Best dynasties

[Guest Vern Gagne]

MLB-New York Yankees 1936-1964. 16 W.S. 29 Seasons 22 W.S. App. 4 straight 36-39, 5 straight 49-53

 

NBA-Boston Celtics 1956-1968. 11 NBA Championships in 13 Seasons, 12 App. 8 straight 58-65

 

NHL-Montreal Canadians 1943-1978. 18 Stanly Cups in 36 seasons, 22 App. 5 Straight 55-59, 4 Straight 75-78

 

College Hoops-UCLA Bruians 1964-1976. 10 titles in 13 seasons, 12 Final Four App. 7 straight championships, 11 straight Final Four App.

 

These are the four teams most mentioned, but if another team or even individual comes to mind please bring it up.

[Guest ant_7000]

Da Bulls im biased so what

[Guest What?!]

I'm only going with the best that I've seen in my lifetime (all 20 years of it) so I pick...

 

The Chicago Bulls of the '90s with their 6 Championships in 8 years. They were so good that it got to a point where people were wondering if they were losing games on the road on purpose just so they can win the Championship at home. I know it wasn't true, but you sometimes just get the sense of it.

[Guest Ripper]

I'll take the Lakers in the 80's over the Bulls in the 90's.

 

The bulls were great, no doubt, but they didn't have the competetion that the Lakers had.  there were no teams in the 90s like the Pistons, Celtics, 76's(early 80's) Trailblazers(never won one but they were damn dominate) Suns(late 80's) Mavs(again, early to mid 80's) and Rockets(for one or two years there when Ralph Sampson was a god).  

 

The Bulls most competetive teams were Orlando(for one year) the Pacers(always took em to seven) and whatever team came out the west.  I do respect them for winning 3 championships despite not being the better team(Blazers, Suns, 2nd year vs. the Jazz)

 

I just believe that if you took away one or two of those competitive teams, the Lakers would have won 7 or 8 of the championships in the 80's.

[Guest treble charged]

The Edmonton Oilers from 1985-1990.  5 Stanley Cups with awesome teams with awesome players (Gretzky, Messier, Coffey, Kurri, etc.).

[Guest redbaron51]

I would never put in the Edmenton Oilers as a great dynasty team.

 

Sure they won 5 cups, but the only competition was Calgary and sometimes Vancouver, LA. The east had great teams that battle it out in the playoffs during the 80's. (NYI, Boston, Phili, Montreal).

 

Any team in the Eastern Conferance was hurt badly, while the Oilers still have top stars, since the western conferance was pathetic.

[Guest easye46]

Gotta go with the oil of the early 80's baby.

[Guest pinnacleofallthingsmanly]

The Houston Comets in the WNBA.

[Guest Ripper]

Oh yeah...forgot all about them.  Who won it last year anyway...was it los angeles or did they lose to the monarchs??? I can't remember.  

 

All I know is that whoever it was beat my Dawn Staley and the sting in the finals...I think.. The Comets kept winning so much that the seasons started to run togeter.

[Guest alkeiper]

The Houston Comets in the WNBA.

 

I'm admittingly not very knowledgeable in sports outside of baseball, but its always easier to dominate a sport or league in its early stages.  I'd be weary of hanging the best dynasty tag on them in any case.

 

Best Baseball Dynasty:  '36-'39 Yankees.  Let the league in runs scored and least runs allowed 4 years in a row.  No other baseball team has done that more than twice.  In addition, the won the World Series all 4 years.

[Guest gthureson]

NHL:

 

1970s Montreal Canadiens:  The team in the 50s only had to win two series to win the Cup, whereas the 70s Canadiens had to run a four round gauntlet after a much longer regular season grind.   One of the few teams that could dominate the regular season, and still have more than enough to steamroll through the playoffs.  

 

1980s Edmonton Oilers:  Lots of great teams in the Campbell Conference in the 80s.  You'd just never know because the Oilers were head and shoulders above them.   If it hadn't been for Steve Smith, they would have won five straight.  I don't hold it against the guy though, he made up for it with great play on three other Cup winners.

[Guest]

i'll put the 80's islanders up against any great hockey team.  4 cups in a row, great goalie, 2nd best defensman ever in potvin.  bossy, trottier, they had it all.  Gretzky bows to billy smith after he snuffed him.

 

--Rob

[Guest Shaved Bear]

the yankees, lasted the longest, most championships, and im from New York so im partial

[Guest bravesfan]

3 Great dynasties in the NFL:

 

Steelers in the 70's (4 titles in this decade)

 

Niners in the 80's (and to an extent, 90's: had 4 titles in the 80's, creamed Elway and Marino in their SB appearances)

 

The Cowboys had a great run in the 90's with 3 titles, but the ending of the millenium saw a total collapse due to their owners...but it looks like they have a GREAT chance at recreating it with such a great core of young players.

[Guest Anorak]

Leicester Tigers are currently breaking all kinds of records and setting standards that will be incredibly hard to emulate in the future. Four successive English league titles, two successive European Cup titles, 4 and a half years unbeaten at home in league and cup competition, amazing record. All done by building a team up gradually over the years rather than splashing out on expensive foreigners like other teams have. When the Tigers have brought in foreign players they have probably been the most effective players in the league ( Stransky after he won the world cup with S. Africa and people thought he wanted a cushy retirement & Pat Howard). The best modern club team the nothern hemisphere has seen.

 

I was talking about Rugby Union.

[Guest The Voices In Your Head]

There can be some good arguments about this, but:

Green Bay Packers [NFL] 5 World titles [1961,62,65,66,67], 6 NFL Championship appearances [1960-62, 1965-67] And they went 11-2-1 in 1963, but missed the championship game due to 2 losses to the Bears [who went 11-1-2]. That's 6 championship appearances in 8 years, and 5 titles in 7 years. They also won the first two Super Bowls, and was the last team to win three consecutive NFL titles.

 

 

Although this is off the subject, I'm just seeing the end of the Celtics-Nets game, and I can't believe that they were able to come back from 25 points down [in the second half] and win it.

[Guest kkktookmybabyaway]

LA Xtreme

[Guest]

There is no such thing as a good dynasty in sports. Dynasties eventually tend to kill national interest, unless you're talking about a rivalry like Boston/Los Angeles, or New York Yankees/Boston Red Sox...

 

Rivalries = good.

Dynasties = bad.

[Guest cobainwasmurdered]

80's oilers hands down

[Guest Some Guy]

There is no such thing as a good dynasty in sports. Dynasties eventually tend to kill national interest, unless you're talking about a rivalry like Boston/Los Angeles, or New York Yankees/Boston Red Sox...

 

Rivalries = good.

Dynasties = bad.

Agreed, look at the ratings for the WS the last few years with the Yankees, they were setting all time lows.  Hopefully this year we'll get something new, Like Red Sox/Cards or something.

[Guest ant_7000]

Rivalries is always good Cubs/White Sox the L series or Sox/Indians or Twins