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Are you still proud to be a Fins fan?

Are you still proud to be a Fins fan?

  • Yes

    Votes: 105 72.4%

  • No

    Votes: 40 27.6%
  • Total voters
    145
123phins said:
1) nobody is good every year. When Brady retires you will see a similar thing from NE. Indy was a lucky team that the best QB happen to come out as they were replacing theirs.
2) idk that story so no opinion
3) Brees has said he chose NO because he wanted to help revive the city after Katrina
4) Nick Saban prefers the college game and if that wasnt true he would be back in the nfl by now
5) Ya that was a down note for sure
6) Everybody is critical of a GM when he can find a problem in a guy that appears 2 or 3 years down the road but are just as critical when he asks tough questions
7) Same as #2
8) Same as #2,7
9)Manning was never gonna go to a division where he knew there would be top notch competition. He was in Indy when ther were the only good team every year. He went to Denver so he could rule that division too. He wanted nothing to do with having to play Brady twice a year.
10) Owner liked the coah and GM's like their own coach, See the jets last year. It was the same situation
11) Way overblown then it should be. One 30 year old guy hurt a 25 year old guys feeling... Really?
12) Same as #2,7,8

So yes i am pround to be a Phin Phan!
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I watch every games. Go to a few games every year. These are all just excuses, and the difference between winning and losing is personnel decisions, and Dolphins have had a Crap run of picking Talent (Coaches and Players) equally. Poor decisions and Ownership for 12 years plus, no way to deny it. I still support the team, does not mean I have pride. Letting folks like Reggie Bush, Wes Welker, and missing on Drew Brees explains the losing. Not too mention picking Jake "Glass" Long over Matt Ryan.
 
GoonBoss said:
Because Matt Ryan's won all those Superbowls, and the Dolphins didn't beat him last year.
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My point was Ryan was the better pick. He would have provided stability. I would have preferred Brees, the point is we have not had a Elite QB since Marino. Tannehill has not proven crap yet accept maybe being a shade better then Chad Henne
 
Voodoo said:
There is no denying that right now is one of the darkest moments in the history of the Dolphins franchise. I am not talking just about bullygate, but the last 10 plus years.

1. One playoff appearance in the last 12 seasons. - I don't like this fact but what am I to do about it?

2. Star player in Ricky Williams quiting on the eve of training camp. - Broke my heart that's for sure.

3. Choosing Culpepper over Bress. Culpepper plays one year with Miami and is now out of the league. Brees is still with the Saints, putting up big numbers and won a Super Bowl title(on the Dolphins home field). - One of the biggest kick to the nuts as a Miami fan.

4. Big name head coach in Nick Saban quitting to return to college football. - He didn't do anything as an NFL coach anyway.

5. 1-15 season - The lowest point for me as a fan.

6. GM asks inappropriate questions of a draft prospect - I didn't care about that

7. Owner tries to hire a new head coach in a public manor while still employing a head coach. After being turned down is forced to give head coach he was trying to replace an extension. - Didn't make a difference because Sparano was gone anyway.

8. Jeff Fisher turns down Dolphins - I didn't particularly like Fisher to be the HC.

9. Peyton Manning turns down Dolphins - Did he?

10. Multiple GM candidates turn down Dolphins - Did they?

11. Bullygate becomes a national story and the team is facing league punishment and could lose draft picks - TBD

12. Empty stadium and a failed push to make stadium upgrades - The stadium is never empty. Have you gone to any games to remedy the problem if it was empty?
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Has any team had it worse the past 10 plus years from bizarre things happening, to negative national stories and no winning on the field? A team like Buffalo or Oakland don't win either but they do so without all the scandals and blunders that the Dolphins do. So my question is to all Dolphins fans are any of you still proud to call yourself a Dolphins fan? Do you still wear your Dolphins shirts and jerseys? Do you still put on your Dolphins hat when going out? Or do you try and hide from others that you like the Dolphins?
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I'm not proud. It isn't football season anymore so now I wear my Spurs or Nationals hat/gear. I usually start to wear football stuff in the summer (even though I'm wearing a Dolphins shirt right now as I type this). I do remember in the late 90s/early 2000s that I really enjoyed sporting my gear b/c the Dolphins were pretty good then. Other people would approach me and we'd talk about football. That doesn't happen often now.

