Sam Hinkie steps down per Marc Stein

[phiphan]

I want to die.

[Ericb5]

sort of annoyed that Hinkie didn't have the guts to stick around, if ownership was truly not going to fire him. (even if they undermined him a little bit) which sucks for him I understand that. but jesus man, we're coming off a 10 win season, 3 years into a rebuild

did he really believe he was just going to get 10 years to do whatever the hell he wanted with no repercussions?

Didn't have the guts to stick around? This takes way more guts.

If he was about to lose final say to Bryan Colangelo he couldn't live with that. He is a 38 year old executive. He will have plenty of other opportunities. The last thing he needs is to be insulted.



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[CoreyGallagher]

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[Hawk Eye]

Harris better have gotten the goddamn frozen envelope for this circus.

I figured Hinkie was gone, so even though it p****s me off, I'll get over it.

Speaking for myself, I will give them the draft and FA and see what they do. I highly doubt Bryan f*****g Colangelo will impress me.

Expecting to be a Hawks fan by next September.

Just come on over to our board when your ready

[snoopdogg88]

people acting like this is the most disgraceful thing ever need to be honest with themselves for a minute.

Hinkie sort of brought this on himself.
Part of your frustration should be based towards him, even if you think he had the right overall plan as a GM

dude was a socially inept wimp, who allowed the narrative surrounding the Sixers to get out of control and had no idea how to be a GM outside of the basketball aspect of it. Made zero effort to put any veterans on the team or even give the impression he cared about surrounding the 19 year olds with vets. which he could have easily done without sacrificing the process at all.

[kingofthecourt67]

when I saw BC's name in Woj's tweet...I literally almost fell sick.

I don't know if I can tune into basketball for a while fellows. I'm emotionally drained. 3 years I defended The Process to anybody and everybody who would listen...even if they never brought up 76ers. And trust me it's not easy given I live in Warrior Nation. I dreamed we would be chasing the 72 win mark in 4-5 years, but the mismanagement that is to befall us has robbed us of the fruits of 3 years of patience.

Sam Hinkie goes down as a martyr.

[phantom84]

Man this piss me the hell off, I was all in with going for broke. Now, I am afraid we are going back to being a treadmill team because we want to play it safe and sign NBA journeymans to overpriced contract.

[PhilasFinest]

sort of annoyed that Hinkie didn't have the guts to stick around, if ownership was truly not going to fire him. (even if they undermined him a little bit) which sucks for him I understand that. but jesus man, we're coming off a 10 win season, 3 years into a rebuild

did he really believe he was just going to get 10 years to do whatever the hell he wanted with no repercussions?

Guts?

They wanted to essentially strip him of his duties and have him do everything hand in hand with old ass Jerry and his son.

Hinkie had the balls to say, this isn't gonna work and bounced.

[Negrodamus]

sort of annoyed that Hinkie didn't have the guts to stick around, if ownership was truly not going to fire him. (even if they undermined him a little bit) which sucks for him I understand that. but jesus man, we're coming off a 10 win season, 3 years into a rebuild

did he really believe he was just going to get 10 years to do whatever the hell he wanted with no repercussions?

But if that three headed monster (well, 2 headed monster, and Hinkie) were to suck, then it would be Hinkie as the fall guy.

Let it be clear, the Sixers called Hinkie's supposed "bluff", Hinkie drops out, still a top GM prospect with bottomfeeders probably dying to pick him up. They'd be stupid not to.

I'm not jumping off the bandwagon, I think we can win and keep this ship in the right direction. I just kinda feel like UNC felt the other night right now.

[iMoreland]

I'll be a Timberwolves fan pretty soon.

That KAT guy is pretty damn good.

My username is pretty awesome tbh if anyone wants it it's yours

[agiaco]

people acting like this is the most disgraceful thing ever need to be honest with themselves for a minute.

Hinkie sort of brought this on himself.
Part of your frustration should be based towards him, even if you think he had the right overall plan as a GM

dude was a socially inept wimp, who allowed the narrative surrounding the Sixers to get out of control and had no idea how to be a GM outside of the basketball aspect of it. Made zero effort to put any veterans on the team or even give the impression he cared about surrounding the 19 year olds with vets. which he could have easily done without sacrificing the process at all.

There is a lot more to it than signing Elton Brand and starting Carl Landry I don't disagree that Hinkie had some shortcomings when it came to dealing with people and tying up some loose ends, but you can't seriously believe this is a step in the right direction.

[the_process]

Harris better have gotten the goddamn frozen envelope for this circus.

I figured Hinkie was gone, so even though it p****s me off, I'll get over it.

Speaking for myself, I will give them the draft and FA and see what they do. I highly doubt Bryan f*****g Colangelo will impress me.

Expecting to be a Hawks fan by next September.

You from GA?

Relocated to ATL area for work. Could also choose WSH or DEN or ORL for family. I pretty much consider myself a FA at this point.

[PhilasFinest]

I wonder if we will sign Landry Fields to a big deal this summer?

[FlightBrothers]

Of course he left 3 votes on a decision 2 are father and son why would hinkie even think of staying...

[spikeslovechild]

sort of annoyed that Hinkie didn't have the guts to stick around, if ownership was truly not going to fire him. (even if they undermined him a little bit) which sucks for him I understand that. but jesus man, we're coming off a 10 win season, 3 years into a rebuild

did he really believe he was just going to get 10 years to do whatever the hell he wanted with no repercussions?

But if that three headed monster (well, 2 headed monster, and Hinkie) were to suck, then it would be Hinkie as the fall guy.

Let it be clear, the Sixers called Hinkie's supposed "bluff", Hinkie drops out, still a top GM prospect with bottomfeeders probably dying to pick him up. They'd be stupid not to.

I'm not jumping off the bandwagon, I think we can win and keep this ship in the right direction. I just kinda feel like UNC felt the other night right now.

I think really the only saving grace is that Brian has to probably run all his decisions through his daddy first which despite the issue I have with the way Sam was treated is a very good executive.

His track record in PHX was actually not bad which is why he was given the TOR job to begin with.

[Sixersftw]

Harris better have gotten the goddamn frozen envelope for this circus.

I figured Hinkie was gone, so even though it p****s me off, I'll get over it.

Speaking for myself, I will give them the draft and FA and see what they do. I highly doubt Bryan f*****g Colangelo will impress me.

Expecting to be a Hawks fan by next September.

You from GA?

Relocated to ATL area for work. Could also choose WSH or DEN or ORL for family. I pretty much consider myself a FA at this point.

I see the ATL area contingency is strong. Who do the hawks even hate? I just get hammered at CNN when I go to games, I can't pretend to get emotionally invested.

[mksp]

Moral of the story:

Fragile rich white dudes with small ****s ruin everything.

[Negrodamus]

Harris better have gotten the goddamn frozen envelope for this circus.

I figured Hinkie was gone, so even though it p****s me off, I'll get over it.

Speaking for myself, I will give them the draft and FA and see what they do. I highly doubt Bryan f*****g Colangelo will impress me.

Expecting to be a Hawks fan by next September.

You from GA?

Relocated to ATL area for work. Could also choose WSH or DEN or ORL for family. I pretty much consider myself a FA at this point.

I'm in ATL myself. Need any furniture? Looking to leave soon, haha.

[Dan2087]

Andrea Bargnani and Rudy Gay will be Sixers next year if he is hired. Feel bad for you guys