25 Most Hated Teams Of All-Time: 1988-1989 Bad Boys Rank No. 2
by Packey on Jul 28, 2010 5:03 PM CDT
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We all love(d) them with a healthy passion, but I don't think it comes as a surprise that non-Pistons fans were not too fond of our beloved Bad Boys. Sports Illustrated ranked the 25 most hated teams of all-time today and put the 88-89 Pistons at No. 2. Damon Hack explains:
Between the joy of Magic and the majesty of Michael was the dark and frightening rise of the Bad Boys. They threw hip checks like the Red Wings and were as mean as any boxer in Kronk Gym. Outside the state of Michigan, you wanted these guys in handcuffs. Never has an NBA team been so easy to detest, what with Rick Mahorn throwing forearms, Dennis Rodman elbows and Bill Laimbeer (pictured, left, with Mahorn) fits. (Somewhere, Laimbeer is probably still whining to the refs). Worst thing about them? They were a great basketball team. For all their roughhousing, the Pistons could light up the scoreboard with anyone -- Isiah Thomas flashing that sneaky grin as he beat you off the dribble, Joe Dumars locking up opponents and knocking down threes, Vinnie (Microwave) Johnson throwing in jumpers from everywhere. Fact is, the Pistons helped end two dynasties (Magic Johnson's Lakers and Larry Bird's Celtics) and delayed the start of a third (Michael Jordan's Bulls). They were bullies in basketball togs, but they could play.
I'm surprised the 89-90 Bad Boys did not get lumped in somehow -- an FBI investigation was launched because Chuck Daly was getting death threats! -- but there's probably not much arguing with this particular ranking from an unbiased standpoint. Take a look at SI's list (it's all on one page in the Detroit News) and share where you think SI went wrong, right, or both.
Something else to consider: what's your list of most loved (and hated) Detroit teams? You can do just Pistons or all major Detroit sports teams. Have at it, if you want.
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I'm Not.
No one is touching the Convicts, I mean, the ’Canes.
The Bad Boys were great. Team not only was talented, but it had heart and soul and played like a blue collar team…and had Daddy Rich coaching them.
by V. on Jul 29, 2010 4:01 AM CDT up reply actions
Meh, you don’t have to win to be hated.
by garrettelliott on Jul 29, 2010 8:02 AM CDT up reply actions
true that
but it does give those hate them reason to rejoice and feel as if karma was at work. When a hated team wins, it usually means more hatred and frustration.
Wouldn’t you despise the Heat even more if they did win a championship? I sure the hell would.
In all reality...
…you could say almost 4×. If Isiah didn’t throw an errant pass with Larry Bird lurking we could have realistically won it that year as well…although that could be a bit of a stretch.
Possibly, but
I remember watching the Lakers take it to the Celtics in the Finals that year and thinking, “I’m not sure we’re ready for that.” Of course I would have liked to have seen us try, and it would have given Dantley a chance to play in the Finals. . . .
damn straight
But in all fairness, only part of their success was due to their rough housing and bullish attitude; I would argue that the 88-89 Pistons were one of the deepest all around teams of all time. You could argue the ‘67 76ers were better in terms of star power, but they certainly didn’t have nearly the same depth (as if they needed it). IMO, only the 96’ Bulls were a better all around team, and not coincidentally Rodman played for both of those teams. Granted the stones “only” won 63 games, which isn’t anything new to the record books, but to do that in the Golden Age is far more impressive than the 64 win 05-06 team or even the 67 win Dallas team imo.
"Don’t really know shit about White other than he is a colon of Stuckey" - das SmittyJ
And here I thought I knew White like the palm of my hand
by bearded thundar on Jul 28, 2010 5:46 PM CDT reply actions
Not #1?
We was robbed!
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by Terrence J. Lynch on Jul 28, 2010 7:15 PM CDT reply actions
Just another reason to hate Miami
This is just adding fuel to the fire. MAKE ’EM PAY STONES!
AWESOME!!!!
