10 pro teams that no one would miss

[clenz]

I can’t link the list, because Spike TV’s website is blocked at work…as are pretty much all radio and TV websites, so if someone can link it that would be great.


Anyway, I heard this list yesterday listening to The Loose Cannon’s on FSR. Some guys list of the 10 pro teams that no one would notice/care if they were disbanded.

10. Atlanta Thrashers
9. Jacksonville Jaguars
8. Florida Marlins
7. Toronto Raptors
6. Memphis Grizzlies
5. Pittsburgh Pirates
4. San Jose Earthquakes – or any MLS team for that matter
3. Charlotte Bobcats
2. Los Angeles Clippers
1. Phoenix Coyotes


He gives an explanation with each of the teams, but again I can't link it.

[andy7171]

Sacramento Sirens

[clenz]

Sacramento Sirens

Everyone would miss them...

Andy, I threw you a vine and your take sucked. BLOCKED!

[andy7171]

Sacramento Sirens

Everyone would miss them...

Andy, I threw you a vine and your take sucked. BLOCKED!

I can only listen to rome in 6 week cycles. If I don't stop for 6 weeks, I find myself getting angered.

[clenz]

Everyone would miss them...

Andy, I threw you a vine and your take sucked. BLOCKED!

I can only listen to rome in 6 week cycles. If I don't stop for 6 weeks, I find myself getting angered.

You can listen for longer than I can. I'm lucky to make it through an entire show without shutting him off.

The sad thing is, some of his interviews are top notch, but that is hidden by the fact the guy is a douche and his show sucks

[andy7171]

I can only listen to rome in 6 week cycles. If I don't stop for 6 weeks, I find myself getting angered.

You can listen for longer than I can. I'm lucky to make it through an entire show without shutting him off.

The sad thing is, some of his interviews are top notch, but that is hidden by the fact the guy is a douche and his show sucks

I rarely listen to a whole show, mostly because he repeats himself over and over. I have a friend who alerts me to when he goes on vacation, when Jay Mohr and The Sklar Brothers guest host, they always crack me up.

[clenz]

You can listen for longer than I can. I'm lucky to make it through an entire show without shutting him off.

The sad thing is, some of his interviews are top notch, but that is hidden by the fact the guy is a douche and his show sucks

I rarely listen to a whole show, mostly because he repeats himself over and over. I have a friend who alerts me to when he goes on vacation, when Jay Mohr and The Sklar Brothers guest host, they always crack me up.

I love it when they host.

Probably my favorite Jim Rome moment ever

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[89Hen]

10 pro teams that no one would notice/care if they were disbanded.

10. Atlanta Thrashers
9. Jacksonville Jaguars
8. Florida Marlins
7. Toronto Raptors
6. Memphis Grizzlies
5. Pittsburgh Pirates
4. San Jose Earthquakes – or any MLS team for that matter
3. Charlotte Bobcats
2. Los Angeles Clippers
1. Phoenix Coyotes

There are plenty more, aren't there?

New Jersey Nets
New York Islanders
Kansas City Royals
Milwaukee Bucks
St Louis Blues

[DJH]

The list should simply be: Every pro franchise in the state of Florida.

[appmaj]

Lots of smaller market teams there

[tampajag]

The list should simply be: Every pro franchise in the state of Florida.

or every franchise in Iowa.........................................






































































oh wait, sorry

[tampajag]

If the Clippers disappeared who would people laugh at for poor drafts?

[SuperHornet]

The people in these communities would care.

Andy, nice pot shot.

Why would a world champion be on this list?

[Gil Dobie]

Is the WNBA still in business.

[Gil Dobie]

New Jersey Nets
New York Islanders
Kansas City Royals
Milwaukee Bucks
St Louis Blues

Blues and Bucks have a pretty good following, while the Islanders have a great history.
KC doesn't have ownership that can afford a good team.

As Michael Ray Richardson once said after being traded to the New Jersey Nets "Ship be sinking".

[T-Dog]

Pro basketball died in Charlotte when the Hornets left.

