The good, the bad, the ugly of your favorite NFL, MLB, and NHL team..

[atreyu_2020]

So, with the NFL season close to the playoffs, the offseason in the MLB, and we are now finally seeing the real teams in the NHL..so what is the good, bad, and ugly of your favorite teams in the 3?

NFL - Pittsburgh Steelers

The Good - We are fortunate to have playmakers such as Hines Ward, Ben Roethlisberger, and Troy Polamalu, each of them play their parts nearly to perfection

The Bad - Thanks to some injuries early in the season, and a nutless coach, we may be short of the playoffs, not like it would have mattered anyway, we'd lose our first game, unless it was against Cinci.

The Ugly - Our offensive line is sure enough to get whomever it is playing QB...killed. 6 guys let 3 Cinci defenders through the last play of the game against Cinci, as they forced pressure and an incompletion.

MLB - Pittsburgh Pirates

The Good - NEW MANAGEMENT, now that our old pal Lloyd is gone, teams start off fresh with a new manager, and time we have one with intelligence. With the signing of Sean Casey, we are bound to do better at bat with Casey, Bay, Duffy, and Castillo. Also our pitching core is looking a lot better next year. Barring no injuries, we shall have Maholm, Duke, and Perez through the whole season, good rotation there.

The Bad - We still dont have a solid third baseman, catcher, and relief pitcher, which we desperately need. White, Grabow, and Meadows will not get the job done...need to be taking a look at those FA's.

The Ugly - Pirates are stuck in a bad system, that system being, they will ALWAYS SUCK..for 12 years now it's been going on. Every year we say we'll improve, and we dont...thats what I'm afraid of. The other ugly part, we still have pitchers such as Wells and Fogg.. with a combination of 14-29 last season, they need to go.

NHL - Pittsburgh Penguins

The Good - There is no question Sidney Crosby is the future of this franchise, he's good, and theres no other way around it. The FA's we picked up HAVE helped a bit, dispite our record, we have more potential this year then we did last year. Eddie finally realized our best GT was playing in the minor leagues, and finally brought him up for good..

The Bad - These top free agents we picked up havent paid it's dues. Recchi, Palffy, Gonchar...you'd expect points and defense....we're still not getting them.

The Ugly - Our system is meant to be the worst team in the league, or second...it's not failing us. It's embaressing to pick up these FA's and still suck, it seems to me that maybe some new management will help..as long as it stays the same, it doesnt matter who we bring in, we will be bad. Also, our season is over..now is the time we start seeing the real teams of the NHL...and the Penguins have exposed themselves...oh well, theres always the Baby Penguins :cool:

[MalYoung]

Cubs -
Good - Very solid infield, mainly Aram and DLee, great pitching, and finally a leadoff hitter
Bad - No proven SS and no RF and Corey Patterson
Ugly - Corey Patterson's swing
Bears -
Good - Incredible Defense, good running game
Bad - The offense besides Jones
Ugly - Ian Scott's pretty ugly, good player though

[wsuwarrior]

Brewers -
Good - Management, pitching, new owner, young players
Bad - Budget
Ugly - Play in the toughest division in the NL, possibly the majors.

Packers -
Good - Young talent, living legend Brett Favre, defense(thanks to Jim Bates)
Bad - offensive line, playcalling on the offensive side of the ball
Ugly - this season, injuries to Pro Bowlers, off season decisions

[navid]

flyers
good - forsberg/gagne playing great together
bad - not enough solid defence
ugly- the injuries

raptors
good-nothing
bad-everything
ugly-"

[YankeesSuck]

New England Patriots

The Good: Tom Brady might be having one of his best seasons, except for one game. Tedy Bruschi making his return, and of course leading the AFC East.

The Bad: No offensive co-ordinator I guess.

The Ugly: The defense, mostly the secondary, and red zone defense.

Boston Bruins

The Good: Umm lol Marco Sturm?

The Bad: Andrew Raycroft and the goaltending.

The Ugly: Joe Thornton is gone, last place in the division.

Boston Red Sox

The Good: David Ortiz, getting Josh Beckett (hopefully)

The Bad: Keith Foulke, not knowing if he can close out games.

The Ugly: Manny Ramirez, either leave or stay!

[poopchow]

Skins
The Good- Gibbs is back and the team is playing well

The Bad- Our offense still has problems and portis isnt as consistant as he should be

The ugly- We lose close games and lost 3 straight by a total of 10 points.



Nats
Good- We got alfonso and had a great opening season last year.

Bad- New stadium works not looking great

Ugly- We are trying to convice soriano to play OF while our 2nd baseman (ba barely over .200) wants to stay at 2nd.


O's
Good.. umm their field is nice

Bad- Sosa

Ugly- palmeiro


Caps
-Good- They play for money

Bad- They actually play

Ugly- They play hockey

Wizards
Good- Young team, performing well w/o hughes, Michael Ruffin is a beast

Bad- Not playing consistantly yet

Ugly- Michael Ruffin's face

[LeFromage]

Atlanta Braves

The Good: 14 Straight divisional titles, all be it with a lack of a manager. The strength of their minor league system makes them so deep, and so talented.

