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For anyone whose interested, Ed Snider is on Daily News Live talking sixers and flyers...

so far said that they are ahead of schedule on the 3 year plan, same stuff with BK getting the roster in shape but Stefanski telling Mo to play the young guys

Said he was frustrated that pundits picked them last after last years late season run and thought theyd be better than expected but is suprised to be in the playoffs

not much else so far but hes still on

Thanks for update. did he say anything else?

he was adamament about "not spending 20 million on a superstar who is going to call out the coach and tell him and the general manager what to do"

called tim duncan the exception as a superstar and wants to build a pistons like team...says they have stars, just not superstars

tried sayin he wants to rebuild like the flyers...sign a few good veterans but keep picks and build from within...says he learned from the flyers you cant buy a championship

says stefanski has lots of felxibility now that the dont owe anyone picks and they have utahs pick as well as "10 million in cap space"

the part about the 20 million superstar was heated...obvious jab at iverson and i think that can squash and rumblings about arenas

darius08 wrote:Thanks for update. did he say anything else?

Don't take this word for word but here is a general recap.


He said he doesn't want a 20 million dollar superstar with an ego that tries to tell the coach and GM what to do. Mentioned Kobe this summer making demands etc.,, Rich Hoffman challenged his statement and said the Lakers were winning this year and asked Snider if he would want a Kobe type superstar. Snider responded no he doesn't want any big ego star he wants to build with young guys and in the Detroit mold.

Hoffman asked if the 2-3 year plan has been turned upside down with the recent success. Snider said no because the plan is to win a Championship and he doesn't see them winning a Championship this year so they will continue to add pieces this summer.

Said Cheeks is the perfect coach for the young guys.

Edit- Salvistine24 beat me to it. ^^

Ed Snider's a boob.

While Detroit doesn't have a "superstar", they do have a roster of all-stars which is why they are the exception to the rule. The Sixers could get there but they need to find their version of Rasheed Wallace which is going to be damn hard to do.

Ed Snider should not have a say in how this team is built. He only cares about the Flyers and probably wouldnt even mind if the Sixers were a lottery team eevry year as long as the Flyers make it to the playoffs every year. We need a superstar to win. Teams that win without superstars are exceptions to the rule. Not the norm

Would anyone on our team besides Iguodala have even started on those Piston teams? Not that long ago even him over Prince wasn't a slam dunk

Sounds like Snider would rather just not have his 2nd team be a headache than win.

i just dont think snider understands basketball and has a lingering headache from iverson

in the nhl, his flyers have 7 20+ goal scorers which is a big anamoly and even tho they r the 6 seed, they do look like they could be legitimate cup contenders for the next 5+ years with a few tweaks to the defense

the problem is, in basketball the best teams always have a superstar...and with a superstar comes that confidence...duncan is an exception but u still see it when hes fighting w joey crawford last year...

you need stars to win when your taking part of a game where 5 players are on the court for 75% of the time (say an avg of 30 minutes for starters)...this isnt hockey where guys play 1/3 of a game, or baseball where hitters bat once ever 3 innings or football where offense and defense are seperate entitities

in the past 20 years only one superstarless team has won a title and thats the pistons...we need a stud pf in the worst way and we cant let the last 2 years of AI dissuade us (bc we forget that the previous 8 put philly bball back on the map)

Thanks for the recap guys!

You guys have it right. Snyder just doesn't want to deal with a big ego star... and should not have any power with an NBA team if that is the case. I guess he couldn't have handle guys with big egos likke... Jordan, Magic, Bird, Wilt, Shaq or just about any player he would need.

If he is waiting for another Duncan, well he is in the wrong business... well we knew that already.

The good news is that I don't believe Ed Snider has any input on what players we do or do not acquire. If Stefanski wants him, I don't think Ed is going to stop him.

Also, Snider is on his way out. Peter Luukko has been brought in on every major move with the Sixers over the past 12 months and is being phased in to take over Snider's role.

It's not like Stefanski has a choice to build a team not like the Pistons. This team clearly doesn't show any willingness to sacrifice a season to acquire a "superstar' via draft. We keep on trying to make the play-offs every year, not realizing that it would just hurt us on the long run.

Anyway, since were making strides with this kind of team, we might as well build a team like the Pistons. I just thought that we need A LOT to be on the level pistons are. This team is more like the second unit of the Pistons right now.

If Thad is what we think he is, the whole tanking for a high lottery pick goes out the window. He's looking more like a top 5 pick than the 13th pick, and should be a big part of this team moving forward. If Jason Smith develops enough in the off season, or they get a starting PF in FA, then draft another big man for depth, and they are in decent shape moving forward.

The Guilty Party wrote:The good news is that I don't believe Ed Snider has any input on what players we do or do not acquire. If Stefanski wants him, I don't think Ed is going to stop him.

Also, Snider is on his way out. Peter Luukko has been brought in on every major move with the Sixers over the past 12 months and is being phased in to take over Snider's role.

IIRC at the news conference announcing Stefanski's hiring Snider essentially said it was Lukko who made the call to can BK and bring in Stefanski. As far as the Sixers are concerned Snider is becoming even more of just a clueless talking head, kind of like Giles with the Phillies these days. I also thought the coach killing superstars comment was funny, mainly because we had a guy here in Croce who basically kept our egomaniacal superstar and even more egomaniacal coach working together and Snider was the guy who basically ran Croce out of the organization saying he wasn't needed.

He's an old man who has gone batty. I respect some of the things that Ed Snider has done with the sports' teams in Philly but he makes me cringe with every interview that he does.

Man, Skates.....that was a great post. I think you nailed it.

Let's just hope Stephanski keeps rolling along and builds the team however HE feels it should be built. Sometimes an overriding philosophy blinds you to opportunities. I really hope Stephanski is leaving himself open to any number of possibilities

dbodner wrote:Ed Snider's a boob.

LOL ...

Sticks and stones may break my bones but ....

Skates wrote:Snider was the guy who basically ran Croce out of the organization saying he wasn't needed.

Well, you may be rewriting history a little there ...

The way I recall it ... is that Croce wanted a bigger piece of the pie ... actually infringing on Snider's role and Snider said ... Thanks but no thanks ... so Croce resigned.

crazylyf wrote:It's not like Stefanski has a choice to build a team not like the Pistons. This team clearly doesn't show any willingness to sacrifice a season to acquire a "superstar' via draft. We keep on trying to make the play-offs every year, not realizing that it would just hurt us on the long run.

Anyway, since were making strides with this kind of team, we might as well build a team like the Pistons. I just thought that we need A LOT to be on the level pistons are. This team is more like the second unit of the Pistons right now.

You don't need to sacrifice a season to acquire a superstar via the draft. There a number of stars in the league that weren't top 5 picks.