Oh, and again, this is recent history. I’m sure there were some horrible coaches in the 1920s and 1930s. However, I don’t feel like breaking it down that far. Let’s go back about 25-30 years.
Here is my list of 10:
10. Quin Snyder, Missouri basketball
I must admit – this one might be unfair. However, after the Elite Eight appearance, it went downhill from there. Along with disappointing seasons off the court, there was the matter of those NCAA violations and the circus the program was left in after he left. Add into the fact the number of stories that went unreported about Snyder’s program.
9. Marv Levy, Kansas City Chiefs football
He appeared in four Super Bowls as a member of the Buffalo Bills, but that came after a bad 31-42 run in Kansas City. The team had no playoff appearances under Levy, who would clearly make a name for himself up north and actually defeat his old team a couple of times in the playoffs during the Bills’ runs.
8. Tom Asbury, Kansas State basketballWhile the 85-88 record doesn’t look too bad, the team really never made a threat towards playing on day two of the Big XII Championship and Asbury’s teams were routinely nuked by Roy Williams’ Jayhawks squad. He took over a decent program, which came off winning seasons with Dana Altman and Lon Krueger. Because of Asbury’s reign, I will not have Jim Wooldridge on here, who actually defeated KU at Allen Fieldhouse.
7. Frank Gansz, Sr., Kansas City Chiefs football
Continuing an epic run for the Chiefs in the 70s-80s was this one. His record was 8-22-1 as head coach of the Chiefs, which included zero playoff appearances. While he wasn’t the only bad coach for the Chiefs during this run, he took the team to a new level of lowness.
6. Woody Widenhofer, Missouri Tigers football
His record was 12-31-1 at Missouri and would start a downfall for the football program in Columbia, Mo. No bowl appearances and many blowouts were featured during his reign.
5. Buddy Bell, Kansas City Royals baseballWhile his record was worse than many others, the Royals were an epic disaster when he took over. However, he did little to help it and his handling of the bullpen and pitchers was horrible. It was a happy day in the Kansan newsroom when his resignation was announced. Overall, Buddy was a very impressive 174-262 during his tenure in KC.
4. Bob Stull, Missouri Tigers football
See Woody times two. His record was a masterful 15-38-2 with the Tigers, along with no bowl appearances.
3. Terry Allen, Kansas Jayhawks footballOne of the downfalls of being a Missouri football fan was the fact we lost to this clown twice, including once in Columbia. However, he stunk as a recruiter and really stunk as a head coach and leader. Coming off a decent run by Glen Mason, Allen was expected to at least maintain some success. While 20-33 doesn’t look incredibly horrible, especially compared with Bob Stull, it resulted in the complete downfall of the football program until Mangino took over.
2. Kansas State football, 1930s-1988
Listen – when Bill Snyder had more wins combined then these coaches during this 50 year time period, it’s hard to pick one coach who was truly a bigger disaster than another. It is hard to distinct names such as Bus Mertes, Doug Weaver, Vince Gibson, Jim Dickey and Stan Parrish. It makes Bill Snyder’s miracle even more impressive.
1. Tony Muser, Kansas City RoyalsWhen your name kind of sounds like “loser,” you know you’re bad. While his record, 317-431, wasn’t as bad winning percentage wise as Buddy Bell, his reign of massacre over the Kansas City Royals lasted longer than Bell’s. And it’s not like he went without talent. They Royals built a decent lineup with Muser in charge. However, more often than not, he passed down the excuses to the players and never took responsibility for his failures. All future pitching rotations should file a collective restraining order from Tony Muser.
1 comments:
Terry Allen was the worst by far. What that douche bag did to Hawks football was nearly criminal.
Muser was a victim of his environment.
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