Collins doesn’t seek the subject, but when asked during this weekend’s reunion of the ’72 team about whether he would like to be the Olympic coach, he showed typical candor while also professing a desire to stay with the Sixers long-term.
“It’s a tremendous honor that somebody would even throw my name out there,” Collins said. “It’s four years down the road and I understand in this business you hope you are an active coach at the time.”
Which means obviously with the Sixers.
“I am hoping that I am still active and I would like to coach four or five years in Philadelphia,” he said.
So much for the assumption that Collins was taking things in Philadelphia on a yearly basis.
“I feel good about our team and I love my staff, what we are doing and where we are headed,” Collins continued. “The ownership, Josh [Harris], has been so good to me, so I feel really good about that.”
— Reported by Marc Narducci of the Philadelphia Inquirer
