This is all very strange. From what I've heard, his wife was the culprit. It was not fake news, but somehow his wife was doing all this stuff. How she knew all this inside info is still a mystery. Wives generally aren't privy to what goes on in their husband's jobs. Nor are they usually much concerned.
Whether Colangelo knew what she was doing is the first question that pops up.
My wife and I pretty much know if there's any drama in the other's work life. Okafor and Embiid were big investments by PHI, so it's not like they were under the radar.
I think the second part of the bolded is becoming less and less true. June Cleaver doesn't really exist in my age group (30's). I think there's more of an overlap between the public and private life with respect to the traditional roles of husbands and wives. I don't blame Colangelo for confiding in his wife as an advisor. I do blame him for not shutting down 5 Twitter accounts. He was reckless. In my eyes, the 76ers didn't really have a choice but ask him to resign/fire him.
yea unless you are in like the FBI or a laywer (in which case they probably still talk about noncase stuff, eg a funny thing a coworker said), most wives/husbands are not going to be ok with you never talking about your job.
There are a lot more jobs than you'd think ranging from finance, accounting, government, consulting, procurement, R&D, investigations, healthcare, etc., where you can't really talk about confidential information with family. I never gave much info to my family about the work I did except once when safety was a clear issue.
Anyhow, in this case, the info is too specific and too voluminous for it to have come from the wife.