Cubs' Players want Cuban as Owner?

[hawkcub]

It would be nice to have an owner like Cuban. Then again, throwing cash around isn't this team's problem.

 

It was in the draft. Throwing money around wouldn't hurt and I'm afraid the next owner might skimp on the funds.

 

if they are going to invest that much money in acquiring the franchise, why would they skimp on funds?

 

Maybe because the Cubs are known as a Cash cow win or lose.

[Chocolate Milk]

mark cuban is an absolute joke. he does less with more every single year. he gets his annoying, jock sniffing hands in his teams business and ruins their chance at a championship every year. this is the same guy who had like 10 small forwards on the same team because he liked all of them. this is the same guy that let the nba's 2 time mvp (shoulda been 3 time) steve nash walk. this is the same guy that signed erik dampier to th max.

 

given the fact that the cubs actually make a substantial amount of money, i can only imagine what kind of moronic decisions he would make as the cubs owner. you can guarantee mo vaughn would've been a cub.

 

give me someone like colangelo who actually knows something about the game of baseball rather than a loudmouth moron like cuban.

 

the players only want him because he's known for being the biggest tool ever. he possesses no athletic ability, so anyone who does gets anything they want from him. the mavs team plane and clubhouse are far and away the nicest in all of sports. he spoils his players because he has a man crush on them.

 

cuban would make us exciting, but i can just about guarantee he wouldn't bring us a ws championship

 

Probably the worst post I've read here in a while and that's saying a lot.

[Jazz]

YES! I LOVE IT!

 

the only thing im wondering is, has anyone ever ran two major sports franchises at the same time?

[BleedCubbieBlue81]

Ha, I love that some of the players want Cuban here. But if they get their wish, he'd probably be the one to send them packing. So be careful what you wish for players. As a fan, that is the ultimate dream situation. I would love to have Cuban buy this team. But if he does, I'd expect him to come in here and clean house. So you would see a completely different product on the field in the future, and a completely different front office running that team.

[ctcf]

YES! I LOVE IT!

 

the only thing im wondering is, has anyone ever ran two major sports franchises at the same time?

 

William Davidson who is possibly the best owner ever. He's had the Pistons win 3 NBA finals, the Detroit Shock win 2 WNBA title and a Stanley Cup with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Edited June 10, 2007 by ctcf

[hawkcub]

YES! I LOVE IT!

 

the only thing im wondering is, has anyone ever ran two major sports franchises at the same time?

 

Yes, Bill Davidson owns the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Detroit Pistons.

[nilodnayr]

YES! I LOVE IT!

 

the only thing im wondering is, has anyone ever ran two major sports franchises at the same time?

 

Don't have to go too far...Reinsdorf.

[hawkcub]

YES! I LOVE IT!

 

the only thing im wondering is, has anyone ever ran two major sports franchises at the same time?

 

Don't have to go too far...Reinsdorf.

 

I feel stupid now. I forgot about that one. Although I try not to think about that other team.

[nilodnayr]

I saw an interview of Cuban and he said he was so into statistics that he was keeping stats on referees and running analyses such as the optimal amount of passes before a shot, etc.

 

He'd be quite a refreshing turnaround from the current ideology.

[inari]

I'd be plenty happy with either Cuban or Colangelo. I don't know anything about candidates besides them.

[ConstableRabbit]

I'm a big supporter of Cuban, but if he ends up buying, don't say you didn't know that he's had a tendency to overpay.

[tkenm356]

How can you blame Mark Cuban for the team losing games? It's not like Cuban is out there bricking 3-pointers and throwing the ball away.

 

Cuban is exactly what this team needs. He's a stats freak, he'll take all the stats a team should look at for players and utilize the hell out of them to build the best team possible.

 

How can you even take the bad things that he has done with basketball and apply them to baseball, which is a complete 180 in terms of management, and assume Cuban will be awful, when the bad things he has done has yet to prevent his team from being one of the most dominant teams in the conference?

[killthegoat06]

How can you blame Mark Cuban for the team losing games? It's not like Cuban is out there bricking 3-pointers and throwing the ball away.

 

Cuban is exactly what this team needs. He's a stats freak, he'll take all the stats a team should look at for players and utilize the hell out of them to build the best team possible.