Knocked off 2 elite teams for the right to be the Bad Boys…they could’ve 3 peated too, not sure what they could’ve done if they had advanced against the celtics the first time.
by alaskanpistonsfan on Jul 28, 2010 9:24 PM CDT reply actions
nice!
Great to hear the original bad boys making news again. DEEEEETROITTT BASKETBAAAAAALLLL!!
Duke and Notre Dame should be rated higher
I hatey hate them.
How long does it take the new Heat to get on that list?
by Biz Markie Moon on Jul 29, 2010 6:23 AM CDT reply actions
Also, I fail to see the problem with the 90s Knicks teams
I watched the 99 game against the Heat on ESPN Classics Christmas Eve (can’t recall the game of the Finals), and it was one of the most entertaining things I ever watched. I mean, it wasn’t the Showtime Lakers playing Mike D’Antoni’s Suns, but it was just brutal, knock down, drag out, basketball, and there’s something to be appreciated in that. To me, complaining about that is almost like complaining a movie is slow: the movie is likely slow for a reason, and if you can’t appreciate that, then you can go watch something more to your style. Or, you know, “Transformers”.
I guess what I’m trying to say is that the old school Knicks are indicative of the hoopshead/casual fan split. Like a litmus test: if you can appreciate that, then you really like basketball.
by Biz Markie Moon on Jul 29, 2010 6:30 AM CDT reply actions
John Starks FTW
he looks like an NBA JAM character in that picture.
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by brgulker on Jul 27, 2010 12:07 PM PDT
I don't understand how you don't have any Lakers team on the list
Yet the ‘00-’01 Jail Blazers, a 7th seed that didn’t get out of the first round, make the list. For me, I hated that ‘00-’01 Lakers team with a passion, especially because they went 15-1 in the playoffs that year.
My two favorite teams are the Tigers and Brewers. Drunk tigers. That sounds about right.
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i see your point
but if you looking the masses, more fans probably loved that lakers squad than hated it
you had star power – kobe, shaq, phil
+ you had winning
some fans would hate them (i.e. those who thought they were too powerful, those who thought they got favoured by the refs, and hardcore fans of other teams).. however the average fan would have loved that squad
makes sense to me that it didn’t make the list
Bad Boys on the other hand was a team that beat up the favoured teams with the cookie cutter superstars – and played very physical, so they became hated by non-Piston fans
Oh god...
Eddie House has joined the Heat. If he wasn’t annoying enough already. Dude is a nice 3 point shooter, but he was annoying as fuck and way too cocky with the celtics for a role player. I assume it’ll only get worse now.
Wow. Nice pickup for Miami. I hate House with the fire of a thousand burning suns, but he sure can shoot.
by garrettelliott on Jul 29, 2010 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions
but his son has his own reality show!
Just think of how much press that will get with Eddie House being the final puzzle to Miami’s “4 Kings”
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
House of the Burning Suns?
The Animals FTW!
My two favorite teams are the Tigers and Brewers. Drunk tigers. That sounds about right.
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Ringchasin' motherfucker
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by brgulker on Jul 27, 2010 12:07 PM PDT
Most Hated Pistons Rivals!!!
This is ranked in order of HATRED!
1. 2004/5 Indiana Pacers! Year of the Malice!
2. 1990/91 Chicago Bulls! Beginning of the end!
3. 2006/7 Clevland Caveliers! Lebron literally walked to the finals by the refs!
4. 2005/06 Miami Heat! The Champs that year with their all star cast! (I remember in 04/05 I read Shaq’s lips as we advanced to the finals “These motherf***ers can’t beat us” BASTARDS!
5. I’ma go ahead & add the 2010/11 Miami Heat here just cuz I LOATHE LBJ! If they get a ring this way, I will be an upset Piston fan! We win with not 1 star. So now all the allstars just wanna win by basically cheating!
6. 2007/2008 Boston Celtics! The way the NBA jocked the BIG 3! & The Celtics legacy damn near guaranteed them a ring
Thats all I got….
