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Dolphins coaches give up 1st class seats

Wildbill3 said:
I wasn't hired to be an nfl head coach, but if I was, I'd damn sure do my best to never create a quarterback controversy, and as a leader of men, I sure as heck would tell the leader of my offense if I was going to bench him or not in private and before anyone else in the news media found out. In fact when dealing with men, you should rarely correct them in front of other men, unless you do not have the time to do in in private or, the thing they needed correction on is of time critical nature.

Joe is not a leader, and he's had 50 plus years of life to grow into the role, chances are, if he hasn't grown into it by the start of his third season as a head coach, then he never will.
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Good point.

And in fact, it brings up a question.

The toilet paper in Joe's house. Overhand or underhand?
 
roy_miami said:
I've flown a fair amount too and not all economy seats are created equal. Some are like being squished in like sardines and others are perfectly fine for me, especially if the middle seat is empty. I'm going to go ahead and assume they researched the matter, especially considering this is the type of thing that's supposed to be Philbin's strong suit...
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The only strong suit he has is making sure no one leaves gum wrappers on plane.

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Wildbill3 said:
bull****. He played coy and avoided every oppurtunity to show his support for his starting qb.
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Leadership is an overated word but as a head coach he definitely doesn't come across to us layman as a leader.
 
dlockz said:
I gave u quite a but of alternatives, you read what you want to read. Many British airways planes can accomdate many more passengers in larger seating.
I don't criticize everything they do but no they shouldn't have huge football players in friggin coach seats sorry you are so damn sensitive.
They don't need to charter they could have done it the old fashioned way and found more accomadating flights. You have some nerve anyway first you try to insult me like I have never been on a damn plane before then you act like sports teams never charter planes lol.
In your mind we should never criticize anything I guess .

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Of course not the NFL and the dolphins are bleeding money they probably got these seats through hotwire

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none of this really matter which is why Im not sure we have a post about the damn coach sacrificing his first class seat to a player but since it was there its reasonable to comment on it
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The audacity. How dare you constantly criticize a team who constantly screws things up and are the butt of plenty jokes nationally year after year.

The glass is half empty mudda suckas. Actually, Sparano fistpumped the glass to the floor and it's broken, so there's that.
 
cullenbigcstill said:
I'm 6'8" 285 pound sailor who has had to endure many over seas fights to and from Kuwait. If I can do it so can they! This team does NOT deserve first class seats at all until they start winning. Hell make them stand for the whole flight if they keep playing like ******* and bitches! I'm so sick of our team being soft and lifeless week after week, season after season! We have seen other franchises build and become winners and strong franchises remain strong yet our mediocre floundering franchise continues to flail around like pathetic premadonnas who think they deserve something when all they have done is either consistently not make the playoffs or if they do we get blown out of the playoffs! I was once a proud and very arrogant Dolphin fan who has become beyond humble who begs for just even modest hopes! What a fall, when will we become consistently relevant again?
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You shouldn't have to do it, either.

There's something to be said for giving the players the best of everything -- the best food, the best hotels, the best planes -- and then using that to demand that they win. That's the bargain you can make. I'll give you the best, but you better win, and if you don't I'll hunt down every coach and player who's in the way.

That's what Eddie DeBartolo did, and it's a big part of the reason the 49ers won five Super Bowls while he was their owner. Every owner of a professional franchise, no matter the sport, should watch the A Football Life on DeBartolo. He loved the players; splurged on them. He handed out towels in the locker room, gave them the best of everything, especially on the road. The finest chefs and treatment that money can buy, and it's no coincidence they won 18 consecutive road games from 1988-90, a record that to my knowledge has not been seriously challenged since.

But when the team lost he became uncontrollable, like a volcano. And he took it out on Walsh, and the players knew he was doing that. He wouldn't do it to them. So when they lost they felt bad for their coach and wanted to win for him because they loved how Eddie treated them and knew it was their fault. There was nothing about the hotels or the plane to blame it on.

Making these guys stand in the aisle will not do the trick. They're grown men and professionals and will tell you to go **** yourself, and I wouldn't blame them. You have to give them the means to win and then not accept excuses. When you do things on the cheap -- like our stadium patch, or the mediocre facility in Davie, or a plane that was clearly hired without much thought -- you put that seed of doubt in the players' minds. You give them an easy out.
 
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Dolphin coaches given up on as first class coaches? Whaaaaaaaaaat?
 
finomenal said:
The audacity. How dare you constantly criticize a team who constantly screws things up and are the butt of plenty jokes nationally year after year.

