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Broke my heart that game and I was only a little lad. I always thought they would go to the SB every year after that.
 
dolfan91 said:
Keuchenberg said it best, when he said. “It felt like something special was coming to an end” and is exactly how I felt at the end of that game. I was lost. Miami never recovered after that. Neither did I. I thought Marino and Shula would have done more in the years Marino was here, but Shula never got him the defense and running game those Super Bowl winning Dolphins had in abundance. I often wondered how good both teams would have been with some of those players on each others teams.
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Losing Csonka, Warfield and Kiick without free agency to replace them was just impossible to overcome. Miami went from a super bowl contender to a playoff contender falling behind teams like Oakland, Pittsburgh and for a short time Baltimore.

Not winning with Marino was really disappointing. Lots of bad drafts during that time period and bad luck as well (Overstreet and Gordon come to mind). The power shifted with the best teams coming from the NFC like Chicago, New York and San Francisco. The best AFC teams were maybe fifth/sixth best in the NFL.
 
SF Dolphin Fan said:
Losing Csonka, Warfield and Kiick without free agency to replace them was just impossible to overcome. Miami went from a super bowl contender to a playoff contender falling behind teams like Oakland, Pittsburgh and for a short time Baltimore.

Not winning with Marino was really disappointing. Lots of bad drafts during that time period and bad luck as well (Overstreet and Gordon come to mind). The power shifted with the best teams coming from the NFC like Chicago, New York and San Francisco. The best AFC teams were maybe fifth/sixth best in the NFL.
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I remember all to well. But truly not understanding the situation at 10 yrs old. All I do remember was being confused as to the why and how they all left to play in the WFL. As I got older, it began to sink in as the the why’s and how’s. But not any less devistating. When Csonka returned to play for NY, which at that time I was able to watch along with the Jets every week, I became a Giants fan as a well, watching him finish his career.
 
dolfan91 said:
I remember all to well. But truly not understanding the situation at 10 yrs old. All I do remember was being confused as to the why and how they all left to play in the WFL. As I got older, it began to sink in as the the why’s and how’s. But not any less devistating. When Csonka returned to play for NY, which at that time I was able to watch along with the Jets every week, I became a Giants fan as a well, watching him finish his career.
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I remember being really upset with those players at the time. Now, I understand the financial side of it and can't blame them for taking the money. Wish Joe Robbie had just kept those guys.

There were a couple of years in the mid-1970's where Miami might have had a super bowl window. In 1975, the team went 10-4 and missed the playoffs. They lost 20-19 to Houston and 10-7 to Baltimore. Still think Csonka and Warfield could have made a couple of plays to swing those games. in 1977 the team also went 10-4 and missed the playoffs. Pittsburgh was a little down that year and Denver was beatable.

But, history took the team in another direction.
 
SF Dolphin Fan said:
I remember being really upset with those players at the time. Now, I understand the financial side of it and can't blame them for taking the money. Wish Joe Robbie had just kept those guys.

There were a couple of years in the mid-1970's where Miami might have had a super bowl window. In 1975, the team went 10-4 and missed the playoffs. They lost 20-19 to Houston and 10-7 to Baltimore. Still think Csonka and Warfield could have made a couple of plays to swing those games. in 1977 the team also went 10-4 and missed the playoffs. Pittsburgh was a little down that year and Denver was beatable.

But, history took the team in another direction.
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I remember but it wasn’t in my the cards. Miami’s fortunes were for ever changed after the loss to Oakland in that playoff game. But at least as a franchise and as fans who are able to remember the undefeated season, and great teams of that 3 year span, we have at least that to hold our proud heads high, for at least one more season.
 
SF Dolphin Fan said:
I remember being really upset with those players at the time. Now, I understand the financial side of it and can't blame them for taking the money. Wish Joe Robbie had just kept those guys.

There were a couple of years in the mid-1970's where Miami might have had a super bowl window. In 1975, the team went 10-4 and missed the playoffs. They lost 20-19 to Houston and 10-7 to Baltimore. Still think Csonka and Warfield could have made a couple of plays to swing those games. in 1977 the team also went 10-4 and missed the playoffs. Pittsburgh was a little down that year and Denver was beatable.

But, history took the team in another direction.
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I think they could have won the whole thing in '77. Griese had his best year ever and led the league in QBR / passing.
 
Perhaps the biggest blow to that '74 team was losing Bill Arnsparger before the season as he left to become head coach of the Giants. He could have definitely made the difference in that game.

If Shula would have fired Olivadotti and re-hired Arnsparger in the 90s Marino may have gotten to other Super Bowls. Remember, it was Arnsparger's defense in San Diego that led them to the SB in '95 beating Miami in the playoffs on the way after Stoyo missed that FG.
 
dolfan91 said:
But at least as a franchise and as fans who are able to remember the undefeated season, and great teams of that 3 year span, we have at least that to hold our proud heads high, for at least one more season.
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Absolutely. SB VI loss was the first game I actually remember watching. I was 5. Became a fan that day and have never looked back. Those were great times as a kid growing up and being a Miami fan. Will never change my allegiance!
 
SmokyFin said:
Perhaps the biggest blow to that '74 team was losing Bill Arnsparger before the season as he left to become head coach of the Giants. He could have definitely made the difference in that game.

If Shula would have fired Olivadotti and re-hired Arnsparger in the 90s Marino may have gotten to other Super Bowls. Remember, it was Arnsparger's defense in San Diego that led them to the SB in '95 beating Miami in the playoffs on the way after Stoyo missed that FG.
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Excellent point.
 
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