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21st Century Pro Sports Cities Misery Index

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  • The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #3

    Another example:   the spoiled brats of Boston:

    Boston:  4 teams:

    Bruins:  19 seasons, minus 13 pts for 13 playoff seasons, minus 3 pts for 3 title series appearances, minus  1 pts for a title:  Bruins total 2 pts.

    Celtics:  19 season, minus15 playoff pts, minus 2 pts for Finals, minus 1 pt for their 1 title:   Celtics 1 Pt.

    Red Sox:  19 seasons, minus 10 playoff pts,  minus 4 WS appearance points, minus 4 title points.   Red Sox 1 Pt.

    Patriots:  19 seasons, minus 16 playoff pts, minus 9 SB appearance pts, minus  6 title pts.   Pats  -12 Pts.

    1 pt. + 1 pt + 2 pts - 12 pts  is  -8 total pts.   Divided by 4 is   -2 pts for Boston

  • The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #4

    Looking at the opposite end of things:

    San Antonio Spurs:

    19 seasons  minus 19 pts for making playoffs;  minus 5 pts for 5 Finals, then minus  4 pts for 5 titles  Spurs total is  -9 points

    And since  SA is a one horse town....that  -9 points gives them the lowest "misery index" of   all 49 cities.

    And here is the highest of all 49:

    San Diego:

    Padres.   19 seasons, minus  2 for playoffs   Padres points are  17  (no WS appearances)

    Chargers  17 season, minus 6 for playoffs   Chargers points are  11   (no SB appearance)

    San Diego:   17 + 11....plus I add 5 points for losing the Chargers:   33 total points;  Divided by two teams is   16.5  "Misery Index"

  • The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #5

    One last example, unless anyone wants the data for any particular city (I will just give the points and the math

    Los Angeles/Anaheim.    8 teams

    Kings:  19-10-2-2   Kings  5 pts

    Ducks: 19-12-2-1  Ducks  4 pts

    Clippers: 19-8    Clippers  11 pts

    Lakers:  19-13-7 finals -5 titles  Lakers  -6 pts

    Rams:  3 seasons  - 2 -1   Rams  0 pts

    Chargers  2 seasons  -1  Chargers  1 pts.

    Angels 19  - 7 - 1 -1   Angels  10 pts

    Dodgers  19-10 -2  Dodgers  7 pts

    So, LA  :  5+4+11 -6 +0 + 1 +10 +7  total 32 pts....but  also subtract  10 pts for Rams/Chargers moving in  LA total pts:  22.  Divided by 8 is 2.75. LA Sports misery Index

  • The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #6

    OK, one more since, after all....it is Shittsburgh.

    Penguins:  19 seasons minus 15 playoff years  minus 4 title series appearance minus 3 titles   Penguins pts:   -3.

    Steelers: 19 seasons  minus 12 playoffs, minus 3 SB games  minus 2 titles.  Steelers point:  2

    Pirates:  19 seasons minus 3 playoff   Pirates  16 pts.

    So:    -3 + 2 + 16  15 pts  divided by 3.   5.0   Pittsburgh sports misery index.

  • T TexasAg1969 wrote on
    #7

    I'm getting dizzy.?

  • T TexasAg1969

    I'm getting dizzy.?

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #8

    @texasag1969 said:

    I'm getting dizzy.?

    Its really as simple as A-B-C-D =X 

    Then add nX + Z? and divide by n. (number of teams)  (where you also have to factor in Z. (loss or gain of a team)

    Or...maybe this will help:

    Jacksonville

    Jaguars  19 years....minus 3 playoffs equals  16.

    Jax is a one horse town, so their index is 16. 

  • The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #9

    Here is a bit of a further breakdown...which you could say reflects the best  teams of the 21st Century

    Here are the teams with the BEST scores using the above method:

    Patriots   -12

    Spurs  -9

    Lakers  -6

    Thunder  -4   (but note....only over 11 years)

    Heat  -3

    Penguins  -3

    Yankees  -2

    Winnipeg Jets   0   (but only 5 year sample)

    And the following teams only scored a 1:  Sharks, Red Sox, Celtics, Devils, St.L. Cardinals

  • The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #10

    And now the worst....and guess who is on top:

    Cleveland Browns  18

    Buffalo Bills  18

    The following teams scored a 17:  Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres, Toronto Blue Jays

    The following teams scored a 16:  Pirates,  Orioles, Reds, Lions, Marlins, Jags, Brewers

    Note this however: all of these are either baseball or football teams.   Because of the NBA and NHL systems of including many more playoff teams, those teams would not score as high here. 

  • The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #11

    So,  according to my algorithm,  Cincinnati is at this time a more "suffering"  sports town than is Cleveland.   I don't know if they would believe that,  but I think it is true:  Cleveland has made  5 NBA Finals appearances, and a World Series appearance this century......Cincy has not a single "finals" appearance. 

  • mjp28M mjp28 wrote on
    #12

    They said that there would be no math questions.  😕

    GO BUCKEYES, BROWNS, INDIANS, CAVS, YSU, NAVY and yes I like ND!
  • mjp28M mjp28

    They said that there would be no math questions.  😕

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #13

    @mjp28 said:

    They said that there would be no math questions.  😕

    You don’t have to do the math I already did it for you. By the way you’re welcome.

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