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Most miserable sports cities?

Posted on 10/19/20 at 11:50 am
Posted by red sox fan 13
Valley Park
Member since Aug 2018
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Posted on 10/19/20 at 11:50 am
Watching the Braves pull off that epic choke makes me think it has to be Atlanta, but here are my top cities.My criteria includes cities with football, basketball and baseball teams.

Atlanta:
Football- The Falcons have 0 Super Bowl wins and the greatest choke in sports history. Team is now awful despite retaining some talent.
Basketball- The Hawks are stuck in perpetual mediocrity and irrelevance. They have never won a title while in Atlanta.
Baseball- The Braves have 1 title since moving to Atlanta and have a great and storied history of choking in the playoffs despite having talented teams like last night.

Houston:
Football- The Texans are a total dumpster fire as B.O.B. wrecked the organization. They are chokers and have been throughout their history. Even the Oilers never won a Super Bowl.
Basketball- The Rockets had a good 90s winning back to back titles but that's it. Under the current regime, they have been perennial chokers and 2nd fiddle to the Warriors, and their championship window with Harden is probably closed.
Baseball: The Astros have been in the dumps for much of their history. The only title they have is forever tainted as well and everyone in the league hates the organization.

Detroit:
Football- The Lions are a dumpster fire and have been one for half a century. All their best players in franchise history retire early because they are so bad. Zero playoff wins since 1992.
Basketball- Three titles including one in 2004, so that lessens the sting. However, they played second fiddle to the Jordan Bulls and have been pretty mediocre in the last decade.
Baseball- The Tigers have not won a world series since 1984. They put together some talented teams in the early 2010s, but never got it done. They are a mediocre franchise.

Cleveland:
Football- The Browns are a factory of sadness. That's all you have to say. Even when they are looking decent like this year, they will find a way to frick it up.
Basketball- The Cavs are not a very good franchise historically, but that 2016 title did a lot for Cleveland, which knocks them down from the top spot in the misery index.
Baseball- The Indians have not won a World Series since 1948, the longest drought in the MLB. They have a lot of good playoff chokes, including blowing the 2016 World Series to the Cubs of all teams.

Honorable Mentions:
Buffalo- This city's teams, the Bills and the Sabres are destined to wallow in perpetual mediocrity and the Bills had a brutal 90s stretch.
Phoenix- Phoenix sports are extremely mediocre. 0 titles for the Suns and Cardinals, despite fielding some talented teams in their history. They just can't ever seem to get over the hump.
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
145478 posts
Posted on 10/19/20 at 11:56 am to
will always be cleveland. it could be raining pussy and theyd get hit with a cock once they stepped outside
Posted by Bunk Moreland
Member since Dec 2010
54323 posts
Posted on 10/19/20 at 11:58 am to
It's bad in Detroit. We always at least had a good Wings team and that is gone for the foreseeable future.
Posted by CP3LSU25
Louisiana
Member since Feb 2009
51150 posts
Posted on 10/19/20 at 11:59 am to
The Astros have been one of the top mlb teams the last 5 years
Posted by WaterLink
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2015
17479 posts
Posted on 10/19/20 at 12:02 pm to
Despite 2009, New Orleans has to be on the list especially if youre putting Cleveland and Houston there. Look at how many gut wrenching playoff exits we've had. Beastquake, Vernon Davis, Minny Miracle, Rams PI, Kirk Cousins.

Our NBA team just lost Davis who immediately won a title, also Tyson Chandler and Peja won with the Mavs not long after leaving us. Denver beat us by 58 in the playoffs one time, and our best season we dropped game 7 at home to the Spurs after the home team won the previous 6 games, blocking us from the WCF.
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
204294 posts
Posted on 10/19/20 at 12:06 pm to
Atlanta
Cleveland
Detroit
Minniapolis
Posted by DomincDecoco
of no fixed abode
Member since Oct 2018
10929 posts
Posted on 10/19/20 at 12:12 pm to
now do new orleans....

edit: thx

quote:

Despite 2009, New Orleans has to be on the list especially if youre putting Cleveland and Houston there. Look at how many gut wrenching playoff exits we've had. Beastquake, Vernon Davis, Minny Miracle, Rams PI, Kirk Cousins.

