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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Nov 4, 2016 13:09:10 GMT -5
I thought the Texas Rangers could have been a dynasty earlier in the decade but couldn't capture a World Series.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Nov 4, 2016 15:48:42 GMT -5
The 1999-2005 Rams breaks my heart. Just ruined by mis-management from Frontiere and Shaw, as well as an inept coach in Martz. That team could have won it 3 different seasons in my eyes (1999, 2001 and 2003). I have to agree with that. It is amazing how quick that team fell a part and lead over ten years of below .500 seasons. I get a lot of it was once Frontiere passed nobody wanted put money into the team to make it work in players. They lack having a decent head coach and several years of poorly used draft picks and getting players who hardly made the team or did little to make a difference. Now you have the owner with money but still the team itself has yet found any kind of trustworthy offence.
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Post by Toilet Paper Roll on Nov 4, 2016 21:58:05 GMT -5
People forget that year between Superbowl games the Rams went 10-6, Warner was benched 5 games but combined he and Trent Green threw for almost 5500 yards. Look at that teams offensive stats... ridiculous.
The next season was even more ridiculous Marshall Faulk had 20 total TDs and his backup Trung Candidate lead the league in YPC and had 6 TDs.
The next season Kurt Warner was AWFUL and they couldn't run the ball to save their lives. Lots of mediocrity afterwards
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Post by Hugh Mungus on Nov 4, 2016 23:19:10 GMT -5
Definitely the Peyton Manning-era Colts.
Problem was, they got ran over by defense-heavy teams in the playoffs (Patriots, Steelers, Chargers), and while Peyton is the greatest regular season QB in NFL history (four MVPs during his time with the Colts), he would wilt in big-game moments (i.e., the pick-six to Tracy Porter in SB44).
Also for consideration would be the early 2000s Eagles.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2016 9:15:49 GMT -5
The Packers in the early-to-mid 90s just could not beat the Cowboys. And they couldn't run the ball, either.
That team could have done more than win 2 conference titles (1 Super Bowl).
So, they're like the Braves in a way.
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Post by BRV on Nov 5, 2016 21:33:54 GMT -5
The San Jose Sharks from about 05-12. A team that loaded couldn't even get to the finals? There's something wrong there... I remember talking with my roommates around 2008 or 2009 and wondering how the San Jose Sharks could (1) fit all of that talent under the salary cap and (2) somehow never win a Stanley Cup with all of that talent. That was such an unbelievably loaded team in the mid-to-late-2000s. From 2000-01 to 2013-14 (14 seasons) they only missed the playoffs once, finished with 95 or more points 11 times (it would have been 12 if the lockout-shortened 2012-13 season were a full 82 games), finished with 100 or more points seven times, and yet they never made it to the Stanley Cup Finals and only made it to the Western Conference Finals three times. Just look at the glut of talent they had and went nowhere with: Patrick Marleau, Jonathan Cheechoo, Joe Thornton, Milan Michalek, Ryane Clowe, Joe Pavelski, Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Devin Setoguchi, Dan Boyle, Christian Ehrhoff, Logan Couture, Brent Burns, Martin Havlat...the list just goes on and on and on and yet the Sharks would perennially fall short when the postseason rolled around.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2016 23:43:56 GMT -5
I'm going to say the St. Louis Blues in the 90s and early 00s. This team was always making the playoffs. Had the President Cup, and a roster full of talent but never could make it to the cup. How you don't win the Cup with Gretzky, Hull, MacInnis, Pronger, Corson, Howerchuk, Fuhr, etc is beyond me. To this day, Jon Casey and Mike Keenan are persona non grata in town. You could say they ran into the Red Wings, Avs and Stars during that time, but then there's the 1999-00 season. The Pistons of the 00's should have definitly won more after 2004.
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Post by triplethreatmark on Nov 7, 2016 1:49:14 GMT -5
I'm going to say the St. Louis Blues in the 90s and early 00s. This team was always making the playoffs. Had the President Cup, and a roster full of talent but never could make it to the cup. How you don't win the Cup with Gretzky, Hull, MacInnis, Pronger, Corson, Howerchuk, Fuhr, etc is beyond me. To this day, Jon Casey and Mike Keenan are persona non grata in town. I like how you threw Jon Casey's name in there when he got beat by arguably the greatest shot of all time. Sure, the Blues blew that series, but it wasn't all Jon Casey's fault. In fact, he played very well in place of Grant Fuhr.
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Post by CubsFan71 on Nov 7, 2016 2:41:55 GMT -5
Mid to late 80's Chicago Bears. Had a dominant defense with multiple Pro Bowlers/All Pro players on defense (Hampton Singletary Dent McMichael) a great offensive line coupled with arguably the best RB to ever play the game (Payton) and only won 1 Lombardi trophy. Buddy Ryan leaving to coach the Eagles didn't do them any favors nor did the late hit on McMahon by the dirty Green Bay defense.
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Post by sfvega on Nov 7, 2016 7:22:00 GMT -5
How you don't win the Cup with Gretzky, Hull, MacInnis, Pronger, Corson, Howerchuk, Fuhr, etc is beyond me. To this day, Jon Casey and Mike Keenan are persona non grata in town. I like how you threw Jon Casey's name in there when he got beat by arguably the greatest shot of all time. Sure, the Blues blew that series, but it wasn't all Jon Casey's fault. In fact, he played very well in place of Grant Fuhr. Agree to disagree. That is not at all the greatest shot of all time. Hell of a slapper, but there are a number of goals that are more helpless for a goalie than a shot from the blueline with no screen. It's game 7. That's the playoffs for us. May not be fair, but he's Gary Anderson to Minnesota for us. Anderson was amazing that year, missed one field goal, and nobody there wants to hear his name again. I also never said it was all his fault.
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