The Amazingly Suck Theodore Leonsis Thread

[payitforward]

From Albert Burneko on Deadspin:

Wizards And Caps Owner: I Suck Because D.C. Won't Pay My Bills For Me

I usually hate reading comments sections below articles, but this one made me feel great! We're not the only ones that can't stand Terd

Yeah, I am a new Albert Burneko fan. That was a Great little article - and written with such force that Ted's going to have to address it.

And as was said - Nobody forced Leonsis/Monumental to buy the Wiz and Caps. The market price when they were purchased reflected all the negatives he's whining about - otherwise the price would have been much higher. And the salary cap IN BOTH SPORTS give him no basis to whine about not being able to compete. No way should DC and its taxpayers reward him for the terrible job he's done as owner of the Wiz. If he wants to threaten to move them - go right ahead. We'll have a dozen offers for new teams here in 2 seconds flat.

Oh that's a great article!

[Ruzious]

And not to mention all the money he/Monufudgingmental make when he/it rents out the building for concerts and such. Teams that don't own their building don't get to do that. Ted, you insincere bleep.

[queridiculo]

While Leonsis claims everything is going according to plan, the Wizards currently have the worst attendance since the 2004 season.

Small sample size theater alert, but definitely worth keeping an eye on.

http://www.espn.com/nba/attendance

[closg00]

The Hawks purchased their own D-League team, 16 of 30 orgs own and operate their own team.

[long suffrin' boulez fan]

The Hawks purchased their own D-League team, 16 of 30 orgs own and operate their own team.

And our Turd buys his 2nd Arena League football team.

I didn't think so before, but it does seem like he doesn't really care if we win, just that we make money by producing passable content for his arena/media empire.

[verbal8]

Sell the team to Donald Trump, Terd!

His post game tweets would be hilarious!

Given his track record owning an USFL team, I wouldn't want him anywhere near the Wizards.

Although if Obama will have some free time coming up. He must be a better GM than EG, or maybe he could put together an ownership group.

[payitforward]

Sell the team to Donald Trump, Terd!

His post game tweets would be hilarious!

Forget Donald Trump. Donald Duck would be a better owner than Ted.

Wait. I guess he'd be GM (better than you know who). Uncle Scrooge McDuck would be the owner.

Then we could sign Huey, Louie & Dewey to come off the bench (Austin Rivers style!).

[BigA]

Sell the team to Donald Trump, Terd!

His post game tweets would be hilarious!

Given his track record owning an USFL team, I wouldn't want him anywhere near the Wizards.

Although if Obama will have some free time coming up. He must be a better GM than EG, or maybe he could put together an ownership group.

I had forgotten that, among all of Trump's other business disasters, he was responsible for killing the USFL.

Trump's one great business decision, which served to protect him from all the failures and fiascos that followed, was to take the company that his father had staked him into and focus on Manhattan real estate at the start of a 4 decade golden age for Manhattan real estate.

[Kanyewest]

Groupon bought Living Social, so Ted is even fatter with money.

I'm not up on the whole story of Ted with Groupon. Groupon has underperformed worse than the Wizards, its stock price going from $20 when it went public to under $5. I assume he invested early on and was able to get some cash out at the IPO.

The announcement that they will buy Living Social made the stock fall 20 percent. Sort of like if the Wizards bought the Nets.

I wouldn't be that hard on the Nets- they have a better record than the Wizards.

[Dat2U]

The Hawks purchased their own D-League team, 16 of 30 orgs own and operate their own team.

And our Turd buys his 2nd Arena League football team.

I didn't think so before, but it does seem like he doesn't really care if we win, just that we make money by producing passable content for his arena/media empire.

So Ted got a 2 for 1 one deal on the AFL team. The same league basically on the verge of going out of business.

[montestewart]

The Hawks purchased their own D-League team, 16 of 30 orgs own and operate their own team.

And our Turd buys his 2nd Arena League football team.

I didn't think so before, but it does seem like he doesn't really care if we win, just that we make money by producing passable content for his arena/media empire.

So Ted got a 2 for 1 one deal on the AFL team. The same league basically on the verge of going out of business.

He's intent on being the penny stock king of sports franchise owners. He's probably been selling Wizards futures all along.

[AFM]

You couldn't give me an AFL team for free

[queridiculo]

Ask Boswell.

https://live.washingtonpost.com/ask-boswell-20161107.html

Q: Ernie Grunfeld
Grunfeld has been the GM since 2003. How many more coaches is he allowed to fire before his enabler, Ted Leonsis, fires him?

A: Thomas Boswell
There are really only two Eternal Questions for which mankind has no answer.

1) Why do bad things happen to good people?

2) And your question.

[BigA]

And our Turd buys his 2nd Arena League football team.

I didn't think so before, but it does seem like he doesn't really care if we win, just that we make money by producing passable content for his arena/media empire.

So Ted got a 2 for 1 one deal on the AFL team. The same league basically on the verge of going out of business.

He's intent on being the penny stock king of sports franchise owners. He's probably been selling Wizards futures all along.

Ted doesn't need to worry about Wizards attendance dropping below 10,000 a game, because he'll be cashing in on all those millennials watching arena football on their phones.

[montestewart]

Leonsis didn't really let one, it was just a whoopee cushion

What a maroon. Move your damn team, and spare us all.

[TGW]

Leonsis didn't really let one, it was just a whoopee cushion

What a maroon. Move your damn team, and spare us all.

One of the comments in the article:

Jeremex
1:00 AM EST
I hear the Mystics are moving to the AFL. Ted will own 3 of 6 teams and STILL won't win a "championship"

[closg00]

Ask Boswell.

https://live.washingtonpost.com/ask-boswell-20161107.html

Q: Ernie Grunfeld
Grunfeld has been the GM since 2003. How many more coaches is he allowed to fire before his enabler, Ted Leonsis, fires him?

A: Thomas Boswell
There are really only two Eternal Questions for which mankind has no answer.

1) Why do bad things happen to good people?

2) And your question.

Haha. Ernie like Wes, will leave when they want to leave, not a moment sooner.

[WizarDynasty]

Beal is knocked Knee. It is a permanent problem that management had no insight on in terms of longterm health. It is the reason for all for all of his injuries and why he will never be able to sustain long term health executing athletic moves. To much torsion in his knees. He is really best for standing in one spot and shooting. As games pile on his knees are not built for lateral movement and his ankles are knees can't react quickly. He cites numerous injuries to hamstring or ankles but this is the true problem and its not going away because he has finished growing. Your knees develop based on activities you did as a kid. Beal probably didn't play as a guard most of his life and he didn't do alot of lateral movement or his knees would not have developed this way. Basketball was probably his second choice in life. Not the case for our true leader john wall. Look at his knees.


if beal tries to do the stance that wall does in the pick and then attempt to move laterally, it's guaranteed that his knees will get injured because he is knocked knee. wall is opposite of knock knee.
EG because he is clueless about this concept fills the roster with knocked knee players and pays them the max. Wizards are bottom dwellers for a decade because of final decision maker doesn't veto bad moves.

[TGW]

James Harden is knocked knee too:

[queridiculo]

Leonsis didn't really let one, it was just a whoopee cushion

What a maroon. Move your damn team, and spare us all.

Seriously, I wouldn't even be mad. Move the team to Seattle and perhaps one day there will be an ownership group that's interested in putting a winning franchise in the DC market.

Sadly, Leonsis is committed to the area, so the furthest they'll ever move is probably Baltimore.