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Scott O’Neil Writes Thank You Note to Sixers Fans
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Scott O’Neil, who oversaw the Sixers as CEO of Harris Blitzer Sports and Entertainment, is leaving the team after eight seasons.
He wrote a thank you note on Twitter this afternoon:
Our devoted @sixers fans, #BeWhereYourFeetAre. pic.twitter.com/QdB39rX9Cl
— Scott O’Neil (@ScottONeil) June 30, 2021
It’s long, but this part stands out:
“At times I said the wrong thing, did the wrong thing, and even tweeted the wrong thing, but we lived, we laughed, we learned, and we moved forward.”
Hinkie supporters will latch on to that. They’ll tell you that O’Neil never trusted the process, not once. But like I wrote earlier, what did you expect? The business guy wants to do one thing and while the GM wants to embark upon a comprehensive rebuild. Of course there’s going to be incongruity there. And you realize that O’Neil’s replacement is going to be another… business guy, right? Another person with the job of making money and selling season ticket packages and growing the brand and doing all of the necessary evil money things that everybody claims to hate, but knows are required to run a successful sports team and entertainment portfolio.
It’s the cycle of life.
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