Morning Rounds, February 5th
Once again the open went long and once again you’ll get to read it in an hour. Next up: upon further review, Thad still didn’t mess up Tuesday night.
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“I think ‘whatever reason’ is injury.” – Ed Stefanski, on why Elton Brand hasn’t worked out
Three lines on their world:
- Unimpressed by Kobe’s 61 at MSG LBJ had his own big night at the garden
- Clemson throttled Duke
- and another Signing Day has come and gone.
Three lines on ours:
- Villanova had just enough in the tank against Providence
- The Flyers feel to the Bruins
- and LaSalle fell just short against a tough Dayton team
Phillies, Birds,
Sixers, Flyers and what everybody is
talking about after the jump
EAGLES
READ
Phil Sheridan, like the rest of us, wants to bring Mike Lombardi into the mix.
SKIP
Dave Reardon says Andy Reid is enjoying himself in Hawaii.
PHILLIES
READ
Sam Donnellon catches up with Kyle Kendrick at the beginning of his long road back to redemption.
SKIP
David Murphy talks with Jimmy Rollins, the Phillies’ only American WBC rep.
Frank Fitzpatrick admits that he didn’t get much from Jimmy.
SIXERS
READ
Tom Moore says Ed Stefanski is still firmly in Elton Brand’s corner.
SKIP
Kate Fagan reports that Elton Brand is day-to-day.
Phil Jasner says the talk around Brand is not about shutting him down or trying to replace him.
FLYERS
READ
Sam Carchidi explains why the sale of the Phantoms is bad news for the big league club.
Rich Hofmann hates statement games.
Mike Sielski thinks that 21 point difference between the Bruins and the Flyboys isn’t a mirage.
SKIP
Ed Moran explains why the sale had to go down.
Don McKee defends fighting in hockey.
TODAY and MORE
Between the four college basketball games last night and a certain college basketball column last night we’ve got a bit of theme for today.
Expect a busy day here as we’re plugging a column, clearing the notebook from it, talking defensive rotations, and explaining what bad coaching can do to a team.
As always, feel free
to email
with any questions, suggestions, comments or complaints.

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