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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 17, 2018 20:30:48 GMT -5
Piggybacking off the players who gave up thread, let's name some bad contracts your team has given up and the players never lived up to it
Considering i'm a Knicks fan this could be a long list but I will keep it to a few
Joahkim Noah: Idk how he finessed Phil but he did for all that money Jared Jeffries: He was just a bum overall
Jerome James: $30 M for a bench player Stephon Marbury: He was getting paid $22M to stay at home because the Knicks didn't want him
Jets Darelle Revis: Revis Island died once he came back to the Jets. He wanted to move to Safety but I think the Jets was like nah f*** it
Yankees: Jacoby Ellsbury: In theory he was chosen over Cano and while neither guy has edged the other, Jacoby is essentially the 5th or 6th OF on this team making the most money
Kei Igawa: Yankees paid him a good chunk of change after missing out on Daisuke. I remember him making like one start and that was it because they knew he was bad. Spent his whole time in the minors
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Post by Vampiro138 on Sept 17, 2018 22:07:56 GMT -5
The Cubs giving Milton Bradley 3 years for 30 mil...yeah his attitude made sure he didnt even finish the season with us but still...ouch. Then again this is Jim Hendry who decided on a hot summer day "we need that extra oomph to really make a playoff push! That Cesar Izturis guy can do it! Ill give them Greg Maddux in exchange for him!! Cub fans will understand its the mighty Cesar Izturis!! Maddux is old news pal!"
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 17, 2018 22:58:18 GMT -5
The Cubs giving Milton Bradley 3 years for 30 mil...yeah his attitude made sure he didnt even finish the season with us but still...ouch. Then again this is Jim Hendry who decided on a hot summer day "we need that extra oomph to really make a playoff push! That Cesar Izturis guy can do it! Ill give them Greg Maddux in exchange for him!! Cub fans will understand its the mighty Cesar Izturis!! Maddux is old news pal!" I would think the Edwin Jackson contract was worse
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Sept 18, 2018 0:38:44 GMT -5
Yankees: Jacoby Ellsbury: In theory he was chosen over Cano and while neither guy has edged the other, Jacoby is essentially the 5th or 6th OF on this team making the most money Ahead of the great 2005 signings of Carl Pavano and Jaret Wright?
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Post by Limity (BLM) on Sept 18, 2018 0:50:33 GMT -5
Jay Cutler's last contract.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 18, 2018 0:59:02 GMT -5
Yankees: Jacoby Ellsbury: In theory he was chosen over Cano and while neither guy has edged the other, Jacoby is essentially the 5th or 6th OF on this team making the most money Ahead of the great 2005 signings of Carl Pavano and Jaret Wright? Carl Pavano ewwww
Yankees had some real bad f***ing decisions when they just threw money at the wall
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Post by Pensacola Tableheads on Sept 18, 2018 1:15:41 GMT -5
Don't know what we paid Ted Thompson but he set Green Bay back a long distance after Super Bowl 45.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 18, 2018 17:01:19 GMT -5
Pretty much every big name that the Redskins have signed since Snyder took over. Haynesworth being the worst. Though whatever they paid Jeff George and an old-assed Deion are probably up there too.
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Post by Andy Martin on Sept 18, 2018 17:07:46 GMT -5
Milan Lucic for 7 years/42 million.
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Post by Cyno on Sept 18, 2018 17:45:44 GMT -5
Yankees - There's a lot of them. Some like the A-Rod deal were for great players but just ridiculous in terms of money and health to the franchise. Then you have ones like Carl Pavano, Kei Igawa, Jacoby Ellsbury, etc. that were both expensive and for really bad players.
Knicks - Joakim Noah sticks out, but the Knicks have had a lot of stinkers especially in the last 20 years or so.
Giants - I can't really think of many off the top of my head. I'd say Brandon Marshall since he played like 2 games or so until he got injured. But he also wasn't a big money signing. A lot of their FA signings worked out, thinking about it. It's more their drafting that's been total balls, with dudes like OBJ being the exception to the rule.
Devils - He was a great player, but Ilya Kovalchuk wasn't worth the ludicrous contract the Devils gave him. Though that's also the benefit of hindsight given how he "retired" in order to play in Russia. Granted, that also helped the Devils get out of that monstrous contract, so it all worked out.