The glass is half empty mudda suckas. Actually, Sparano fistpumped the glass to the floor and it's broken, so there's that.
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yea so instead of actually having a conversation they say you are just being negative about a team whose record is pretty negative the last half decade.
I mean screw debating a comment. If I say the dolphins and NFL could do a better job of getting their guys seats without cramping them in coach , I get accused of not knowing how an airplane works and have no knowledge of configurations when in actuality its their limited knowledge on the subject that is the issue. Then when I discuss further and explain I actually have been on airplane and know there are planes with better configurations they then go to the extreme and say Dlockz thinks the team should spend the money to get 80 jets and that my idea somehow bankrupts the ever frugal NFL or Steven Ross. There were fairly simple solutions you would think the NFL or the Dolphins would have employed instead but of course Im just being critical. Hell even our dimwitted coach realized that to a degree that its not good to cramp your players up like that.
 
roy_miami said:
Ross could have bought 80 private jets and I'm pretty sure somebody would still complain...
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Yea because that's the same as saying that they could have done a better for oversized guys . Im also sure that some fans would still sing plenty of praises about our team even if we go a decade without winning and still complain that fans are too negative.
Ungrateful fans
 
cullenbigcstill said:
I'm 6'8" 285 pound sailor who has had to endure many over seas fights to and from Kuwait. If I can do it so can they! This team does NOT deserve first class seats at all until they start winning. Hell make them stand for the whole flight if they keep playing like ******* and bitches! I'm so sick of our team being soft and lifeless week after week, season after season! We have seen other franchises build and become winners and strong franchises remain strong yet our mediocre floundering franchise continues to flail around like pathetic premadonnas who think they deserve something when all they have done is either consistently not make the playoffs or if they do we get blown out of the playoffs! I was once a proud and very arrogant Dolphin fan who has become beyond humble who begs for just even modest hopes! What a fall, when will we become consistently relevant again?
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No offense my brother in arms but we live different lifestyles than NFL athletes and most of this board. The first class seating is not so much about deserving although most people that average half a million for a company get first class seating. The seating has to do with flying over a few days on a plane to play a football game. Being a soldier the government has neither the funds or in actuality the logistics to accomadate the amount of soldiers they have. In fact in combat the MRAP is very cramped seating 4 soldiers in full battle rattle in back, we use that vehicle to transport soldiers that will jump out and kick in doors with life in danger and in reality no one gives a damn.
 
TheWalrus said:
I'm picturing them sitting quietly in the Heathrow lost and found, waiting for someone to come pick them up.

One of them hears a sound, looks up expectantly.

But it's just the burly attendant who throws in a bag. It smacks one of them on the face and opens up, spilling granny panties and a solitary, mold encrusted dildo.

Taylor grabs the dildo. His eyes go wide.

Sturgis looks over. Inches away a bit.

Taylor gets up, LOCKS the door.
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LOL! And here I thought most everybody had lost their sense of humor. Love the sig on this post, too!

Oh! And nobody give me any crap about how it's all because of the Dolphins. A lot of people around here are way to serious. We can be disappointed with our team, Philbin, and our owner Ross, but we still need to find time to laugh and have fun.
 
If the jet lag gets to them and they play like crap and lose, do the players get stacked below in the luggage hold on the way back?
 
dlockz said:
No offense my brother in arms but we live different lifestyles than NFL athletes and most of this board. The first class seating is not so much about deserving although most people that average half a million for a company get first class seating. The seating has to do with flying over a few days on a plane to play a football game. Being a soldier the government has neither the funds or in actuality the logistics to accomadate the amount of soldiers they have. In fact in combat the MRAP is very cramped seating 4 soldiers in full battle rattle in back, we use that vehicle to transport soldiers that will jump out and kick in doors with life in danger and in reality no one gives a damn.
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I'm not even American and I give a damn. I think it's just that what you do is not as entertaining to watch. It's actually too much to bear for most I guess, so you don;t get the big bucks and we don't talk about what you do / did weekly because it involves things that most of us only see in our nightmares, if that.

I would not want to live without football, but I could if I had to. But I'd hate to try to live without my safety and this great lifestyle we have. So thanks to both of you for all you do and have done. Really.
 
Dolphin North said:
I'm not even American and I give a damn. I think it's just that what you do is not as entertaining to watch. It's actually too much to bear for most I guess, so you don;t get the big bucks and we don't talk about what you do / did weekly because it involves things that most of us only see in our nightmares, if that.

I would not want to live without football, but I could if I had to. But I'd hate to try to live without my safety and this great lifestyle we have. So thanks to both of you for all you do and have done. Really.
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I do think some people give a damn but the people that actually make these decisions really don't. Also thanks for your words
 
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