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The hard part starts now for Ted Leonsis

Judging by the thousands of responses flooding social media — and the lack of even a single “you will be missed” message — Washington Wizards fans experienced a second birthday on Tuesday afternoon after it was announced that Ernie Grunfeld was relieved of his duties as president of the team.

There’s no secret that this is exactly what Wizards fans wanted. They made it clear from the daily disgruntled tweets sent to owner Ted Leonsis and made their voices heard by declining to renew their season tickets unless Grunfeld was given the boot.