So with that in mind, here are the Top Ten Worst Movie Managers of All-Time.
10. Coach Michele MacKay - Mighty Ducks 2
MacKay served as the interim coach for Gordon Bombay and embarrassed herself like few others could. Her futile attempt at screaming the order to "change it up" had fellow female hockey coaches cringing in their seats.
9. Irving "Irv" Blitzer - Cool Runnings
Come on Irv, a bobsled team from Jamaica? And don't give me that, "but we made it to the Olympics", garbage. If I remember correctly, your boys crashed and burned down the stretch.
Thanks coach!
8. Frankie Dunn - Million Dollar Baby
"Seeing Clint Eastwood cry is the worst moment in cinema history."
- Scott Phillips
7. John Kreese - The Karate Kid
Dude, you got your ass handed to you by a four foot Japanese guy and he didn't even have to lay a finger on you. Your street cred from the "sweep the leg" order has thus been revoked.
6. Danny O'Shea - Little Giants
This guy rode the Icebox's curtails all the way to the bank. Kind of like the way Doc Rivers is coaching the Celtics right now as a matter a fact.
5. Chester Lee - Ladybugs
"All I know, is I got alotta balls."
That's the kind of insight you get from a guy like Lou Pinella after he's downed a couple of fruity drinks before a spring training game.
4. George Knox - Angels in the Outfield
Knox was taking managerial advice from two orphans whose hallucinations happened to be Angels helping out the players on the field.
I have to believe Isiah Thomas watched this movie and thought he could coach the Knicks the same way.
3. Gus Cantrell - Major League III: Back to the Minors
This guy started his career with the Buzz and hopes to move his way up so that he's eventually coaching Air Bud's kids sometime in the near future.
2. Sal Martinella - Rookie of the Year
In the ninth inning of the division clinching game against the Mets, Sal didn't hesitate to leave in a 12-year-old kid throwing pitches any beer-guzzling softball hack could smash. He overused Rowengartner during the regular season and is a huge reason why the kid's career was cut so short despite so much promise.
Somewhere Dusty Baker is smiling.
1. Eddie - Eddie
Um, not sure if I really even need to say anything here. But, I will.
Despite the initial bonus of having a coach that looks like the Preadator, Eddie failed miserably in the fact that she had a Knicks team full of overpaid, washed up, injury-prone prima donnas quit on her.
Hmmm......sound familiar?
MacKay served as the interim coach for Gordon Bombay and embarrassed herself like few others could. Her futile attempt at screaming the order to "change it up" had fellow female hockey coaches cringing in their seats.9. Irving "Irv" Blitzer - Cool Runnings
Come on Irv, a bobsled team from Jamaica? And don't give me that, "but we made it to the Olympics", garbage. If I remember correctly, your boys crashed and burned down the stretch.Thanks coach!
8. Frankie Dunn - Million Dollar Baby
"Seeing Clint Eastwood cry is the worst moment in cinema history."- Scott Phillips
7. John Kreese - The Karate Kid
Dude, you got your ass handed to you by a four foot Japanese guy and he didn't even have to lay a finger on you. Your street cred from the "sweep the leg" order has thus been revoked.6. Danny O'Shea - Little Giants
This guy rode the Icebox's curtails all the way to the bank. Kind of like the way Doc Rivers is coaching the Celtics right now as a matter a fact.5. Chester Lee - Ladybugs
"All I know, is I got alotta balls."That's the kind of insight you get from a guy like Lou Pinella after he's downed a couple of fruity drinks before a spring training game.
4. George Knox - Angels in the Outfield
Knox was taking managerial advice from two orphans whose hallucinations happened to be Angels helping out the players on the field.I have to believe Isiah Thomas watched this movie and thought he could coach the Knicks the same way.
3. Gus Cantrell - Major League III: Back to the Minors
This guy started his career with the Buzz and hopes to move his way up so that he's eventually coaching Air Bud's kids sometime in the near future.2. Sal Martinella - Rookie of the Year
In the ninth inning of the division clinching game against the Mets, Sal didn't hesitate to leave in a 12-year-old kid throwing pitches any beer-guzzling softball hack could smash. He overused Rowengartner during the regular season and is a huge reason why the kid's career was cut so short despite so much promise.Somewhere Dusty Baker is smiling.
1. Eddie - Eddie
Um, not sure if I really even need to say anything here. But, I will.Despite the initial bonus of having a coach that looks like the Preadator, Eddie failed miserably in the fact that she had a Knicks team full of overpaid, washed up, injury-prone prima donnas quit on her.
Hmmm......sound familiar?
12 comments:
What about the coach from Air Bud"Wide Retriever". All he did was eat and tell nonsense stories. Or how about the coach from "Vision Quest" All belly, no talent what so ever.
Solid list, but how about Coach Jimmy Dolan from "The Air Up There"? He was a drunk college coach looking for a promotion so he went to Africa to recruit a member of an indigenous tribe. Keep in mind that this move is based soley on tape of Saleh playing against a girl. Dolan also fucks a nun. The end does not justify the means.
Dave,
Very good point about coach Jimmy Dolan but you also have to remember that he was ahead of his time in recruiting Africa. Look at all of the college coaches hitting up Sudan and Nigeria now. A true pioneer.
But didn't Jimmy Dolan use the infamous "Shake and Bake" technique to lead the tribe to victory?
He was player-manager, therefore, does not qualify for this list.
Though he's my favorite coach of all-time, Bobby Finstock of Teen Wolf was not looking at a bright NBA future.
Coach Finstock: There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese.
Coach Finstock: It doesn't matter how you play the game, it's whether you win or lose. And even that doesn't make all that much difference.
What about the coach in Lucas who let him in the big game? He CLEARLY was not a football player!
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The coach of the Jazz in Celtic Pride, even considering benching Lewis Scott for game 7 of the NBA Finals. He also said he wished he had Grant Hill instead of Lewis Scott, look where Grant Hill's career went
How does Coach Bud Kilmer from Varsity Blues not make the list. His team had a mutiny against him in the biggest game of the year...And he almost got Billy Bob killed
Coach Red Beaulieu was definately an awful coach in The Waterboy. He bullied The Fonz around and tried to get Bobby Boucher kicked off the team. Coach Klein really proved himself in the end when he came up with those amazing new plays. Plus, you can not mess with a man with a Roy Orbison tattoo on his ass.
I'll go woth everybody but George Knox. He adopted the kids!!!
Gus Cantrell was one of the better movie managers, he actually won.
Underrated movie.
The coach in Basketball Diaries. Remember the shower scene with DiCaprio.
coaches like Bud Kilmer in Varsity Blues and coach Pete Bell from Blue Chips were both left off because they had highly distinguished careers (according to the movie) but the movie played out during their worst seasons
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