At the time, the late-80s Celtics
I really hated those guys, the “Bird stole the ball!” replays, Zeke having to explain what Rodman meant re “If he were white, he’d just be another player.” After we got over that hump, they were less of a rival. But I still remember my “I Hate Danny Ainge” t-shirt.
I hated the Bulls all through the 90s/Jordan era.
The Cavs and Heat bugged me, but mainly because I thought LeBron, Wade & Shaq were getting “superstar” calls all the time. Probably the worst examples of that were in the Heat-Mavs finals. But it wasn’t as intense for me as the old Celtics and Bulls rivalries.
I guess I was supposed to hate the Pacers after the Malice in the Palice, but I just think Artest was/is crazy and Jackson is kind of an excitable thug. I always liked Reggie Miller.
Interesting nobody has mentioned the team that denied us our back-to-back in ’05, the Spurs. I found it hard to hate them. Yeah, Ginobli flops and Bowen played dirty sometimes. But they were a smart, well-coached, no-superstar team that usually played “the right way.”
by Toledo Joe on Jul 29, 2010 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
I became a fan of the Spurs after that series.
Hated them during the series, but afterward I just had a lot of respect.
Where in the world is Trent Plaisted?
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No offense to DD3, but he probably wasn’t alive in the late ’80s.
by V. on Jul 29, 2010 6:17 PM CDT up reply actions
LMAO!
I was alive in the 80’s, but I admittedly didn’t become a Pistons fan until 1987 when I was 12 & Vaguely remember those years lol. I was born in Detroit but moved to CA young. When I went back to visit the fam in Detroit, everyone there was buzzing about the Pistons, so as an impressionable youth, I became a fan & have been riding hard for the Pistons since. Even during the terrible teal years. But that should explain why I kept my hated teams are so recent.
As for the Spurs, I couldn’t hate on the Spurs. We lost that series fair & square. Had Sheed stuck to Horry, we woulda have won that series. Can’t blame SA for Sheeds lapse in judgment lol.
The Spurs had no superstars?
What do you call Tim Duncan? He’s one of the best big men ever . I would call that a superstar. Tony Parker was also thought by many to be one of the best point guards in the game at that time.
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TD isnt a superstar in the sense that he is getting gaudy about it
no strippers in the club in miami or flying dudes pouring champagne all over him or whatever the fuck those guys do.
Yeah, TD was a "quiet superstar"
Didn’t get the “superstar calls” that Wade, Shaq, and LeBron did. I’m not sure Parker was considered a superstar in ’05.
I know Parker wasn't a ''superstar''
Just saying he was considered by many as a top pg. Not imo
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parker was fantastic back then and even better about two years ago
when he was healthy and his jumper came online he was pretty amazing. not a superstar, but he was definitely a top pg a few years ago.
actually the numbers suggest he's only an average point guard
Which could be part of the reason why Stuckey struggles so much, Joe tried to mold him into something that isn’t very effective
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/parketo01.html
career ratings of 108 and 103, pretty good, nothing special though.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/billuch01.html
from 04-05 and on, Chauncey has been ridiculously effective on offense, but not as good of a defender, as shown by his o-rating always being in the 120s but d-rating around 106
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by bearded thundar on Jul 30, 2010 8:12 AM CDT up reply actions
Correction: Duncan didn't NEED the superstar calls that those other guys got
Dude is easily one of the smartest basketball players in this generation.
And there is nothing quiet about the following:
Career: 21 ppg 11 rpg 2.3 bpg 2.7 apg
04-05: 23.6ppg 12.64rpg 2.7 bpg 2.3 apg
Career O Rating of 110 and a career D Rating of 98
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
by The Boourns on Jul 30, 2010 12:39 AM CDT up reply actions
When one’s nickname is “The Big Fundamental,” I’m not sure stardom is one’s destiny (regardless of how insanely awesome one is as a player).
