This guy might be interested in sticking around rather than following in some legends footsteps at Duke, Syracuse, etc etc.....
His father's stay with the Bulls ended after three years. The team fired Doug Collins in July 1989, just before Chris' sophomore season at Glenbrook North, lending even more disdain to be aimed at a kid some liked to believe was living off his father's name.
"High school kids can be ruthless: 'Your dad got fired. We're glad,'" James said. "It really hardened him up." "It was difficult as a parent to sit in the stands and listen to that," Kathy said. "What amazed me was that he rose to the occasion. It did not how he played one bit. I just couldn't imagine. Maybe he was able to tune it out."
It was that shadow again, the one Chris loathed that was cast by the one he loved.
Collins was 6-foot-3 with average athleticism and said he had to work for everything on the court. He was a pretty good player coming out of junior high. Some questioned why he didn't attend a better basketball school, such as Loyola or New Trier.
"I would be lying if I didn't say one of my greatest motivating factors was to create my own name," Collins said. "Any article, it was always, 'comma, son of Doug Collins.' It was motivating for me not because I didn't love my dad, but I wanted my own legacy."
He wanted to make a name for Glenbrook North, though. Just like he wanted to make a name for Northwestern when he left Duke.
"It all ties together," he said.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...ern-life-journey-spt-0308-20170307-story.html
His father's stay with the Bulls ended after three years. The team fired Doug Collins in July 1989, just before Chris' sophomore season at Glenbrook North, lending even more disdain to be aimed at a kid some liked to believe was living off his father's name.
"High school kids can be ruthless: 'Your dad got fired. We're glad,'" James said. "It really hardened him up." "It was difficult as a parent to sit in the stands and listen to that," Kathy said. "What amazed me was that he rose to the occasion. It did not how he played one bit. I just couldn't imagine. Maybe he was able to tune it out."
It was that shadow again, the one Chris loathed that was cast by the one he loved.
Collins was 6-foot-3 with average athleticism and said he had to work for everything on the court. He was a pretty good player coming out of junior high. Some questioned why he didn't attend a better basketball school, such as Loyola or New Trier.
"I would be lying if I didn't say one of my greatest motivating factors was to create my own name," Collins said. "Any article, it was always, 'comma, son of Doug Collins.' It was motivating for me not because I didn't love my dad, but I wanted my own legacy."
He wanted to make a name for Glenbrook North, though. Just like he wanted to make a name for Northwestern when he left Duke.
"It all ties together," he said.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sport...ern-life-journey-spt-0308-20170307-story.html
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