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Philadelphia Flyovers: Here’s the “Fire Rick Tocchet” Banner
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The “Fire Rick Tocchet” plane flew over Xfinity Mobile Arena on Sunday afternoon:
This was the result of a fundraising effort organized by Tony Escargot, who apparently was in the plane himself? Hilarious. He generated enough money to hire the plane and post a billboard above I-95 with the excess going to charity.
Some fans loved this idea and some hated it, which is to be expected. The former group has been frustrated with Tocchet’s system and the way he’s used Matvei Michkov.. The latter group finds this to be a corny waste of resources and points out that Tocchet got this team into the playoffs last year.
The thing about a fan and front office relationship is that the people in the stands don’t have many ways to communicate. They can boo. They can stop buying tickets. This is just a way to express their displeasure since they can’t exactly sit down with Danny Briere, Dan Hilferty, and Keith Jones and talk to them. If that was a thing, direct access, then they wouldn’t hire a plane to carry the message, both literally and figuratively.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com