Was Phil Jackson the worst executive in New York Sports history?Here are some of the other candidates:
M. Donald Grant Grant is credited for hiring Gil Hodges as manager in 1968, and the Miracle Mets won the World Series the next season. His watch included another NL pennant in 1973, along with the disastrous Amos Otis-for-Joe Foy and Nolan Ryan-for-Jim Fregosi trades. But Grant is most reviled for refusing to pay Tom Seaver market value and trading The Franchise to the Reds in 1977. The Mets quickly descended to the NL East basement, and empty Shea Stadium became known as “Grant’s Tomb.
Mets Chairman of the Board, 1962-78