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Top 10 Worst Owners in New York Sports
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K22
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2/4/2011  11:21 AM
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Actually it's more like Top 9 since Little Jimmy's so nice - he placed twice.

10. James Dolan (Rangers). Nobody has spent more and reaped less than the Rangers, who became the business model for Dolan. His father was a cable TV titan and respected businessman, but Son of Charles is more like dandruff off the old block.

Is it possible to miss the playoffs for seven years in the NHL? The Rangers did it (1998-2004) with the ease of an empty-net goal. Millions wasted on fading stars and too much allegiance to Glen Sather cost Dolan all the civic goodwill that swelled after the 1994 Cup. Dolan does spend whatever it takes, a Steinbrenner-esque stance that deserves applause, and yet when his name is mentioned in New York there's often a one-word response. And I can't use it here.

2. James Dolan (Knicks). Patrick Ewing's empty guarantees, Stephon Marbury's incoherent ramblings and Eddy Curry's belt size have nothing on Dolan's ownership of the Knicks. An entire decade was wiped out by his poor hirings and faulty strategy of trying to patch together a Pinto rather than rebuild it. Dolan latched himself to Isiah Thomas, whom nobody else would touch. Dolan stuck by Thomas during a sexual harassment case (giving him a contract extension) and remains blinded by Thomas' flashbulb smile. Whether because of arrogance (likely) or lack of basketball smarts (also likely), Dolan seems to delight in doing the opposite of what makes sense. The money he blew on a team that hasn't won a playoff game in 10 years could've saved Lehman Brothers.
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2/4/2011  12:30 PM    LAST EDITED: 2/4/2011  12:33 PM
I actually think it should be flipped. I'm a huge Rangers fan and they missed the playoffs IN WAYNE GRETZKY'S FINAL YEAR. WHAT THE FUCK?!?! You thought Scott Layden was bad, you should've seen the colussal contracts that were given out like fun size Snickers at Halloween for one dimensional role players. They hired a former-player-to-coach from the ****ing Islanders simply because he turned in a hand written essay for why he would be good at the job. What? Are you ****ing kidding me. Go take your band on the road and sell daddy's property you *******!
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islesfan
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2/4/2011  12:49 PM
Dolan should be number 1 and it's not even a contest. The John Spano thing was stupid but it only lasted 3 months. Dolan's Reign of Error has been a full decade and he's so stupid that the specter of bringing back the person most responsible for making the organization a complete joke, is constantly hanging over the organization as it tries to recover.
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Nalod
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2/5/2011  2:31 AM
Dolan is on the list twice. That says it all!
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