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There's a reason Forbes doesn't have sports section

Gordon still says greed is good, but Forbes is sh*t.

Folks, witness stupidity at its finest. Forbes magazine, a publication geared towards the Gordon Gekkos of America, has released its list of top 100 GMs in sports. This is all of professional sports, including hockey, baseball, and basketball. I have no idea how Forbes is determining the top 100 GMs or what system they are using, but one thing is certain:

Forbes knows absolutely nothing about sports executives and their top 100 list is a complete joke.

I mean, it's so funny I started crying. These morons actually listed Jerry Jones (13), quite possibly the worst GM in the NFL, ahead of Scott Pioli (20), the guy who won three Super Bowls with the Patriots in the modern salary cap area. They ranked AJ Smith (4!), a petty man-child who utterly botched the Marty Schottenheimer situation and hasn't fielded a playoff winning team in his tenure as Chargers GM, ahead of Bill Polian (9). That's right folks. That #4 next to Smith's name is where Forbes ranks him. This means they think AJ Smith is better than Polian and Pioli, and that if Forbes magazine owned an NFL team, they'd rather have Smith running the show than Polian or Pioli.

Fans, if ever you hear that your team is potentially getting bought by Forbes, grab your picks and torches and descend on the stadium, because the people at Forbes are utterly clueless on what it takes to be successful in the sports world. For some more laughs on the Forbes best GMs, check out these:

  • They rank Kevin McHale, GM of the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, #1 overall. McHale's Timberwolves have won ZERO championships under his tenure despite the fact that they have, arguably, one of the best players in the NBA in Kevin Garnett. McHale was also suspended in 2001 by the NBA for one full year for illegally tampering with fee agent Joe Smith. This tampering cost Minnesota three first round draft picks and $3.5 million dollars. THIS is the best GM in all of sports? This is the pinnacle? I need a shower.
  • Donnie Walsh, the long-respected GM for the Indiana Pacers, is no where on the list. Isiah Thomas though, the GM for the Knicks, is ranked 82nd. Stupidity defined.
  • Matt Millen is actually on this list. Think about that for a second. They actually put him on the list of top 100 GMs in all of sports! Are they smoking crack over at Forbes! Somewhere, SeanYuille is crying.

Seriously, I have no idea how they measured or gauged this ranking, but it is quite possibly one of the worst "Best of" lists I've ever seen. I mean, these guys are really, really stupid and know nothing about the subject they are ranking. It's one of those lists that as you read more into it, the dumber it makes YOU. Again, there's a reason Forbes doesn't have a sports section. They should stick to writing about the usual boring crap they are known for.

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Isiah 82nd.  classic.

by SBakerTheTouchdownMaker on Mar 6, 2007 4:52 PM EST reply actions  

Also...
Id like to add that "Forbes" is also a really evil magazine. After the mining accidents in West Virginia they actually argued that destroying government mine safety regulations would actually make mines SAFER! Thats sort of like saying having less life boats on the Titanic would have saved more lives. Promoting such an agenda so that the "fat cat" CEO's that own the mines can earn more money by spending less on safety equipment is just a purely evil thing to do. Id like to see Steve Forbes spend a few weeks in a coal mine!

by MasterRWayne on Mar 6, 2007 9:32 PM EST reply actions  

Re Also...
MasterRWayne,
I don't know what their specific reasoning is on mining regulations, but there are good reasons to believe that it is true.

They weren't saying less safety equipment would be good, they were saying less safety regulations would be good.

This is how it works - guy dies, family sues the company. In your world, the company says "I followed the regulations." This is a highly regulated industry with specific safety standards, therefore no liability, case dismissed. If the regulations are inadequate, it takes an act of Congress (literally) to update them.

Their world (and admittedly my world) - guy dies, family sues the company. Jury says "that's unsafe, $5 million." CEO says "how can we avoid paying $5 million next time", and the safety changes are implemented in a week.

Believe me, if I were going to work in the mines, I would work for the company that knows their own butt is on the line rather than work for the company who follows regulations passed by a bunch of guys in Washington that don't know anything about mining. (Note that if the regulations are inadequate, you DON'T get to sue Congress.)

by SteveW on Mar 7, 2007 5:44 AM EST reply actions  

Not True
Reulgations merely set the floor NOT the ceiling. The mining accidents in West Virginia were caused by the fact that the company never built an emergency mine shaft in order to allow oxygen into the mine in the event the main shaft was closed shut. Regulators told them to build a secondary shaft, but the company just never, "got around to it." So as you can see the safety standards were in place, but nobody did anything about it anyway because they were lazy and negligent. The "market" (or the mystical vodoo force as Forbes treats it) does not always act in its best interest and that is why doing away with mining safety standards is a lot like saying less life boats on the Titanic would have saved more lives.

Also they were saying less safety equipment would be good. Regulations mandated that there be spare oxygen masks in those mines but again the company, "never got around to it." You do away with basic regulations then you allow CEO's to make more money by doing less for the miners.

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Check out that book if you ever have a chance

by MasterRWayne on Mar 7, 2007 6:58 AM EST reply actions  

Guys
Let's stick to football, plz. Talking mining regulations on a football blog is kind of silly.

Please stick to the topic.

Please make an account and post a diary, add some comments, and make some noise. Accounts are free, and only require an email address.

by Brad Wells on Mar 7, 2007 7:22 AM EST up reply actions  

Topic
I think it is on topic, because it shows how two legitimate thought processes can come to totally different conclusions. Like maybe who the best GMs in sports are, maybe. Not all football blogs have to be dedicated to numbskullery and meaningless debates on whether the Colts are soft.

But, it's your blog.

by SteveW on Mar 7, 2007 8:58 PM EST up reply actions  

Well, no
It's not necessarily "my" blog. I'm not going to delete comments or anything if they go off topic. I just kindly ask that things stay on topic here. That's all.
Please make an account and post a diary, add some comments, and make some noise. Accounts are free, and only require an email address.

by Brad Wells on Mar 7, 2007 10:02 PM EST up reply actions  

Billy King
Is one of the tops? He's one of the worst GMs in sports.
Bleeding Green Nation Philadelphia Eagles Blog

by JasonB on Mar 7, 2007 11:27 AM EST reply actions  

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