marino2duper73
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I remember not too long ago when I had this exact same feeling about this team at the start of the offseason. Then we picked Ted Ginn, Jr. The Brandon Marshall trade feels the same way as when Cam Cameron welcomed the Ginn Family to South Florida.
There aren't any magic formulas to Brandon Marshall being traded, just as there weren't any complex equations to Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams leaving. Brandon Marshall wasn't the answer to this team's playoff chances, and we all knew it. We were just in denial about it. The core of this team's inability to win games, whether close losses or blowout losses, is leadership. No one that has been brought into Miami, coach or player, over the last 13 years has had this team thinking as a Champion.
Why do the Patriots succeed as they do? Leadership. Period. Tom Brady and Company are examples of their Head Coach. Their Head Coach is an example of their Ownership. Same goes for the Giants, Saints, Colts (before the fire sale), and the Packers. Just like the Dolphins were with Joe Robbie, Don Shula, and Dan Marino. If the Dolphins are to become an elite, dominating team that is competing for a Championship year in and year out, it has to start with the owner of the club. Stephen Ross may have the willingness to spend money. However, if he doesn't LOVE this team like the owners of the previously mentioned teams do/did, he doesn't have the passion to win. He just has the desire to make money.
In the end, a lot of decisions go into making any one decision in the NFL. What we as fans see are the final decisions, and may not fully comprehend the decisions that may have been made prior to the end result, so to speak. There isn't always a reason other than money sometimes. There isn't always a clear fact to back up a choice that is made.
HOWEVER, I feel that Dolphins fans have paid their dues since 1973. I feel that every moment we have all spent hoping....watching....dreaming...speculating....on how close we almost were to winning this game, or how far we fell to lose that game...the fans have paid the price. We have worn your jerseys, hats, and shirts. We have your logo all over our homes. All over our kids. All over our lives. We deserve better than what you have given us, Miami Dolphins Football Team! We have responded to your requests for loyalty every Sunday for most of our lives, whether young or old. We have watched you even after we SWORE we wouldn't after that crushing defeat. WE may not get on the field, but we carry the burden 365 days of the year. To the A-Hole Patriot fan at work, or the classmate that only likes the Jets because you're a Fins fan.....we deal with THAT guy or gal. Daily. Return our team to a Champion to be respected and feared by opponents, not the team opponents love to abuse. PLEASE!
Finally, I feel that it does not matter who our GM is. It doesn't matter who our Head Coach is. It does not matter who our QB is. If this Miami Dolphins team, from the custodian in the bathrooms to the Owner himself, does not have the heart of a Champion, then it will not be a Champion.
There aren't any magic formulas to Brandon Marshall being traded, just as there weren't any complex equations to Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams leaving. Brandon Marshall wasn't the answer to this team's playoff chances, and we all knew it. We were just in denial about it. The core of this team's inability to win games, whether close losses or blowout losses, is leadership. No one that has been brought into Miami, coach or player, over the last 13 years has had this team thinking as a Champion.
Why do the Patriots succeed as they do? Leadership. Period. Tom Brady and Company are examples of their Head Coach. Their Head Coach is an example of their Ownership. Same goes for the Giants, Saints, Colts (before the fire sale), and the Packers. Just like the Dolphins were with Joe Robbie, Don Shula, and Dan Marino. If the Dolphins are to become an elite, dominating team that is competing for a Championship year in and year out, it has to start with the owner of the club. Stephen Ross may have the willingness to spend money. However, if he doesn't LOVE this team like the owners of the previously mentioned teams do/did, he doesn't have the passion to win. He just has the desire to make money.
In the end, a lot of decisions go into making any one decision in the NFL. What we as fans see are the final decisions, and may not fully comprehend the decisions that may have been made prior to the end result, so to speak. There isn't always a reason other than money sometimes. There isn't always a clear fact to back up a choice that is made.
HOWEVER, I feel that Dolphins fans have paid their dues since 1973. I feel that every moment we have all spent hoping....watching....dreaming...speculating....on how close we almost were to winning this game, or how far we fell to lose that game...the fans have paid the price. We have worn your jerseys, hats, and shirts. We have your logo all over our homes. All over our kids. All over our lives. We deserve better than what you have given us, Miami Dolphins Football Team! We have responded to your requests for loyalty every Sunday for most of our lives, whether young or old. We have watched you even after we SWORE we wouldn't after that crushing defeat. WE may not get on the field, but we carry the burden 365 days of the year. To the A-Hole Patriot fan at work, or the classmate that only likes the Jets because you're a Fins fan.....we deal with THAT guy or gal. Daily. Return our team to a Champion to be respected and feared by opponents, not the team opponents love to abuse. PLEASE!
Finally, I feel that it does not matter who our GM is. It doesn't matter who our Head Coach is. It does not matter who our QB is. If this Miami Dolphins team, from the custodian in the bathrooms to the Owner himself, does not have the heart of a Champion, then it will not be a Champion.
