Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Cheeks feeling the heat?

It turns out Andy Reid is not the only local pro coach whose posterior is a tad warm.

Mo Cheeks’ Sixers club is not exactly off to the kind of start people envisioned after they surged into the playoffs at the end of last season, then added big man Elton Brand in the off-season.

It’s a pretty good guess that this is not what Delco native Ed Stefanski had in mind when he gave Cheeks a contract extension last year. The Sixers now sit at a less than mediocre 7-10. They’ve lost four straight, including Sunday’s loss to the Bulls when they blew a 15-point lead, in the process watching Chicago go on a 20-2 run and race to a 19-point edge.

Tonight the two hook up again in Chicago. The Sixers need a win. So does Cheeks. The schedule after tonight’s game gets even tougher, with dates with the Lakers, Pistons and Nets looming.

In these instances, the players don’t usually change. But the coach does. Cheeks’ seat is getting warm.

If the team does not reverse its current play, it will get even warmer.

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