 

How can you even take the bad things that he has done with basketball and apply them to baseball, which is a complete 180 in terms of management, and assume Cuban will be awful, when the bad things he has done has yet to prevent his team from being one of the most dominant teams in the conference?

 

This is true. I'd love to have Cuban, especially when he's compared to what we have now.

[The Voice of Reason]

Gentlemen - I hate to be a wet blanket but if I may offer a dose of realism to this discussion.

 

Could Cuban be a great owner for the Cubs - Yes.

 

Will it ever happen - No.

 

There is no way the powerful Reinsdorf would allow Cuban to become owner of the Cubs and restore Chicago to a Cubs town. It would simply be bad a bad business decision for him.

 

Also, there is no way three fourths of a conservative old school group like the Major League owners would invite a "maverick" like Cuban to join their club.

 

It's a nice dream to have but it ain't going to happen.

[Sammy Sofa]

There is no way the powerful Reinsdorf would allow Cuban to become owner of the Cubs and restore Chicago to a Cubs town.

 

Restore? It was a "White Sox Town" for about a month almost two years ago.

[anabiono]

Gentlemen - I hate to be a wet blanket but if I may offer a dose of realism to this discussion.

 

Could Cuban be a great owner for the Cubs - Yes.

 

Will it ever happen - No.

 

There is no way the powerful Reinsdorf would allow Cuban to become owner of the Cubs and restore Chicago to a Cubs town. It would simply be bad a bad business decision for him.

 

Also, there is no way three fourths of a conservative old school group like the Major League owners would invite a "maverick" like Cuban to join their club.

 

It's a nice dream to have but it ain't going to happen.

 

this is bollocks

 

you are saying that the powers that be enjoy having the cubs as only the laughing stock of baseball?

 

bollocks

[inari]

Gentlemen - I hate to be a wet blanket but if I may offer a dose of realism to this discussion.

 

Could Cuban be a great owner for the Cubs - Yes.

 

Will it ever happen - No.

 

There is no way the powerful Reinsdorf would allow Cuban to become owner of the Cubs and restore Chicago to a Cubs town. It would simply be bad a bad business decision for him.

 

Also, there is no way three fourths of a conservative old school group like the Major League owners would invite a "maverick" like Cuban to join their club.

 

It's a nice dream to have but it ain't going to happen.

 

Ridiculous. The five minute period of Chicago being a White Sox town is long gone. Plus, MLB wants the Cubs to do well. They'd love to have an owner that would help that happen.

[Soul]

I saw an interview of Cuban and he said he was so into statistics that he was keeping stats on referees and running analyses such as the optimal amount of passes before a shot, etc.

 

He'd be quite a refreshing turnaround from the current ideology.

 

I feel it certain he wouldn't stand for nonsense like ignoring OBP and accepting a minor league system that produces zero positional talent for 20 years.

[Amazing_Grace]

I agree. I would be very pleased with Cuban as an owner and I'd be shocked if the Cubs weren't he didn't markedly improve the organization within 2-3 years after he took over. He's pretty wealthy, but I still don't know if he has the kind of cash to buy what's probably the fourth or fifth most valuable team in the league. It's one thing to try to buy the Pirates. The Cubs will be in a whole other league financially. I think whoever buys the team will probably have to set up a coalition to do it.

 

I wouldn't be upset with Colangelo either. He brought a WS to an expansion team, and that has to count for something. We could certainly do a lot worse.

 

What I DON'T want is for the Cubs to be bought by some other media conglomerate (Fox, Disney, NBC, etc.) trying to milk the organization for cash and/or use the team as an advertising tool.

[Amazing_Grace]

Gentlemen - I hate to be a wet blanket but if I may offer a dose of realism to this discussion.

 

Could Cuban be a great owner for the Cubs - Yes.

 

Will it ever happen - No.

 

There is no way the powerful Reinsdorf would allow Cuban to become owner of the Cubs and restore Chicago to a Cubs town. It would simply be bad a bad business decision for him.

 

Also, there is no way three fourths of a conservative old school group like the Major League owners would invite a "maverick" like Cuban to join their club.

 

It's a nice dream to have but it ain't going to happen.

 

Reinsdorf is one guy out of 30. The only chance Reinsdorf has to affect the sale is to convince Zell (who is invested in the Sox and presumably knows Jerry) not to for purely personal reasons (things like this are why MLB forbids people from having ownership stakes in two teams). Does anyone really know how much, if any, influence Reinsdorf has with Zell. Is it enough to convince Zell to forgo what is presumably a large amount of money if Cuban ends up high bidder?

