News staff @ 4:42 PM  Permalink | 15 comments
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Posted 05:19 PM, 07/01/2009
dpcoz
umm, any defensive guys on the staff?
Posted 06:17 PM, 07/01/2009
Irish Frank
Looks like a good group.
Posted 07:19 PM, 07/01/2009
K,M
No shooting coach either?
Posted 07:25 PM, 07/01/2009
maximus
the sixers could bring in James, Bryant, Howard, Paul, and Bosh, and you would still be losers and have something stupid to say. Go back to your minimum wage job in Frankford and continue to strive for your GED.
Posted 08:11 PM, 07/01/2009
Drew777
It's amazing how they bring in a new coach and he has to use the old coaching staff. Jimmy Lynam must have pictures of Ed S. in some compromising positions.
Posted 08:26 PM, 07/01/2009
ttmanage
No shooting coach.
Posted 09:35 PM, 07/01/2009
gscstud
19 year old guard that we drafted = Mckies new project. I think he is a solid bench coach that knows how to defend well. Hopefully he can train Holiday and Christmas. I just hope Mckieleaves his guns at home.
Posted 09:40 PM, 07/01/2009
Donnie
gscstud, and maximus are both way out there in left field with their comments. Come back to reality quickly please.
Posted 10:28 PM, 07/01/2009
SAMIR
CONGRAGULATIONS ON YOUR NEW COACHES ,ALWAYS A PHILA FAN WHO NOW LIVES IN SANDIEGO, OCEANSIDE CA SEE YOU GUYS ON T V THIS FALL
Posted 02:00 AM, 07/02/2009
Huge
WE are going to shoot more, but don't hier a shooting coach. Jim Lynam drafter shawn Bradley over chris webber.. great job. Jimmy Lynam does have pictures of Ed Snyder with sheep... what a clown.
Posted 02:08 AM, 07/02/2009
Huge
Sixers: it's time to tank the season. are you man enough to do it?
Posted 05:17 AM, 07/02/2009
dcstan
You got a real pro in Eddie Jordan, your team will do well
Posted 07:43 AM, 07/02/2009
Shenkman3
Wow! This is almost as exciting as the Sixers changing their logo. They stink! Jrue Holiday is Louis Williams and never one can play. Get rid of Stefanski and DiLeo.
Posted 09:38 AM, 07/02/2009
Tim Gruber
With every new change we can only hope the Sixers will start to be more than mediocre. But that won't happen until the Sixers want to be more than a mediocre. The only Sixer that tries to do whatever he can to win every game is Andre Miller. Most of the rest, especially Andre Iguodala, just seem to be content with winning some of the time and saying they almost won. They have players who on an ongoing basis will regularly go into shooting slumps. They are a team that can beat anybody and a team that will lose to anybody. Chicago and Atlanta were rebuilding their teams just a few years ago and are already better than Philadelphia. It is not a lack of talent or experience on the part of the Sixers but a lack of desire, something that frankly has plagued the Sixers most of the time for decades. They had it once in 1983 and then lost it the next year. They have lots of talent except in the obvious area of 3 point shooting and that is the fault of management for thinking they didn't need it. The team is loaded with dunkers but few pure shooters. The player I would trade in a heartbeat is Iguodala. He's a nice guy and does have talent but I think he will never become a great player because he lacks the desire to win and even be in the spotlight. His shooting seems to be little more than throwing the ball up and hope it goes in. Take away the slam-dunks and his shooting percentage drops way off. I have only ever seen him make a game-winning shot once in his entire career. I cringe every time he is given the ball at the end of a game knowing that he will almost certainly miss it. Trade away the players like Iguodala who lack the drive. The drive to win is contagious. So is lack of it. While no team can win titles on desire alone no team wins titles without it. And it starts with management and coaching.
Posted 10:06 AM, 07/03/2009
Oppressed#1
This blog should be renamed to "LOSERville", because that's where the Sixers are, and will remain so, for the next FOUR years. I am Oppressed.
About Sixerville Blog
Phil Jasner joined the staff of the Daily News in 1972. He has covered the 76ers and the NBA on a full-time basis since 1981. He won the 2004 Curt Gowdy Media Award, presented by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame for outstanding contributions to the sport during his career; he was a finalist for the award in 2001, when he also received a lifetime achievement award from the Professional Basketball Writers Association during the NBA Finals. He is a past president of the Professional Basketball Writers Association and the Philadelphia College Basketball Writers Association. Along the way, he has covered high school sports, the Big 5, the Eagles and the NFL, the World Football League, the North American Soccer League and what was then the Major Indoor Soccer League. He is a proud graduate of Temple University, and spent his early professional days at the Pottstown (Pa.) Mercury, Montgomery Newspapers (Fort Washington, Pa.), the Norristown (Pa.) Times-Herald and the Trentonian.

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