Inspired by tonight's disaster, I suppose

Obviously each fan will have his own personal distaste for rival teams and the leaders of those rival teams, but there are some players and some teams who come as close to being universally reviled as one can get - for whatever reason: arrogance, luck, leadership, individual personalities on the team, or just because they're just plain good and most everybody else is sick of them

for me, the New England Patriots fall squarely into each of those categories - I think having a negative, polarizing entity is good for the league - it's good when everybody has somebody to hate, it makes it more than a football game to watch, and it's that much better when the good guys (whoever that may be) win

although directly inspired by brady, harrison, belichick, et cetera, this thread is for discussion of villainous characters and teams throughout the sports world of all time - who've yall got?

12/4/2007 1:41:04 AM

dean smith.

/thread.

12/4/2007 1:41:40 AM

Yankees (not so much this year, though)

The Ohio State University

12/4/2007 1:42:10 AM

michigan football

12/4/2007 1:43:11 AM

12/4/2007 1:43:26 AM

12/4/2007 1:46:49 AM

12/4/2007 2:00:52 AM

12/4/2007 2:40:11 AM

Let's whine about good players and good teams

12/4/2007 2:53:37 AM

^^chris paul's the only legitimate one there

12/4/2007 8:33:43 AM

RAY LEWIS
WARREN SAPP
DALLAS COWBOYS
YANKEES
CAROLINA
BOB KNIGHT
JJ REDICK

12/4/2007 8:34:02 AM

tom brady is not a villain. sure i want to see the patriots fall as much as the next guy but a guy who has 3 superbowl rings, fucked bridget moynahan then left her while she was pregnant for Giselle, and pretty much runs train on any defense in the league and can do whatever he pleases...a guy like that is hard to hate.

motherfucker is living the life. i'm jealous, so are you

12/4/2007 8:42:50 AM

Dennis Rodman

EDIT: Whoops, didn't see this was a personal thing. I'm just saying everyone hated Dennis Rodman.



For me, personally, it's gotta be Steve Blake, Chris Paul, Rashad McClamps, Wojo, or Ralph Friedgen.

[Edited on December 4, 2007 at 8:59 AM. Reason : ]

12/4/2007 8:47:36 AM

^^srsly. Kornheiser said it best last night before the game. You can't legitimately hate Brady (he's what, too good? stop), but if you want someone to hate on the Pats, Belichick is your guy. Belichick has everything you need for a villain. Personally, I tend to have a soft spot ("like" may be too strong of a word) for guys that other people think are villains, e.g. Belichick, Kobe, T.O., to name a few.

[Edited on December 4, 2007 at 8:48 AM. Reason : ^]

12/4/2007 8:48:03 AM

Sean Taylor.

12/4/2007 8:53:10 AM

Barry Bonds

12/4/2007 8:59:44 AM

Quote :

"or me, the New England Patriots fall squarely into each of those categories - I think having a negative, polarizing entity is good for the league - it's good when everybody has somebody to hate, it makes it more than a football game to watch, and it's that much better when the good guys (whoever that may be) win"

I agree; i never would have pulled for the Ravens. probably would have skipped the MNF game if they played like the redskins or something. But i tuned in to see the Pats hopefully get sent back to New england crying and was pullin hard for the RAvens

12/4/2007 9:13:17 AM

Iverson
Rasheed Wallace
any ghetto nba player really

12/4/2007 9:25:30 AM

Quote :

"but a guy who has 3 superbowl rings, fucked bridget moynahan then left her while she was pregnant for Giselle, and pretty much runs train on any defense in the league and can do whatever he pleases...a guy like that is hard to hate."

no, thats exactly WHY we hate him

12/4/2007 9:53:29 AM

Ron Artest

12/4/2007 9:58:58 AM

Brady is the Stan Gable of the NFL

12/4/2007 10:00:01 AM

Kevin O'Shea in Little Giants

12/4/2007 10:06:36 AM

Anything from Cold War Era Russia, most specifically their hockey team which was better than some NHL teams.

12/4/2007 10:18:39 AM

12/4/2007 10:44:31 AM

^ /thread

12/4/2007 11:18:28 AM

Nationally these are the biggest villains.

NY Yankees.

