Gary 767 Posted October 16, 2018 My vote has to go to Robert Sarver of the Suns at the moment. Dean Spanos, and Arte Moreno. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MJWalker45 5,495 Posted October 16, 2018 Precourt, at least the other guys will pretend to fix a stadium. He can't even be bothered to. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ninersdd 575 Posted October 16, 2018 Jed York has to be up there. Vivek Ranadive seems pretty basketball inept so far as owner of the Kings. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LMU 7,549 Posted October 16, 2018 Dan Snyder says hello. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tp49 1,089 Posted October 16, 2018 Fred Wilpon is also waving hi. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Six 754 Posted October 17, 2018 The 49ers will always be a joke franchise as long as York owns the team. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crabcake 1,706 Posted October 17, 2018 13 hours ago, LMU said: Dan Snyder says hello. Was gonna say, how’d it take that long to get to him? This discussion begins and ends with Dan Snyder. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quillz 1,356 Posted October 17, 2018 Dan Snyder In addition to all the horrible things he's already done, he took a once proud franchise and effectively made it a laughing stock. Say what you want about some other owners (had he still owned the team, I'd have said Donald Sterling), but some teams have just been bad from the get go and so a bad owner doesn't really do much. It's when a historically good franchise is brought down by a terrible owner that it sticks out. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NoE38_Concepts 1,662 Posted October 17, 2018 Eugene Melnyk over the past few years. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SFGiants58 13,713 Posted October 17, 2018 James Dolan wants in on the conversation, as does Peter Angelos and Jim Irsay. If we’re talking historical, there’s a whole list of them: MLB - post-1931 Connie Mack - Clark and Calvin Griffith (personal pick for worst in Big Four history) - Arnold Johnson (collusion - how fun!) - Bob Short - FOX - The Chicago Tribune - Marge Schott NHL - Harold Ballard - Bill Wirtz - Ralston-Purina - the league - Norm Green - Peter Karmanos - the Gund family, pre-Sharks NBA - Donald Sterling - Howard Schultz NFL - William Clay Ford - the Mccaskey family - at least one generation of Bidwells - Georgia Frontierre - post-relocation Al Davis 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luigi74 177 Posted October 17, 2018 Robert Nutting 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LMU 7,549 Posted October 17, 2018 Also missing is Bruce McNall considering he drove the Kings into bankruptcy and spent a few years in jail. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crashcarson15 2,466 Posted October 17, 2018 15 hours ago, MJWalker45 said: Precourt, at least the other guys will pretend to fix a stadium. He can't even be bothered to. And the "good guy" in this situation (Jimmy Haslam) should be in prison, so. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian in Boston 2,541 Posted October 17, 2018 Robert and Jonathan Kraft as investor/operators of Major League Soccer's New England Revolution. The Revolution are an afterthought to the Krafts. They've historically put the bare minimum of effort into their stewardship of the team. That the team has managed to make it to five MLS Cup Finals speaks more to the vagaries of the league's playoff structure than it does to any sort of concerted effort on the part of the Krafts to build a benchmark, best-practices organization in MLS. Which is why, 22 seasons into Major League Soccer's history, the Krafts are operating an MLS 1.0 operation in a world increasingly defined by the efforts and achievements of MLS 4.0 outfits such as Atlanta United FC, Los Angeles FC, Portland Timbers, Seattle Sounders FC, and Sporting Kansas City. The Krafts' soccer team is nothing more than a means to fill dates on the Gillette Stadium calendar that aren't occupied by New England Patriots games or concerts, maintain a share of Soccer United Marketing revenues, stay on the radar of FIFA and USSF officials for the purposes of landing high-profile international matches such as World Cup games, and drive foot-traffic to retailers and restaurants at Patriot Place. Period. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Camden Crazy 141 Posted October 17, 2018 Peter Angelos, attorney at law. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clonewars2008 232 Posted October 17, 2018 Melnyk, the Gliebermans, Horn Chen 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leopard88 3,077 Posted October 17, 2018 4 hours ago, SFGiants58 said: James Dolan wants in on the conversation, as does Peter Angelos and Jim Irsay. If we’re talking historical, there’s a whole list of them: MLB - post-1931 Connie Mack - Clark and Calvin Griffith (personal pick for worst in Big Four history) - Arnold Johnson (collusion - how fun!) What do you mean we're not still a Yankees farm team? - Bob Short - FOX - The Chicago Tribune - Marge Schott - CBS - Jeffrey Loria NHL - Harold Ballard - Bill Wirtz - Ralston-Purina - the league - Norm Green - Peter Karmanos - the Gund family, pre-Sharks NBA - Donald Sterling - Howard Schultz NFL - William Clay Ford - the Mccaskey family - at least one generation of Bidwells - Georgia Frontierre - post-relocation Al Davis Which relocation? I assume you mean Oakland 2.0, but just checking. - Mike Brown - Malcolm Glazer - Leonard Tose - Robert Irsay (because Jim is a breath of fresh air compared to his old man) If we're going to open it up to all of Big Four history, I'll add my comments and additions (in bold above). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bmac 866 Posted October 17, 2018 Norm Green still sucks. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SFGiants58 13,713 Posted October 17, 2018 15 minutes ago, leopard88 said: If we're going to open it up to all of Big Four history, I'll add my comments and additions (in bold above). Clarifications: With Johnson, it was a direct trading pipeline without free agency departures. He also completely neglected the farm system, opting to sign ametuers that he’d trade to the Yankees (probably as a means of “thanking” them for their assistance in him getting a team and honoring his real estate interests). Here’s a link to describe the process Johnson used. He was also planning to move the team to LA, but died before any of the groundwork was laid. I’m not sure that CBS really deserves to be on that list, especially when compared to some of the other names we put on the list. I’m talking about post-1995 Al Davis. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