If you define "superstardom" based on basketball resume alone
then Tim Duncan is one of the biggest superstars in the past decade. Unfortunately, media and off-court personality plays almost a bigger part in defining a superstar than their basketball resume. Not saying that one can be a superstar without the numbers to back it up, but apparently one can only be a superstar if they have the personality to go along with it.
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
no, you CAN be a star without the numbers to back it up
well, at least for a while – then it’ll finally catch up to you
but case in point is AI… also T-Mac after he got injured but was still considered a superstar by casual fans who kept voting him into the all-star game
The irony is that Tim Duncan has an awesome personality. He’s a laid back guy with a quick wit and a dry sense of humour. Totally likable!
by garrettelliott on Jul 31, 2010 8:38 PM CDT up reply actions
He plays STARCRAFT.
That’s a cool dude in my book.
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by Terrence J. Lynch on Jul 31, 2010 11:24 PM CDT up reply actions
you can be a superstar
and not a douche…ie Tim Duncan.
probably the reason why he was never marketed as hard by the NBA compared to others.
Well said, TJ
However, the first team I can remember actively hating was Portland.
I also have mad respect for the Spurs, have had it since the Admiral was a childhood hero.
I hated the 04 Lakers. HATED them. I didn’t watch any of their games but just hated how they strolled into the playoffs with EVERYONE on their jock. And the fact that we crushed them made it even better.
by garrettelliott on Jul 29, 2010 5:44 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Especially given the "let's join the team for the ring" thing
With Malone and Payton. Surprised more people haven’t mentioned that, with the LeBron-Bosh-Wade thing. I guess the point is with the ‘04 Lakers, it didn’t work. So I hated them, but they were only there for one year, and they didn’t win it all.
kobe, shaq, malone and payton were not best friends, hence it is not a valid comparison to the LBJ/Wade/Bosh team
the 04 lakers team knew nothing of TRUE sacrifice.
But not being friends makes it worse to me
Because it was clearly just mercenary / going after the ring.
Again, the only reason that Lakers team wasn’t more hated was because it all blew up in their faces the one year they tried it. If that group of Lakers had beaten Detroit in ‘04 or had stuck together and won it all in ’05, they would have been on my “most hated” list. But they didn’t, and instead it’s fun to think not only about how Detroit beat them, but how we ended their dynasty, at least for a while.
Is Dyess a ring chaser, too? The last two teams he’s signed with were legit contenders, and he’s in the twilight of his career.
Well, I think its different. Somebody like Gary Payton is a top whatever player of all time, and to us, he should accept that he didn’t win it early in it early in his career and just live with it. Its almost cheap to see somebody like Gary Payton just join teams as a back up player to win a ring. On the other hand, McDyess’s career was seemingly derailed by injury, and he got a second life as a useful role player and a quintessential nice guy. Gary Payton got his time, and he didn’t manage to do anything championship wise with it.
Sports are never going to be as pure as anybody wants them to be.
by Biz Markie Moon on Jul 30, 2010 12:07 PM CDT up reply actions
I don’t know. I think there’s another way to look at. In spite of being a very accomplished player, he decided to take a backup role in order to try to contribute to a champion.
But whatever, to each his own on this one.
There’s that angle too. Gary Payton for the most part was fairly loyal to his teams. He played in Seattle forever, and then he went to the Celtics and the Lakers. Whatever that means.
by Biz Markie Moon on Jul 30, 2010 12:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Dyess is different from Malone & Payton
There’s nothing necessarily wrong with a star near the end of his career joining a contender. But when it’s a couple of guys jumping on a bandwagon at the end of their careers — especially a guy like Malone, who was so associated with Utah — the team itself looks much more like a bunch of mercenaries than a “team.” So it’s easier to hate that “team,” in the way it’s going to be easy to hate the new-look Heat.
