According to Mike Jensen, former AP Coach of the Year Phil Martelli has emerged as a candidate to join Juwan Howard at Michigan.
Phil Martelli has a firm offer from Michigan to be an assistant coach under new head coach Juwan Howard, according to several sources.
— Mike Jensen (@jensenoffcampus) May 30, 2019
Tony Paul of the Detroit News notes that Martelli, who was the long time coach at St. Joseph’s, has “some connection” to Pat Riley and Erik Spoelstra, who just so happened to be with the Miami Heat with Howard.
Phil Martelli, the legendary coach at St. Joe's, has just emerged as candidate to join UM hoops staff.
Martelli has some connection to Pat Riley and Erik Spoelstra, Howard's Heat brethren.
Things on Twitter change too damn freaking fast.
— Tony Paul | Detroit News (@TonyPaul1984) May 30, 2019
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Martelli coached at St. Joseph’s from 1995-2019, going 444-328 during that time. His greatest season came in the 2003-2004 season when he led St. Joe’s to a 30-2 regular season record.
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Bless You Boys: The Detroit Tigers’ Last Title
When it comes to the Detroit Tigers, there is one phrase that just about every fan recognizes and relates to the team. Some recognize the phrase because they lived through it and others because of stories they’ve been told. That phrase is, “Bless You Boys,” and it was used to describe the 1984 Detroit Tigers and their amazing season that ended with a World Series title. The phrase itself was actually coined by the late Al Ackerman, a former TV sportscaster for WDIV Detroit, during the magical 1984 season. Ackerman, according to former WDIV anchor Mort Crim, used the phrase sarcastically following a Tigers’ losing streak.
Expected to contend, Tigers come out on fire
After winning 92 games and missing out on the Major League Baseball Playoffs in 1983, the Tigers signed free agent first baseman Darrell Evans and traded for Dave Bergman and one of the keys to the 1984 team, Willie Hernandez. With those moves, in addition to bringing back Alan Trammell, Lou Whitaker, Lance Parrish, Jack Morris, and Dan Petry, just to name a few, many believed the Tigers were poised to make a run at glory.
Manager Sparky Anderson used to say, “you can’t tell anything about a baseball team until 40 games have been played.” Though Sparky may or may not have really believed that, the 1984 Tigers made the best of their first 40 games out of the gate. In fact, the Tigers did not take long to prove they were focused and ready to roll as they won their first nine games of the season, including an 8-1 victory on Opening Day as Jack Morris dominated the Minnesota Twins. After dropping their first game of the campaign, a 5-2 loss to the Kansas City Royals, the Tigers immediately went on a seven-game winning streak to move to 16-1 on the season. By the time 40 games were in the book, Detroit sat at the top of baseball with an astounding 35-5 record, a mark that has never been reached in Major League Baseball history.
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