Greg Cote: No playoffs, no firm idea on Tua is worst possible way for Miami Dolphins to end season

[TheMageGandalf]

Article got to me right off the bat with the Shula and Marino mention...

"College-age Dolphins fans have grown up not knowing their team to be anything but almost always bad. Even worse — irrelevant.

They hear their fathers and grandpas with misty eyes reference “The Perfect Season,” but the words are a near-foreign language. Yellowed pages in a scrapbook.

They hear the words “Marino and “Shula” said, but these are vague, distant deities who hold no sway in the modern age. They are but strong-yet-powerless memories, reminders of a fallen empire.

And the Lost Century slogs on."

No playoffs, no firm idea on Tua is worst possible way for Miami Dolphins to end season | Opinion

These have been the three longest playoff droughts in the once-proud history of the Miami Dolphins:

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[dirwuf]

Exactly where we were with Tannehill at the same point.

 

[dolphintodd]

This is so true we just do not know about Tua... but I would still give him another year.

 

[Blake the great]

Yep it was my worst fear. I'd rather Tua outright Ryan leaf suck instead of this will he or won't he like we did with Tannehill for years.

 

[Dolph N.Fan]

This is so true we just do not know about Tua... but I would still give him another year.

Yep if after 3 years I think if you still can’t decide if the QB is it or not then obviously he isn’t and it’s time to admit the mistake and try again

 

[EasyRider]

Yep if after 3 years I think if you still can’t decide if the QB is it or not then obviously he isn’t and it’s time to admit the mistake and try again

It’s clear you don’t watch the Fins
Try it’s been two years and really only one complete season
Talk to you after next season

 

[Dolph N.Fan]

It’s clear you don’t watch the Fins
Try it’s been two years and really only one complete season
Talk to you after next season

Contract says 3 years bud, dolphins will have to make a decision on whether to pick up his 5th year option regardless if Tua’s only played 2 seasons worth of games in 3 seasons.

 

[mzimmpa]

Per Cote: "These have been the three longest playoff droughts in the once-proud history of the Miami Dolphins:

Seven seasons, from 2009 to 2015.
Six seasons, from 2002 to 2007.
Now five seasons, from 2017 ... and counting."

And those seasons have one Front Office Executive in common: Grier.

No need for opinion or juxtaposition - the facts speak for themselves.
What business allows 2 decades of mediocrity without changing leadership?
I know the military wouldn't.....

 

[dolphintodd]

Sorry when injured that time counts too.

 

[superphin]

Per Cote: "These have been the three longest playoff droughts in the once-proud history of the Miami Dolphins:

Seven seasons, from 2009 to 2015.
Six seasons, from 2002 to 2007.
Now five seasons, from 2017 ... and counting."

And those season have one Front Office Executive in common: Grier.

No need for opinion or juxtaposition - the facts speak for themselves.
What business allows 2 decades of mediocrity without changing leadership?
I know the military wouldn't.....

The military would just tuck you away somewhere where you cant mess up too bad or just keep PCS'ing you. As long as your part of the good ol buys club.

 

[bflat]

Hmm maybe if the coaching staff and front office were more concerned with developing the QB position than protecting one score leads with a prevent offense, we’d have an idea where we stand w Tua. But they were more concerned with winning useless games in seasons that were meant for developing players and here we are again

 

[gofins60]

This is so true we just do not know about Tua... but I would still give him another year.

I don't like Tua, but I don't hate him; I never would have drafted him. That said, you can't FAIRLY evaluate him until he has at least a half-decent o-line and running game in an effective style of offense. Grier and Flores have proven that they can't build a line, they ignored the RB position, and the offense that Flores is running is garbage.

Personally, I want a new GM, HC, and QB, but if I had to give Tua another chance under a new GM and HC it wouldn't be the end of the world. However, if it's true that Tua is a "system" QB who thrives in this short pass based RPO stuff that they're running now, then I don't want him!

 

[Etuoo33]

It’s clear you don’t watch the Fins
Try it’s been two years and really only one complete season
Talk to you after next season

Why?, He has little clue WTF is going on.

 

[Etuoo33]

I don't like Tua, but I don't hate him; I never would have drafted him. That said, you can't FAIRLY evaluate him until he has at least a half-decent o-line and running game in an effective style of offense. Grier and Flores have proven that they can't build a line, they ignored the RB position, and the offense that Flores is running is garbage.

Personally, I want a new GM, HC, and QB, but if I had to give Tua another chance under a new GM and HC it wouldn't be the end of the world. However, if it's true that Tua is a "system" QB who thrives in this short pass based RPO stuff that they're running now, then I don't want him!

Maybe we should have gone all in on O and forgot about the D. Then we could score 24/30 points a game and still lose by 17...

 

[gofins60]

Maybe we should have gone all in on O and forgot about the D. Then we could score 24/30 points a game and still lose by 17...

It's not a matter of going "all in" on anything; it's a matter of Grier and Flores being decent when it comes to the defense but sucking for anything having to do with the offense.