Also, I have a lot more respect for Dyess than I did for Malone who I hated (rightly or wrongly) for almost decapitating Zeke many years ago. And it was the height of Kobe being a jerk, personally; Shaq getting the benefit of nobody calling offensive fouls on him. . . . Two fading stars joining them solely for a shot at a ring that one year = dislikeable to me. Again, the only thing keeping them from being on a lot of folks “most hated” list is the fact that they failed.
in all fairness
We were not the team to beat in 06-07, and were seen as barely making the playoffs until he arrived
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by bearded thundar on Jul 30, 2010 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm talking from the media's perspective
After Big Ben left, we were predicted to not be half the team we were with him. History proved that to be wrong, though curiously we never got past the conference finals
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by bearded thundar on Jul 30, 2010 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions
No, I like Chris
Maybe that’s because I’m a Michigan fan and a Pistons fan. But again, I think there’s a difference between one guy going to a team and what looks like a more cynical plan by 2 or more players. I realize that’s not a super-principled distinction. But on a team with 5 starters, adding one “aging star from another team” seems like you are bolstering your own team’s lineup, whereas adding two or more stars from other teams seems like you are trying to create a mini-all-star team.
This reminded me of that nasty Vlade Divac coast to coast jam on Shaq
You know, the one after Shaq visibly offensively fouled him? Yeah, that one. Let’s watch it again.
by Biz Markie Moon on Jul 30, 2010 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
How could I hate the 2004 Lakers? They were pathetic.
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by brgulker on Jul 27, 2010 12:07 PM PDT
WORD!
I agree. The 04 Lakers did what the 2000 Blazers tried to do. But I put the 08 Celtics in the top of that “build a championship with aging superstars” list. The media & Stern go ape sh*t for this stories. Especially for the “storied” Franchises. Now Miami is in that category, but with younger superstars. I still think it won’t work. I think LA woulda won had they had Bynum in the finals in 08. I hate the Lakers, but LA is the only team in the west that has a chance to keep Mia away from a ring. Bos is now our only hope…that is unless Stuck & Monroe become SUPERSTARS over night & CV realizes he is better than Boozer & starts putting up 20 & 10 a night….ok I am up from my dream. SMH
My Hated List
Most Hated:
1. 2008 Detroit Lions
2. Every Boston Team Without Tom Brady, Ever
4. Every Allen Iverson Team
5. Every Team in Ohio, Ever
6. Every Michael Jordan Team, Ever
7. Every LeBron James Team, Ever
8. Every Anderson Varejao Team, Ever
9. Every Ben Roethlisberger Team, Ever
10. Every Grant Hill Team, Ever
Jesus Agrees
Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun.
hail to the tom bradys
valiant
hail to the conquering hero
hail hail to tom brady
tom brady > lloyd carr
Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun.
I like Brady
Now, Peyton Manning can eat a fat dick. Go to school in Knoxville, have some success, then in my area, you’re the best at whatever sport ever. I swear to God, I read a column here one day that said Peyton Manning and Marvin Harrison were the best QB/WR combo ever.
I’m also between a casual and hardcore football fan. I love it, but I’m no expert on it, so that may have something to do with why I like Brady. He’s not my favorite QB though, that would be Aaron Rodgers.
by Biz Markie Moon on Jul 30, 2010 9:42 AM CDT up reply actions
Joe Montana and Jerry Rice, Virginia-Area Columnist
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by brgulker on Jul 27, 2010 12:07 PM PDT
Why every Grant Hill team ever?
He was an excellent player, still is a good player, seems like a nice guy, and it sure wasn’t his fault the Teal era Pistons were mediocre. You hate the current Suns because of Hill?
by Toledo Joe on Jul 30, 2010 9:45 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Favorite Tom Brady moment
"We’re only going to score 17 points?" Brady said before chuckling about it. "OK."
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by Kriz on Jul 30, 2010 9:18 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I like Tom Brady too.
I remember round here that most wolverine fans weren’t too kind to the dude when he was here but when he broke through into NFL super stardom they were all up on his jock. I respect the hell outta how he played last season, I think there was at least 3 big things breaking down on his body and he still went out and tried to do his best.