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Sept 18, 2018 17:58:01 GMT -5
While I'm sure there are worst but a couple stand out current day
Currently The St. Louis Cardinals giving a 4 year 7,500,000 a year contract to Brett Cecil for a reliever who posted a 6.16 ERA and before close to a 4 era is not worth it. Another would be Dexter Fowler if he doesn't bounce back next year after having a great 2017 when healthy to basically forgetting how to play outfield or hit batting under .200 all year. He only on his second year of a long term contract.
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Post by ryanjoste on Sept 18, 2018 17:58:19 GMT -5
Don't know what we paid Ted Thompson but he set Green Bay back a long distance after Super Bowl 45. This is false. He left them with a healthy salary cap and a perennial playoff team with talent to build around 9 straight years they went to the playoffs, 2 NFC Title game appearances in that time. In fact, they are still a Super Bowl contender.
If you want an example of Green Bay getting set back, it was Mike Sherman. Cap mess, no depth, and allowed Brett Favre to become the diva that he was by enabling him.The team was in complete disarray when Ted took over. When Gute took over from Ted, he got a good team in good financial shape.
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Sept 18, 2018 21:31:19 GMT -5
Giants -- Armando Benitez? Mark Melancon? Jeff Samardzija? All pitchers. Two supposed top-tier closers who immediatly went in the tank. But their drop-offs were at least somewhat unexpected, so I'll give them a slight pass. Jeff Samardzija was actually the worst starting pitcher in baseball the season before the Giants inexplicably gave him close to 100 million dollars... and now is he not only terrible, his arm is also wrecked. Only 2 or 3 more seasons.
49ers --- Coaches count? How about firing Jim Harbaugh and giving a head coaching contract to Jim fxxxing Tomsula. If not.... honestly I can't think of horrible 49ers player contracts. They've had their fair share of being run horribly over the years, but it's been more bad horrible drafting and being cheap AF. I remember Nate Clements got a big contract and was the most average CB ever. Torrey Smith was also a bust.
Kings --- Idk... they're so low on the NBA totem pole they can't even attract big enough free agents to give money to and eventually flop. They did give Carl Landry two separate contracts, both times couldn't get rid of him soon enough. They gave George Hill 20 million a season, but escaped it half a season later by sending him to Cleveland.
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Sept 18, 2018 21:38:44 GMT -5
The Warriors may be god mode now, but there was a time where obscene contracts for Erick Dampier and Adonal Foyle meant we couldn't sign anyone decent.
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Post by Ganon83 on Sept 18, 2018 23:23:45 GMT -5
It wasn't a contract per say, but the John Hadl trade is the worst front office move the Packers have ever made. And when he was traded, we DID have to sign him to a new contract. So I guess it counts? Martellus Bennett was a huge signing for us... before we released him mid-season and he badmouthed us out the door. We've been fairly lucky with free agency, simply because we didn't really dip into it much since Thompson began to run the team. And for all his faults, Thompson usually hit home runs when he did go into free agency, with Bennett being a rare exception.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2018 0:23:25 GMT -5
The White Sox signed Jamie Navarro to a 5-year deal, when they didnt give 5 year deals to ANYBODY, let alone a pitcher. Jamie had the worst ERA in the first 2 years, and he got rid of him during the 3rd year.
I was genuinely shocked when Mark Buerhle signed for 5 years. Thought Navarro got it in Jerry's head it wasn't work a risk.
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Post by bmfjules on Sept 19, 2018 8:34:36 GMT -5
Cubs - Fukudome - 50 mil and four years down the old tubes.
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Post by corndog on Sept 19, 2018 12:43:06 GMT -5
Cubs - Fukudome - 50 mil and four years down the old tubes. They are basically in the same situation with Heyward, but he is slightly more productive and apparently gave a legendary speech during the Game 7 rain delay. Soriano's contract was also an albatross. The Hendry era was filled with them. But the correct answer is Milton Bradley just because of what a disaster the signing became and now he is in prison where he belongs.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Sept 19, 2018 13:52:48 GMT -5
The Warriors may be god mode now, but there was a time where obscene contracts for Erick Dampier and Adonal Foyle meant we couldn't sign anyone decent. This one is a true Warriors fans taking it back that
Andris Biedriņš belongs on there too since they gave him like 6 year and $60M contract
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Post by DASH 243✅ on Sept 19, 2018 19:21:21 GMT -5
I don't know which was worse for the mariners Chone figgins or Carlos Silva.
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