All-time screw ups and ultimate great moves

I knew there was a reason I liked that racist prick. He was pretty good with the bat, too.

 

Bad: Red Sox trading Jeff Bagwell to the Astros for Larry Andersen.

Good: Red Sox trading Heathcliff Slocumb to the M's for Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek.

 

Good: Wearing a condom with my ex.

Bad: Never sealing the deal with Tara or Lisa. Damn.

 

Bo Jackson's decision to play football AND baseball, rather than choose one over the other, turned out OK.

Fans/columnists ridiculed him as an unrealistic egomanic at the time. But once Bo not only proved he could play both well, but became a multi-million-dollar marketing machine, people stopped laughing.

 

Bad

JFK saying "Let's take a left and go under that cool triple underpass."

 

Tiki Barber, 2007: Yeah, I know my skills are still great, but its time to retire and begin my fabulous TV career. After all, Coughlin's a dick, Eli's a choker, and this team's going nowhere.

David Lee Roth, 1985: Screw you guys, I'm going solo baby.

Nixon, 1969: Hey, why don't we tape our conversations.

Bartman, 2003: I got it!

 

The Lord of the Rings has both fools and geniuses alike. The Weinsteins had it first (which is why they got Executive producer credit and a cut), when Peter jackson had it written as two movies. Then, they asked him, "Can't you just make it ONE movie?"

THAT would have been one of the great disasters in cinema adapted from a book, trumping Dune by a mile.

They allowed jackson to shop it around, and a guy at New Line, after hearing the two script pitch, said, "Wait . . .wasn't it three books? So make three movies."

Makes perfect sense. The WEinstens suck, except when they let tarantino have carte blanche. Even if that leads to him splitting Kill Bill.

 

Good:
Marica Murphey: Neil Diamond
Amy Irving: Steven Spielberg
Kevin Federline: Britney Spears

Bad:
John Belushi: Cathy Smith.
Nicole Brown: OJ Simpson
America: George Bush

 

Good: The Silna brothers -- owners of the ABA's Spirits of St. Louis -- accepting a cut of NBA television revenues instead of a buyout when the merger happened.

Bad: The third cofounder of Apple Computer cashing in his 10 percent stake for $800 after working for the company for two weeks because he thought the venture was too risky.

 

Well, Cobb did have his 'quirky' side after all. After all, the guy's mother did kill his father.

My list of Good/Bad:

Good:
Einstein and other nuclear scientists fleeing Europe for the U.S.
Hulk Hogan leaving the AWA for WWF
Curly Lambeau persuading a Packers fan to sell his car to raise money so the team could remain in existence.
The Packers hiring Vince Lombardi
Tim Mara meeting Joe Carr and deciding to pay $500 to buy an NFL franchise for New York.
The Bears signing Red Grange

Bad:
Benedict Arnold switching sides
Napoleon and Hitler both deciding to invade Russia
Abe Lincoln deciding to go to Ford's Theatre
Harry Frazee trading Babe Ruth to the Yankees
All the high school senior basketball players who decided to go directly to the NBA, but were never drafted.
Trail Blazers picking Sam Bowie over Michael Jordan
Jets drafting Ken O'Brien over Dan Marino (O'Brien was good, but Marino's a HOFamer)
Mike Tyson meeting Robin Givens/Ruth Roper/Don King
Rafael Palmeiro testifying on Capitol Hill
WCW dumping Steve Austin and Mick Foley

I'm sure there are others, but I can't think of them right now.

 

I remember reading about that, and how the NBA keeps trying to buyout their agreement. I think they agreed to it because they wanted to bring the franchise into the NBA with the others, but it wasn't very strong financially.

 

"Heartbreak Hotel" was written as a goof by three people, one of which thought so little of it he said "nah" when they asked if he wanted a songwriting credit for it.