I am sure Morey will offer him a very high position in the organization assuming Morey still has that clout. Hinke was very highly thought of when in the Rockets organization.
goes to show you that tanking doesn't work unless the timing coinciding with a generation player coming into the draft.
Their fans are pissed too. Props to them for actually seeing the big picture. http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=1434668&start=20#start_here
[rquoter]Hinkie's top aides in basketball operations learned of his resignation through the media, league sources said. Sixers ownership and Jerry Colangelo wanted Hinkie to accept Bryan Colangelo’s hiring as a complement to Hinkie in the front office, but he rejected the idea, sources said. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/source...inkie-as-76ers-general-manager-012928256.html[/rquoter]
It's been written before several times he had "communication problems" with just about everyone: (1) Those who worked for him, (2) his GM peers in the NBA and (3) player agents. That is a death sentence. Game over! Running an organization is not a video game experiment. It takes leadership qualities and relationship building, which Hinkie severely lacked. They didn't have any concept of player development that I could see. They started his 3rd season 1-30. When you combine that with the shortcomings mentioned above, the Sixers realized they had to do something. Hinkie was a complete failure. At the NBA level, he's suited for an advisory role and that's it. Maybe the Rockets want him back.
Hinkie was a terrible GM. He was a failure. He is also a protege of Maury. He will most likely never again get the opportunity to test out his "process" as a GM with another NBA team. Hopefully Maury is next to "step down." Then he and Hinkie can go play all the fantasy basketball they want together.
You guys answered it but also for others: Will Sam Hinkie get another NBA GM job? And if so, how long before he gets that opportunity again?
Yeah, looks like it's not so much about his competency but his personality not fit for a leadership role. He was a top guy under Morey. Good for number crunching.
hey sam, could you tank, accumulate assets, try to win small trades, and get us high draft picks and spend no money and take a bunch of criticism for not winning while doing it? sure, what now? well, now i'm going to hire my son to run the team. but thanks. not that tanking takes all that much skill, but it seems kind of hilarious to run the plan like this, and then hire gerry colangelo to hire his son once you've done all the tanking.
Well, tanking doesn't require skill but Hinkie did a great job winning trade after trade, and now Bryan will probably **** up everything...
I think you guys are severely underestimating the work Sam has done in Philly to set up their prime position. Tanking was "The Process". Yeah it sucks, but the Sixers are loaded with talent and assets along with a huge amount of cap space and most likely a top 3 pick in the draft. Sam did all the grunt work essentially setting up the Sixers to be in PRIME position the next 2 years to finally make the moves to go up. Now daddy has undermined him and essentially forced a buffoon GM son to take his place. Putting all those assets acquired into Brian Colangelo's hands is like putting the hands on a detonator to a bomb. Its going to blow up in their faces. Sixer fans are absolutely livid and upset, and I don't blame them one bit.
When hinkie got there, Boston had rondo, which allowed them to get Crowder, etc. They also had the assets collected from the kg and Pierce deal. Portland had Dame. So tell me exactly how those situations match the dumpster fire hinkie inherited? Waaay easier to go from 0 to 1 than 1 to 2.
Who has a better future the bucks or the 76ers? They have both been kind of terrible the last 4-5 years.
Has to be one of the worst runs as GM. Tanked, lost in record fashion and managed to get zero stars. Okafor has potential but his relationship soured with the organization and they were trying to trade him a few months ago. Under him, they went backwards every year and hardly piled up any assets.
That happened to be a combination of bad luck, and failure to at least provide a nurturing mentality to the concept of winning---all while trying to lose as much as possible. You can do it for a year or two like that, but doing it continuously creates a very bad culture.