The Bad: There is only so far you can go on talent, NLDS's usually. Bobby Cox is overrated and a sad excuse for a manager. A manager is usually supposed to win at least 20 games on his own...Bobby manages to lose at least 10 a season...

The Ugly: Their balance. They have never had a full team. They either dominate with power, or speed offensively. Or they have an excellent pitching staff, or a multi-gold glove winning defense. However, NEVER a combination of the 4.


Duke Blue Devils

The Good: Coaching and recruiting. Everyone that loves basketball, would love to play at Duke. And there is no doubt that Mike Krzyzewski will go down as one of the best coaches in college basketball history. Plain and simple, they are an excellent school to play at...

The Bad: Inside defense and freethrow shooting. No Duke team in the hisotry of the Krzyzewski period, other than the Laettner teams, has shot free throws well. Their all star players have usually been a threat at the line, but other than them, nobody can hit a basket standing still. Their points given up in the paint are always at least twice as much as the rest of the points given up elsewhere...

The Ugly: The Cameron Crazies, though I love them like brothers (and sisters) are complete menaces. Nice people, don't get me wrong. But when they are betwixt the aisles at Cameron Indoor, they will tear you the fuck apart...


The Ohio State Buckeyes

The Good: The fans. There is nothing like a good, clean, honest, Buckeye fan. They love their team no matter what, and hate a Wolverine like their mother was killed by one.

The Bad: Pass D. In the past 10 years, no Buckeye team has had a legit passing defense. They stop the run pretty damn well, but their lack of talent in the backfield (on most occasions), leaves them giving up nearly 2 times as many yards per game through the air than on the ground.

The Ugly: Nothing much I can think of recently...Other than Maurice Clarret...

[MusicIsDead]

Oakland Raiders
The good
Kerry Collins was demoted to third string this week. The defense is very much improving and the dline is a force to be reckoned with. Quite a few forced fumbles. Randy Moss and Lamont Jordan. A lot of good younglins.

The bad
Weak tackling in the secondary, and tied for last in the league in interceptions. The oline!

The Ugly
I still have to look at norv turner and kerry collins on the sideline.

[tonythetiger]

St. Louis

St. Louis Cardinals
Good: New Stadium, Getting to the Playoffs, having Pujols, Reggie, and Edmonds making really good plays.
Bad: The fact that we cant finish the season the same as when we started it

St. Louis Rams:
Good: Are you kidding me?
Bad: The whole team, the fact that our head coach wont be back.

St. Louis Blues:
Good: More Fights in a game
Bad: Not as many fans are hear, it's just not the same as 3 years ago.

[MalYoung]

I'm going to add my college team now
Wisconsin
Good - Great offense, John Stocco is an underrated QB, and Brian Calhoun is one of the big game changing backs in college right now
Bad - Defense, losing that front 4 really hurt
Ugly - Bert Bielema taking over as head coach, I want Barry!

[wsuwarrior]

Atlanta Braves

The Good: 14 Straight divisional titles, all be it with a lack of a manager. The strength of their minor league system makes them so deep, and so talented.

The Bad: There is only so far you can go on talent, NLDS's usually. Bobby Cox is overrated and a sad excuse for a manager. A manager is usually supposed to win at least 20 games on his own...Bobby manages to lose at least 10 a season...

The Ugly: Their balance. They have never had a full team. They either dominate with power, or speed offensively. Or they have an excellent pitching staff, or a multi-gold glove winning defense. However, NEVER a combination of the 4.


Duke Blue Devils

The Good: Coaching and recruiting. Everyone that loves basketball, would love to play at Duke. And there is no doubt that Mike Krzyzewski will go down as one of the best coaches in college basketball history. Plain and simple, they are an excellent school to play at...

The Bad: Inside defense and freethrow shooting. No Duke team in the hisotry of the Krzyzewski period, other than the Laettner teams, has shot free throws well. Their all star players have usually been a threat at the line, but other than them, nobody can hit a basket standing still. Their points given up in the paint are always at least twice as much as the rest of the points given up elsewhere...

The Ugly: The Cameron Crazies, though I love them like brothers (and sisters) are complete menaces. Nice people, don't get me wrong. But when they are betwixt the aisles at Cameron Indoor, they will tear you the fuck apart...


The Ohio State Buckeyes

The Good: The fans. There is nothing like a good, clean, honest, Buckeye fan. They love their team no matter what, and hate a Wolverine like their mother was killed by one.

The Bad: Pass D. In the past 10 years, no Buckeye team has had a legit passing defense. They stop the run pretty damn well, but their lack of talent in the backfield (on most occasions), leaves them giving up nearly 2 times as many yards per game through the air than on the ground.

