Can We Win? I Mean Really Win?

[BigNastyFish]

Yes!

Last time I checked the key to winning in the N F L is (secret sauce) scoring more points than the opposition.
That fact established, our HC is a "certified O brilliance personified" so...unless the promo is hype -- we should be capable of scoring EARLY & OFTEN and thus unleash our QB assassinators on the outside.
Gotta feed the Wake baby!

Key point is: team dynamics. For our ship to float and bomb the crap out of the opposition we need to
score-baby-score! It's really that simple. Points. In bundles. Baskets of points. Burnout the scoreboard!
Thill doing back flips in the opponents Nzone!

If you can get the job done Gase -- we'll love ya forever! Please. Score EARLY! And OFTEN! I know it's "only preseason," but the Ravens (not the corvids btw) suck! And we owe them an a$$ kicking!

Just do it. Don't worry about showin' your stuff. Go out there. And beat the snot out of 'em!

Go

My

Yammie!

>>> key ??? is >>> is the fate of our team more in the hands of the O than D?

 

[DKphin]

If early indications mean anything, we might struggle to realize that objective.

 

[artdnj]

I think we stay mediocre but really hope Gase isn't full of **** and his master plan puts us at the top of the division. I would love to get deep in the playoffs for a couple of years straight at at least get a shot at a Bowl.

 

[Awsi Dooger]

Great emphasis. Get the darn ball in the end zone. Nothing will make me more inclined to change my mind about Ryan Tannehill than if he ruthlessly pursues and manages bulk points early in one game after another.

Here's yet another Las Vegas titbit: Often when I was slumping badly and none of my systems were working and I had one losing day after another I would get back home and take a close look at the next day's card, or next week if it were football.

"Who can score...who can score big?" I'd ask myself that and look for the likely prospects.

And it was remarkable how well that worked. I'd be sitting there with a big grin as my teams were ringing up points, even if it were a team I normally wouldn't have considered or shown allegiance to.

 

[SCLSU Mud Dogs]

If early indications mean anything, we might struggle to realize that objective.

Preseason is not an indicator of regular season performance.

 

[SCLSU Mud Dogs]

Yes!

Last time I checked the key to winning in the N F L is (secret sauce) scoring more points than the opposition.
That fact established, our HC is a "certified O brilliance personified" so...unless the promo is hype -- we should be capable of scoring EARLY & OFTEN and thus unleash our QB assassinators on the outside.
Gotta feed the Wake baby!

Key point is: team dynamics. For our ship to float and bomb the crap out of the opposition we need to
score-baby-score! It's really that simple. Points. In bundles. Baskets of points. Burnout the scoreboard!
Thill doing back flips in the opponents Nzone!

If you can get the job done Gase -- we'll love ya forever! Please. Score EARLY! And OFTEN! I know it's "only preseason," but the Ravens (not the corvids btw) suck! And we owe them an a$$ kicking!

Just do it. Don't worry about showin' your stuff. Go out there. And beat the snot out of 'em!

Go

My

Yammie!

>>> key ??? is >>> is the fate of our team more in the hands of the O than D?

Miami does not need to treat this preseason game different than any other preseason game.

Get out without injuries. That should be objective No. 1.

The rest of it? Just run out there, hit people, and get your legs under you for the season. That's what preseason is for. Nothing more.

 

[LoneStarPhin]

we can win, and i expect we will.

 

[superphin]

Gase a certified O brilliance personified? Only when he had Manning, without Manning his O has been 23, 17, 28. Maybe he gets a mulligan for the 28th ranked O with retired Cutler but 23 with the Bears and 17 in 2016 hardly scream brilliant. With that said that doesn't mean he can't improve as I do expect improvement to the tune of a 10-6 record.

 

[BigNastyFish]

Miami does not need to treat this preseason game different than any other preseason game.

Get out without injuries. That should be objective No. 1.

The rest of it? Just run out there, hit people, and get your legs under you for the season. That's what preseason is for. Nothing more.

Thank you for commenting on my original post. Much appreciated... For sure I 100% agree about no injuries, But don't believe that can be a a scripted goal for the team. Yea, you can keep certain players out of the game entirely -- thus eliminating their personal potential of injury -- but "someone" has gotta play. And therefore they become exposed...