 

Would MLB sit by and watch if Reinsdorf tried to influence the sale of the other team in his city. If we're counting up influence in MLB, remember the Cubs may have MacPhail, who has influence with the commissioner and other owners, and is basically running for commissioner of baseball himself.

 

It's certainly possible that Reinsdorf will somehow manage to keep the team from being sold to Cuban, but it certainly is premature to say "it ain't going to happen".

[RynoRules]

You underestimate Reinsdorf's influence to your own detriment.

[mspcanes1]

mark cuban is an absolute joke. he does less with more every single year. he gets his annoying, jock sniffing hands in his teams business and ruins their chance at a championship every year. this is the same guy who had like 10 small forwards on the same team because he liked all of them. this is the same guy that let the nba's 2 time mvp (shoulda been 3 time) steve nash walk. this is the same guy that signed erik dampier to th max.

 

given the fact that the cubs actually make a substantial amount of money, i can only imagine what kind of moronic decisions he would make as the cubs owner. you can guarantee mo vaughn would've been a cub.

 

give me someone like colangelo who actually knows something about the game of baseball rather than a loudmouth moron like cuban.

 

the players only want him because he's known for being the biggest tool ever. he possesses no athletic ability, so anyone who does gets anything they want from him. the mavs team plane and clubhouse are far and away the nicest in all of sports. he spoils his players because he has a man crush on them.

 

cuban would make us exciting, but i can just about guarantee he wouldn't bring us a ws championship

 

Probably the worst post I've read here in a while and that's saying a lot.

 

other than "contending" what has cuban done? he makes a fool of himself publicly by running his ignorant mouth. no owner in all of professional sports is despised more by his peers than he is. he accrues more league fines than anyone else...oh yeah, his teams perennially disappoint. in fact, two of the biggest choke jobs in sports history (outside ny v. bos) have come at the hands of teams in his control in the last two years. the only thing good about mark cuban is watching that stupid look on his face as the teams he puts together gag in the clutch. if he didn't baby his players and let someone who knew a thing or two about run the team (without his constant moronic interjection), maybe they'd get their act together.

 

cuban would bring us a world of attention, and he'd spend the money to keep us in the mix, but the guy's a jinx and we already got one of those working against us, we don't need another.

[The Voice of Reason]

Amazing_Grace wrote

 

Reinsdorf is one guy out of 30.

 

True, as he was when he convinced the rest of the owners to lock out the players.

 

Also, if you think Angelos, Steinbrenner, etc. haven't watched Cuban tick off all the NBA owners and wouldn't prefer (all things being equal) a "safe" guy like Colangelo you are mistaken.

 

Would MLB sit by and watch if Reinsdorf tried to influence the sale of the other team in his city

.

 

MLB owners would most certainly listen to the the concerns of the other owner in the city, especially one that is tight with Selig like Reinsdorf.

[Fro]

We'd be both the A's and Yankees of the NL if Cuban owned the team.

 

An unstoppable combination.

 

Remember, there's a salary cap in the NBA and stats don't exist to the level that they do in baseball. Cuban = sabrmetrics believer.

 

I don't think MLB has the guts to handle the backlash from the fans if they put the kabosh on a fair Cuban bid for the team. The Cubs are worth a ton of money to every team in the league.

[Careless]

other than "contending" what has cuban done?

what else do you want?

he makes a fool of himself publicly by running his ignorant mouth.

Don't care

no owner in all of professional sports is despised more by his peers than he is.

don't care

he accrues more league fines than anyone else...

this is not a negative.

oh yeah, his teams perennially disappoint. in fact, two of the biggest choke jobs in sports history (outside ny v. bos) have come at the hands of teams in his control in the last two years. the only thing good about mark cuban is watching that stupid look on his face as the teams he puts together gag in the clutch. if he didn't baby his players and let someone who knew a thing or two about run the team (without his constant moronic interjection), maybe they'd get their act together.

 

cuban would bring us a world of attention, and he'd spend the money to keep us in the mix, but the guy's a jinx and we already got one of those working against us, we don't need another.

yeah, having a winning team would suck horribly because rich guys you don't know don't like Cuban.