Sam Hinkie steps down per Marc Stein

Jojothewhale · Post #321 » by **Jojothewhale** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 3:16 am

bedjawII wrote:
HankTheTank wrote:
NYSixersFan wrote:YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!! Thank you! Best basketball day since....heck, I can't remember when.

We're back to being an NBA franchise once again.....

Please point out the Bryan Colangelo accomplishments or transactions which inspire you to write that we're now an NBA franchise. I'll wait...

2x NBA Exec of the year. That was easy. What did Hinkie do? I'll wait. You can't lose epically and expect to keep your job. You can't make such large mistakes that your boss has no idea if you are in control of the franchise and has to hire a babysitter; and expect to keep your job. Any GM could've done what Hinkie did. All he did was tear down the 76ers. That's easy. He did not do one single bit or rebuilding in three years. He won't be missed.

Executive of the Year in no small part for taking Bargnani with Aldridge there and in consideration. What a perfect summary of a disaster this is going to be. It's so hard to be flat out wrong when discussing sports, but relying on awards voted on by local writers (or executives in this case) is one of the surest ways possible.

Bruteque · Post #322 » by **Bruteque** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 3:17 am

My condolances, guys. Think of the bright side, though, you still have Embiid, and Saric, and the Laker pick, and your own pick, and lots of cap space, and the lotto balls from Harris...er...I mean Ranadive. It will take a lot of two picks for Ish Smith trades to p*** all that away. All that Ranadive...er...I mean Harris...has to do now to succeed is not to hire Billy King or Bryan Colangelo.

Post #323 » by **CoreyGallagher** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 3:18 am

http://espn.go.com/pdf/2016/0406/nba_hinkie_redact.pdf

Letter.

OleSchool · Post #324 » by **OleSchool** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 3:19 am

The Sixers were the 1st pro sports team I rooted for, 40+ years ago. I just can't root for another team.

LongLiveHinkie · Post #325 » by **LongLiveHinkie** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 3:20 am

OleSchool wrote:The Sixers were the 1st pro sports team I rooted for, 40+ years ago. I just can't root for another team.

Me neither, I'll just root for no one.

Jojothewhale · Post #326 » by **Jojothewhale** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 3:21 am

He titled a section "Thinking about Thinking" and referenced Lee Sedol. I am going to miss this man so much.

Chamberlainship · Post #327 » by **Chamberlainship** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 3:22 am

For those Hinkie fans saying they're now going to root for the Sixers to lose, I applaud you. Consistency is important.

This is a good day for the franchise. Hinkie was a terrible GM. His plan was stupid and his execution of it was clueless. That said, Harris still appears to be an idiot, and hiring the team president's son as GM is, well . . . not awesome. But, hey, baby steps. Now we just need to find a young Steve Nash, Shawn Marion, and Amare Stoudemire.

Philly_3 · Post #328 » by **Philly_3** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 3:22 am

Hinke wasn't the gm we deserved but the one that we needed.

mksp · Post #329 » by **mksp** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 3:23 am

The only good thing about this whole situation is that we got to read the letter.

What a colossal mistake by the Sixers.

OleSchool · Post #330 » by **OleSchool** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 3:27 am

The one good thing about this whole fiasco is, even BC can't mess this off-season up. Now the following season all bets are off

joyeuxnoel · Post #331 » by **joyeuxnoel** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 3:28 am

i almost cried when i saw this, and i never cry.

this is like your long-term gf leaving you right before you're about to get married for your new boss's son

Mik317 · Post #332 » by **Mik317** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 3:28 am

This letter is super awkward....lol.

