The Amazingly Suck Theodore Leonsis Thread

[miller31time]

Sacramento should have a title in 2002 had it not been for clearly fixed reffing in their WCF series against the Lakers.

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So- Snyder may sell the Commanders. It's a fantastic day in DC! Because Snyder is one of the worst owners in all sports, and the Commanders under him have been beyond horrible.

Well, let's do a comparison.

During Snyder's tenure with the Commanders, the team has won 156 games and lost 212. It's a 42.3% winning percentage.

Since 2011 under Leonsis (the first year he controlled the team), the Wizards have won 398 games and lost 468. It's a 45.9% winning percentage.

And how about now? I'd argue that the Commanders are in much better shape than the Wizards. Ignoring ownership issues, they have a decent culture, the players play hard, they are very well positioned vis a vis the salary cap, and their last couple of drafts haven't been all bad. In fact, if Sam Howell turns out well, I'd even say they've been pretty damn good.

The Wizards have one of the worst contracts in the NBA, and it's got 5 years to go. The team culture has gone nowhere. There seems to be no accountability for anything- we're probably stuck with Unseld and Tommy for the next 5 years.

I'm NOT saying Snyder is a good owner. I'm euphoric he's selling.

I'm just saying that the numbers say that Leonsis' results, purely from the perspective of team performance, have been as bad or worse.

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Thought I'd add-

If you take the Wizards record over the last 5 years, they are 169 and 221. That's a 43.3% winning percentage.

No better at all than Snyder, with a significantly worse outlook.

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So- Snyder may sell the Commanders. It's a fantastic day in DC! Because Snyder is one of the worst owners in all sports, and the Commanders under him have been beyond horrible.

Well, let's do a comparison.

During Snyder's tenure with the Commanders, the team has won 156 games and lost 212. It's a 42.3% winning percentage.

Since 2011 under Leonsis (the first year he controlled the team), the Wizards have won 398 games and lost 468. It's a 45.9% winning percentage.

And how about now? I'd argue that the Commanders are in much better shape than the Wizards. Ignoring ownership issues, they have a decent culture, the players play hard, they are very well positioned vis a vis the salary cap, and their last couple of drafts haven't been all bad. In fact, if Sam Howell turns out well, I'd even say they've been pretty damn good.

The Wizards have one of the worst contracts in the NBA, and it's got 5 years to go. The team culture has gone nowhere. There seems to be no accountability for anything- we're probably stuck with Unseld and Tommy for the next 5 years.

I'm NOT saying Snyder is a good owner. I'm euphoric he's selling.

I'm just saying that the numbers say that Leonsis' results, purely from the perspective of team performance, have been as bad or worse.

I think 2010 was Ted's first year. We won 23 games that year. In that 12 year span, we've averaged just over 35 wins a year.

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More on Ted v Snyder.

To Ted's credit, the fan experience at the arena for the Wizards has been very good, so much better than the Commanders. That matters a lot.

But back to the on the court comparison, we're now at the point where Ted's laziness comes to the front. This is clearly an underperforming team. The yo-yo results this last week show that the issues are off the court. Anyway, Wes has gotten what he wanted this last year. Got rid of Dinwiddie because he alienated the guy. In the offseason he got two of his Nuggets buddies to come in.

You can either trade the whole team yet again, or you can make a coaching change. Fair or not, that's where we are.

But that sort of action is so un-Ted. Which is why his results are just as bad as Snyder's.

One other thing about Ted being lazy. When they went through the big Wizards restructuring two years ago, did Ted lead that effort? No, he hired consultants.

If you want to turn around an organization, you roll up your sleeves and show up at the office. Ted needs to spend a couple of weeks watching what people in his organization do every day. He needs to talk to players. He needs to understand why the top organizations are rated the best. The answers aren't a secret. Don't worry about hurting feelings. Just figure it out.

Say what you will about Elon, when he bought Twitter he didn't send in a bunch of consultants and wait a few months to figure out what was going on. He showed up, started working 16 hour days, and we'll see the results soon. (This is no comment on his politics or anything else, just an observation about how the most successful business person in the world got that way.).

Ted shouldn't take advice from people with vested interests that differ from his and the team's. He should just do the work.

[TGW]

Sacramento should have a title in 2002 had it not been for clearly fixed reffing in their WCF series against the Lakers.

I remember that. The NBA should have been investigated after that game.

[BearlyBallin]

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Not sure why but this made me think about Monumental Sports investments with FTX. Now that FTX has gone bankrupt I can’t help but wonder how much it cost him and how it may effect his bid to buy the Nats. And if it has any impact on his other investments.

[Frichuela]

Amazed the last posting was mid-Nov, time to refloat this and say f***** ya Turd for the pathetic product you are putting on court, and worse than that there is no hope as long as you are pulling the strings. So, pls sell this franchise into better and more competent hands and f***** off.

[FAH1223]

Was at the game tonight

Didn’t see Ted sitting court side at his usual spot. Guess he didn’t want to face Wall

[closg00]

Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis said his team won't rebuild with Alex Ovechkin on the roster, having promised his star captain that the club will remain competitive while he chases Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals record.

Dumb Ted strikes again, he let's his star players run/control the direction of his teams.

[FAH1223]

Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis said his team won't rebuild with Alex Ovechkin on the roster, having promised his star captain that the club will remain competitive while he chases Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals record.

Dumb Ted strikes again, he let's his star players run/control the direction of his teams.

Atleast Ovie is an All-Time great.

[closg00]

Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis said his team won't rebuild with Alex Ovechkin on the roster, having promised his star captain that the club will remain competitive while he chases Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals record.

Dumb Ted strikes again, he let's his star players run/control the direction of his teams.

Atleast Ovie is an All-Time great.

Not taking anything away from our GOAT, but come-on, Ted's thinking on this is absurd

[lastemp3ror]

Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis said his team won't rebuild with Alex Ovechkin on the roster, having promised his star captain that the club will remain competitive while he chases Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals record.

Dumb Ted strikes again, he let's his star players run/control the direction of his teams.

It is worse than that, cause a non-star player is controlling the Wizards.

[AFM]

Beal may not be a "star" but he's the front runner for MIP (Most Inoculated Player)

[Wizardspride]

Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis said his team won't rebuild with Alex Ovechkin on the roster, having promised his star captain that the club will remain competitive while he chases Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals record.

Dumb Ted strikes again, he let's his star players run/control the direction of his teams.

In this case I'm with Ted.

Assuming no major injuries, Alex could break that record within the next year or so.

I think the overwhelming majority of Cap fans are fine with this.

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Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis said his team won't rebuild with Alex Ovechkin on the roster, having promised his star captain that the club will remain competitive while he chases Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL goals record.

Dumb Ted strikes again, he let's his star players run/control the direction of his teams.

In this case I'm with Ted.

Assuming no major injuries, Alex can could break that record within the next year or so.

I think the overwhelming majority of Cap fans are fine with this.

My sentiments as well. If you have an all-time great who gives you a chance to win anything it is worth the effort to put a team around them. It is a good read of what those fans want.

Difference with the Wizards is we don't have an all-time great, and the only chance to get one would be if we fell hard into lottery land then lucked out.

[FAH1223]

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Wizards catch a stray

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Oh man... that's for the ages. Ted ought to be forced to listen to that 10 times a day.

I especially loved

Spoiler:

"...the great Bradley Beal."

[AFM]

Thought I'd bump Ted's comment from this past summer:

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[miller31time]

Yeah, just a free agent away. As long as that free agent is Giannis or Jokic.