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Anyone else have a hard time getting up for the game on Monday night. I found it hard to root for this team for the first time. From the not a nice guy Ireland to the prison like locker room atmosphere it seems like a long way from the dolphins with class and professionalism that I grew up watching. Shula, marino, Jt, Zach Thomas or JJ and Parcelles who ran a tight ship but who had control of this team. Even though I grew up in that type of locker room environment with my family and some of my friends, when I got older I realized that craziness is a turn off. I'm about decency and order. Some might say I'm on a moral high ground and wins and losses as a fan should be your only concern. Well I can't do that. I can't be a fan of foolishness. I'm hoping to see many of these players and anyone who carries these crazy locker room antics too far gone. I like to see good guys win not bad guys. Can't remember the last time my heart wasn't in a Mnf game.
 
I was excited. Tired of hearing about all the off the field stuff. This kind of stuff has been going on for ages man and I fully guarantee what is being reported is no where close to some of the real seemingly "harsh" things that go on in locker rooms. Welcome to the social media age . . . where everybody wants to know everything immediately and has to know why.

What disappointed me was losing to an 0-8 team in primetime which allows the media to say things like "there head wasn't into it" and "the scandal got to them". That is the sickening thing about all of this.
 
I watch the games but the losses don't affect me anymore. They used to mess my week up but not anymore.
 
While it hasn't been an easy few weeks, it's hard to disagree that it's tough being a fins fan. Truth is, it IS HARD especially when they show resiliency to overcome a deficit only to lose it on some bonehead plays. I seriously think this team was handful of plays from being a 1-loss team but that's neither here or there. Your are what your record says you are, even though we know as Dolphins fans that we could have pulled out a few more Wins.

In the end, it's still going to be hard, not going to get any easier but we can only hope for the best...at worst basketball season is back and this football season will transition nicely as far as my attention goes.
 
DeathStar said:
I watch the games but the losses don't affect me anymore. They used to mess my week up but not anymore.
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Eh, living in the Tampa Bay area this loss SUCKS....I still have a knot in my stomach. The losses still bug me through mid week.
 
I was ticked about the Patriots game, back when I still had passion for the team. I was excited for the Buccs game because I though the team would come out on fire. When hey came out flat, I lost interest. By the time they lost, I expected it and didn't even care. I wasn't upset, just meh, and I knew that the only way I will regain my enthusiasm for the team is if the whole regime is wiped out.
 
My life as a Dolfan...

Loved Don Shula, Bob Griese, Larry Zonk, Mercury Morris and etc..
Planned my life around MNF
Got hella excited when they drafted this kid named Dan Marino
Raised kids and taught them to answer "Dan Marino" when I asked who the best QB of all time was
Suffered thru the dismissal of Don Shula
Cried when they forced out Dan Marino
Held my breath for the next 13 years

What I have come to realize is... this team.. this franchise.. this organization is nothing at all like what I grew up loving and supporting.. yet I cant seem to stop following them.. even tho I want to..
 
I still get excited to watch the games, however this last game made me lose my optimism for the team this year. Without a line, this team is doomed. I am not worried about this whole Martin deal. The kid was brought up sheltered and he's not used to being around the guys that are in the locker room. He attended private school for high school and Stanford for college. I highly doubt that any other locker room in the NFL is different than the Dolphins and he will find that out. Either way, I am happy to watch the team win or lose.
 
For me, the older I get the more I have lost interest in sports in general. The Dolphins are really the only game in town for me anymore, but I don't get as upset over losses as I did before. I still consider myself a diehard Fins fan though
 
I don't get as upset anymore when we lose. t used to ruin my whole week years ago but now I expect them to do this like this. After they lost to the bills at home with 2 weeks to get ready and facing a 4 string QB I knew then and there that our coaching staff can not get the team ready to play and the players have no heart or character. They just go thru the motions. No sense of urgency, they can't tackle, block or cover. It is what it is. This is a bad team they have put together and the rookies can't even get on the field.

Ozzy rules!!
 
Please stop with this "hard to be a fan of the Dolphons". If anything, find it hard to be a fan of the NFL. Find it hard to be a fan of any sports writers, media personnel, or other team personnel in the league. I am BAFFLED and ashamed of the entire league for their handling of the Martin situation. 8-8 last season, on pace to a similar fate this season, MOST SACKS GIVEN UP IN THE LEAGUE this season and the kid quits. That alone should have been enough to garner support from other teams/players/coaches in the league because anyone with a working brain could see that Martin was struggling ON THE FIELD. When big name players like Hartline, Wake, Wallace come out in support of Incognito and against Martin why were they then immediately discredited by their peers/entire media as being in a "prison style locker room" where veterans "had no control". THIS IS WHY WE LOST ON MONDAY NIGHT. The attack on our locker room. The attack on the morals/decency of our veteran core.

WHY IS IT THAT THERE ARE ONLY 2 SCENARIOS IN EVERYONES BIASED UNFOUNDED OPINION OF WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED?
a) Coaches told players to bully martin
b) Coaches were unaware of the travesties against Martin, proving them to be responsible due to lack of leadership.

what about c?
THAT THE KID WAS A BITCH WHO COULDNT HANDLE PROFESSIONAL SPORTS and NO ONE SAW IT COMING ON THE TEAM.

turning on the dolphins right now is the worst thing you could do. When this situation sorts itself out as a convoluted mess, when Martins lawyer stops running the flow of public knowledge and the NFL becomes aware of the full scope of Martin's inability to handle what will likely be deemed a "normal" locker room environment (with exception to some over the top relationships he DIRECTLY contributed to himself), we will see a change in the tone from everyone. Until then, stay positive and remember the vikings sex boat, the patriots murdering, that time the saints planned to physically assault and bully the entire league to injury at the advice of their coaching staff
 
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