I'm reformatting your post because you made it so no one can reply to you
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Are you saying we didn't have any great players? Then you'd have to say our. F.O. sucks
We had several very good players, but other than Suh, who was great on this team? That doesn't mean this team was bad, just no super star anchor players. Yes, this is an inditement of the FO. We need to draft better.
And here we get to the nub of the issue. What do you mean by 'exceed expectations'? Because there is more than what happens on the field.
Why don't you tell us exactly what happened off the field? You seem to know. All I know is what I saw in the field and Landry and Ajayi ran and played hard as s#!t.
As usual, you reply in angry tone and don't even bother to respond to the post. I don't know what happened off the field. But the Coaches and FO do. That enters into their evaluation of the player. It clearly doesn't matter to you. All you seem to care about is highlight reel plays. Ajayi and Landry both had a bunch and clearly played hard. But I also see our record doesn't seem to reflect positively on all of those individual efforts.
But to be fair, you and others have raised questions about Gase's ability to call plays. Who am I to believe? You or someone like Payton Manning, who praised Gase as a fantastic offensive mind. You be you. I'm in Paytons camp, at least for now.
Belichick once had a quote that I'll paraphrase since I don't have the time or inclination to dig up, but effectively he was laughing at the T.V. analysts trying to judge who was a good player or not. His comment was something to the effect of -- unless you know the play that was called and the specific assignments, you don't have a clue if a player played well or not. Why don't you keep that in mind as you are reclining with a beer in your hand and watching the game from the comfort of your home.
Wow, must be so challenging to be the OC when Peyton Manning is the QB and calls every play and audibles at huddle.
Spare me your teal-comped shades Coach Gase.
Yes, being a HC in the NFL is so easy they pay people $5,000,000+ a year to sleepwalk to the bank. And on top of that, you believe a rookie HC should get exactly a season before you cut bait and fish again? Gase took over a team in disarray and came with a completely different offensive philosophy -- which he was specifically hired for. He should get time to grow into the job and get the players he needs to execute before we judge. Look at all the teams that lost their starting QB's. Only one did well and that was because they had a quality backup on a very good team, who ran hot and cold and then, just at the right moment, blazingly hot.
As for those plays that Payton called, who designed them? And since they worked, who gets credit for the design of the play? Who spent the time the week before figuring out the strengths and weaknesses of the opposing team so Payton had so much ready for him to take advantage of? You seem to think the game is played just from the time the ball is hiked into the QB's hands until the whistle. I think the game is played from the start of prep for that opponent (Monday) until the clock goes to zero -- with no breaks in-between.
You are so busy being angry because the team isn't doing what you want. Pretty silly stuff. You have so many choices if the team isn't making you happy. Switch teams or sports for example.
You might have missed this, but you are posting on a Dolphin fan site. We're all fans here.