Douchey NE & Boston fans don’t deserve the majesty of Tom Brady and his several papooses, none of which are recognized as legitimate by the state of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, or Connecticut.
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by brgulker on Jul 27, 2010 12:07 PM PDT
I always liked Brady at Michigan
People were waaaaaay to quick to jump on the Drew Henson bandwagon. Meanwhile, Brady was leading us to the Orange Bowl and just being gutsy. Can’t stand the Pats, though (excluding their first title, which, even in retrospect, was a team I like a lot).
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-ralphgoblue/thunder_god08
People only hated Laimbeer
Because he was black.
I never saw a black man when I watched Bill Laimbeer play.
I just saw a bad motherfucker.
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by brgulker on Jul 27, 2010 12:07 PM PDT
And...
On occasion, 45 seconds of Greg Kite.
I'm disappointed
Notre Dame is only mentioned once in this thread. And we’re rivals with Michgan. We were relevant once…
ehh
Notre Dame hasn’t really done anything of late; to be honest I don’t think most of us in Ann Arbor see it as a rivalry anymore. The only must win games imo are beating state and OSU
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by bearded thundar on Aug 1, 2010 8:44 AM CDT up reply actions
What about the Eagles...OF EASTERN MICHIGAN!
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
That reminds me, I still hate Chippewa Valley High School
Fuckers flat out trucked us my senior year in high school in the quarterfinals. I had the pleasure of being dragged by Chris Lomasney (who I believe still holds most of the Michigan running back records) a good 8 yards in that game.
Then again, they saved us the embarrassment of getting destroyed by Brother Rice but still…
Jonas Jerebko once killed a charging female rhinoceros in heat protecting its young with nothing more than a hook shot.
Rich Rod
If he can’t get his shit together by season’s end, I say it’s time to hit the reset button on U of M football. I was all about Rich Rod well-knowing that it would take him two years of recruiting to be competitive. That should be this season.
Absolutely agreed
Didn’t like the signing all that much to begin with, don’t like it now.
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by brgulker on Jul 27, 2010 12:07 PM PDT
I was optimistic.
I liked it a lot at the time, but I’m less than impressed with his recruiting classes, particularly at QB.
I don't like his continual papertrail of sketchy dealings either.
It’s only football- but until recently UofM FB had a pretty impressive reputation in virtually every regard.
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by brgulker on Jul 27, 2010 12:07 PM PDT
For sure. I take solace in the fact that I know other college coaches ask their players to practice more than is allowed as well. That’s a minor infraction in the grand scheme of things.
To be honest, they're so bad, they should be practicing overtime.
I don’t like how he’s treated his players at times either, but you’re right. I dunno. Just don’t like him as UM’s head guy, but he’ll either win me over, or be worms’ meat in a year.
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by brgulker on Jul 27, 2010 12:07 PM PDT
This isn't that relevant, but...
I met Pat White on a Southwest flight to Baltimore. He was going to interview/work out for the Ravens. I asked him about Rich Rod and he only had positive stuff to say and said he didn’t begrudge him leaving for Michigan. Not that the dude’s just gonna spill all his true feelings to some random dude in coach, but it didn’t seem like he hated him. Also, Pat White is an extremely nice and patient guy.
Actually it is relevant.
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by brgulker on Jul 27, 2010 12:07 PM PDT
that quote may have been from the Gulk™ but we all know who invented the band, wagon, and the ass cat
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by MaxiellEatsLittleOnes on Aug 3, 2010 6:30 PM CDT up reply actions
More reason to hate the Celtics:
http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nba/news/story?id=5436289
Unless they’re stomping a mudhole in Miami, in which case Faith & Begora, go green.
