After the Washington Redskins gave up multiple draft picks to draft a questionable QB (Campbell from Auburn) who has the IQ of Forrest Gump, I asked myself, “What the hell is Joe Gibbs doing?” They have 1st round money locked up with Ramsey, AND they are spending $8 million a year on Mark Brunell, who they traded for the previous year. That’s a lot of resources they are using for QB.
So I then decided to countdown the
WORST Comebacks from Retirement.
I’m trying to focus on people who really went out on top, or had great reputations, only to have completely forgettable performances when coming out of retirement.
Editor’s Note: I am bound to leave many off this list, so don’t feel insulted. Please just post any others you can think of.
5. Joe Gibbs, 2004
It’s still up in the air at this point, considering it’s only his 2nd year back. Nonetheless, if you go out after winning 3 super bowls, it’s going to be hard to gain that glory back. Especially when you haven’t picked up a copy of “Idiot’s Guide to the Salary Cap.”
4. Michael Jordan’s 2nd comeback w/ the Wizards
This was just ridiculous from the get-go. Asking “what 2 teams did MJ play for?” is perhaps a funny trivia question, because he also played for that Chicago White Sox minor league team.
3. Magic Johnson, 1995 or 1996?
I already have tried to block this from my money. If memory serves me right, he also tried being the coach for 15 games after “The Magic Show” got cancelled.
2. “Cosby” 1996
After “The Cosby Show” went out on top in the early ‘90s, Bill Cosby decided to do the show again – on the WB. Let’s just say this idea was about as good as doing Leonard Part 6.
1. Herb Brooks, 2002 Olympic Hockey Team
Brooks coached the 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team to the gold medal in what’s known as the “Miracle on Ice”. Brooks decided to coach NHL players in 2002, the first time pro players participated. The US team failed to medal, and trashed their hotel rooms in order to make sure that more countries knew how obnoxious Americans really are. I’m still trying to gain the rights to this story in order to make a movie I will call - “Debacle” ---- a sequel to Disney’s “Miracle” movie.
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If you'll permit me one comment and one criticism...
Comment: Another candidate for crappy comebacker is Don Nelson. Although he didn't go out on top, I just wish he'd stayed at home...
After managing to ruin the great Warriors trio of Run-TMC of the early 90's and then GROSSLY overpaying for the rights to C-Webb (3 #1 picks plus Penny Hardaway) he got plucked out of retirement to coach the Knicks for the 1996 season. He lasted all of 50 games and totally f-ed up team chemistry. He's a moron. I don't give him any credit for Dallas either.
Criticism: I don't agree with you about MJ. He didn't play like an MVP but he didn't play poorly either. He was the main man on a terrible team that was totally ruined by the previous GM. Furthermore, his presence on the team was a goldmine for ownership. Team value jumped from $214M to $278M in the 1 year period that he was on board. That $278M franchise valuation remains the high-water mark for the franchise as they're now worth $273M. MJ's comeback was definitely worthwhile.
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