Is there a worse owner in sports right now than James Dolan.
Loria (who might be selling soon) & Haslam are also in the conversation but Dolan is right up there too. No idea who is running the Islanders these days but that person or persons have to be in the top 5 too.
being in Cleveland I see Haslam a lot and he is no where near the Dolan level especially when you consider he is so new. A lot of owners take a bit to settle in, I think Haslam is finally starting to do that. I mean the team just went 1-15 but didn't make any real changes to the coaching staff or front office. I think he is finally getting it takes time and consistency.
19-55 since NFL approval as owner. On head coach #4 in that time. Zero playoff berths. Textgate. Manziel. The uni changes. Not to mention all his Flying J nonsense.
Now, he might very well turn it around so far (book is still open on this Moneyball type thing) but it hasn't been a good tenure so far. Fans can't be happy one bit.
Oh yeah not happy at all, but it isn't like the Browns were a winning franchise before he got here. I mean since the expansion, the Browns have had just 2 winning seasons and the last one was 2007. The four seasons before he purchased the team the Browns won 4, 5, 5, and 4 games and the season he purchased the team they were in the middle of a 5 win season. Not exactly talking about taking a good team that he put into the basement. The Browns were already in the basement.
Manziel and the uniform changes aren't a sign of a bad owner (neither is Gordon but that one is stretching it a bit). Flying J is bad but has nothing to do with him as Owner, more him as a person. I'm sure a good number of owners have had a number of shady business dealings in their other careers.
The attempt to sugarcoat it is admirable but the fact remains that the team sucked before he got there & has continued to suck since he became owner in 2012. The organization continues to be a laughingstock to the public and in the media and it starts & stops at the top. Plain & simple.
Eh, I think the prior situation matters somewhat. As bad as the Browns had been, there were probably very few, if any, front office personnel worth keeping, so they pretty much had to start from scratch, both on and off the field. The more hiring decisions you have to make, the more likely you are to make some mistakes, because not every hire works. It's harder to turn things around.
Now, if he hadn't been under federal investigation for fraud and extortion, it probably would have been easier, so he certainly gets some demerits. Just not sure if it's enough to make him bottom 5. Certainly bottom 10 tho.
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