Sixers 2013 Off-Season Thread, Vol 1: AD

by **azrider** » Thu May 23, 2013 18:40:47

i still can't quite figure why hinkie took the sixers job. the team lacks any real quality assets coupled with an eroding fan base that could lead to a quick departure. he is not from the "old boy" network so it won't be quite as easy to get another gm job if he fails to deliver. i totally support the decision to hire him and willing to wait. i know harris has given him full support but if only 8k show up at games, how much rope can you give him? if harris didn't have philly ties, i would say his most likely move would be to take the team to seattle.

by **mcare89** » Thu May 23, 2013 18:51:01

azrider wrote:i still can't quite figure why hinkie took the sixers job. the team lacks any real quality assets coupled with an eroding fan base that could lead to a quick departure. he is not from the "old boy" network so it won't be quite as easy to get another gm job if he fails to deliver. i totally support the decision to hire him and willing to wait. i know harris has given him full support but if only 8k show up at games, how much rope can you give him? if harris didn't have philly ties, i would say his most likely move would be to take the team to seattle.

I think you're off the mark on all counts here.

1) They do have some assets. Holiday is an all-star guard locked up long-term to a fantastic contract. Thad has played into his contract. They're going to have lots of cap space after this season. This is not a dire situation at all.

2) I think you're underestimating our fan base. Our attendance was middle of the road this year, 17th in the league. We're the 4th largest television market in the country. There's no way they'd want to move to Seattle.

3) I think Hinkie will have plenty of rope. He's the type of GM this ownership has wanted from day 1. Besides, the old boy network is evaporating quickly. Advanced analytics is where this league is heading long term. And I don't think he'll need the rope. I think this team will be successful under him. I'm not sure he'll win a championship, but I think he'll get us out of the 7th-10th range of the East.

by **Barry Jive** » Thu May 23, 2013 18:51:02

pretty sure there's no way attendance would drop to 8k. that would be unprecedented. the Kings drew 13k this year, last in the league

by **Barry Jive** » Thu May 23, 2013 18:54:26

I get the feeling Harris isn't really into the "old boy" network thing anyway.

by **JFLNYC** » Thu May 23, 2013 19:02:53

Except the old boys with money.

by **azrider** » Thu May 23, 2013 19:09:18

i think hinkie will do great, but it will take time. the philadelphia job is not an easy one. it is a job that i would take seconds thoughts about taking. the bynum decision is a tough call. the philadelphia media for the most part are a bunch of assclowns.

by **PrattRules** » Thu May 23, 2013 19:17:15

Hinkie will be just fine... because it's the Hinkie tonk women.

by **JFLNYC** » Thu May 23, 2013 19:25:55

by **ReadingPhilly** » Thu May 23, 2013 19:28:15

azrider wrote:i think hinkie will do great, but it will take time. the philadelphia job is not an easy one. it is a job that i would take seconds thoughts about taking. the bynum decision is a tough call. the philadelphia media for the most part are a bunch of assclowns.

very few gm jobs become available, especially in a bigger market. pretty hard to turn those down.

by **mcare89** » Thu May 23, 2013 20:15:42

ReadingPhilly wrote:
azrider wrote:i think hinkie will do great, but it will take time. the philadelphia job is not an easy one. it is a job that i would take seconds thoughts about taking. the bynum decision is a tough call. the philadelphia media for the most part are a bunch of assclowns.

very few gm jobs become available, especially in a bigger market. pretty hard to turn those down.

Especially jobs with final say. Hinkie turned them down last year because he didn't want to be the right hand of Doug Collins. Getting a job with final say is huge.

by **joe table** » Thu May 23, 2013 20:50:34

If Bynum is actually optimistic about his knee, wouldn't he prefer to take a one year deal (and then get the max next summer if he plays 70+ games at his characteristic level) than some 3 year deal? Only way I see him taking 3-45 is if he's really worried about ever getting back to 100%

by **mcare89** » Thu May 23, 2013 21:08:48

joe table wrote:If Bynum is actually optimistic about his knee, wouldn't he prefer to take a one year deal (and then get the max next summer if he plays 70+ games at his characteristic level) than some 3 year deal? Only way I see him taking 3-45 is if he's really worried about ever getting back to 100%

I agree, but with a history of knee problems, an all-out cash grab wouldn't be the worst idea in the world for him. If he got hurt again on the one-year deal, he might be in some real trouble.

That's why I can't fathom how anybody thinks Bynum took the Sixers for a ride this year. He picked the absolute worst year possible to get hurt.

by **Youseff** » Fri May 24, 2013 11:43:00

prediction: Bynum goes down in history as one of the all time Sixer greats. CANT WAIT!!

by **CFP** » Sat May 25, 2013 10:06:33

I want this guy to replace John Mitchell immediately:

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/six ... fense.html

by **Gimpy** » Sat May 25, 2013 10:07:35

CFP wrote:I want this guy to replace John Mitchell immediately:

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/six ... fense.html

I'm going to cosign that statement without even clicking the link.

by **smitty** » Sat May 25, 2013 14:21:35

Youseff wrote:prediction: Bynum goes down in history as one of the all time Sixer greats. CANT WAIT!!

Better than Jeff Ruland even.

by **Youseff** » Sun May 26, 2013 11:35:59

Phil Sheridan with a really bad "statistics are bad because Billy Beane sucks and Wall Street is greedy" article. Guess we should just fire Hinkie now.

by **mcare89** » Sun May 26, 2013 16:11:55

Youseff wrote:Phil Sheridan with a really bad "statistics are bad because Billy Beane sucks and Wall Street is greedy" article. Guess we should just fire Hinkie now.

Makes sense, since Sam Hinkie got into basketball in 2005, and I'm sure that Chip Kelly was considering Wall Street in another life. What a phone-in of a Sunday column.

by **BigEd76** » Sun May 26, 2013 18:30:31

Dunno if he's a serious candidate here, but Sampson is one of the three finalists for the Bucks job

by **BigEd76** » Sun May 26, 2013 22:57:26

thekidet
So dope that Jrue's commercial gets major TV time. Glad he's gettin that big time recognition #respect

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