I don’t want add player does not have blue collar mentality,
even if he is great player. Piston should not quit your job. - OK from J
detroit badboys
da 88 & 89 detroit the best & most hated team in the league.NBA says they’re no 2 most hated i say they were no.1……………the badboys had more enemies than any team in the league..didn’t like isiah cause he was 2 quick & always makin plays.hated joe d. cause of all da 3 pointers he scored makin him da best in that season the microwave vinnie johnson was another excellent 3 pointer shooter why they call him the microwave put a ball in his hand & let him get fired up & you’ll understand why..dennis rodman defense player of the year back 2 back need i say more..bill lambeer what can i say about this man no team liked him cause they knew playin with him what 2 expect 1 dirty whiteboy who will doanything 2 get that ball & was ready 2 fight so was mahorn .but no matter wat they did the badboys became a team no NBA team did not like they was bad & they was the best…………………………DETROIT BADBOYS 4 LIFE
Teams to Hate (Of those I root for)
Picking teams to hate is easy. Picking teams you normally root for to hate is really tough. I’ll give it a shot:
5. 2005 Michigan Wolverines football. Losing games in the 4th quarter, Carr punting away a win over Ohio State, Mike Hart getting injured by his own teammates — the ’05 Wolverines were Lucy and we were Charlie Brown, right up to when we were one more pitch away from one-upping “The Play” and winning the Alamo Bowl…
4. The Teal Era Pistons. Christian Laettner, Loy Vaught, Cedric Ceballos, Bison Dele, even Grant Hill. Every decision made me hate them more and more, to the point where I was literally considering become a Shock fan instead. It bottomed out when Grant Hill asked to be traded — then he was traded and the recovery had begun.
3. 2005 Detroit Lions. It wasn’t just that they were, by this point, the most comically bad franchise in sports, but that they rewarded Matt Millen with a contract renewal, and made him the highest-paid GM in sports. Meanwhile Mooch got fired for incompetence, Bly blamed Harrington for the sucking, and fans basically sat around trying to guess if Big Baby wanted to play this week. After this season, Detroiters wanted not just Millen but everyone associated with him removed.
2. 2008-09 Pistons. The guys left from ‘04 were dragging — I was counting the days for Sheed’s contract to be done. Sending Billups back to Colorado was a simultaneous white flag on the Going to Work era, and was even more irksome when we learned he would have rather stayed. Iverson was a loser, which was fine if like me you were expecting to tank the season, get a high draft pick, let the big contracts wane, then be in the market for, like, all of those guys we passed up to draft Darko. I never spent a season with more disgust for a team I used to love.
1. 2001 Detroit Tigers. The sad-sack sorry guys of 2003 were pitiful but it was a necessary scouring; the 2001 team was just hateful, the apex of the roaring suck fest that was the Randy Smith era. Juan Gone left, of course, but it didn’t help that Ausmus, Nelson Cruz and Brocail were shipped (back) to Houston for ungh — Meluskey and Roger f-ing Cedeno. Steve Sparks was our best pitcher, Jeff Weaver and Nate Cornejo the future of the franchise. Dave Mlicki had a 7.33 ERA but it’s okay because he “eats innings.” Other than “Lima Time,” the team mailed it in, and everyone learned exactly how many more years were left on those crippling Easley, Cruz, Higginson etc. contracts.
HM: Any Brian Ellerbe Michigan team. Avery Queen, Ingerson, Gaines, Searight, Moore, Taylor, Traylor, Bullock — you couldn’t even like anyone on the team, let alone Ellerbe. And meanwhile, Fisher’s relationship with Ed Martin kept the train of “good news” coming. I arrived at M in ‘98 and got to witness this period first-hand. The only reason it didn’t make the top five is I didn’t care enough.
Also, the 2003-04 Red Wings. Derian Hatcher “came home” except anyone who skated with him back when he lived here hated that guy. Hasek un-retired, setting up a $16 million goalie situation where CuJO was in the minors, Hasek was hurt, and Manny Legace was getting most of the starts. You can’t hate any team with Lidstrom and Yzerman and Datsyuk and Zetterberg et al. on it, but these Wings, who bowed out to a very hateable Flames team, were making a daily case for the NHL to make a the salary cap as anti-Detroit as possible (as if Bettman needed a reason for this).
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