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Even with the 9ers losing 2 NFC Champ games and a Superbowl then completely and epicly falling apart (and moving) plus the Sharks choking.
Tell me about it: I'm a Niners fan. Whatever though, I'll keep slim hopes that it won't be an epic disaster.
If it's anything but, then it's a success. 8-8 would be a good thing.
It beats the epic disaster of LA failing to get a team for the 21st year in a row. People legitimately believe that building a stadium in a landfill funded by a city that has no money is going to happen.
San Francisco currently has the most major sports titles this decade:
4 - San Francisco
3 - Boston
3 - Los Angeles
3 - Chicago
2 - Miami
1 - St. Louis
1 - New York
1 - Dallas
1 - San Antonio
1 - New Orleans
1 - Green Bay
1 - Baltimore
1 - Seattle
9 - Los Angeles
9 - Boston
6 - New York
4 - San Francisco
4 - Chicago
4 - San Antonio
4 - Miami
3 - Pittsburgh
3 - St. Louis
3 - Detroit
2 - Baltimore
2 - Tampa
2 - Denver
1 - Raleigh
1 - Philadelphia
1 - Indianapolis
1 - New Orleans
1 - Green Bay
1 - Seattle
1 - Phoenix
1 - Dallas
Since 1990:
12 - New York
10 - Chicago
9 - Los Angeles
9 - Boston
6 - San Francisco
6 - Detroit
5 - Dallas
5 - Denver
5 - Pittsburgh
5 - Miami
5 - San Antonio
3 - St Louis
2 - Baltimore
2 - Houston
2 - Green Bay
2 - Tampa
2 - Toronto
1 - Washington DC
1 - Edmonton
1 - Montreal
1 - Cincinnati
1 - Minneapolis
1 - Raleigh
1 - Philadelphia
1 - Indianapolis
1 - New Orleans
1 - Seattle
1 - Phoenix
1 - Atlanta
Since 1980:
18 - New York
17 - Los Angeles
12 - Boston
12 - San Francisco
11 - Chicago
8 - Detroit
6 - Pittsburgh
5 - Edmonton
5 - Denver
5 - Miami
5 - Dallas
5 - San Antonio
4 - St Louis
3 - Philadelphia
3 - Baltimore
3 - Washington DC
2 - Montreal
2 - Houston
2 - Green Bay
2 - Tampa
2 - Minneapolis
1 - Kansas City
1 - Cincinnati
1 - Raleigh
1 - Indianapolis
1 - New Orleans
1 - Seattle
1 - Phoenix
1 - Atlanta
10 - Los Angeles Lakers
6 - Chicago Bulls
5 - New York Yankees
5 - San Antonio Spurs
5 - San Francisco 49ers
5 - Edmonton Oilers
4 - New York Islanders
4 - Boston Celtics
4 - New England Patriots
4 - New York Giants
4 - Detroit Red Wings
3 - San Francisco Giants
3 - Pittsburgh Penguins
3 - Chicago Blackhawks
3 - New Jersey Devils
3 - Dallas Cowboys
3 - Miami Heat
3 - St Louis Cardinals
3 - Detroit Pistons
3 - Boston Red Sox
3 - Pittsburgh Steelers
3 - Washington Redskins
2 - Philadelphia Phillies
2 - Los Angeles Dodgers
2 - Florida Marlins
2 - Colorado Avalanche
2 - Los Angeles Kings
2 - Montreal Canadians
2 - Houston Rockets
2 - Green Bay Packers
2 - Denver Broncos
2 - Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders
2 - Baltimore Ravens
2 - Toronto Blue Jays
2 - Minnesota Twins
1 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers
1 - Philadelphia 76ers
1 - Dallas Mavericks
1 - Golden State Warriors
1 - Chicago Bears
1 - St Louis Rams
1 - Indianapolis Colts
1 - New Orleans Saints
1 - Seattle Seahawks
1 - Baltimore Orioles
1 - Detroit Tigers
1 - Kansas City Royals
1 - New York Mets
1 - Oakland Athletics
1 - Cincinnati Reds
1 - Atlanta Braves
1 - Arizona Diamondbacks
1 - Anaheim Angels
1 - Chicago White Sox
1 - Calgary Flames
1 - New York Rangers
1 - Dallas Stars
1 - Tampa Bay Lightning
1 - Carolina Hurricanes
1 - Anaheim Ducks
1 - Boston Bruins
I would love another Figueroa Parade, but as long as the Dodgers can't figure out the Giants or Cardinals, I don't think we'll see one from them. The Kings are good, and I don't think they'll go 3-15 in OT games next year again, but I think that Quick is starting to loose a little bit of his edge in the net. If we lose a big defensemen in the offseason, I think the Kings will be down to fringe contenders. Lakers are going to be rebuilding for a little bit, but if somehow we land Towns (I think he'd fit the Lakers better than Okafor, IMO) and they can sign Love/Butler (I personally don't want Rondo, especially if he's demanding max contract), the Lakers will be back in the playoffs within 2-3 years. Clippers are good enough to make the playoffs, but aren't good enough to win a championship. Their bench is so awful.....
The SoCal team closest to a championship right now are the Anaheim Ducks. Too bad hockey isn't a bigger sport out here, but they're a pretty good team that has the right combination of relatively decent goaltending, explosive offense, and stifling defense. Unfortunately, they seem to always find a way to choke game 7s away.
Sorry for derailing my own thread - I was at the Dodger game last night. I can't believe I saw Buster Posey hit a grand slam. In person. Right in front of me. Not cool.
It seems the same cities have teams that win all the time...SF Bay Area and Chicago are two cities that instantly come to mind. Always have some winning team every few yeara...meanwhile Atlanta hasn't seen a championship from ANY team since 1995.
For Southern cities, Dallas and Miami out of the four major sport cities have been the most successful since 1990. The Bay Area didn't really have a great decade in the 2000s. They had some close ones but they didn't finish. 2010s has been much more kind to them. Boston just keeps on rollin.
Boston has a championship in all of the major sports since 2000. They are spoiled.
Yeah but being a Boston sports fan between 1986-2004 was pretty bad. The Bird-era Celtics and Big 3 Celtics really did underachieve. Still, 1 is better than none.
People tend to forget that before Belichick-Brady, the Pats were a huge joke in the NFL. Yes they made the SB in 1985 and 1996, but that's a reflection more on the weak AFC of those time periods than anything else. It's hard to imagine how awful the Pats were back then.
NFL success is hard to maintain over the long term. It seems that each team has one period of dominance, then sporadic success the rest of the time.
LA's worst decade was the 1990s (drought of 12 years between Dodger/Laker wins of 1988 to Laker win of 2000). The 2000s more than made up for it though.
New York (city and area) pretty much has won a championship every single decade, and hasn't had a drought lasting longer than 5 years.
Chicago didn't win anything in the 1970s, but has won something in every decade since.
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