The Colangelos' wanted to replace 76ers coach Brett Brown with Villanova's Jay Wright

Bryan Colangelo never wanted Brett Brown as head coach of the 76ers.

The Colangelos’ would have loved to hire Villanova’s Jay Wright as head coach of Philadelphia

ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, as transcribed by NBC Sports Philadelphia:

"Brett Brown was never Bryan Colangelo’s coach or Jerry Colangelo’s coach. And when they came in, when Jerry Colangelo took over, he put Mike D’Antoni on Brett Brown’s staff. Mike D’Antoni wasn’t put there just to be an assistant coach. Their plan, their hope was, eventually Mike D’Antoni would be the head coach. But Mike D’Antoni got the Houston Rockets’ job. And even through the great progress they made this year, getting to the second round of the playoffs, winning 50-plus regular season games, there was always a thought in the Colangelos’ mind that they’d get their own guy in there. And the guy they had always targeted, I’m told, was Jay Wright at Villanova. But they underestimated how popular Brett Brown was with the fans, ownership and the players. And the spirit with which Brown carries himself has permeated that organization".