Rod Thorn set to become Sixers president

I am not exactly sure what the duties of a president are, but my initial reaction is positive. I like Rod Thorn and was relatively impressed with the recap of his moves/transactions.

Im so sour on Ed Stefanski that any front office movement that doesnt involve him packing his bags will not resonate as well as it could. So does this set the table for a Stefanski firing or does it just mean Rod is good and it is better to have 2 people doing the jobs than just one? I seriously have no idea and would like to hear a smarter person’s thoughts. I would throw my vote of confidence to Kevin Pritchard. Theres a lot of hate being undeservedly sent his way, and getting him would be a nice little coup.

Would have preferred Pritchard or Warkentien, but Thorn is a smart guy, at least. If I had to guess, it appears that they would like to remove Stefanski, but not do it in a way that’s as embarrassing to the team as “We realize we should have fired this guy at the end of the season, but we just didn’t, so we’re going to ease someone else into his position, and let that guy do the dirty.” I know Thorn and Stefanski are buds from their Nets days together, but I can’t believe they would get rid of Tony D (the one useful front office guy they have that everyone in the world respects) in favor of Stefanski running their draft.

Stefanski has effectively been neutered, and this is a Good Thing.

However…

Are they really trying to build Nets South or something? Why wouldn’t they take people from winning organizations like everyone else? Why would you hire the architect of the second-worst team ever? It’s not like the Nets have this proud history of championships and we’re just trying to bottle the magic here. Thorn is a pretty respected guy, but you’d have to think that with so many guys with better track records available, they could have made a better choice.

I’m more confused than anything by this, although pretty much anyone is an improvement from Stefanski.

It’s been looooong..looong time commming…but I KNOOOOOOW, change gone coommmme, O YES IT IS!!!!!!! I don’t know(nor do I care) what happens to stefanski, but at least we finally have a trigger man in the front office…right or wrong, weak or strong..Rod thorn will pull it…and right now that’s all we can ask for…the biggest trade stefanski ever pulled off was the Dalembert move…and this team has needed alot more than that over the last 3 yrs….also it’s all about who you know…and Rod Thorn is alot more connected than stefanski

Frankly, it can only mean good things. Rod Thorn built that Kidd-Carter-Jefferson team that due to Kristic injury, was never able to meet it’s full potential. Frankly, I don’t think this Sixers team is close to that trio. Turner is a question mark till I see him in a real NBA game. Frankly, I still believe Evan’s a raw player and it’ll take him time to gel in the NBA. I guess Iguodala’s a RJ(giving him the major benefit of the doubt). The only one that really has that top-flight potential is Jrue Holiday.

I’m pessimistic, 33-35 wins tops.

Rod Thorn is a highly respected Executive who has a very good track record, along with fimialrity with our current GM and Head Coach. Both Thorn & Ed built the NJ Net team that made a few appearances in the NBA Finals. Let not forget Thorn was apart of building the Chicago Bulls Dynasty as well. I feel more confident today, then I had with our front office since Pat Croce was on board. Throw in our terrific scouting department and this team is headed into the right direction.

Hiring a veteran Head Coach, a respected veteran Executive, landing the #2 overall pick has been a very good offseason thus far. The right people are now in place and hopefully they will assemble the right players to make the team a true title contender.

I just listened to the Press Conferance, reading between the lines I think Thorn took the job b/c Snyder will put out the money they didn’t want to in Jersey..and even with the Russian Mob now running the Nets the expectations weren’t realistic especially w/ a low-ball contract.

This makes me very happy