by DMtShooter, Five Tool Tool.com

With the growth of gambling for nerds, there has come increased scrutiny on managers that cause values to fluctuate. These men quickly generate an unseemly amount of hate, not the least of which is that most of them are successful at, well, winning real games. So you get to hate on them longer.

10. Manny Acta. Consider this one to be the Elijah Dukes Memorial Hate, but the Natty Light manager’s sins go further. Despite a good pitcher’s park, he hasn’t managed to develop a single reliable starting pitcher, and his six toolsy outfielders for three spots just ensures none of them will be ownable. No team should be this fantasy irrelevant.

There’s also this: Emilio Bonifacio, the Marlins’ leadoff hitter and first-week fantasy force? A Natty castoff. Slick move, Manny.

9. Joe Torre. More of a keeper league bitch than a single season snarl. Torre’s preference for ineffective vets will keep you cuckolded on prospects for too long, and his inability to work in bench time for starters and set-up men means that your second-half fade is very, very predictable. Save yourself the disappointment and move Russell Martin at the All-Star Break. Oh, and if you somehow like to see Nomar Garciaparra over James Loney, Juan Pierre over Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier, and the eventual crushing burnout of everyone in front of Jonathon Broxton, Torre’s the man. At least he can manage Manny – for now.

8. Don Nelson. Nellie’s negligence of this year’s Warriors team is right up there with George Karl 2008, and has bordered on the class-actionable. The W’s up-tempo style means you have to pay attention, but Nellie’s menstrual mood swings and inexplicable cock-blocking toward per-minute wunderkind rookie Anthony Randolph has been, well, revolting. If you’d like a revolving door of short-term value and long-term heartburn, Nellie is your power bottom.

Not to get too psycho analytical here, but it seems that everything after bumping off Mark Cuban and the Mavs in the playoffs has been, well, beneath his notice. Your best move is to just start guys who are playing the W’s. Or just learning how to ride a moped.

7. Lou Pinella. Carlos Marmol or Kevin Gregg? What rigid pinch count is Rich Harden on today? Is Carlos Zambrano going to work to 150 pitches? Will Cap’n Lou get into some umpire or press bitch fest?

Ozzie Guillen gets the bad press for being a drama queen because, well, he is. But ever since Bobby Jenks showed up, Oz has been more than OK to the nerds. Lou, on the other hand, just can’t stop from making things interesting.

There’s also this: we’re just a week away from Pinella getting into it with Milton Bradley. Bring popcorn.

6. Andy Reid. Start with his clinical refusal to bring in a #1 WR in his role as a GM. Follow it up with his Politburo putsch to make sure that every legally available receiver sees a couple of balls a game, even if their big yards after catch move is to fall down in the right direction.

Next, add in the curious decision to bench your QB in a tight road game, that is, when he isn’t throwing on every single down to try to get him killed. Top it off with his eternal inability to either commit to Brian Westbrook at the goal line or find a reliable vulture option.

Put it all together, and Andy is nearly as maddening to nerds as he is to Eagles Fan. And thanks to that big December and two road playoff wins, you will be able to bitch about him for at least two more years. Tasty!

5. Larry Brown. No one exemplifies the split between real and fantasy value like Larry. Since he’s always going to a new team, he’s destroyed more fantasy teams than any other coach. His defense-first ways and point guard obsessions means you will never get value from that position, no matter what. He feuds with his top talent, kills three-ball shooting, and rarely plays the same lineup twice.

Oh, and he’s a genius who wins more than he should, so he spreads Genius Disease into every game he works, making your nice predictable opposing coach go into Spaz Mode to match. Just a joy.

4. Greg Popovich. All the fun of Brown, but with fragile aging superstars that he coddles with minutes and surprise days off. It also helps loads that his swingman is never settled and the Spurs’ defense kills the opposing star you throw at them, too. And Spurs Fan wonders why his team is hated.

3. Bill Belichick. From the running back carousel to the phantom injury reports that mean you will eventually start a guy that won’t play, the Pats are more trouble than a juggernaut should be. Add in the nagging sense that your nerd profit is like owning stock in Haliburton, and you’ll see how rolling with Coach Cheater is all risk and certain damnation. Just be sure that in the years you avoid them, the Pats’ stars will be all over the winning team, and when you finally bite the bullet, Tom Brady will be knee-capped by avenging karma. Not that I’m bitter.

2. Tony LaRussa. For many reasons, I’d like LaRussa tried for crimes against humanity — and this isn’t a case of Redbird Hate, seeing how they are my pick to win the World Series this year. From one-out closer committees to Super Genius moves like Khalil Greene, Platoon Clean-Up Hitter to his odd refusal to give Ryan Ludwick and his 40 HR power consistent at bats, the Better Baseball Through Chemistry manager is an all-day hair pull.

1. Mike Shanahan. What, you had any doubt? I don’t care that the man is unemployed; Fantasy Football Fan is ready to declare the day he got whacked as a national holiday. Too bad he infected the rest of the NFL with his Committee Running Back disease first. It’s his hellscape we’re paying rent to, kids…