It's funny, because the Hornets played in the Charlotte Coliseum, which was in the middle of nowhere (cheapest land around, which is why it was built there) in a shitty arena yet people flocked to games there like there was no tomorrow. The Hornets owned Charlotte in a way the Panthers could only dream of. Now the Bobcats play in a nice arena smack in the middle of downtown with public transit, plenty of parking and stuff to do around the arena and the city couldn't care less.

[clenz]

Here is the site

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Thrashers
When Gary Bettman began his 20-year quest to destroy the NHL, one of the key components of his plan was to expand the league into places that could not support a franchise or consistently sustain ice.

With the second lowest attendance in the NHL and a fan base that routinely car pools to Fredrik Modin Appreciation Day events in a Toyota Camry, Bettman’s devious plot seems to be working perfectly in the Sun Belt. Once the Panthers, Predators, and Lightning (numbers 25, 22 and 26 in NHL attendance) follow suit, the diminutive commissioner can get back to his day job as a featured extra on Little People, Big World.

Jaguars
The moving trucks have been circling the Jaguar’s parking lot like vultures for seven months. This team already has their left foot in Los Angeles and right one kicking themselves for signing David Garrard to a long term deal. Their departure is basically a done deal at this point. The only question left is who gets to keep their “AFC Championship Participation” banner from 14 years ago.

(Note: The Buffalo Bills could have easily taken this spot, but what else do people in upstate New York have? At least Jacksonville residents have warm weather and three attractive women.)

Marlins
We’re still waiting for the MLB office to confirm that this team hasn’t already disappeared, so until we get the call, they remain on the endangered – not extinct – list.

Raptors
Quick… name one player on the Toronto Raptors.

In all fairness, the Raptors actually have a relatively large fan base – myself included - that supports the team through bad times and slightly worse ones. It just so happens that the NBA Players Association hasn’t jumped on board.

Since forming their franchise in 1995, Toronto has done a tremendous job bringing in talented players like Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter, and Chris Bosh. They’ve also done a spectacular job thanking them for their brief services after their abrupt departures. Nearly every player we (yes, the collective “we”) bring in eventually takes off and leaves a shattered mess of Serbian power forwards (and no playoff hope) behind. The fans may miss this team if it went away, but very few players would even notice.

Grizzlies
This team already moved cities once and nobody really noticed. What are the chances things would change if it happened again?

Since switching countries in 2001, the Grizzlies have become one of the least successful franchises in the NBA in both attendance and winning percentage. Their only real contribution to the league was trading Pau Gasol to the Los Angeles Lakers in 2009 for a bag of used sneakers and Ron Artest’s second cousin.

Pirates
Hypothetically speaking, if the Pirates management held a small press conference (that didn’t interfere with a Steelers game) and announced that the team had decided to call it quits, would anybody take it too hard?

I imagine it would be like when your girlfriend’s older brother goes away to college. Sure, you liked the guy and occasionally asked him to hang out when your other friends were busy. But you’re not going to shed a tear, because Ben Roethlisberger and Sidney Crosby are still in the neighborhood and way more fun at parties.

Earthquake
Be honest. You just sat there for three seconds before asking yourself “wait, is this a real team, or is it just something Breitman made up for the article?”

I could have put virtually any MLS team here and wouldn’t have made a difference. Nobody would miss this league if it went away, let alone the teams that play in it.

Bobcats
Michael Jordan's poorly conceived ownership is the only reason this team is allowed to put their website on NBA.com. The Bobcats are the fourth most popular basketball team in their own state and have the majority of their home games broadcasted exclusively on AM radio.

They also rank dead last in “road attendance,” meaning that whenever they travel to a new city, fans would rather see (literally) any other team play.

Clippers

If the California government decided to get out of debt by nationalizing (or whatever the state version is) Los Angeles basketball, would anybody object if they turned the Clippers into the Los Angeles Lakers Part II?”

Think about it for a second.

The Clippers currently rank 20th in league attendance and are near the bottom of nationally televised game appearances. However, if Blake Griffin, Baron Davis, and Eric Gordon played for the “Lakers Part II,” they’d instantly become one of the most popular teams in the NBA.