Our NBA team just lost Davis who immediately won a title, also Tyson Chandler and Peja won with the Mavs not long after leaving us. Denver beat us by 58 in the playoffs one time, and our best season we dropped game 7 at home to the Spurs after the home team won the previous 6 games, blocking us from the WCF.
This post was edited on 10/19/20 at 12:14 pm
Posted by nvasil1
Hellinois
Member since Oct 2009
15969 posts
Posted on 10/19/20 at 12:16 pm to
At least Cleveland and Detroit have some robust history to fall back on, especially with the Browns and Red Wings respectively.

Atlanta and Minneapolis are full of crushing postseason losses with only three combined World Series titles to show for it. That's more miserable to me.
Posted by CobraCommander83
Member since Feb 2017
11601 posts
Posted on 10/19/20 at 12:25 pm to
What about Dallas? The Stars had a nice little run this year but that is about it.
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
71787 posts
Posted on 10/19/20 at 12:29 pm to
I wouldn't put Detroit. 8 titles in 3 sports in the last 40 years.
Posted by bad93ex
Walnut Cove
Member since Sep 2018
27648 posts
Posted on 10/19/20 at 1:21 pm to
Take Houston off of that list and add Minneapolis.
Posted by TigerintheNO
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
41299 posts
Posted on 10/19/20 at 1:26 pm to
Cleveland is the only team to lose a championship to Atlanta.
Posted by Cdawg
TigerFred's Living Room
Member since Sep 2003
59669 posts
Posted on 10/19/20 at 2:02 pm to
quote:

The Astros have been in the dumps for much of their history.

Posted by T
Member since Jan 2004
9889 posts
Posted on 10/19/20 at 2:12 pm to
quote:

Detroit: Basketball- they played second fiddle to the Jordan Bulls


The Pistons beat the Bulls in 3 straight playoffs on their way to the NBA finals, then finally lost to them in the Eastern conference final. The Bulls were the ones playing 2nd fiddle to the Pistons in the 80s.
Posted by AbitaFan08
Boston, MA
Member since Apr 2008
26932 posts
Posted on 10/19/20 at 2:17 pm to
Boston. Because living surrounded by these entitled fricks is miserable.
Posted by chalmetteowl
Chalmette
Member since Jan 2008
48172 posts
Posted on 10/19/20 at 2:17 pm to
New Orleans the last five years between the no call and Anthony Davis wanting out
Posted by Tridentds
Sugar Land
Member since Aug 2011
20754 posts
Posted on 10/19/20 at 2:36 pm to
Houston must be up here based on Texans. Every sports talk show is dominated by Texans damn near year round as they delve into meaningless crap. Our locals nitwits will spend an entire hour looking back on a trade 3-4 years ago to see if it was the right thing to do. Never mind that the player traded or received wasn’t an impact player for either team before or after.
Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
16031 posts
Posted on 10/19/20 at 2:42 pm to
Houston?

Texans - back to back division titles and reigning division champ

Rockets - consistently in the playoffs and made a few runs recently

Astros - one game away from back to back WS appearances

All 3 teams made the playoffs last two years. Not sure they belong on this short list
This post was edited on 10/19/20 at 2:43 pm
Posted by Dire Wolf
bawcomville
Member since Sep 2008
36841 posts
Posted on 10/19/20 at 2:47 pm to
quote:

Houston: . Baseball: The Astros have been in the dumps for much of their history. The only title they have is forever tainted as well and everyone in the league hates the organization.


That’s really not true. The Astros have been solid but didn’t find a ton of post season success

They tanked 8 years ago and here we are but it’s not like they were a laughing stock for decades. Just a lot heartbreak.
This post was edited on 10/19/20 at 2:48 pm
Posted by olemc999
At a blackjack table
Member since Oct 2010
13360 posts
Posted on 10/19/20 at 2:52 pm to
The Vikings are the most cursed team in the NFL.
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