Duke basketball.

There are simply no neutrals that like these teams. Their fans like them. The rest HATE them.

[Edited on December 4, 2007 at 11:25 AM. Reason : x]

12/4/2007 11:25:06 AM

The Westavia High School Rebels

12/4/2007 11:54:24 AM

KIKER FTW

12/4/2007 12:11:57 PM

ohio thtate football

12/4/2007 12:14:07 PM

Duke Basketball

12/4/2007 12:21:20 PM

Quote :

"RAY LEWIS WARREN SAPP DALLAS COWBOYS YANKEES CAROLINA BOB KNIGHT JJ REDICK"

Bobby Knight? Why do you hate him? Most people love Knight, myself included. I am a little biased but why do people hate the Cowboys so much? I mean if any team should be hated it should be the Pats.

12/4/2007 12:56:00 PM

pete rose

12/4/2007 12:59:01 PM

Quote :

"why do people hate the Cowboys so much? I mean if any team should be hated it should be the Pats."

cause 12 years ago you WERE the pats and you were just as annoying

and even though you havent won a playoff game in over 10 years, your fans are STILL annoying

also i hate the Cowboys AND the Pats

fyi

12/4/2007 1:11:13 PM

Quote :

"Dennis Rodman EDIT: Whoops, didn't see this was a personal thing. I'm just saying everyone hated Dennis Rodman. For me, personally, it's gotta be Steve Blake, Chris Paul, Rashad McClamps, Wojo,"

other than the rodman thing, because i actually own a rodman jersey, me and PackBacker are pretty much the same guy

i also hated caner-medley more than blake, its a close call though

12/4/2007 1:27:19 PM

Quote :

"The Westavia High School Rebels"

hey jackass, do you mean the Vestavia High School Rebels???

12/4/2007 1:43:49 PM

yes, i meant Vestavia Hills

sincerely,
jackass

12/4/2007 3:34:38 PM

12/4/2007 4:19:37 PM

Refs

12/4/2007 4:19:47 PM

Wojo----ski is the real villain here. A) he was a McDonalds All American, B) he played on two of Duke's most embarrassing teams and C) he wasn't good in college (at least not gregg newton good)...and people still hate him (including me) so he's got to be top of the list.

12/4/2007 5:11:34 PM

Quote :

"pete rose"

only jim gray would make that post

how the hell can you hate on pete rose?

12/4/2007 5:12:44 PM

I actually want the Pats to go undefeated so the fucking 71 Dolphins can stop acting like they are the greatest shit ever. Plus Brady has been leading my team to fantasy glory so I'm rooting for him as well.

12/4/2007 5:31:04 PM

i'm more interested in seeing the dolphins go 0-16. either one would be interesting to see, though.

12/4/2007 5:34:04 PM

Quote :

"the fucking 71 Dolphins can stop acting like they are the greatest shit ever"

the 71 Dolphins ARE the greatest shit ever...at least the ones who stayed an extra year to play on the 72 Dolphins, who went undefeated and won the Super Bowl

12/4/2007 5:39:55 PM

Seriously it was the Soviet Union teams. This went way beyond just sports and hating things about the individual players (which there was plenty of that too). This was idealisms that were completely opposite. From the 1972 Soviet basketball team stealing victory and the gold medals from the USA to the 1980 hockey team looking unstoppable. I mean those guys embarrassed the 1979 NHL All-Stars. There has been no villain greater than the Soviet Union and their Olympic teams.

12/4/2007 5:43:36 PM

Cowboys
Yankees
Notre Dame

Patriots and Duke are come-latelys

12/4/2007 6:49:19 PM

Peter Angelos and Dan Snyder

12/4/2007 7:08:04 PM

Dale Sr = redneck piece of trash
Cowboys
Redsox

[Edited on December 4, 2007 at 7:12 PM. Reason : .forgot the gay-ass cowboys and redsox]

12/4/2007 7:11:04 PM

cant believe no one has mentioned Spurrier yet... he was THE villain in college football for about 13 years

12/4/2007 7:20:00 PM

if you were in the sec, sure.

12/4/2007 7:22:53 PM

most dominant coach of that time period... and being in the SEC only helps

12/4/2007 7:24:25 PM