SI has ranked'em and gives us the 5 Best and 5 Worst from each sports...Baseball, football, basketball and hockey...
The method was not scientific but based on numerous factors, some of which are indisputable and some of which are intangible. Among the criteria used to evaluate owners was the willingness to spend money to improve the team; the stability and capabilities of the front office and management; the amenities at the team's venue; and the club's culture and interactivity with fans. Of course, weighing heavily in the decision was the team's success or failure on the field.
Living here in the DC area, I know lots of Orioles (and former O's) fans...and they will agree that Peter Angelos has totally ruined a once proud team...
And he rightfully deserves to be on that list...
“Tolerance and Apathy are the last virtues of a dying society.” Aristotle
Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem.
Amazing. Might be the first time EVER Bill Bidwell's name wasn't at the top of a "Worst Owner" list....amazing what a Super Bowl run will do for a person's rep.
"Ah fuck. You are right." KYJelly, 11/6/12
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AZGrizFan wrote:Amazing. Might be the first time EVER Bill Bidwell's name wasn't at the top of a "Worst Owner" list....amazing what a Super Bowl run will do for a person's rep.
No shit...from what I hear, the only difference between Donald Sterling and Bill Bidwill is a single appearance in a championship game.
I'm not sure there's such a thing as "best" owner anymore.
The worst:
Steinbrenner
Schott
Jones
York
Frontierre
Moreno
SuperHornet's Athletics Hall of Fame includes Jacksonville State kicker Ashley Martin, the first girl to score in a Division I football game. She kicked 3 PATs in a 2001 game for J-State.
Yeah, he has one of the best managers in the game today. But to me forcing that whole Anaheim-LA thing that NEITHER city wanted anything to do with screams ego.
SuperHornet's Athletics Hall of Fame includes Jacksonville State kicker Ashley Martin, the first girl to score in a Division I football game. She kicked 3 PATs in a 2001 game for J-State.
Yeah, he has one of the best managers in the game today. But to me forcing that whole Anaheim-LA thing that NEITHER city wanted anything to do with screams ego.
AZGrizFan wrote:Amazing. Might be the first time EVER Bill Bidwell's name wasn't at the top of a "Worst Owner" list....amazing what a Super Bowl run will do for a person's rep.
No shit...from what I hear, the only difference between Donald Sterling and Bill Bidwill is a single appearance in a championship game.
I mean, just two years ago, I think he was voted the worst owner of ALL TIME! How can he go from THAT, to not even being on the list? Just because he was smart enough to hire Ken Wisenhunt? Hell, even a broke clock is right twice a day.
"Ah fuck. You are right." KYJelly, 11/6/12
"The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam." Barack Obama, 9/25/12
bench wrote:
No shit...from what I hear, the only difference between Donald Sterling and Bill Bidwill is a single appearance in a championship game.
I mean, just two years ago, I think he was voted the worst owner of ALL TIME! How can he go from THAT, to not even being on the list? Just because he was smart enough to hire Ken Wisenhunt? Hell, even a broke clock is right twice a day.
agreed. until the cards are consistently in the playoffs and not f'ing it up the "busted clock theory" applies.
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