Weakest teams to win championships?

[STDiva]

Who it be?? Keep it modern. 70's and later I guess. We all know teams in 1909 would get smoked by todays champs.

2000 Yankees? They won 87 regular season games. C'mon.

2005 Carolina Hurricanes? Great regular season, but got through the playoffs by beating injury riddled teams. Including an 8th seeded Oiler team without their brick wall, Roloson.

2005 Pittsburgh Steelers? Wildcard team. They were outgained, beat in time of possession and lost the turnover battle in the Super Bowl. Big Ben went 9-21, 123 yards and 2 INT's and they still won.

2006 Miami Heat? On paper they looked awesome, but they were a flash in the pan. 2 years as contenders, 1 controversial title in the worst officiated series in the history of sports.

Discuss.

 

[Basedow]

HANDS DOWN it's 1990 Colorado. Went 11-1-1 (tied first game of the season with Tennessee), flat out LOST 2 weeks later to Illinois who was barely ranked, rewarded with the MOST BULLSHIT call in college football history which was the 5th down fiasco against UNRANKED Missouri, and got the benefit of a phantom clip call to negate Rocket Ismail's punt return for a touchdown in the Orange Bowl. They basically lost 4 games that year and every time I think about their shit team I get angry

 

[sid-sexy]

Here's 3 from the NBA
1995 Houston Rockets
1978 Washington Bullets
2004 Detroit Pistons

 

[cindy CD/TV]

2007 N.Y. Giants :crying:
2004 Red Sox

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[Jon S.]

2006 St. Louis Cardinals 83-78 record.

2001-02 New England Patriots - They simply got lucky and were by far inferior to all of the teams that they beat.....and if not for a blizzard, and a refs call (the infamous tuck rule), they would have been eliminated by the Raiders in the 1st round.

2000-01 Baltimore Ravens - SOLID defense.....but totally weak ass offense.

2001 Arizona Diamondbacks - They had a few solid guys like Schilling, Johnson, & Gonzalez (who had a weak Series....though he did get the game winning hit), but they were basically a team comprised of other team's castoffs......guys who were released by other teams.

1988 Los Angeles Dodgers - Two words....Weak Offense! The team only had a .248 batting average for the season, and their starting SS, Alfredo Griffin batted only .199.

1987 Minnesota Twins - A 29-52 road record.....and they STILL won the World Series!?!?!?

1984 BYU football - You roll through a weak ass schedule in a weak ass conference and then beat an unranked Michigan team in a bowl game......and that makes you National Champions?!?!?!?


Oh I could go on.....but that's a start anyway.

 

[Rey C.]

Brawn Grand Prix.

 

[StanScratch]

The 1972 Oakland A's.
The 1970 Baltimore Orioles.
The 1961 New York Yankees.
The 1939 New York Yankees.
In each of those years, whatever team it was they beat should have won the World Series.

 

[YumiYumi_1988]

2005 Pittsburgh Steelers (Lol both their RBs, Staley and Bettis, were ridiculously slow and fat)
2006 St. Louis Cardinals (Most years they'da missed the playoffs by at least 5 games)
2007 New York Giants (Not only were they underwhelming, but they prevented one of the single greatest football teams EVER from winning)

 

[Jon S.]

2005 Pittsburgh Steelers (Lol both their RBs, Staley and Bettis, were ridiculously slow and fat)

Perhaps, but Willie Parker wasn't. He had over 1,200 yards in the regular season (inc. an 80 yarder) that year, and he set a Super Bowl record with a 75 yard TD run in Super Bowl XL to cap off his 2005 season.

 

[LukeEl]

Hidden Valley Ranch's Little League Team beating Shelbyville...those little nose pickers were so underrated!

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

Both Twins teams - '87 and '91 - were not exceptional teams. Only reason the '91 team won was because Jack threw the greatest game in history in game 7.

Argentine Men's basketball getting gold at the '04 Olympics in Athens.

The Czechs in '98 only won Gold with pretty much Jagr and Hasek.

The 1980 USA "Miracle on Ice" team has to be the "weakest" team to ever win a championship, and it was the biggest on the planet.

 

[fathomite]

Wow, you morons know nothing about what it takes to win a championship.

I'm not going to rip apart each and every pick, just the most retarded ones.

2001 Ravens. They had the best defense in the history of the NFL. And yes, their offense didn't score a td for nearly 5 games, but how exactly does that come to mean that they are undeserving as champions. As Ray Lewis said, 'Just let the offense get 10 and then let us (the defense) hunt. No one's going to beat us." And the Ravens offense destroyed a vastly overrated Giants defense in the Super Bowl.

The 1988 Dodgers. Who gives a fuck that the shortstop batted .111? At that time in baseball history, ss wasn't thought of as a power hitting positions, because even though filth like McGwire were already abusing steroids, it had yet to filter down to players other then power hitters.

The 1970 Orioles and 1972 Oakland A's. YumiYumi_1988 you make retards ashamed to be called retards. Both the Orioles and A's were seen as the best teams of that time, the Orioles in fact were in the middle of their 3 straight appearences in the WS and the A's were in their first of 3 straight. In fact, many have said that it was the 1969 Mets and 1971 Pirates, whom the Orioles lost to, who are the worst/weakest WS champions EVAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111

 

[Vanilla Bear]

2007 N.Y. Giants :crying:

But it was one of the awesomestest Super Bowls ever!

