Don sits at the bottom of the all-time rankings despite owning more championships than nearly half the league. Fortunately for him, Griff’s decade was somehow even worse, sparing Old Man Vozzola from wearing the crown as the league’s biggest disaster of the last ten years and escaping the label of Florida Man.
That doesn’t mean this was a decade worth celebrating.
It actually started about as well as he could’ve hoped. In 2016, Don won nine games, earned the No. 3 seed, and did it despite finishing just seventh in scoring. He was bounced in the quarterfinals, but that’s life in this league, as good seasons often end too early all the time.
From 2016 through 2019, Don reached the playoffs three times, including another nine-win campaign in 2019. Once again, he earned the No. 3 seed while finishing seventh in scoring. Despite those opportunities, he managed just one playoff victory over that four-year stretch.
Then everything fell apart.
From 2020 through 2024, Don missed the playoffs five consecutive seasons—the second-longest postseason drought in league history, trailing only his son’s. Even worse, he wasn’t remotely competitive. He finished dead last four times during the decade, more than any other franchise over any ten-year span in league history, and ended up last in scoring twice as well.
Last season finally brought some life back to the franchise. Don won eight games, grabbed the No. 4 seed, and finished fourth in scoring. This was his best points finish since capturing the scoring title back in 2007. He even crashed the semifinals that year.
Overall, though, the decade’s numbers are ugly.
Don posted a 61-80 record (2-4 in the playoffs), good for a .433 winning percentage, which is the second worst in the league over the last ten years. And it wasn’t simply bad luck. He averaged just 1,296 points during the regular season and 1,300 including the playoffs, both second-lowest among all twelve teams.
The standings tell the same story. His average finish was 8.3, while his average scoring finish was an even worse 8.5. Both rank 11th in the league.
Don reached the postseason just four times this decade, tied for the second-fewest appearances in the league. And when he did get there, the script rarely changed.
In 2018, he upset Colby in the quarterfinals, 1,357-1,291, only to fall to Calderon in the semifinals, 1,682-1,606.
In 2025, he absolutely buried Griff, 1,867-890, which was one of the most lopsided quarterfinal victories of the decade, before running into Robio in the semifinals and getting bounced, 1,602-1,176.
So while Griff owns the dubious honor of the decade’s worst team, Don isn’t far behind.
Four playoff appearances. Two playoff wins. No finals. No championships. Four last-place finishes. The last ten years weren’t about building on a legacy, they were about surviving it.