Americans Don’t Do Crazy As Well As Everyone Else

By Spencer Hall
An overused word is crazy. Your mom might talk about her neighbor being crazy because she went skydiving: daring, certainly, but not flat-out paste-eating crazy, especially given the high survival rates and numerous safety backups skydivers use. Interesting, yes; actually crazy, no.
There are no backups for real crazy. It operates above the laws of logic, and more often than not, it operates soccer clubs overseas. America might be the shining beacon of liberty and technological innovation for the world, but we’d have to import madness like that displayed in The Observer’s annual list of crazy soccer club owners.
The best excerpt from the article reveals German owner Michael Roth’s inspirational pitch to his team following a loss:
[quote="The Observer"]72-year-old carpet magnate. Has been through 15 managers with mixed results. Found world fame after public pledge to kill all his players after a 2-1 defeat to Lubeck in 2003. ‘I have a gun. I have a licence. I would be very interested in blowing their brains out.’[/quote]
Mark Cuban is a prancing nancy of sane management compared to Roth. Practically MBA material next to an owner who actually threatened to kill his players for poor performance.
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