1.   Doug Collins, who had a fine first year as the hoop el jefe in Auburn Hills, then had to scramble.

2.   John Calipari may not get everything he wants in his latest incarnation as hoop el jefe in New Jersey.

3.   Pitino, as undisputed hoop el jefe, is on the hook for all of this.

4.   The Celtics hoop el jefe ran into the Dikembe Mutombo of Bad Luck last week, getting not one but two deals swatted right back into his kisser.