Coyotes

The Phoenix Coyotes have become a lot like that freshman cheerleader who used to have a pretty good life until her ex-boyfriend posted naked photos of her on Facebook. Sure, she might seem like an appealing person who made one bad decision, but at the end of the day, nobody wants to associate themselves with the “naked chick who had sex with the shop teacher,” and she’ll eventually have to transfer schools because of it.

Now, if you replace “naked photos” with “building an arena in the middle of nowhere” and “transfer schools” with “relocate back to Winnipeg,” you’ve essentially got the Phoenix Coyotes' current situation. By all accounts, they’re a talented franchise with a lot of positive things going for it. If only they hadn’t made that one critical mistake, they would have been in the running for prom queen.

[89Hen]

Blues and Bucks have a pretty good following, while the Islanders have a great history.

Meh.

[Gil Dobie]

Blues and Bucks have a pretty good following, while the Islanders have a great history.

Meh.

4 straight cups with a great team of Bossy, Trottier, Potvin and Smith. I know, I know, they weren't the Flyers.

[93henfan]

Dallas Cowboys
New York Yankees
New York Mets
New York Giants
Pittsburg Penguins
Boston Celtics
LA Lakers
JMU
Villanova
The tee-ball team with the fat kid that ran into my son


Oh, I'm sorry. I misread the title.

[89Hen]

4 straight cups with a great team of Bossy, Trottier, Potvin and Smith. I know, I know, they weren't the Flyers.

Like I said... meh. Isle's have more cups and more recent cups than the Flyers, but the Flyers have been VERY relevant in the NHL every decade they've been in the NHL. Do you really think anyone under 40 remembers Bossy, Trottier, Potvin and Smith?

[Gil Dobie]

4 straight cups with a great team of Bossy, Trottier, Potvin and Smith. I know, I know, they weren't the Flyers.

Like I said... meh. Isle's have more cups and more recent cups than the Flyers, but the Flyers have been VERY relevant in the NHL every decade they've been in the NHL. Do you really think anyone under 40 remembers Bossy, Trottier, Potvin and Smith?

Of course they don't remember them, I didn't realize this was about the under 40 crowd, Mike Schmidt, Steve Carlton, Greg Luzinski.

[AZGrizFan]

Start with this:

1) Eliminate hockey. At all levels. About 8 people would be up in arms...the rest don't even know it's an actual game.
2) WNBA....seriously, who wants to watch a bunch of horse-faced dykes play a man's game?
3) Soccer. All. Eliminate. Period.

4) Then, once that housecleaning is done, get rid of the consistently below average bottom feeders in each sport. Contract baseball to 24 teams by requiring an attendance threshold:

Pirates
Royals
Marlins
Rays
indians
Athletics

All----GONZO. Take the 3 decent players on each of those teams and redistribute them.

5) Then bring the NFL back down to 30 teams with 3 5 team divisions by getting rid of the following football teams:

Oakland Raiders
Jacksonville Jaguars

There's probably more NFL housecleaning that could be done, but 26 or 28 teams isn't a nice round number.

6) Finally, clean the fucking HOUSE in the NBA. Honestly, there are a boatload of crappy teams that just need to GO:

Charlotte Bobcats
L.A. Clippers
Memphis Grizzlies
Sacramento Kings
New Jersey Nets
Minnesota Timberwolves

That would get the NBA down to a much more manageable 24 teams, leaving 2 12 team conferences each splint into 2 6-team divisions. Basketball might actually be WATCHABLE then....

There are some cities (Portland, Minneapolis, Charlotte, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Jacksonville, Tampa Bay....I'm looking at YOU) that just do NOT support and can not justify the expense of fielding professional sports teams that consistently play in front of 2/3 empty stadiums.

[89Hen]

Of course they don't remember them, I didn't realize this was about the under 40 crowd, Mike Schmidt, Steve Carlton, Greg Luzinski.

Not sure I follow here... aren't the Phillies looking to get back to their third WS in a row? The only Philly team that needs to rest their laurels on ghosts are the Sixers, and who cares about the NBA?

[89Hen]

Start with this:

1) Eliminate hockey. At all levels. About 8 people would be up in arms...the rest don't even know it's an actual game

You've lived in Arizona too long.