Who is the worst GM is pro sports history?

kidcolin · #1 12-01-2007, 12:40 AM

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How can we forget Kevin McHale?

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as bad as he is, especially with the Joe Smith trade debacle and failing to build a successful franchise around one of the top 3 players of the past decade, at least he's in a decent situation now. He's got a young squad with some decent talent playing hard night in night out.

Put it this way: a young confident GM-to-be would love taking over for McHale and use that team as a building block. No one wants Isiah's job right now. That team can't be salvaged for 4-5 years.

kidcolin · #2 12-01-2007, 12:41 AM

actually I guess Elgin Baylor, acquiring Cassell and Brand aside, needs to be considered.

Jack of Arcades · #3 12-01-2007, 12:42 AM

21 years of futility is hard to top

Veecee · #4 12-01-2007, 12:58 AM

Rob Babcock is a contender.

Traded Vince Carter for scraps, and drafted Rafael Araujo before Igoudala and other good players. Traded for Rafer Alston who got into a fistfight with Sam Mitchell.

Although he did bring Calderon to T.O.

MikeyPatriot · #5 12-01-2007, 12:59 AM

Hawk Harrelson /thread

Golden_Rhino · #6 12-01-2007, 01:02 AM

Any GM of the Leafs not named Cliff Fletcher.

Veecee · #7 12-01-2007, 01:04 AM

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Any GM of the Leafs not named Cliff Fletcher.

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LOL, Cliff "Who needs prospects?" Fletcher

Pudge714 · #8 12-01-2007, 04:06 AM

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Hawk Harrelson /thread

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He was a GM? Honestly as terrible as Mike Millbury is I can't imagine anyone in the world would be a worst GM than Hawk Harrelson?

kidcolin · #9 12-01-2007, 04:40 AM

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Its a bad call to give an NBA GM worst GM in history status if they come into a horrible situation, because its so hard to rebuild in the NBA with the way the salary cap is structured if you have horrible contracts.

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You're being way too kind. OK so he didn't sign Allan Houston to 20 per. But he did:

1. Trade for Marbury's huge contract, along with overpaid Penny Hardaway.
2. Later, traded Hardaway (in the final year of his contract) and a good young talent in Ariza for Francis (Marbury 2.0), who was clearly not that good anymore and whose contract would be on the books for 3 more seasons.
3. Signs Jerome James for ~$6M per for 5 years (6 mpg wooh!)
4. Trades away tons of first rounders for Curry's bloated contract.
5. Traded Kurt Thomas's remaining $22M/3years for Q-Rich's $37/5years.
6. Not content to let Francis's contract come off the books in '09, he trades it for Z-Bo's, which comes off the books in '11. At least this guy's got some talent and can grab some boards. I wonder if two overweight, all-offense no defense front court players will work together?

I'm sure I'm missing a couple things.

Case Closed · #10 12-01-2007, 06:33 AM

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Hawk Harrelson /thread

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He was a GM? Honestly as terrible as Mike Millbury is I can't imagine anyone in the world would be a worst GM than Hawk Harrelson?

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He was GM. I know him as an announcer and he is so damn dumb. I can only assume his run at GM was horrific.