I'm not mad about Hinkie leaving. I am mad (if preemptively so) about the probable return to safe thinking that proved to not work before. I really wanted to see Hinkie up against the ropes with the edict to field a team for once....which was what was going to happen...now? ehhhhh it really feels like we are about to trade picks and players to appease outside fans...which is a major bummer.

joyeuxnoel · Post #333 » by **joyeuxnoel** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 3:29 am

OleSchool wrote:The one good thing about this whole fiasco is, even BC can't mess this off-season up. Now the following season all bets are off

he can mess it up a whole lot

by drafting a bust/rushing back embiid/trading one of our bigs for a crappy return/trading embiid before we see him play for pennies/etc

im scared ****

OleSchool · Post #334 » by **OleSchool** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 3:30 am

Mik317 wrote:This letter is super awkward....lol.

I'm not mad about Hinkie leaving. I am mad (if preemptively so) about the probable return to safe thinking that proved to not work before. I really wanted to see Hinkie up against the ropes with the edict to field a team for once....which was what was going to happen...now? ehhhhh it really feels like we are about to trade picks and players to appease outside fans...which is a major bummer.

DeRozan for the our 1st and the Lakers first, good deal

NYSixersFan · Post #335 » by **NYSixersFan** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 3:30 am

Chamberlainship wrote:For those Hinkie fans saying they're now going to root for the Sixers to lose, I applaud you. Consistency is important.

This is a good day for the franchise. Hinkie was a terrible GM. His plan was stupid and his execution of it was clueless. That said, Harris still appears to be an idiot, and hiring the team president's son as GM is, well . . . not awesome. But, hey, baby steps. Now we just need to find a young Steve Nash, Shawn Marion, and Amare Stoudemire.

LOL...loved that first comment.

Chamberlainship · Post #336 » by **Chamberlainship** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 3:31 am

CoreyGallagher wrote:http://espn.go.com/pdf/2016/0406/nba_hinkie_redact.pdf

The ego on Hinkie is really something to behold.

bedjawII · Post #337 » by **bedjawII** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 3:32 am

Jojothewhale wrote:
bedjawII wrote:
HankTheTank wrote:
Please point out the Bryan Colangelo accomplishments or transactions which inspire you to write that we're now an NBA franchise. I'll wait...

2x NBA Exec of the year. That was easy. What did Hinkie do? I'll wait. You can't lose epically and expect to keep your job. You can't make such large mistakes that your boss has no idea if you are in control of the franchise and has to hire a babysitter; and expect to keep your job. Any GM could've done what Hinkie did. All he did was tear down the 76ers. That's easy. He did not do one single bit or rebuilding in three years. He won't be missed.

Executive of the Year in no small part for taking Bargnani with Aldridge there and in consideration. What a perfect summary of a disaster this is going to be. It's so hard to be flat out wrong when discussing sports, but relying on awards voted on by local writers (or executives in this case) is one of the surest ways possible.

Uh no! You asked for reasons to be hopeful. I gave you two tangible and you replied with one mistake. I also asked why you are so butt-hurt over losing Hinkie. When he really hasn't done a single thing to make the organization better. Every single GM misses on draft picks if they are around long enough. And you can just ignore BC drafting Marion and Stoudemire; and trading for Steve Nash if you'd like. But that's why he won those awards and deservedly so.

NYSixersFan · Post #338 » by **NYSixersFan** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 3:33 am

Mik317 wrote:This letter is super awkward....lol.

I'm not mad about Hinkie leaving. I am mad (if preemptively so) about the probable return to safe thinking that proved to not work before. I really wanted to see Hinkie up against the ropes with the edict to field a team for once....which was what was going to happen...now? ehhhhh it really feels like we are about to trade picks and players to appease outside fans...which is a major bummer.

Can you explain what safe thinking is? What was safe about trading for Bynum? or drafting Hughes over Pierce?

The Sixers have been mediocre for 20+ years because they made bad decisions....not because the process to build a championship was flawed.

tsmith · Post #339 » by **tsmith** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 3:33 am

If bryan does something wrong with embiid im going to be so mad

Chamberlainship · Post #340 » by **Chamberlainship** » Thu Apr 7, 2016 3:34 am

for the Hinkie fans, seriously, I'm sorry. I didn't agree with the plan, but I can identify with being totally pissed off about the team's direction. Keep your head up. Good days will return. Someday.