separate post!

needless to say, i'm extremely happy with the hiring of any disciple of metric boy morey. even if he fails to turn things around, it's a welcome departure from the prehistoric tyranny of collins' gut instinct.

an article about him from four years back:

http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/Higher_Learning-287072-34.html

money quote:

"I’'m probably pretty boring to watch a game with because I’'m all about expected values. I don'’t even care if it goes in or not, I’m all about, '‘Should it go in?’' I can live with randomness. I mean, if it’'s a close game in the end, yeah, I’'m just like anyone else. But I just want us to play the odds all the time.”"

we can nitpick details like whether chuck hayes lived up to expectations, but the gist of the story is that hinkie is a smart guy who has a rational approach to team-building. that hasn't been the case in philly in a looooooooooong time.