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How to change Dolphins' culture? Gase keeps showing his way

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It is difficult to think clearly when high on hope. Scarred and distrustful Miami Dolphins fans know that by now. The NFL plays such hall-of-mirror tricks on you, one Sunday to the next, the last people to believe are the ones invested in believing.
"That's who we are," linebacker Jelani Jenkins said of the big, October win.
"We're the team now we always should have been," receiver Jarvis Landry said.
"We've never lacked confidence in what kind of team we have," defensive end Cameron Wake said.
This wasn't said this past week. Not in the wake of the Dolphins' big win against Pittsburgh. This was said last year after a big win against Houston, which followed a big win against Tennessee – both on the road to a 6-10 season that got coaches fired.



Dolphins aim to reverse four-year trend of being dominated by Buffalo Bills

Maybe the Dolphins discovered something special last Sunday in surprising Pittsburgh. Maybe they "cracked a code" or "found their identity," as they've said at various times through a decade wandering the wilderness.
But maybe the biggest change last Sunday wasn't their offense finding a running game or their defense shutting down a top quarterback. Maybe it came after all that. Maybe it was how coach Adam Gase carried himself right from the immediate aftermath of the win.
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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/fl-hyde-column-1023-20161022-column.html
 
To change the culture you need to at first find an identity. That's been one of the biggest problems if not the biggest problem. There always seems to be a disconnect between the GM and coach, and the team overall. Do they want to be a passing team or a running team? Do they wan to be a zone team or a physical team?

The next way is to be strong in the trenches. Football is won in the trenches. Miami has been soft upfront for years. Especially this year until the Steelers game. So hopefully they can find some consistency.
 
I hope Adam Gase keeps reading my posts.

We need to become a tough-minded running team that can also pass the ball. We need to play good defense, good special teams and to run the ball.

This is the formula for winning football and for winning games at the end of the season in New England, Buffalo and New York and in the playoffs.
 
I know many of you hate this front office, but I believe they have made some good decisions.

- not signing Miller to a big contract
- not signing OV to a big contract
- signing Branch and Mario to fill in for for OV. They needed to hit on one of them
- they were lucky that Tunsil fell, but I will take Tunsil and Alonso from the trade.

Chris
 
The next way is to be strong in the trenches. Football is won in the trenches. Miami has been soft upfront for years.
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So true. We've been soft in the past due to injuries and because our backups stink and the previous HC insisted on starting (or playing) backups like Thomas and Turner.

Jordan Phillips showed up for the 3rd time this year to shore up the middle. Not coincidentally, all wins. Better play by new starters Wake and Branch. O-line is FINALLY healthy and dominated.

Trenches fixed. Now stay on the field. The good news is that there is no way for Thomas and Turner to play. The current backups are at least adequate fill-ins and heads and shoulders above those two miscreants.
 
All we needed to do was cut Dallas Thomas.. He was some sort of evil curse :up:
 
LikeUntoGod said:
I hope Adam Gase keeps reading my posts.

We need to become a tough-minded running team that can also pass the ball. We need to play good defense, good special teams and to run the ball.

This is the formula for winning football and for winning games at the end of the season in New England, Buffalo and New York and in the playoffs.
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:bobdole:
A little full of yourself I think.
 
This coach has changed the culture. He sat Ajayi to begin the season and how is that going, he benched Maxwell and told him to watch the game and he has been pretty good since, he sat Williams and williams showed up today. I love that many one this site have talked down Gase as another in the long line of failures this team has had coaching since Shula left. I think Gase is the guy we have been looking for - now let him coach.
 
Anvil35 said:
This coach has changed the culture. He sat Ajayi to begin the season and how is that going, he benched Maxwell and told him to watch the game and he has been pretty good since, he sat Williams and williams showed up today. I love that many one this site have talked down Gase as another in the long line of failures this team has had coaching since Shula left. I think Gase is the guy we have been looking for - now let him coach.
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Don't put the cart before the horse. We though that about a lot of coaches since Shula early on. Sparano who went 11-5 and into the playoffs, Saban who went 9-7 in his first year before he quit on this team and franchise like the pansy that he is, some thought Jimmy Johnson was the guy.

Year three seems to be the make or break year for most coaches. By then you really know what you have.
 
utahphinsfan said:
Actually, I should get some credit. I left half last week & then w/ 6 min left in the 1st this week to go see a movie and get lunch after.

Both weeks, when I got back, the phins had won.
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lol...you deserve credit then.
 
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