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The Flyers did something yesterday. They fired GM Ron HEXTALL. Dave HAKSTOL lives on, for now.
At first, I thought it would be because Paul Holmgren wanted Hexy to fire Hak and start with a new head coach. But as the day went on, that might not have been the case:
#Flyers fans have been critical of the so-called "faceless corporate overlord" running team since Ed Snider's passing. It's my understanding that Comcast Spectacor CEO Dave Scott played a central role in Hextall's ouster, wasn't just rubber stamping a Holmgren decision.
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) November 26, 2018
McGuire says Hextall wanted rebuild to be done properly, not to deviate from it, Holmgren wanted to bring up Hart now & speed up the rebuild, they have not been selling out, #Flyers losing millions in revenue. Hextall didn't want to do that. That's yr "philosophical differences."
— NHL Watcher (@NHL_Watcher) November 26, 2018
(Audio of McGuire’s explanation here)
It’s a little similar to the Sam Hinkie era with the Sixers. Hexy isn’t completely tanking and trading players for draft picks as the former Sixers GM did, but he was also preaching patience with the rebuild. But the fan base lost patience, and so did front-office personnel. It wasn’t as well-received as The Process.
So who’s next? According to Frank Seravalli, it’s former Minnesota Wild GM Chuck Fletcher. Other candidates include Ron Francis, Steve Greeley, Chris Pronger, Scott Mellanby and Garth Snow. Hell no to Garth Snow.
Holmgren and Comcast Spectacor CEO Dave Scott will hold a press conference this morning at 11 AM. Oh, and they play tonight at home against the Senators.
And with that, take a listen to an emergency podcast of Snow The Goalie.
The Roundup:
With the Flyers dominating everything, it’s like we forgot the Eagles beat the Giants on Sunday. They did. Doug Pederson held his day-after presser.
Speaking of the Giants, Odell Beckham Jr. has a customized Joker card depicting himself.
Markelle Fultz is in New York and getting his shoulder examined, per Adrian Wojnarowski. We’ll know more later in the week, but Woj also mentions the team has stopped listening to offers for TJ McConnell and expect Fultz to return to the team and get a role off the bench.
But the team has started to gauge interest in Fultz.
Meanwhile, Kevin has thoughts on Sunday’s win over the Nets.
There’s now dueling petitions on Kendall Jenner attending Sixer games and sometimes people are stupid.
The Phillies have been connected to some other free agents that aren’t Manny Machado and Bryce Harper.
The Dodgers showed a behind the scenes look at Chase Utley’s final games in Philly.
In other sports news, the Texans defeated the Titans on Monday Night Football.
Mack Brown is back as North Carolina’s head football coach.
An elder Vikings fan gave a younger Packers fan the business.
In the news, Kathleen Kane lost her appeal and is going to jail.
We’re screwed as humans:
Disney is creating robots that can do acrobatic flips in the air https://t.co/qdN7nO7DjM
— Mashable (@mashable) November 27, 2018
Chris is the Morning Roundup writer on Crossing Broad. He recently graduated from Syracuse University and was the video coordinator for the men's lacrosse team. He's previously covered the Philadelphia Eagles for Philadelphia Magazine’s Birds 24/7 and KYW Newsradio 1060. Chris is also a Production Assistant at ESPN and the Managing Editor for the college lacrosse website College Crosse.