how could people not see this at the
moment you got to be kidding me
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
worst decisions in sports we call the
timeout michigan doesn't have any
that happened they won
lebron what's your decision for this
list we're looking at how some poor
decisions have cost
sports teams and players however these
need to have actually occurred in the
sport and not just at a sporting event
therefore incidents like roseanne barr's
interesting performance of the american
national anthem will not count
[Applause]
what do you think was the worst decision
in sports let us know in the comments
number 10 the 2002 figure skating mishap
david what was your first thought when
the numbers went up
it was like a bunch in the stomach in
the 2002 winter olympics russia was
awarded gold in the pair's figure
skating event
to the shock of many including the
silver medalists
jamie saleh and david peltier of canada
put on a performance that many felt
should have won the duo gold
as the scores came in so did many
complaints
and the judges were accused of fixing
the competition this was confirmed when
a french judge broke down in her hotel
and confessed that she was pressured by
the head of the french skating
organization
to give the russians a higher score she
just came running over
and said sally sally you must help me
i wasn't right i the canadians
were better this led to both russia and
canada being awarded the gold
they could see that we made absolutely
no mistake and it has to be that picky
when two skaters do skate well and they
definitely did
make a mistake number nine patrick rua
versus mario trombley
okay but like i said before hell of a
son
bang bang eight nine goals i didn't have
any choice then and i knew i i know that
uh
he was he was mad it was an off night
for the montreal canadiens in december
of 95.
the team was suffering at the hands of
the detroit red wings
however it could have gone very
differently it was well known that
goalie patrick rua and new coach mario
trombley were not the best of friends
but this poor relationship escalated
after tremblay waited until roa had let
in nine
goals before switching goalies
tremblay's power play contributed to the
biggest home defeat in canadians history
montreal would lose their star goalie
shortly after android went on to win two
more stanley cups with the colorado
avalanche it's not easy
and it's too bad how this world
situation came out
number eight gretzky is benched wayne
gretzky the first player to come out of
the locker room and wayne
is this the toughest moment in your
hockey career well
say the least we're devastated it was
the 1998 nagano winter olympic games
and in the hockey semifinals canada was
forced into a shootout with the czech
republic
despite being clear favorites to win the
game but all was not lost
canada had the star power including the
great one
wayne gretzky there was no way they
could lose the shootout right
well for unknown reasons the coach mark
crawford
didn't nominate gretzky to take a shot
due to this highly questionable decision
canada lost the game and finished fourth
the details behind crawford's metal
losing choice to bench gretzky have
never been explained
and uh i feel so sorry for gretzky you
know
you can almost see it in his eyes this
this is it for me for the olympics and
it's
sad number seven the decision lebron
what's your decision um and this fall
man it's
very tough and this fall i'm going to
take my talents to south beach
and join the miami after seven seasons
as a cleveland cavalier
lebron james felt like it was time for
him to take his talent elsewhere
however james claimed that his
announcement was so big that it deserved
its own television special
therefore on july 8 2010 the decision
was broadcast
live on espn the player told the world
that he was moving to the miami heat
his choice of team wasn't the issue
instead it was the over-the-top hype
generated through the television special
that left a bad taste in the mouths of
many fans
and many saw james as incredibly
self-centered afterwards
i just want to say i'm a big lebron fan
and this is the worst thing that could
have ever happened to me
number six the pete rose scandal the
banishment for life
of pete rose from baseball is the sad
end of a sorry episode
pete rose should be a baseball legend
with many record-breaking feats under
his belt he would have gone down as one
of the best hitters in mlb
history however due to his gambling
scandal in 1989
this will never be the case rose was
caught betting on cincinnati reds games
while he was employed as a manager for
the team
as a result of this he was deemed
permanently ineligible for the baseball
hall of fame
the hit king's poor decisions and
apparent gambling addiction
may have destroyed his legacy forever
why would you
the cardinal rule of no betting i don't
know i was stupid i made mistakes
number five the mlb steroid era
i did not vote for him and it's funny
you read off those numbers i don't even
need to know what those numbers were
because he was that good one of those