The Ugly: Nothing much I can think of recently...Other than Maurice Clarret...


someone only likes winners...i bet you like the Lakers too?

[Blue Lightening]

NFL: Vikings...

Good: Defense in the last few games has given us a 6 games win streak and are chasing the browns by 1.5 games behind the bears.

Bad:offense having no running game at all realy, but brad johnson is playing great.

Ugly:Daunte still misses randy moss, Daunte out for season and maybe more and the boat incident...

MLB: SUCKS!!
Basketball: SUCKS!!
hockey: SUCKS!!

[Masterbasser412]

Exact same with you Atreyu, exact. Although it's hard to find any good in the pirates...and really, even the penguins.

[Shorty|*|RocK89]

New York Jets

The Good:we got Ty Law and were getting a good draft pick.

The Bad: the record is 3-10 :banghead:

The Ugly: we went threw 5 QB's this season and cant win and we suck!

New York Yankees

The Good: Great Offense and good fielding great manager alot of allstars.

The Bad:Brian Cashmen relaxing and not doing anything useful.

The Ugly: we havent won a world series in 5 years now and fall apart in the playoffs :ahhh:

[MalYoung]

The Ugly: we havent won a world series in 5 years now and fall apart in the playoffs :ahhh:
That isn't ugly, Being a Cub fan, I'm jealous of that

[liquid jesus]

The Bears

The Good-There defense of course

The Bad-Mike Brown's injury

The Ugly-The offense

The Cubs

The Good-We finally got a pretty solid lead off man in juan pierre and are midfield minus a short stop is solid

The Bad- Corey patterson the human windmill

The Ugly- Not signing Furcal i hope that doesn't come back to bite us in the ass

Penn state

The Good-2005 Big Ten Champs

The Bad- Having to play Florida state in the Orange Bowl (we deserve a way better oppoinet then that)

The Ugly-Nothing

[Shorty|*|RocK89]

That isn't ugly, Being a Cub fan, I'm jealous of that


with a payroll and everything we got we are expected to.....cubs arent so bad red sox fans ahd to wait 86 years and there still bragging about 2004 lol

[bucsfan#1]

bucs are going to do it again

[bucsfan#1]

i think the bucs are going to blow everybodyas mind by winning the superbowl this season!!!!!

[Blue Lightening]

i think the bucs are going to blow everybodyas mind by winning the superbowl this season!!!!!

your clearly a retard...although they will get to the playoffs, they have no chance against a team like the colts or pats or stealers...anyone with a balanced team realy.

[Nick is cool]

Dallas cowboys


The good- they have a solid defence and a good passing game lead by drew bledsoe


The bad- drew bledsoes gonna retire in a few years and we need a qb that can help our team for years..


The ugly- Billy cundiff, that fagogt.

[bucsfan#1]

your clearly a retard...although they will get to the playoffs, they have no chance against a team like the colts or pats or stealers...anyone with a balanced team realy.
no dude not a retard, just a true fan, i hope you deal with your issues ,clearly you have some!!!!

[JMac453]

NFL: Denver Broncos

The Good: Jake Plummer no longer has a life passion for throwing INTs, Tatum Bell/Mike Anderson rushing combination, Outstanding defensive rookies in the secondary, Champ Bailey (self-explanatory)

The Bad: Defense is a little young

The Ugly: Jake Plummer's hair/stache combo

NBA: Cleveland Cavaliers

The Good: LEBRON...enough said

The Bad: Eric Snow is still on the team

The Ugly: nothing

MLB: No one likes baseball

NHL: Columbus Blue Jackets

The Good: We have Rick Nash and an old Sergei Federov

The Bad: everything else

The Ugly: ditto

and, just for shits...

NCAA CF: THE Ohio State Buckeyes

The Good: We have an official stating QB, The receiving corps and linebackers, the motherfuckin' amazing run defense, special teams

The Bad: DBs are a little young, losing all 3 linebackers after this year will suck

The Ugly: AJ Hawk (how in the world did he get Brady Quinn's sister b/c she is FINE)

[atreyu_2020]

no dude not a retard, just a true fan, i hope you deal with your issues ,clearly you have some!!!!

Actually the true fans are the realist, a HOMER is not a true fan, thats just called being a fucking tool...if you are man enough to analyze your team to the truth, you are a REAL fan.

[Theforumtroll]

San Fransisco Giants (going into next year)

the good: a very good and young starting rotation (the best in the nl west by far), a very good hitting outfield, great defense, good bullpen, they play in a very weak division and this guy named Barry Bonds plays for them.

the bad: a pretty bad infield (offensively) some injury prone players, a bad manager (Felipe Alou)

the ugly: Edgardo Alfonzo

[Tucker1616]

Toronto Maple Leafs

San Fransisco Giants (going into next year)

The good: They have some good upcoming rookies like Alex Steen, Kyle Wellwood, and Carlo Colaiacovo.

the bad: Horrible defence, Star players not doing anything, lots of injuries, old goalie.

the ugly: They suck.