Dolphins 2013 "turn around"

[Ruckus45]

1. Philbin - for holding this team together when the world expected it to implode

To me this is it. Philbin makes everybody feel that on any specific play they can step up and make a difference that puts the team in a place to win. You hear the players say it weekly in interviews and over the last three weeks you have seen it happen.

 

[hoops]

philbin has been a rock bo doubt about it...definitely deserves credit

 

[phinfan40353]

The O-line is still not where it needs to be and the addition of a power back that can gain 2 yards when you really need it would have probably won us a couple more games but the improved line play has allowed Tannehill to progress. It's a shame we keep making things difficult for Tannehill. We've been very reactive instead of proactive when it comes to putting the pieces around him to allow him to succeed.

You mean like signing McKinnie at the start of the season?

Oh and I remember being homered for saying how big of a blunder it was not signing FB Leach. A sledgehammer is not the only tool in the toolbox, but when you need one... no other tool will substitute.

We had chances to fix our leadership with proven and available vets who just came off winning a Super Bowl. Yet we looked the other way. Fortunately McKinnie was available but we paid a price for our oversight.

People look at every signing as one that should rival the biggest of the year. Not every player is equal and not every role is equal. But finding the exact fit is more important than finding the flashiest piece.

We needed savvy veteran leadership and short yardage expertise at the beginning of the year and decided to look away.

Some of our problems worked themselves out and we have a foundation that is better for it. But I have often wondered what would have happened if we had signed those 2 at the beginning of the season. How many key sacks could have been prevented? How many additional 1st downs could we have gotten? How much improved would our running game be?

Pointless I realize. But it is important to understand many of wounds are self-inflicted. And as well executed as the acquisition of talent was this year, we missed a few pieces that was solely our fault for not. And we could have worked harder at developing some of our pieces better.

I'm glad we are in control of destiny. But I see a team that has a lot of unrealized potential and the only thing holding us back is ourselves. We have the pieces. And we will get what we are missing in time. But I do hope we learn from our own mistakes.

 

[Shouright]

To me this is it. Philbin makes everybody feel that on any specific play they can step up and make a difference that puts the team in a place to win. You hear the players say it weekly in interviews and over the last three weeks you have seen it happen.

The team is also near the bottom of the league in number of penalties and yards per play due to penalties. In fact, over the last three games they're below the 1st percentile in the league in the latter.

 

[Ruckus45]

The team is also near the bottom of the league in number of penalties and yards per play due to penalties. In fact, over the last three games they're below the 1st percentile in the league in the latter.

That's awesome, especially when some of those penalties include the bs batting call on OV, phantom PI vs Pats in NE, and the bs call on Clemmons on Cam Newton.

We get into playoffs and Philbin should be up for coach of the year. Win a game or more in playoffs and he should get it hands down.

 

[J. David Wannyheimer]

I think Mike Wallace is basically an untapped reservoir of potential on this offense right now. It honestly looks to me like he's doing a better job with the offensive concepts we like to run and finally getting comfortable with adjusting his routes the way Sherman wants him to.

That could be huge in the next two games if we can continue to get good production out of him.

 

[Wildbill3]

I think Mike Wallace is basically an untapped reservoir of potential on this offense right now. It honestly looks to me like he's doing a better job with the offensive concepts we like to run and finally getting comfortable with adjusting his routes the way Sherman wants him to.

That could be huge in the next two games if we can continue to get good production out of him.

this offense is not easy to learn, and if/when Wallace and tannehill finally gel, holy mother of god....

 

[FSU Truth]

Leaving Philbin off the list was a glaring oversight...The guy has done a great job keeping this team focused and has improved drastically on his game day preparations...

 

[Wildbill3]

That's awesome, especially when some of those penalties include the bs batting call on OV, phantom PI vs Pats in NE, and the bs call on Clemmons on Cam Newton.