guys you looked at and said that's a
hall of famer throughout the 1990s
major league baseball's poor sanctions
on the use of steroids led to
crazy high stats across the league due
to the use of performance-enhancing
drugs
some players hit a lot more home runs
than the previous averages
and this wasn't a gradual change either
between the 1995 and 1996 seasons
the number of 40-plus home run hitters
increased from 4
to 17. these extraordinary numbers
caused a series of steroid scandals
involving the likes of barry bonds and
mark maguire
this led to long-term ineligibility for
some and major health concerns for
others
to me bud selig he will be defined by
how this era is viewed by history number
four
zidane's headbutt in the dying stages of
extra time in the 2006 world cup final
between france and italy
star striker zinedine zidane was needed
for the possible penalty shootout that
would follow
however numerous insults from italian
centre-back marco matarazzi provoked
zidane to headbutt the italian
and he was sent off the game went to
penalties where zidane would have
certainly made a big impact for france
however they lost to italy instead
zidane has publicly said that he
wouldn't have been able to live with
himself
if he wasn't sent off we're not sure
that france would say the same thing
you can't excuse that sedan's career
ends in disgrace
number three one yard to victory
with the clock winding down on super
bowl 49 the seattle seahawks were
closing in on defeating the patriots
and winning the big game for the second
consecutive year
all that was left for them was to move
the ball one yard into the end zone with
beast mode marshawn lynch on their side
it seemed like the seahawks were almost
definitely gonna run it in and win the
game
however in a shocking turn of events
seattle decided to try and pass the ball
instead
this led to malcolm butler intercepting
the pass and
new england winning the super bowl it's
gotta be
one of the dumbest calls in super bowl
history
number two sam bowie over michael jordan
sam bowie was really good
but by the time they drafted him they'd
missed two full years they've been
redshirted twice
to me it's it's more of a what if nobody
can see the future
but they can dwell on the past
especially if you're the portland
trailblazers
in the 1984 nba draft portland was on
the clock for the second overall pick
selecting sam bowie from kentucky
however in the third pick
chicago drafted michael jordan bowie was
a decent player
but his career was plagued with numerous
injuries making this a bad decision
before we even look at what jordan
accomplished on the court
he was and still is a pop culture
powerhouse
we can be sure that portland is still
kicking themselves about this one
how could people not see this at the
moment you got to be kidding me
who passes up this guy before we unveil
our number one pick
here are some dishonorable mentions
manny pacquiao's split decision lost to
timothy bradley
to one jim lampley who called the fight
for hbo came over to me bernardo at
ringside after the fight looked at me
and said in 30 something years of
calling fights
the single worst decision that he'd ever
seen remember he called fights like
holyfield lewis one
the 2004 nhl lockout we are here today
because union leadership refused for
more than a year
to make any kind of proposal whatsoever
coach little keeps martinez in the game
[Applause]
a player in the center out his walker
won't get it
the base running of matt zui he comes
home nobody covers second
tie again chris webber's timeout
michigan would have to bring it up he
walked in the referee missed it
weber brings it into the front court
they have no timeouts
oh he causes too many times that's a
technical foul he called a timeout
michigan doesn't have any
j.r smith dribbles out the clock
hill misses rebound goes to the cavs j.r
smith
brings it back out throws it a hill
he'll shot block
and we'll go to overtime
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number one chris humphreys marrying kim
kardashian
in accord with the laws of the state of
california i pronounce you
husband and wife chris you may kiss your
brother
just kidding number one babe ruth
franchise killer
new york never was able
uh to beat the red sox reward this
the red sox could never beat new york
after the sale either
still recognized today as one of the
greatest hitters in baseball history
babe ruth was possibly the biggest steal
for the yankees
no matter the price after building a
legend in boston
he was sold to new york's better known
team in 1919.
this deal saw the beginning of the curse
of the bambino
after ruth's move he managed to capture
four world series titles
while the sox were in the early stages
of an 86 year championship drought
not only did ruth bring new york a lot
of glory but his departure from boston
fueled one of the greatest rivalries in
sports
harry frazee was sitting in a taxi and
he was bragging that he sold ruth and
the
cab driver slammed the brakes pulled him
out and punched him in the nose
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