Post by Funkytown on Dec 8, 2023 21:26:57 GMT -6
A new kind of ranking here! 
All 32 NFL owners from worst to first: The good, the bad and a few surprises by Mike Sando
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Link:
theathletic.com/5115078/2023/12/08/nfl-owners-ranking-32-teams/
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All 32 NFL owners from worst to first: The good, the bad and a few surprises by Mike Sando
NFL team owners collect millions in revenue. They wield outsized power over their organizations and in their communities. They point to the bottom line, wins and losses, when firing coaches and executives, sometimes without giving them much time. But their own won-lost records appear nowhere.
Even people who follow the NFL closely might not know whether Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross owns a better record than New York Giants owner John Mara (he does).
They might not know whether female owners account for two of the five highest winning percentages since taking over their teams (they do).
They might not know that the only team without a traditional owner could lose 200 games overnight without dipping below .500 (the Green Bay Packers could).
They might not know that five of the last six owners to buy (rather than inherit) a team make up the bottom five in win percentage (they do — the lone exception is the Buffalo Bills’ Terry Pegula).
Some of these ownership situations are difficult to evaluate for reasons such as owners allowing their offspring to operate their teams. I’ve used simple criteria in ranking owners from worst to best win rates below. For our purposes, wins and losses are counted for owners after the NFL has approved their purchases; after an owner transferred the team to a family member; or after an owner died and left the team to an heir.
Setting aside the Packers and their 1,430 games without an individual owner, the Chicago Bears’ Virginia McCaskey ranks No. 1 in total games (644) and wins (324), but only 16th in win rate. The Washington Commanders’ Josh Harris resides at the other end with only 13 games, and with a 4-9 record (.308) so far, that is where we begin.
The charts below show each owner’s wins by season, with markers for when each coach (excluding interim coaches who weren’t retained) was hired. You can toggle the view to see cumulative wins over time relative to .500.
Even people who follow the NFL closely might not know whether Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross owns a better record than New York Giants owner John Mara (he does).
They might not know whether female owners account for two of the five highest winning percentages since taking over their teams (they do).
They might not know that the only team without a traditional owner could lose 200 games overnight without dipping below .500 (the Green Bay Packers could).
They might not know that five of the last six owners to buy (rather than inherit) a team make up the bottom five in win percentage (they do — the lone exception is the Buffalo Bills’ Terry Pegula).
Some of these ownership situations are difficult to evaluate for reasons such as owners allowing their offspring to operate their teams. I’ve used simple criteria in ranking owners from worst to best win rates below. For our purposes, wins and losses are counted for owners after the NFL has approved their purchases; after an owner transferred the team to a family member; or after an owner died and left the team to an heir.
Setting aside the Packers and their 1,430 games without an individual owner, the Chicago Bears’ Virginia McCaskey ranks No. 1 in total games (644) and wins (324), but only 16th in win rate. The Washington Commanders’ Josh Harris resides at the other end with only 13 games, and with a 4-9 record (.308) so far, that is where we begin.
The charts below show each owner’s wins by season, with markers for when each coach (excluding interim coaches who weren’t retained) was hired. You can toggle the view to see cumulative wins over time relative to .500.
12. Zygi Wilf, Minnesota Vikings: 160-140-2 (.533)
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Owner since: 2005
Playoff record: 3-7
Coach inherited: Mike Tice
Coaches hired: Brad Childress (39-35), Leslie Frazier (21-32-1), Mike Zimmer (72-56-1), Kevin O’Connell (19-10)
Every coach Wilf has hired posted 10-plus victories in a season within three years of taking the job. Tice went 9-7 in his final season with the team, meaning every Vikings coach under Wilf had at least one winning season. Childress and Zimmer reached the NFC Championship Game, but it’s pushing 50 years since the Vikings reached a Super Bowl (1976 season).
Owner since: 2005
Playoff record: 3-7
Coach inherited: Mike Tice
Coaches hired: Brad Childress (39-35), Leslie Frazier (21-32-1), Mike Zimmer (72-56-1), Kevin O’Connell (19-10)
Every coach Wilf has hired posted 10-plus victories in a season within three years of taking the job. Tice went 9-7 in his final season with the team, meaning every Vikings coach under Wilf had at least one winning season. Childress and Zimmer reached the NFC Championship Game, but it’s pushing 50 years since the Vikings reached a Super Bowl (1976 season).
theathletic.com/5115078/2023/12/08/nfl-owners-ranking-32-teams/
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... and neither is this Chris guy.