We get into playoffs and Philbin should be up for coach of the year. Win a game or more in playoffs and he should get it hands down.

regardless of how this season finishes out, I was wrong about philbin losing this team, or maybe he did, but... He has done something to get them back, and it's impressive to see a group of guys really get their **** together, weather the storm and forge something greater than the sum of their parts.

 

[datruth55]

You mean like signing McKinnie at the start of the season?

Oh and I remember being homered for saying how big of a blunder it was not signing FB Leach. A sledgehammer is not the only tool in the toolbox, but when you need one... no other tool will substitute.

We had chances to fix our leadership with proven and available vets who just came off winning a Super Bowl. Yet we looked the other way. Fortunately McKinnie was available but we paid a price for our oversight.

People look at every signing as one that should rival the biggest of the year. Not every player is equal and not every role is equal. But finding the exact fit is more important than finding the flashiest piece.

We needed savvy veteran leadership and short yardage expertise at the beginning of the year and decided to look away.

Some of our problems worked themselves out and we have a foundation that is better for it. But I have often wondered what would have happened if we had signed those 2 at the beginning of the season. How many key sacks could have been prevented? How many additional 1st downs could we have gotten? How much improved would our running game be?

Pointless I realize. But it is important to understand many of wounds are self-inflicted. And as well executed as the acquisition of talent was this year, we missed a few pieces that was solely our fault for not. And we could have worked harder at developing some of our pieces better.

I'm glad we are in control of destiny. But I see a team that has a lot of unrealized potential and the only thing holding us back is ourselves. We have the pieces. And we will get what we are missing in time. But I do hope we learn from our own mistakes.

We had a chance to sign McKinnie in the off season but I think he chose the Ravens...not sure what the money difference was but he chose to stick with what he knew. I suppose Ireland put too much faith in Martin being the solution at LT and I don't fault him for Clabo at RT cause we all thought that was a good signing. The bigger issue I have is that he did half-hearted job in trying to fix the interior of the line. Most who have some idea of how the ZBS works knew that Incognito and Jerry were not good fits, Jerry was especially bad on running plays last year. His idea of fixing it was signing two Guards who were coming off of injury and never even really played in the preseason because of it. We also lacked depth along the line especially at OT. Garner and Yeatman were the backups and while Garner is good on the interior of the line we've seen him play OT and it wasn't pretty. Luckily we convinced Sam Brenner to sign with us as an undrafted free agent...he's been a big help. Still the OT play isn't good enough and the interior still needs a boost.

 

[SunsPhinsfan03]

I think after we lost that Tampa game the pressure was off, because everyone wrote us off.

Hell even most of this forum did.

 

[Wildbill3]

I think after we lost that Tampa game the pressure was off, because everyone wrote us off.

Hell even most of this forum did.

Guilty. But lets be completely honest, we had no reason to hold out hope that this team had anything left after that tampa game. just rock bottom.

 

[rent this space]

There might be, but what would that illustrate? Why wouldn't we also look at what the team did in September?

In other words, when we look at the whole season, what we might be seeing is the variation in play typically exhibited by teams that are around average. And when that variation goes up and down and then up again, why should we call that a "turnaround," if indeed it's characteristic of the typical variation in play of an average team?

Statistically speaking, yes, you could say this is what average teams do. Overall, they win some and lose some But this is about how the season has progressed from the low point in October to where they are now.

 

[So Be]

The team is also near the bottom of the league in number of penalties and yards per play due to penalties. In fact, over the last three games they're below the 1st percentile in the league in the latter.

Miami is #6 on penalties on D, and #3 on O. In the last 3 games, we had 4 for 21 yards vs Pats, with 2 on special teams 5 for 36 vs Pitt, with 3 on ST's, and 3 for 28 vs Jets, all on ST's.

You're really reaching here to find something negative to post. Can't wait for the spin. LOL

 

[2413fanphins]

Only on tbis board, will you find a certain poster, who would tag the fins as "around average" all the while we basically control our destiny for a playoff spot. I guess now, a playoff berth, ( likely) is the new around average for the NFL.