I do still get daps when I wear Dolphins stuff in the summer even to this day though. The NFL is that popular and I guess by then every NFL team has a fresh slate and anything is possible.

*Oh and my comments to your questions are above*
 
bird33 said:
they were an 8-6 team with 2 games left against 2 bad teams and we're blown out in each game. how can you not focus on that? with all the draft picks, cap space that led to big name free agent signings, how on earth can you say anything good about going 8-8, absolutely choking the last 2 games of the season and missing the playoffs(yet again)???
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I have a feeling that if Miami made the playoffs and got blown out in the wild card game that you'd be complaining about that too.
 
Dick Pepperwood said:
My point was Ryan was the better pick. He would have provided stability. I would have preferred Brees, the point is we have not had a Elite QB since Marino. Tannehill has not proven crap yet accept maybe being a shade better then Chad Henne
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Matt Ryan's 2nd year compared to Tannehill's:

Matt Ryan: 263 for 451 - 2,916 yds - 22 TDs 14 INTs - 6.5 Y/A - 58.3 completion % - 5 fumbles, 2 lost - 80.9 rating
Ryan Tann: 355 for 588 - 3,913 yds - 24 TDs, 17 INTs - 6.7 Y/A - 60.4 completion % - 9 fumbles, 5 lost = 81.7 rating

What does this mean? Matt Ryan was sacked 19 times (he played 14 games). Compare that to the 58 times Tannehill was sacked and it would seem to me it's remarkable Tannehill survived the year and posted similar stats to Matt Ryan who some here have called elite.

How can this be if Tannehill is so bad?
 
Still a fan, and always will be, but proud? Not right now, and they make it a little harder every year.
 
Proud? No, what's there to be proud of? Still love the team though, but if you can't give me more than a handful of ups over a 10+ year period how proud can you expect me to be?
 
PhinzN703 said:
Matt Ryan's 2nd year compared to Tannehill's:

Matt Ryan: 263 for 451 - 2,916 yds - 22 TDs 14 INTs - 6.5 Y/A - 58.3 completion % - 5 fumbles, 2 lost - 80.9 rating
Ryan Tann: 355 for 588 - 3,913 yds - 24 TDs, 17 INTs - 6.7 Y/A - 60.4 completion % - 9 fumbles, 5 lost = 81.7 rating

What does this mean? Matt Ryan was sacked 19 times (he played 14 games). Compare that to the 58 times Tannehill was sacked and it would seem to me it's remarkable Tannehill survived the year and posted similar stats to Matt Ryan who some here have called elite.

How can this be if Tannehill is so bad?
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Never said Tannehill is bad. I said he has not proven anything yet? Just look at the last 2 games. I was talking about bad personnel decisions, and was presenting a hypothetical. It is fact we would have been better off picking Matt Ryan over Jake Long. Yes Matt Ryan is not the best, but is still a starting QB, talking stability something we have not had since Marino left, and I hope you are right about Tannehill because if we don't get to the Playoffs this year any chance Joe or Ryan our coaching or starting in 2015, probably not.
 
I am a Phins fan for life....been a fan since 1971.....will be there through the good and bad. As far as being proud.....you don't disown your kid for a DUI or screwup. It's not the fans fault that bad decisions were made, but you have to stick with your team and not be a Bandwagon fan.
 
PhinzN703 said:
Matt Ryan's 2nd year compared to Tannehill's:

Matt Ryan: 263 for 451 - 2,916 yds - 22 TDs 14 INTs - 6.5 Y/A - 58.3 completion % - 5 fumbles, 2 lost - 80.9 rating
Ryan Tann: 355 for 588 - 3,913 yds - 24 TDs, 17 INTs - 6.7 Y/A - 60.4 completion % - 9 fumbles, 5 lost = 81.7 rating

What does this mean? Matt Ryan was sacked 19 times (he played 14 games). Compare that to the 58 times Tannehill was sacked and it would seem to me it's remarkable Tannehill survived the year and posted similar stats to Matt Ryan who some here have called elite.

How can this be if Tannehill is so bad?
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Have you looked at Matt Ryan's first year compared to Tannehill's first?
 
I'm certainly not proud of what this team has brought to the table the past decade and a half. This is a fan base that certainly deserves, and expects better. Not a single penny towards any kind of merchandise until I see some semblance of direction.
 
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