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The Miami Dolphins will spend a lot of time this offseason tweaking their roster and trying to improve their talent so next season doesn’t turn out as horrible as this one. But there had better be more to it than that.

The Dolphins, you see, have a dysfunction that runs throughout the roster and into parts of the coaching staff, all the way up to the head coach and possibly into the personnel department.

And if the defect isn’t addressed, there’s simply no way this organization can compete on the same level with perennial playoff teams for a spot in the postseason.

The flaw is a lack of maturity and discipline.
A lack of professionalism.
A lack of attention to detail and doing what is right.
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Source: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/armando-salguero/article192469594.html
 
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Not good man. I've been saying for weeks now that the biggest problem is the foundation. We patch things here and there but is there a real vision as to how to build a real winner? It always starts at the top and the players are part of the problem but where's the leadership that we need in order to win?

Ozzy rules!!
 
All good points. All raise questions, unfortunately, about Adam Gase. The buck needs to stop with him.

So I guess the question moving forward is how do you fix this?
 
Why give garbage like Malaluga multiple chances? He was an out-of-shape, useless guy who had no history of producing for the franchise.

This is unfortunate. Gase earned high marks from the players last year for being “one of the guys”, talking trash, etc. So after two seasons, how does he change his approach and instill needed discipline?
 
You need a good mix of young players and veteran leadership. Unfortunately there is no real leadership on this team among the players. There are good players, but not leaders. Add to a young coaching staff and you have an undisciplined team that commits a lot of penalties, show immaturity in crucial situations, and lacks the it factor to get them over the edge.
 
The problem is Gase doesn’t demand respect from the players. The players know they can get away with it without facing consequences. The same thing happened under Philbin.
 
So basically the Dolphins have to fix what an NFL player's job is - To be a professional, a role model for the community, pay attention to details, and discipline....

In that case, we are doomed!!!
 
Might be the most on point take made yet on the situation.

I do believe Gase is a smart dude...but does he know how to lead a disciplined team and make them show up every week?
 
Regardless of who's fault it is, this is not a good thing and it's been happening for a long time. FOUNDATION is just not there. At least not the right kind

Ozzy rules!!
 
We could bring back Philbin to monitor the gum wrappers and that should help the professionalism. :wall

But in all seriousness, it is a fine line to give these players some independence versus micro-managing the team. At some point these guys should have self-drive to be disciplined and professional. We have good role models: Tannehill, Wake, and Suh (however his gigantic salary probably hurts his cause). We should have kept Brandon Albert for another year to help Tunsil and the other young lineman. Pouncey is a thug, never thought much of his play or his character.
 
Ryan1973 said:
The problem is Gase doesn’t demand respect from the players. The players know they can get away with it without facing consequences. The same thing happened under Philbin.
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Oh sure. Like the guys who got cut last year early in the year. Or when Ajayi was benched for the opener and left home. Or when Rey ****s off at the club and gets cut immediately after.

Not even close to being correct with your take.
 
ForksPhin said:
Why give garbage like Malaluga multiple chances? He was an out-of-shape, useless guy who had no history of producing for the franchise.

This is unfortunate. Gase earned high marks from the players last year for being “one of the guys”, talking trash, etc. So after two seasons, how does he change his approach and instill needed discipline?
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I honestly don't know how you can. I've seen it before in a work environment where a manager let the crew run the ship until it got way out of control and they tried to put the hammer down but by then it was too late and employees were just like "yea right". Maybe if we get a couple of new coordinators at OC, and DC who come right in and lay down the law for their units but even then Gase will have his hands full with the current core of players.
 
That's why you need to get rid of some players and bring in your kind of players. Talent alone doesn't win in the NFL

Ozzy rules!!
 
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