Sports Illustrated Ranks The Best and Worst Owners in Sports

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Just meaningless list that mean nothing....

...ask Eagles fans their opinion of Jeffery Laurie, they probably don't think of him as a "Top 5" owner.

Dan Snyder may not be spending his money wisely, but at least he spends his money...and if that's what makes him a "bad owner", then why isn't Jerry Jones on that list...or even the Steinbrenner's(Top 5 in Baseball), who have spent a billion dollars on players yet haven't won a WS title since 2000.
 
CharlesO said:
Dan Snyder may not be spending his money wisely, but at least he spends his money...and if that's what makes him a "bad owner", then why isn't Jerry Jones on that list...or even the Steinbrenner's(Top 5 in Baseball), who have spent a billion dollars on players yet haven't won a WS title since 2000.
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Since the new Millenium:

Yankees- 3 AL pennants

Redskins- 2 playoff wins
 
SabresRule said:
On SI.com, they rank some of the best and worst owners in the four major sports. This should be very interesting.

Here are the links:

Jerry Buss, Peter Holt top list of best NBA owners - NBA - SI.com

Arturo Moreno, John Henry rank among best MLB owners - MLB - SI.com

Mike Ilitch, Jeffrey Vanderbeek top NHL's best owners list - NHL - SI.com

Robert Kraft, Rooney Family rank among NFL's best owners - NFL - SI.com
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Don't know about John Henry. He was a terrible owner when he was with the Marlins with ZERO personality and the approach of a rhino in a china shop. He needed the MLB to bail his a$$ out of here with the Loria to get him a franchise cause he had deep pockets. Talk to the fans and politicians down here and in Tallahassee how "good" an owner Henry was....:rolleyes:
 
salsadancer7 said:
Don't know about John Henry. He was a terrible owner when he was with the Marlins with ZERO personality and the approach of a rhino in a china shop. He needed the MLB to bail his a$$ out of here with the Loria to get him a franchise cause he had deep pockets. Talk to the fans and politicians down here and in Tallahassee how "good" an owner Henry was....:rolleyes:
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That may be, but Henry has been great in Boston. He's probably more admired up there than Paul Revere.
 
SabresRule said:
Salsa, I'm surprised- no responses to Al Davis being named the NFL's worst owner?
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You cannot say worse because he has always compensated ALL his players well. He has always gone out of his way to help former Raiders and he has always TRIED to get the best talent. Al Davis' problem has been the last 8 years or so where he was losing it. He has lost his knack for finding hidden talent and he has GAINED his knack for NOT trusting OTHERS to finding hidden talent.

Not a bad owner....an senile, out of touch one....:(
 
The basis of this list seems to be how cynical an owner is or how stupid he is. In the NFL, you really do not have to try and you will still make money. That is also true in other sports in certain markets. You can also be "crazy drunk" with money.

The list rightly calls out people like Angelos (who is one of the worst human beings currently alive, sports aside), the Leafs owners, Brown, and so on for their cynical game of not really trying to win. It also points out the many owners who just do not know what they are doing, like Davis and York.

But Steinbrenner? The Yankees are supposed to win. If you sit his record 1973 - date beside any other Yankee owner, he is second from the bottom, above only CBS, Inc.
 
I pretty much agree with everything but the Redskins. How can someone who is willing to spend whatever it takes to get a good team be considered a bad owner. I wish the Bengals owner was that bad.
 
ramy said:
I pretty much agree with everything but the Redskins. How can someone who is willing to spend whatever it takes to get a good team be considered a bad owner. I wish the Bengals owner was that bad.
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As we all know, spending "whatever it takes" is not a bad thing, provided that money is spent wisely. If the philosophy is to simply throw big money at high-priced free agents there are many recent examples to show why this doesn't work.
 
cosmo_kramer said:
As we all know, spending "whatever it takes" is not a bad thing, provided that money is spent wisely. If the philosophy is to simply throw big money at high-priced free agents there are many recent examples to show why this doesn't work.
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But spending money on the team does not make the owner a bad owner. Even if the money is badly spent....it more of a judgement issue don't ya think? I mean I have read MANY times how the Minnesota Twins owner Carl Pohland is probably the riches of ALL MLB owners, but how he is also the cheapest.....
 
salsadancer7 said:
But spending money on the team does not make the owner a bad owner. Even if the money is badly spent....it more of a judgement issue don't ya think? I mean I have read MANY times how the Minnesota Twins owner Carl Pohland is probably the riches of ALL MLB owners, but how he is also the cheapest.....
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That's correct, it just means it's a poorly run organization. Look at the Redskins and Yankees for examples. Their MO over the last decade has been to throw tons of money at high-priced FA. Where has it gotten them?

There's plenty of NY sports talk radio calls from Yankee fans who are jealous of other teams success with their younger, home-grown players and the roster depth these teams have. They like the fact that their team is willing to spend money, just maybe put more of it into player development.

Are they bad owners?? No, because they are spending money in an attempt to win. They probably should re-evaluate how that money is spent.
 
ramy said:
I pretty much agree with everything but the Redskins. How can someone who is willing to spend whatever it takes to get a good team be considered a bad owner...
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In the NFL, with its hard salary cap, overpaying has-beens guarantees that the rest of the squad will be substandard. Over the years, Dan Snyder has signed Deon Sanders, Bruce Smith and Jeff George when the the same money could have been used to improve half a dozen or more positions, and this year he made the same kind of splash, giving about $200 million in contracts to five guys. In football, it matters if your thirtieth best player isn't as good as their thirtieth best player.
 

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