Is Charlotte the worst sports city right now?

[hepcat]

Is right now the worst time in the history of Charlotte pro sports?

The Hornets (formerly Bobcats) have been a dumpster fire since rejoining the NBA 20 years ago. The Panthers were a respectable but frustrating team before David Tepper bought the team, but now they are easily the worst team in the NFL.

Charlotte only has 2 sports teams so it's unfair to compare to every other city in the country with a Big 4 pro sports team, because when you have all 4 of even 3, you tend to have one franchise that ends up being successful. If we're taking into account the Hurricanes and ranking NC's pro sports teams as a whole, the Hurricanes make everything look better in NC pro sports.

But just taking into account cities with an NFL and NBA team, and excluding their respective NHL and MLB teams, in the last 5 years, Charlotte easily takes the crown for the worst city for pro sports. The only other city coming close is Detroit since the Pistons have been awful, but the Lions were in the NFC Championship last year and should probably have made it to the Superbowl if it weren't for some questionable coaching decisions. Indianapolis could be mentioned because the Colts and Pacers have had a somewhat rough go the last 5 years, but both the Colts and Pacers have had more recent success than either the Panthers or Hornets.

Sadly enough I think the Panthers have a better shot at success than the Hornets since the NBA is structured more towards star player driven success and the NFL is a team driven sport where there is more parity year to year. But I'm fairly confident this level of misery will continue for some time. 

[travisura]

It's Charlotte and Detroit. Hornets and Pistons are both ass. The Lions success last year doesn't undo decades of poor to mediocre play. Panthers I don't need to explain. Both the Tigers and the Red Wings haven't had any real success over the last decade. Detroit has 3 sucky teams and one good one that was sucky forever. Charlotte just has two sucky ones, but doesn't have a good one to rest their laurels on, so it's probably a wash.

[ncsu12engr]

If championships are truly all that matters than Charlotte is the 7th worst sports city behind Minneapolis, Buffalo, San Diego, New York, Phoenix, and Cincinnati. This is based on number of played seasons across all sports without a championship. 

champsorchumps.us/drought/longest-championship-drought-by-city

Edited June 13 by ncsu12engr

[Mother Grabber]

i often forget Milwaukee sports teams even exist

[Panthers Fan 69]

If wasn’t for the canes, NC would be the worst sports state in the history of sports. 

[CamWhoaaCam]

Hornets won't be bad for long. Brandon Miller has legit superstar talent.

 

Kind of crazy MJ's last draft selection might have been his best. Maybe that's good news for new ownership. They have a piece they can build around.

[bandu]

absolutely without a shadow of a doubt by far the worse sports city in the entire universe...just saying

[CamWhoaaCam]

Raleigh>Charlotte 

[djp14]

2 minutes ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

Raleigh>Charlotte 

 

[AggieLean]

Yea, I can see the hornets turning it around soon. They’ve got pieces in place. No telling when the panthers will get it together. Bad owner and it’s not looking good with our QB. 

[MechaZain]

1 hour ago, hepcat said:

Is right now the worst time in the history of Charlotte pro sports?

Hard to beat the worst NBA season of all-time in 2012

[Brooklyn 3.0]

39 minutes ago, ncsu12engr said:

If championships are truly all that matters than Charlotte is the 7th worst sports city behind Minneapolis, Buffalo, San Diego, New York, Phoenix, and Cincinnati. This is based on number of played seasons across all sports without a championship. 

champsorchumps.us/drought/longest-championship-drought-by-city

They should add MLS and the WNBA to that list. It would change it.

[WarHeel]

53 minutes ago, Panthers Fan 69 said:

If wasn’t for the canes, NC would be the worst sports state in the history of sports. 

They make up for it in college basketball as NC is by far the best NCAAM state in the country.

[rayzor]

we're probably up there as far as the whiniest in the country, too.