Top 10 Biggest Failures in Sports in the 2010s
Sometimes things don’t work out. Even after 10 years things may take a wild turn for the worse. Whether things started off bad or turned sour later on, here’s some of the biggest failures of the decade.This list is talking about just the biggest failures of certain sports teams or players
The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. The Browns compete in the National Football League as a member team of the American Football Conference North division... read more Six months ago, this team would be much lower on this list. They talked a lot in the offseason when they had Nick Chubb, Jarvis Landry, and OBJ. They had all the talent yet have been a colossal disappointment. Where do I even start? They have no discipline whatsoever and a coach who shouldn't be anywhere near NFL sidelines.
And that's just 2019. Let's not even talk about all the failed draft picks. Johnny Football didn't work at all. They went on a 1-31 stretch under Hue Jackson, including a perfect 0-16 season. They've gone through seven different head coaches and haven't won more than seven games in a season. It's pretty ridiculous how all their division rivals have won the division more recently than they have.
Clayton Edward Kershaw is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. Sometimes luck just isn't on your side, and that's the case with Kershaw. The dude has been lights out in the regular season, yet in the postseason, he's been awful. In 2013, he was okay. In 2014, not good. In 2015, just bad luck. In 2016, bad. In the 2017 World Series, good in Game 1, not in Games 5 or 7. In 2018, he was good until the World Series.
In 2019, he had a chance to lock down the Nationals and send the Dodgers to the NLCS, but he gave up two homers and lost the game. Really unfortunate for a guy who just can't catch a break.
This was pathetic. I'm a huge Bears fan, and they had such a good defense. They might have won it all this year, but "The Doink King" ruined it.
The Los Angeles Chargers are a professional American football team based in Los Angeles. The Chargers compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league's American Football Conference West division. The Chargers were originally in LA for their inaugural season but played in San Diego until 2017. They moved back to LA because the city wouldn't upgrade their stadium, angering Chargers fans everywhere.
The problem is they had to play in a 30,000-seat soccer stadium, with little support in the area. The stadium is constantly invaded by opposing teams' fanbases. Dean Spanos wildly overestimated the amount of support the city had for them. If there's one thing LA doesn't tolerate, it's mediocrity. If you're not winning, the city doesn't care. They barely care about the Rams, and they made the Super Bowl.
Also, there's a significant number of Raider fans in the area, a division rival! On top of that, the new stadium isn't even theirs. They play in the shadows of the Rams. To put it simply, they are homeless - a team without a stadium or fanbase. What a disaster. Everything about this move has been a failure, so much so that they might have to move back to San Diego.
The Detroit Tigers are an American professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. The Tigers compete in Major League Baseball as a member of the American League Central division. The Detroit Tigers tried hard to win a World Series, yet they fell short. Mike Ilitch did everything in his power to bring a World Series home to Detroit. They brought in Justin Verlander and Miguel Cabrera. At one point, they even had Max Scherzer, Prince Fielder, Victor Martinez, Anibal Sanchez, David Price, and J.D. Martinez.
The 2010s started off strong, with the team winning four division titles and making a World Series, only to get swept by the Giants. They spent billions on players to win a World Series, yet it didn't work. After failing to win a game in the 2014 playoffs, the Tigers began the rebuilding process. Many of their big stars moved to other teams or declined in ability due to age.
Since 2015, they have been in a deep rebuild, hindered by many immovable contracts. Adding insult to injury, many former Detroit Tigers have won a World Series. Dave Dombrowski, J.D. Martinez, Ian Kinsler, Cameron Maybin, Rick Porcello, David Price, Fernando Rodney, Anibal Sanchez, Max Scherzer, and Justin Verlander all achieved success elsewhere.
Based in West Lafayette, Indiana, the Purdue Boilermakers are the athletic teams of Purdue University. They participate in the Big Ten Conference and are renowned for their engineering-based mascot, Purdue Pete. They excel in American football and men's basketball and sport black and gold colors. The first half of the 2010s wasn't so bad. They won a few bowl games, had some momentum, and joined the Big 10. However, after year one, things fell downhill quickly. They went 4-8, 2-10, 4-8, 1-11, and 2-10. On top of that, they're going to settle for Greg Schiano, the same guy Tennessee outraged to not hire.
The Michigan Wolverines comprise 27 varsity sports teams at the University of Michigan. These teams compete in the NCAA's Division I and in the Big Ten Conference in all sports except women's water polo, which competes in the NCAA inter-divisional Collegiate Water Polo Association. Talk about one of the most prestigious rivalries in college football. It hasn't been much of a rivalry lately. In fact, Ohio State is 9-1 against Michigan this decade, and going back to the 2000s, OSU is 17-3 since 2000. Harbaugh himself is 0-5 vs. OSU. It's pretty embarrassing that this team just can't beat their arch-nemesis.
The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Bronx, New York City, New York, that competes in Major League Baseball. The Yankees went into the 2010s as World Series champions, having won it all in 2009. They have spent over $2 billion trying to bring in talent and made seven playoff appearances and three ALCS appearances, but no dice on the World Series. It's okay because everyone still envies you and your 27 rings.
The Kansas Jayhawks, commonly referred to as KU, are the teams of the athletic department at the University of Kansas. They are currently a member of the Big 12 Conference The late 2000s weren't too bad for the Jayhawks, winning three bowl games in four years, including an Orange Bowl in 2007 under Mark Mangino. However, since then, they have been a laughingstock of the Big 12. They lost 48 straight road games and basically went an entire decade without beating a Big 12 team on the road. They've had five different head coaches and never had a better record than 3-9. This team, legitimately not exaggerating, won only 21 games the entire decade. Talk about pathetic. This team has been the definition of it.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are an American professional basketball team based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Since moving to Oklahoma City, the Thunder have been decent but never good enough. The amount of talent this team has had and squandered over the years is incredible: Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant, James Harden, Paul George, Victor Oladipo, Serge Ibaka, Dennis Schroeder, Dion Waiters, Reggie Jackson, Steven Adams, Domantas Sabonis, and Derek Fisher. And for what? Getting destroyed in the finals by LeBron James and the Heat one year?
How do you have that much talent and still can't win? Honestly, they deserve it. The way they gave the middle finger to Seattle is ruthless and gets very little sympathy, in my opinion. What a pathetic franchise.
It's no secret that the ACC and SEC have dominated the BCS and National Championship games, with Alabama and Clemson being the top dogs over the past few years. Two conferences that used to be the powerhouses of college football are now the lesser of the Power 5.
The Big 12 lost Colorado, Nebraska, and Missouri, and the OU Sooners are the only thing keeping them relevant, yet they are 0-4 in the College Football Playoffs. Meanwhile, in the Pac-12, you have Oregon and Washington, and that's literally it. Since the formation of the College Football Playoffs, these conferences have one win total, and that was Oregon in 2014.
7-1 is a really severe thrashing, and for that to happen to a powerhouse like Brazil is just unreal.
Representing the University of Pittsburgh, the Pitt Panthers are a collegiate athletic program competing mainly in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the program has a rich history in football and other sports. They sport navy blue and gold uniforms.
