<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">In his 30 years of coaching experience, O'Brien, has served as a head coach at two colleges, an assistant coach at six different colleges, and an NBA assistant coach with the New York Knicks (1987-89) in addition to his seven years with the Celtics as an assistant coach (1997-2001) and a head coach (2001-04). After serving as an assistant coach in Boston from 1997-2001, O'Brien was named interim head coach of the Celtics on Jan. 8, 2001, following the departure of Rick Pitino. The Philadelphia native signed a multi-year contract as head coach on April 24, 2001. On Jan. 27, 2004, Boston announced O'Brien's resignation as head coach. During his four seasons as a head coach, O'Brien led Boston to a 139-119 (.539) record and back-to-back playoff appearances in 2002 and 2003. in 2002 that playoff appearance included a trip to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since the team's 1987-88 campaign. As a player, O'Brien was a three-year starter at Saint Joseph's University, where he led his teams to three post-season appearances (NIT in 1972, NCAA in 1973 and 1974). He was named team co-MVP his senior season, and was selected to both the Saint Joseph's Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Big Five Hall of Fame in 1989. Prior to attending Saint Joseph's, O'Brien was a high school standout at Roman Catholic in Philadelphia, winning the Markward Award for city's top senior cager in 1970.</div> <div align="center">Link</div>
The Jim O'Brien Chat transcript has arrive. You can read it by clicking here. It's pretty interesting IMO and it's seems as if he has high hopes and confidence with this Sixers team. Hopefully, they'll live up to our expectations.
