Florio: Some players have trust issues with Joe Philbin regime

[Nublar7]

Regarding the last part of your post- I'm with ya. I've had it with the 'Dolphins are a mess' narrative. There are worse situations, and yet we never hear anything about any of them it seems. But the media never misses an opportunity to pile on the Fins. It's way beyond annoying at this point.

A good example is the Buffalo Bills, they have been a complete joke and completely irrelevant since the 1999 season. They have made bone headed signings, trades and draft picks also and everytime they seem to ready to turn the corner they take a step back. However, I don't see the same sort of negativity and bashing towards that team that we do with Miami.

While Buffalo had Miami's number head to head this year, chances are the Dolphins will again finish ahead of the Bills in the standings in 2014. They have been the worst team in the division the past 6 years, haven't made the playoffs in 14 years, haven't won a division title in 18 years and have had one winning season in 14 years. The Bills are the definiton of suck.

Where is the hate and bashing for them? I actually see the opposite where people in the media falsely pump them up and even seem to like what they are doing. I always see the media people tweeting #billsmafia as if they are some sort of special club.

Fact is, the Dolphins have been average for awhile, but there are many "trainwreck" teams and teams that truly are a "mess". So many times we have been told the Dolphins are a horrible team or in some cases "the worst" team and yet they prove year after year they are never as bad as the media seems to try and paint every offseason. No the team hasn't been great, but this team is much closer to being a playoff team than a "mess".

 

[vt_dolfan]

They are...but with all the expert owner/GM/coach's we have here..we should be Super Bowl contenders every year. I mean the brain power in this forum alone ...its almost fictional

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[Nublar7]

To add on to my post above, the Dolphins obviously don't have a GM right now going into Senior Bowl week. Neither do the Buccaneers and the Browns currently don't even have a head coach in place. Alex Marvez just ripped the Dolphins for not having a GM in place, no mention of the Buccaneers and Browns.

 

[gafin]

To add on to my post above, the Dolphins obviously don't have a GM right now going into Senior Bowl week. Neither do the Buccaneers and the Browns currently don't even have a head coach in place. Alex Marvez just ripped the Dolphins for not having a GM in place, no mention of the Buccaneers and Browns.

I know, it just doesn't make any sense.

 

[rent this space]

To add on to my post above, the Dolphins obviously don't have a GM right now going into Senior Bowl week. Neither do the Buccaneers and the Browns currently don't even have a head coach in place. Alex Marvez just ripped the Dolphins for not having a GM in place, no mention of the Buccaneers and Browns.

And it's silly because a)- the entire Dolphins staff besides a GM is there, b)- the guy who eventually becomes the GM is there too

 

[Zounds]

Fact is, the Dolphins have been average for awhile, but there are many "trainwreck" teams and teams that truly are a "mess". So many times we have been told the Dolphins are a horrible team or in some cases "the worst" team and yet they prove year after year they are never as bad as the media seems to try and paint every offseason. No the team hasn't been great, but this team is much closer to being a playoff team than a "mess".

A lot of this can be traced back to poor local reporting, specifically guys like Armando and Omar. Many of the negative stories about Miami on the national level cite articles from Armando and Omar as thier sources. There's nothing wrong about substantiated reports that implicate a team's inability to win, but many of the reports coming out of south Florida are superficial, opinion-turned-fact, and in some cases these reporters have knowingly provided false information. I think a lot of that has to do with the Miami front office being less transparent than most teams, leaving lots of reporters with agendas of their own. Miami definitely has a PR problem and it needs to deal with it.

 

[315DolphinsFan]

Keep blaming the media guys, lol, this is a coaching staff will little NFL experience with a head coach who needs help to make postgame comments and doesn't make adjustments. Keep drinking that aqua and orange Kool-Aid. Hope you like 8-8 seasons.

 

[DuderinoN703]

To add on to my post above, the Dolphins obviously don't have a GM right now going into Senior Bowl week. Neither do the Buccaneers and the Browns currently don't even have a head coach in place. Alex Marvez just ripped the Dolphins for not having a GM in place, no mention of the Buccaneers and Browns.

What I don't understand is why any of us should give a **** what Alex Marvez has to say. Seriously. If he said Miami was the worst team in history and anyone who likes them are reject loser assholes, I still wouldn't understand why we should care.

No one's opinion makes a difference. Miami can either win or they can lose. That's all that makes a difference.

 

[Keonxl]

It wouldn't surprise me if Philbin and the new gm somehow got rid of Wallace since Ireland is history.

 

[DuderinoN703]

Keep blaming the media guys, lol, this is a coaching staff will little NFL experience with a head coach who needs help to make postgame comments and doesn't make adjustments. Keep drinking that aqua and orange Kool-Aid. Hope you like 8-8 seasons.

And then we have nitwit posts like this. I don't like 8-8 seasons. What am I supposed to do about it?

 

[rent this space]

A lot of this can be traced back to poor local reporting, specifically guys like Armando and Omar. Many of the negative stories about Miami on the national level cite articles from Armando and Omar as thier sources. There's nothing wrong about substantiated reports that implicate a team's inability to win, but many of the reports coming out of south Florida are superficial, opinion-turned-fact, and in some cases these reported have knowingly provided false information. I think a lot of that has to do with the Miami front office being less transparent than most teams, leaving lots of reporters with agendas of their own. Miami definitely has a PR problem and it needs to deal with it.

Armando continually whines about the lack of information he gets from the team. He tries to spin that as a bad thing for everyone.
Funny that he's constantly getting out-scooped by guys in the national media. It's embarrassing for him and no doubt his own fault

 

[315DolphinsFan]

And then we have nitwit posts like this. I don't like 8-8 seasons. What am I supposed to do about it?

You can't do anything. If any of you think this coaching staff will get the Dolphins into the playoffs, much less to a Super Bowl, then be happy with Philbin.

 

[phinking]

There is likely some truth to the concerns about the coaching staff from the players, but at this point Florio is just piling on. Having to bring up Chad Johnson being cut as part of his argument shows that he is just reaching at this point to continue this story and make it bigger than it probably really is.

I agree. This article does not bring us anything new.

 

[Mindtornado]

And it's silly because a)- the entire Dolphins staff besides a GM is there, b)- the guy who eventually becomes the GM is there too

Agreed that it isn't as big as deal as it is being made out to be, but it would be a good time for the new GM to collaborate with the coaches.

 

[kellyh3034]

Well there is probably a little truth to the statement that someone doesn't trust the coaching staff. How many, who knows. But the local media there has an agenda to bash the Fins as much as possible. The reason, who knows. Maybe it is because what an earlier poster said that the team is too secret to the local reporters. It's funny that these guys never, or almost never admit when they were wrong. Remember when the Martin story broke out and Adam S., I know he's not local, or some reporter stated that one Dolphin player was going broke for paying for all the vets perks. What happened to that story? Who was the guy and if there wasn't a guy where is the retraction of the story? Reporters. Take what they say with a grain of salt especially the ones reporting on the Fins.