Best GMs in sports (Forbes)

[TheRover]

So Forbes mag thought it'd be cool to rank the top 98 GMs in all professional American sports.

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here's the top 10:

1 Kevin McHale NBA Minnesota Timberwolves
2 Jay Feaster NHL Tampa Bay Lightning
3 Billy King NBA Philadelphia 76ers
4 A.J. Smith NFL San Diego Chargers
5 Lou Lamoriello NHL New Jersey Devils
6 Don Waddell NHL Atlanta Thrashers
7 Marty Hurney NFL Carolina Panthers
8 Jerry Angelo NFL Chicago Bears
9 Bill Polian NFL Indianapolis Colts
10 John Paxson NBA Chicago Bulls

the rest of the list: hilarity ensues

note that even by this batshit crazy formula Matt Millen is still a huge dumfuck

Perhaps someone here can make a good list.

[Artdogg]

lol?

[mmbt0ne]

75 Billy Knight
78 Mitch Kupchak

LOLOLOLOL

[Narcileptico]

kevin mchale, lol.

The #1 criteria must have been "most draft picks lost through under the table contracts to avoid the salary cap"

[kutuz_off]

I really hope Bill Simmons sees this.

[MikeyPatriot]

Paxson, Smith, and Polian seem OK. I don't know enough about hockey to comment there. McHale and King 1 and 3???

[LionelHutz00]

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1 Kevin McHale NBA Minnesota Timberwolves


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hang on for a minute...

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[ZBTHorton]

They might as well have sorted them alphabetically or something. That list makes absolutely no sense. I'm at awe in the fact that Forbes let them publish that.

[LionelHutz00]

ok looking at the methodology of these rankings, it's not surprising at all that mchale is ranked #1. it's based on how successful the team has been in relation to their predecessor. Since McHale took over a god-awful expansion team, he ranks very high. Notice that the highest ranked MLB GM is #26. This is because the winning % difference between good and bad teams is much smaller in baseball than in other sports.

oh yeah, using this method for determining GM quality is incredibly retarded, obv.

[ZBTHorton]

The fact that Billy King is #3 is more ridiculous than McHale at #1.