Okay I'm appalled at how out of control this organization is becoming. This is one of those situations where as a Dolphins fan you just have to laugh because it's one thing after the other. That being said, is there any way possible to put Joe Robbie's name back on the stadium? This organization has been eerily cursed since the Dolphins shunned Joe as if he never existed. Or is it the South Beach curse? Seems players have a penchant for the clubs which doesn't bode well for us as fans. I understand that players should be able to vent and have fun, but not to the extent that it affects your play which seems more and more evident. Is this fixable? I thought given that Philbin was a disciplitarian it wouldn't happen but I'm at a loss for words
How do we rid ourselves of this?!
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At the end of the season Ross will need to clean house (completely) and start anew. You have a good core group of players, but there is still plenty that needs to be fixed.
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Win and everything will blow over. Lose and it will just get bigger... simple really
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My thoughts exactly.
Ireland, Gaine, Aponte, Philbin and staff, Scouting department need to go. This has to happen and certainly is my hope
The hire will probably be Dan Marino as President then Dan will lead the search for a GM. This is my guess what Ross will do if he executes what I am hoping for.
The hire will probably be Dan Marino as President then Dan will lead the search for a GM. This is my guess what Ross will do if he executes what I am hoping for.
This isn't going away win or lose. A few wins merely prolongs the inevitable.
Fire Ireland, Philbin, Shermin, Aponte and Coyle. The front office stinks. I agree with 88, start over again.
Irelands performance speaks fir itself. This mess is his making.
Philbin has no control over this team and frankly he does not act like a leader.
Aponte following Philbin, sucking up to him expecting Ireland to be canned gong forward. A soap opera,
Shermin? Failed at head coach, now failing as the OC. Hired his son in law to coach Tannehill to boot. I don't like the nepotism.
Coyle? Nothing special as a coach. This defense has better players, but has regressed as a unit.
Ross...do you care about the fans? Get a clue. Sometimes it takes time to get it right. The fans will be patient. It is now evident that this staff is dysfunctional, amateur, and unskilled.
Incog/Martin are just symptoms of the actual problems.
I can wait a few more years for winning football. The team reputation has been further damaged.
Irelands performance speaks fir itself. This mess is his making.
Philbin has no control over this team and frankly he does not act like a leader.
Aponte following Philbin, sucking up to him expecting Ireland to be canned gong forward. A soap opera,
Shermin? Failed at head coach, now failing as the OC. Hired his son in law to coach Tannehill to boot. I don't like the nepotism.
Coyle? Nothing special as a coach. This defense has better players, but has regressed as a unit.
Ross...do you care about the fans? Get a clue. Sometimes it takes time to get it right. The fans will be patient. It is now evident that this staff is dysfunctional, amateur, and unskilled.
Incog/Martin are just symptoms of the actual problems.
I can wait a few more years for winning football. The team reputation has been further damaged.
Let's face it, we are not a deep playoff team right now. so to share the sentiment with this post, this could be the proverbial straw that breaks the camel's back. As an owner you digest this one way- coaches didnt do their jobs and management didn't do their jobs. this is a culture deficiency and when you have that, you have to clear house.
best case scenario, it was one bad apple and everyone is scared straight. Martin comes back and they play better as a unit, with a cancer gone, you get better play
best case scenario, it was one bad apple and everyone is scared straight. Martin comes back and they play better as a unit, with a cancer gone, you get better play
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While I think the coaches could have handled this issue better, I don't believe for a second that this is proof that the whole organisation is dysfunctional.
Hazing happens everywhere. Rookies getting charged for meals and trips happens everywhere. Injures happen everywhere. PEDs happen everywhere. Players bereft of social skill are everywhere. Guys with criminal history or a criminal future are everywhere. Players blowing their enormous earnings on ridiculous lifestyles are everywhere.
These issues are all serious. But it's not really in enough people's interests in the sport to tackle and eradicate them. Most of them are engrained in the culture that is football and to change them you have to change not just the culture of your team, but the culture of the sport. I happen to believe that is above the gift of our coaching and management staff.
I do think they had a duty to do better with the specific Martin situation. They clearly knew about it and no doubt Drill Sgt. Turner thought it was all part and parcel of the necessary O-line culture. But even if they had nipped that issue in the bud, it's just papering over the cracks in the entire NFL which throws money at players in vast wads and pays little attention to the total dysfunctionality of the player culture that pervades its sport.
I thnk back to the appointment of the new coaches and the feeling that we were getting in a very professional staff, who would weed out the dysfunctional elements of the team. I remember reading Sherman's letter to highschool coaches and feeling proud that good human beings were about to be in charge (makes for very interesting reading now, with the way the season is developing) http://smartfootball.com/grab-bag/former-texas-am-coach-mike-shermans-letter-to-texas-high-school-coaches
But we were deluding ourselves to think like that. There isn't a team in the country without a massive dose of dysfunctionality just below the surface or bubbling up all over it. But when you're a losing team, with a particularly dysfunctional recent past, a strategy of shrouding the team in secrecy and alienating a hostile media.... let's just say you don't quite get the pass that New England "Home of the Patriot Way" got when it discovered it was "Home of the Homicidal Psychopath".
Hazing happens everywhere. Rookies getting charged for meals and trips happens everywhere. Injures happen everywhere. PEDs happen everywhere. Players bereft of social skill are everywhere. Guys with criminal history or a criminal future are everywhere. Players blowing their enormous earnings on ridiculous lifestyles are everywhere.
These issues are all serious. But it's not really in enough people's interests in the sport to tackle and eradicate them. Most of them are engrained in the culture that is football and to change them you have to change not just the culture of your team, but the culture of the sport. I happen to believe that is above the gift of our coaching and management staff.
I do think they had a duty to do better with the specific Martin situation. They clearly knew about it and no doubt Drill Sgt. Turner thought it was all part and parcel of the necessary O-line culture. But even if they had nipped that issue in the bud, it's just papering over the cracks in the entire NFL which throws money at players in vast wads and pays little attention to the total dysfunctionality of the player culture that pervades its sport.
I thnk back to the appointment of the new coaches and the feeling that we were getting in a very professional staff, who would weed out the dysfunctional elements of the team. I remember reading Sherman's letter to highschool coaches and feeling proud that good human beings were about to be in charge (makes for very interesting reading now, with the way the season is developing) http://smartfootball.com/grab-bag/former-texas-am-coach-mike-shermans-letter-to-texas-high-school-coaches
But we were deluding ourselves to think like that. There isn't a team in the country without a massive dose of dysfunctionality just below the surface or bubbling up all over it. But when you're a losing team, with a particularly dysfunctional recent past, a strategy of shrouding the team in secrecy and alienating a hostile media.... let's just say you don't quite get the pass that New England "Home of the Patriot Way" got when it discovered it was "Home of the Homicidal Psychopath".
Ross need to buy his own media outlets. Create a new national NFL channel that covers the entire NFL in a positive light. One that is more friendly to the Fins.
Control the media, and you control the masses. Perception is reality.
Control the media, and you control the masses. Perception is reality.
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My guess is Philbin, Sherman and Ireland need to go among others. Now is the time to clean house and start over. If they have any chance of getting any free agents who want to sign in Miami that is the only way it will happen.
Now we have to woner if any player is gonna wantto be drafted by Miami. I know they have no choice but this is bad. Ireland has to go and a few more peopleneed to go as well. It seems like this team has gotten worse and worse.
Ozzy rules!!
Ozzy rules!!