15 worst owners in sports
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I think Jimmy Haslam being on there is a stretch. He's 10x better than Randy Lerner. Where is the credit for firing Banner and Lombardi? For Hiring Pettine and promoting Farmer?
For that matter what exactly was the problem with Randy Lerner? He spent whatever he was asked to spend.
Actually did what the fans wanted by hiring real football people and keeping his nose out of it.
What is the bitch with Jimmy Haslam? Cleaned up his mess didn'the?
WSS
For that matter what exactly was the problem with Randy Lerner? He spent whatever he was asked to spend.
Actually did what the fans wanted by hiring real football people and keeping his nose out of it.
What is the bitch with Jimmy Haslam? Cleaned up his mess didn'the?
WSS
I thought Lerner was disengaged, not interested in the franchise all that much. Disengaged people don't make the best hiring decisions, IMO.
And I wasn't bitching about Haslam, I was praising him.
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I don't think politics or anything like that goes into that list totally. Maybe a little.
I think it is anyone that has come up for scrutiny over some issue that comes into play.
E.g. for Snyder it is clearly the "Redskins" name issue (plus some meddling)
For Dan Gilbert it was probably the scathing letter he wrote about LeBron when he left (though clearly they hold a grudge over that longer than LeBron does.
For Haslam, it is the threat of indictment.
Plus since all these magazines are so New York centric they are clearly going to put the owners of bad NY teams at the top. An owner of a team in Sacramento or Kansas City.....or Cleveland (as most of you are right....the Dolans have managed the Indians the worst imo) who is as bad or worse at running a team won't get the same treatment as a NYC team.
For the Thunder they are just pissed because those guys move the team out of Seattle. Fair enough. But it that sort of thing.
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Jerrry Jones has to be #1 by a long ways. He could have won 2-3 more
Super Bowls with the talent he had on that team with Jimmy Johnson. Hell
he even won one in spite of Barry Switzer being coach. He insists on being
GM of the team and running the show, Snyder is terrible but he still has a
way to go to catch Jerry.BTW Haslam and Gilbert on the list but not the Dolans
who throw nickels around like manhole covers????
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For that matter what exactly was the problem with Randy Lerner? He spent whatever he was asked to spend.
Actually did what the fans wanted by hiring real football people and keeping his nose out of it.
What is the bitch with Jimmy Haslam? Cleaned up his mess didn'the?
WSS
I thought Lerner was disengaged, not interested in the franchise all that much. Disengaged people don't make the best hiring decisions, IMO.
And I wasn't bitching about Haslam, I was praising him.
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Gipper says politics has nothing to do with it. Then he says for Snyder it was the name Redskins. Dude that's politics.
So remove that sin from Snyders scroll and you have some meddling. Hardly enough to make him Satan in the Hades of owners.
WSS
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Of course politics is a lot of it. Rolling Stone is calling Haslam one of the worst owners on more than just the truck stop rebates, but because his company is the top supplier to the drilling and fracking industries. Doesn't get any more political than that.
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Of course politics is a lot of it. Rolling Stone is calling Haslam one of the worst owners on more than just the truck stop rebates, but because his company is the top supplier to the drilling and fracking industries. Doesn't get any more political than that.
Of course politics is a lot of it. Rolling Stone is calling Haslam one of the worst owners on more than just the truck stop rebates, but because his company is the top supplier to the drilling and fracking industries. Doesn't get any more political than that.
So. OK, maybe then the list does not mean that these guys are the worst owners because of the way that they have mismanaged their teams.......or screwed over the fans.......but because these are just the 'baddest guys' out there because of the way they conduct their lives and business. If so, so be it. These are the worst owners from a personal life/political point of view, not a sports management point of view.
I guess that is what I get for not reading the article.
Edit, OK, after looking at the list it has about half to do with the management competency, and the other half because they are "personally/socially vile". Very well. Fair game I guess for Rolling Stone.
Notwithstanding what they say here about these fatcat owners, each and every one of you wants your picture on the cover.
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Uncle Jimmy on the list.
15. Charles Wang, New York Islanders
14. The Wilpons, New York Mets
13. The Ricketts Family, Chicago Cubs
12. Woody Johnson, New York Jets
11. Jerry Richardson, Carolina Panthers
10. David Glass, Kansas City Royals
9. Mike Brown, Cincinnati Bengals
8. Jimmy Haslam, Cleveland Browns
7. Dan Gilbert, Cleveland Cavaliers
6. Clay Bennett and Aubrey McClendon, Oklahoma City Thunder
5. The DeVos Family, Orlando Magic
4. Jerry Jones, Dallas Cowboys
3. James Dolan, New York Knicks/Rangers
2. Jeffrey Loria, Miami Marlins
1. Daniel Snyder, Washington Redskins
Uncle Jimmy on the list.
15. Charles Wang, New York Islanders
14. The Wilpons, New York Mets
13. The Ricketts Family, Chicago Cubs
12. Woody Johnson, New York Jets
11. Jerry Richardson, Carolina Panthers
10. David Glass, Kansas City Royals
9. Mike Brown, Cincinnati Bengals
8. Jimmy Haslam, Cleveland Browns
7. Dan Gilbert, Cleveland Cavaliers
6. Clay Bennett and Aubrey McClendon, Oklahoma City Thunder
5. The DeVos Family, Orlando Magic
4. Jerry Jones, Dallas Cowboys
3. James Dolan, New York Knicks/Rangers
2. Jeffrey Loria, Miami Marlins
1. Daniel Snyder, Washington Redskins
Art Modell and Donald Sterling are missing which leads me to believe this means current owners. Otherwise this last would lack any credibility.
Also, the reason Haslem is on there mainly has to do with the Pilot/Flying J scandal.
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i stopped giving a fuck about what rolling stone thought when i stepped into the 80s.
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i stopped giving a fuck about what rolling stone thought when i stepped into the 80s.
Mik, for me, it may have been the 70s. LOL
Mike
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I think Jimmy has been a great owner.
Our team has improved a great deal.
The Improvements to the stadium have been tremendous
Improvements will contiunue this off season. I can't wait to see the improvements.
The south side of the stadium activities pre-game are fantastic.....I am going next week to see the ice sculpting...
What this guy is talking about, I don't have a clue.......Go Jimmy!
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i got to agree that dan snyder is the worst....but to baltimore fans it will always be jim irsay, for sure.....hands down.....the cocksucking thief in the night.....
You mean Robert Irsay, not Jim.
You mean Robert Irsay, not Jim.
you are so right.....my bad...
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If Brian Hoyer owned a sports team he would be #1.
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Haslam hasnt been the owner long enough to be on the list. Beyond that and more importantly I think he's done and admirable job especially considering all the person controversy. He shouldn't be on that list.
AKA SNATCH98 or Rorbotron. The boards glorious admins decided to get cute and change my name to "homotron" Classy group of people. (Lost a bet with Columbus king and got banned for a month) -
The first thing I would do with that list is to remove Jimmy Haslam & replace him with Larry Dolan...what a waste HE is!
Mike
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C'mon Jim Irsay got busted with all the oxycontin, shit hammered driving his car. That's gotta at least be as bad as fucking up some rebates at the truck stop...
WSS
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Someone mentioned Art Modell. Hell, if we're mentioning PAST owners, Ted Stepien is a "slam dunk" for the list.
Mike
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