 

[Frank Fire]

Ny Knicks 1972-73, 1969-70
Los Angeles Clippers
Golden State Warriors 1974-75
Philadelphia 76ers 1982-83, 1966-67
Houston Rockets 1994-95, 1993-94
Atlanta Hawks 1957-58 (as St. Louis Hawks)
Oklahoma City Thunder 1978-79 (as Seattle Supersonics)
Portland Trail Blazers 1976-77
Sacramento Kings 1950-51 (as Rochester Royals)

 

[JUDAS_PRIEST]

Wow, you morons know nothing about what it takes to win a championship.

I'm not going to rip apart each and every pick, just the most retarded ones.

2001 Ravens. They had the best defense in the history of the NFL. And yes, their offense didn't score a td for nearly 5 games, but how exactly does that come to mean that they are undeserving as champions. As Ray Lewis said, 'Just let the offense get 10 and then let us (the defense) hunt. No one's going to beat us." And the Ravens offense destroyed a vastly overrated Giants defense in the Super Bowl.

The 1988 Dodgers. Who gives a fuck that the shortstop batted .111? At that time in baseball history, ss wasn't thought of as a power hitting positions, because even though filth like McGwire were already abusing steroids, it had yet to filter down to players other then power hitters.

The 1970 Orioles and 1972 Oakland A's. YumiYumi_1988 you make retards ashamed to be called retards. Both the Orioles and A's were seen as the best teams of that time, the Orioles in fact were in the middle of their 3 straight appearences in the WS and the A's were in their first of 3 straight. In fact, many have said that it was the 1969 Mets and 1971 Pirates, whom the Orioles lost to, who are the worst/weakest WS champions EVAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111

The Ravens didn't have the best defense ever.
1986 Chicago Bears = greatest NFL defense ever...
They beat the Giants 21-0
They beat the Rams 24-0
They beat the Patriots 46-10 in the SB...top that!!!

 

[rwill25]

2006 Miami Heat? On paper they looked awesome, but they were a flash in the pan. 2 years as contenders, 1 controversial title in the worst officiated series in the history of sports.

That has to be one of the craziest things I've ever heard. You may think the officiating was questionable, but to say they're one of the "weakest teams to win a championship"? Sounds like you're just bitter. You don't just luck your way into the NBA Finals. They actually should have one in 2005 as well (D-Wade got injured).

If this your argument, then were are the 2002 Lakers? To say the LA and Sacramento series had questionable officiating would be an understatement.

 

[STDiva]

That has to be one of the craziest things I've ever heard. You may think the officiating was questionable, but to say they're one of the "weakest teams to win a championship"? Sounds like you're just bitter. You don't just luck your way into the NBA Finals. They actually should have one in 2005 as well (D-Wade got injured).

If this your argument, then were are the 2002 Lakers? To say the LA and Sacramento series had questionable officiating would be an understatement.

I knew you'd come back your team up.

I love how we can't criticize something without being bitter, or jealous, or a hater. What would I have to be bitter about? :1orglaugh The refs gave that series to Wade in a gift basket. Everybody here knows it. You won't convince me otherwise, so don't bother. The better team lost that year. The better team lost last year. Just because it's your team, doesn't mean they don't deserve the criticism.



Someone mentioned the 2004 Detroit Pistons. There's no way they are one of the weakest. They were one of the best defensive squads ever. Just because they didn't have a super star, or score 120 PPG doesn't mean they were weak. I think they hold the record for holding teams under 70 points in consecutive games. Also, they beat the most stacked team (on paper) ever. It's one of the biggest upsets of all time in dominant fashion. The Pistons weren't weak. Neither were the Ravens!!!

 

[JacknCoke]

2011 Red Sox "best team eva!"....



Ohhh wait

 

[rwill25]

I knew you'd come back your team up.

I love how we can't criticize something without being bitter, or jealous, or a hater. What would I have to be bitter about? :1orglaugh The refs gave that series to Wade in a gift basket. Everybody here knows it. You won't convince me otherwise, so don't bother. The better team lost that year. The better team lost last year. Just because it's your team, doesn't mean they don't deserve the criticism.

You sound bitter because you're not giving D-Wade or the Heat any credit for their accomplishment. Instead of giving D-Wade his dues for attacking and being aggressive, you credit the refs. I never once heard anyone say the 2006 Heat team was one of the worst teams to win a championship. If I remember right, they were the pre-season favorite to win the Finals.

When Alonzo Mourning and Gary Payton are coming off the bench, you know you got a staked team.

Am I saying this is the best team to win a championship? Fuck no. Not even close. But worst team to win a championship!? :1orglaugh

 

[Icewater Jones]

NBA: 2010 Los Angeles Lakers:
They beat a very old and tired Celtics team, to which they had a lot of deficits to, and the very next year... with virtually the same team, got murdered by the Dallas Mavericks. I honestly think just about every championship team in the modern era could beat them in 7 including the 2004 Pistons, and yes... the 2006 Miami Heat.

NFL: 2007 New York Giants:
Talk about streaking at the right time. They were no doubt the perfect storm of football, and yes... the 2000 Ravens would beat them.