As the competition gets tougher, Stanford's reserves are unlikely to get as much time unless the starting five struggles. Quite frankly, we need that because it's not just about your starters. It is about the whole team and what we all do together. Phil Martelli's first job at St. Joseph's was as restricted earnings coach, meaning he was the lowest paid on the staff. To supplement his income, he taught math during the day at St. Gabriel's Hall, a reform school in Phoenixville, Pa., west of Norristown.
Teaching is probably a little too strong a verb.
What I was really was in charge of was crowd control. You just tried to be a human being with them and hope they would respond to being treated respectfully. At 3 p.m., Martelli would jump in his car and head to St. Joe's for practice. When the Hawks made the 1986 NCAA tournament, he had to take sick days from St. Gabriel's to attend.