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Are the Redskins the worst team in professional sports?


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No need to elaborate with big paragraphs, polls, or stats.  After the bs that happened with RG3, I feel like I hear Carrie's mom line in my head...."they are all going to laugh at you"....well they were already laughing.  So is it official; are the Redskins the worst franchise in professional sports?  Be objective, die hard(s), and people that would actually drink the Kool Aide need not respond.

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No, we're not.

 

Frankly, without the big paragraphs, polls or stats, I'm not sure this warrants a thread... and I'm not usually one to say that.

Why not?  I am sorry if someone else posted this thread.

Ask the question somewhere else. Try not to be shocked by the answer.

They laughed. They were laughing as soon as I said this was my team.  Lol(s) all over the place.

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A case can be made..  but, we've had somewhat recent success,, a few playoff appearances in the last decade or so.

But in terms of laughing-stock material, massive bags of crap blowing up in our faces, hard luck story after hard luck story, coaching carousels, and an owner who try as he might, can't help but get in the way and bungle things...  yes, we'r in the conversation.

 

other than the Browns, Bengals and Rams of the 90s,    over the last 24 years, not many have been losers as consistently as we have. winning has been an anomaly for almost a quarter century.

 

~Bang

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A case can be made.. but, we've had somewhat recent success,, a few playoff appearances in the last decade or so.

But in terms of laughing-stock material, massive bags of crap blowing up in our faces, hard luck story after hard luck story, coaching carousels, and an owner who try as he might, can't help but get in the way and bungle things... yes, we'r in the conversation.

other than the Browns, Bengals and Rams of the 90s, over the last 24 years, not many have been losers as consistently as we have. winning has been an anomaly for almost a quarter century.

~Bang

The weird thing is no matter how terrible we've been we still can't get the first pick in the draft. I really have no clue how this team has consistently avoided that?

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I would switch spots with the Jaguars or Oilers.

 

The Jaguars have some smart Pakistani's running the team now. The Oilers saw Wayne Gretzky play and just got a stud number 1 pick

 

Don't know much about hockey but that's cool.  Jaguars are still pretty bad regardless of who is running the team now.  They have been really bad for a long time.  Third overall pick Dante Fowler out with a torn ACL.  I hear what you are saying though.

 

San Diego Padres are pretty damn bad historically as well.  Pains me to say that because I like them.

 

Raiders are close to being as bas as us.

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Worst managed team mos def... I mean gawd...

To go from starter to concussed to cleared to never mind to benched forevers based on a mediocre performance by a career backup and a terrible performance by a guy with no clue, I mean come on?

Was there really no QB in the 5th round not worth taking a flyer on? If you were going to give up on rg3 before the season why extend his contract and why not draft a back up plan.

WHY?

That said, I doubt the Redskins will be last in the league this year, cousins brings an excitment to the team.. So I think we get five to seven wins... Should be enough to keep us out of top pick contention, not that we'd do anything with it anyway.

The sky is falling.

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No, we got great history, great colors, great symbol, great fight song, and a great team name. In our current state, we have still made some positive strides this season, Scot Mccloughan has us movin in the right direction, got some good personnel on the team, Alfred, Trent, Desean, Kerrigan, K Robinson, Breeland, D Young, Matt Jones etc ... Giving the start to Cousins is a good and decisive football move, starting RG3 would have been detrimental to the team at this point .. good play gets rewarded. If Cousins shows out great, if RG3 takes the challenge to improve and be ready for a return than great also ... 

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Let's agree upon a list of franchises that are worse and why. I need something ready to reference next time I have to defend myself against the laughter of others.

I'll start:

The Charlotte Bobcats/now Hornets are worse than Redskins. Why? They've never won a playoff game (swept in their only two playoff appearances) and recently set the record for worst record by winning percentage in the history of their sport. They've only finished above .500 twice, and Jordan is almost as bad an owner as Snyder. They've never drafted an All Star despite picking in the top nine ten times in the past eleven years. And their six different head coaches since the team was created in 2004 are actually two more than the Redskins have had over the same time frame.

Mitigating factor: they've only been a team for 11 years. But even still, they're worse than Snyder's Redskins, nevermind the once proud history of the franchise from before.

So there is one team. Any more?

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I don't think the Redskins are the worst NFL team let alone the worst team in American pro sports.  The Browns come to mind.  The last time they made the playoffs was 2002.  The Redskins have, incredibly, been to the post season three times since then (2005, 2007, 2012).  Since 1999 (when the Brown's got a team again) they've won 8 games or more, twice.  TWICE!  The lowly Redskins have hit .500 or better seven times in the same period.   

 

Let's also talk about Cleveland the city, even though I know the question was about organizations I feel we must because for most fans I think the city matters.  These poor ****s got to experience their team leave them behind and have great success somewhere else under a different name.  That's got to be a special kind of anguish.  

 

So no I don't think the Redskins are the worst.  I could make a case for other NFL teams as well but I think Cleveland is a perfect example of how things could always be worse.    

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Yup. I know we don't want to believe it but I am constantly amazed at how some people are able to fool themselves. It would be the equivalent of watching Bacari Rambo sit back there and **** up at the safety position for 15 years and just keep saying, oh he's doing fine… He's not really that bad… The media...

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The Sixers or Knicks? I'd say we are firmly in the conversation with the worst NFL teams, who I think are the Jets and Browns.

 

Hopefully today's news is just the beginning of taking the Skins out of consideration in this conversation. There's a capable GM and talent evaluator in place, a coach who will now be judged on his own merit with no excuses, and some legitimate talent on this team. They're near the top of the list. They will remain there until results are seen on the field and, more importantly, in the way the organization as a whole seems to be managed for a sustained period of time. I think we've seen some evidence that that may be happening today. I don't think we're the worst, but it sure does feel like it today. I think we'll all feel better as the season gets going, and we (hopefully) see an improving team just playing football. 

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I think the Marlins have to be pretty far into the lead for worst team in North American pro sports.  Their owner prefers to run a strategy of collecting revenue sharing but getting rid of all talent. 

 

Their only success occured when they bought a team to get a stadium deal then had a fire sale the next year.  At least with the Redskins, Snyder badly wants to win (he just doesn't understand how to achieve his desires). 

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The Knicks and Nets are both arguably worse than the Redskins too. Actually the Knicks are pretty much the Redskins of the NBA. The Nets are essentially a Russian Ponzi Scheme masquerading as a sports franchise. The Cleveland Caveliers would be worse too if not for lucking in to one particular player. Twice. The Orlando Magic are terrible too, and I think you can make a case for them being worse than the Redskins as well.

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