Beyond that, I tend to disagree with the sweeping assertion seemingly circulating that "preseason is meaningless." It's not. In many ways it sets the stage for the regular season -- at least for the first few games, if not more.

Beyond that -- it's about setting a "tone" and establishing some type of team ID. And I'm all about winning. Period.

Thanks again.

BNF

 

[BigNastyFish]

Gase a certified O brilliance personified? Only when he had Manning, without Manning his O has been 23, 17, 28. Maybe he gets a mulligan for the 28th ranked O with retired Cutler but 23 with the Bears and 17 in 2016 hardly scream brilliant. With that said that doesn't mean he can't improve as I do expect improvement to the tune of a 10-6 record.

Right. I was trying to be both optimistic and also give credence to the feedback I've heard from credible sources that Gase is indeed a "brilliant" O mind. Of course that has to be proven. And that's the optimistic slant of my post -- he has to prove it and MAYBE he can. If he does -- I think we're in the black for an extended period of time. if he fails... Well, we already know that pony.

 

[BigNastyFish]

Great emphasis. Get the darn ball in the end zone. Nothing will make me more inclined to change my mind about Ryan Tannehill than if he ruthlessly pursues and manages bulk points early in one game after another.

Here's yet another Las Vegas titbit: Often when I was slumping badly and none of my systems were working and I had one losing day after another I would get back home and take a close look at the next day's card, or next week if it were football.

"Who can score...who can score big?" I'd ask myself that and look for the likely prospects.

And it was remarkable how well that worked. I'd be sitting there with a big grin as my teams were ringing up points, even if it were a team I normally wouldn't have considered or shown allegiance to.

100% agree. The league has been about POINTS for quite a while now. In retrospect, if I recall correctly, that was the reason Ross wanted an O minded HC -- starting with Philbin and subsequently Gase. Points points points! Score a LOT. Pretty simple formula. But there are also great athletes on D. So you either need supremely dominant players like a Dan Marino, or an innovative (dynamic) system that is nearly impossible to contain.

If Gase can pull it off -- he's the MAN.

Let's see what he can do with Thill and a number of new pieces.

Bottom line, we should be targeting 450 points for the season as a base line.

My opinion. Of course.

BNF

 

[BigNastyFish]

If early indications mean anything, we might struggle to realize that objective.

We might. But this is the time of year we have to be at least somewhat optimistic.

Put on a smiley face until proven otherwise!

>>> thanks for responding to my original post.

BNF

 

[BigNastyFish]

I think we stay mediocre but really hope Gase isn't full of **** and his master plan puts us at the top of the division. I would love to get deep in the playoffs for a couple of years straight at at least get a shot at a Bowl.

Yes to that!

 

[Third Eye]

Points. In bundles. Baskets of points. Burnout the scoreboard!

Right.

I’d love nothing more than to be more attacking and less predictable. Unfortunately Gase seems preoccupied with what many NFL coaches are: not beating yourself. Not turning ball over. We all thought we’d get this innovator of offense but in reality we likely just got a product of the conservative NFL coaching circle.

 

[Dolphins81]

Gase a certified O brilliance personified? Only when he had Manning, without Manning his O has been 23, 17, 28. Maybe he gets a mulligan for the 28th ranked O with retired Cutler but 23 with the Bears and 17 in 2016 hardly scream brilliant. With that said that doesn't mean he can't improve as I do expect improvement to the tune of a 10-6 record.

I completely agree! That’s some special koolaid to make the came that Gase is a certified O brilliance personified. Gase runs the most predictable offense in the league. 3rd and long.... it’s going to be a draw. 10+ bubble screens per game. Hell, I heard that he called 3 bubble screens row this past game and 2 of those were in the exact same formation.

Gase has never had a top 10 offensive without Manning. He should get no credit for Manning. Manning called his own plays. Manning went to a team with more weapons that he had ever had and he had a chip on his shoulder for being cut by the Colts.

Don’t get me wrong, Ilike Gase as a HC. I like how he will fire someone. But his play calling and so called scheme is garbage. We need a real OC in the booth calling plays.

I’ll put money on it right now, < 15 offense and < 25 defense. And if Tanny goes down again, it’s over. ****ing 32nd offense.