Biggest Mistake In Recent MN Sports

EREmpireStrikesBack · Post by **EREmpireStrikesBack** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 6:42 pm

Vote or propose more athletes

boblee · Post by **boblee** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:02 pm

kyle lohse?

EREmpireStrikesBack · Mon Jun 26, 2006 12:08 pm

Can he really compare with Rondell though?

packerboy · Post by **packerboy** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 1:13 pm

I think getting rid of Daunte may be the biggest screw up our beloved Purple has committed since they traded Fran Tarkenton to the New York Football Giants.

Is Big Pappi still recent ?

EREmpireStrikesBack · Post by **EREmpireStrikesBack** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:22 am

Ooo, didn't even think of Big Papi types of things. I don't think Daunte will be that big of a mistake. Randy definitely was though. I was only thinking accquisitions, never thought of getting rid of great players. Lets hope Gabby & Torii don't get added to the list w/ Ortiz & Moss.

packerboy · Post by **packerboy** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:29 pm

Moss was a pain in the axe. No denying his talent but its hard to criticize a team for getting rid of him because of his baggage...much like TO.

In addition, Moss is on his way down.

I think Daunte is still on the upswing and they will regret the day they got rid of him...... for a long time.

jimjackjohnmmmm · Post by **jimjackjohnmmmm** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:19 pm

Did we get anyone for big papi or was he a free agent?

ChrisK · Post by **ChrisK** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:44 pm

If I recall correctly the Twins tried to trade Ortiz but there were no offers because teams figured the Twins would release him, which they did. He signed with the Red Sox as a free agent.

While on vacation I brought along my Stratomatic game and played a game with my 11 year old. I just have the 2001 season so Ortiz was still with the Twins at that point and he happened to get injured. This means that he got hurt so often that the Stratomatic statheads had to put that factor on his card. I think if he had been able to stay healthy the Twins probably would have kept him.

sterfry9 · Post by **sterfry9** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:37 pm

culpepper knee could fall apart anytime...and he still has yet to prove that he can read a regular defense without a moss type of receiver in the lineup

EREmpireStrikesBack · Post by **EREmpireStrikesBack** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:14 pm

Yeah, Ortiz got hurt a lot. But he did hit a HR with a broken wrist. My question is, why didn't we just play him when he was hurt?

packerboy · Post by **packerboy** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:21 am

Sometimes they just dont wait long enough for a guy. Sometimes they wait too long.

With Ortiz they figured he was never going to be a quality major league hitter and he had no position so.....

Anyway, back to mistakes. The TWolves have made so many but the biggest might be : Chauncey Billups. How do you let him go?

Irishmans Shanty · Post by **Irishmans Shanty** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 1:16 pm

Is Spergen Wynn recent enough? How could a professional football franchise ever be in a position where he would need to take snaps with a defense coming at him in anger?

ChrisK · Post by **ChrisK** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 1:42 pm

packerboy, the Twins had too much confidence in the prospects coming up and figured Ortiz was replaceable. The thing is, I thought he was a good hitter though I didn't think he was good as he's turned out, you'd think the guys who are paid to figure this stuff out would've kept him around longer, injuries and all. And that's probably your point.

Empire, the broken wrist home run is my favorite Ortiz Twin moment.

And the Timberwolves would require their own entire category for bonehead moves, my god how many centers have they gone through? In addition to Billups, you've also got Bobby Jackson. The words 'train wreck' should be synonomous with this franchise.

packerboy · Post by **packerboy** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 2:07 pm

The Ortiz thing is a "hindsight is 20/20" deal.

Nobody around here so much as blinked an eye when he was released. It turned out to be a mistake but nobody could have predicted he would be the hitter he is today.

I doubt anyone from Boston will say" yah we figured he'd be a perennial MVP canidate all along". It was a fluke.

ChrisK · Post by **ChrisK** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 6:06 pm

Not a total fluke. His numbers were not spectacular for the Twins, but he did hit .272 with 20 HRs and 75 RBIs in 412 ABs in his final season for the Twins, good enough to be 3rd on the team in HRs. So his first season with the Red Sox, .288, 31 HRs, 101 RBIs, in 448 ABs wasn't a big surprise, at least to me. The 40+ homers and 130+ RBIs the next two seasons, no, noone could have predicted that.

He was 27 when the Twins unloaded him and had been injured much of the time, he only had two seasons with more than 400 ABs with the Twins. Considering how much he was hurt you can't totally blame the Twins for unloading him, but with the problems the Twins have had getting sluggers, you'd think they could've kept him around another year to see what he could do if he stayed healthy.

EREmpireStrikesBack · Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:33 am

Gotta say that Fenway and their lineup has helped his numbers quite a bit.

Exactly like ChrisK said, with their dire need for power you would think they woulda tried one more year. I'm pretty sure we had an arbitration option on him.

irishman · Post by **irishman** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 4:33 pm

The gophers not gettin oshie

Dickie Dunn · Post by **Dickie Dunn** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 4:52 pm

This is almost too easy...the MSHSL for destroying the best amateur tournament in hockey.

Neutron 14 · Post by **Neutron 14** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:26 pm

Joe Smith

packerboy · Post by **packerboy** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:28 am

Joe Smith is a good one and the TWolves lead the world in mistakes.

Consequently, is the biggest mistake ever:

Kevin McHale

Irishmans Shanty · Post by **Irishmans Shanty** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:53 am

Vikings passing on Laurence Maroney.

Post by **east hockey** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:02 am

Jan Brady State letting go of Craig Dahl and running the risk that some day they might win an NCAA playoff game.

Lee

packerboy · Post by **packerboy** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:46 am

Did they pass on Maroney for Troy or Chad?

State Champ 97 · Post by **State Champ 97** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:35 pm

Chad I believe

elliott70 · Post by **elliott70** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 4:22 pm

2. Allowing private schools to participate in OUR state hockey tournament (just for Ankles).

#1. Splitting the hockey tourney in two.

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Biggest Mistake In Recent MN Sports

Who has been the biggest mistake recently in MN sports?

Biggest Mistake In Recent MN Sports

Culpepper

Moss

Papi

Ortiz

Ortiz, T-Wolves

Ortiz

Ortiz