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That’s the problem.

Been wearing aqua and orange for 50 ****ing years.

Seen a lot, but I’ve not seen this.

Remember a few years back when we fired Philbin and Campbell took over? 0-4. Oklahoma drill?

We destroyed Houston (a team we had never beat before) and (Statue of Liberty) Tennessee.

Al right. We’re onto something.

Sigh. Then we went to New England on a Monday night.

Miami realized where they were, who they were playing, and laid down. We were crushed. Badly. Prime time.

Sound familiar?

We know we have the talent to beat middle grade and low grade teams. We strut into those games with confidence. And play accordingly. But if we go up against a known contender…..

We have a severe lack of confidence. We are easily intimidated. Tua was not the guy last night that he was last year. Nor were most of our other guys.

Sadly, our guys know their limitations as well as we do. And it shows.

Ever see the video of Zonk being told that the 72 Dolphins were “awarded” the title of the greatest football team in history?

His reply?

“THEY DIDNT GIVE US ****!!”

“WE TOOK IT!!!”

“WE JUST ****ING TOOK IT!!!”

And that’s the attitude required to win the world.

We do not have that attitude. We are easily intimidated. No confidence.
 
Football is still a violent, physical game won in the trenches. And a team usually takes on the persona of its coach. In Miami's case that's a scrawny, goofy weirdo who tries to be buddies with his players. That leads to softness.

There's a reason Miami was selected by the players around the league as the top destination. It's because they can come to a tropical paradise, get pampered and overpaid, with a coach who won't push them or get on their ass. Instead he jokes with them and tries to be their buddy. The leadership from Ross down to Grier and McDaniel is weak and that trickles down to the whole organization. Weak doesn't win championships in the NFL. In Miami's case it doesn't even get you a playoff win in almost a quarter of a century.
 
SmokyFin said:
Football is still a violent, physical game won in the trenches. And a team usually takes on the persona of its coach. In Miami's case that's a scrawny, goofy weirdo who tries to be buddies with his players. That leads to softness.

There's a reason Miami was selected by the players around the league as the top destination. It's because they can come to a tropical paradise, get pampered and overpaid, with a coach who won't push them or get on their ass. Instead he jokes with them and tries to be their buddy. The leadership from Ross down to Grier and McDaniel is weak and that trickles down to the whole organization. Weak doesn't win championships in the NFL. In Miami's case it doesn't even get you a playoff win in almost a quarter of a century.
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True but our last coach tried to instill that mentality and we all know how that worked out
 
Highzenga said:
Worst decision in the last 25 years was picking gase over Campbell
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Campbell more than likely would have failed as well. While he was upset at the time that he didn’t get the job, he has since stated that he wasn’t ready and it was his years after leaving Miami, coaching under Sean Payton, that turned him into the coach he now is. His attitude and temperament were the same, but he didn’t have the head coaching chops he developed in his 5 years as Payton’s assistant head coach.
 
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I don’t remember many besides myself that wanted to keep Campbell. I don’t remember many here who thought he’d succeed in Detroit. I believe “meathead” was what most called Dan.
 
Birdmond said:
I don’t remember many besides myself that wanted to keep Campbell. I don’t remember many here who thought he’d succeed in Detroit. I believe “meathead” was what most called Dan.
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Like most head coaches, I think Dan's success has more to do with the quality of his coordinators (particularly on O) and the talent level of his team. He has a great feel for the game and his players will run through a wall for him. He was very fortunate last year with his penchant for taking chances being successful - up until the NFC Championship game. Will he have the same level of success this year? I guess we'll find out soon enough.
 
Archaeopteryx said:
Campbell more than likely would have failed as well. While he was upset at the time that he didn’t get the job, he has since stated that he wasn’t ready and it was his years after leaving Miami, coaching under Sean Payton, that turned him into the coach he now is. His attitude and temperament were the same, but he didn’t have the head coaching chops he developed in his 5 years as Payton’s assistant head coach.
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But the point is he was more ready than Adam Gase. If it was only between those two guys, we picked the one w lesser qualifications at the time.
 
Campbell’s style is proven to be the only way to win the AFC East. Miami had Marino , Duper and Clayton and could not rule the division. No chance Tua, Hill and Waddle ever do it. ZERO.
 
royalshank said:
But the point is he was more ready than Adam Gase. If it was only between those two guys, we picked the one w lesser qualifications at the time.
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I mean, Gase was terrible, but managed to make the playoffs in year one, lost his starting QB for the end of that season and all of the next season. I don’t think there’s any good reason to believe Campbell at the time would have worked out any better.

Are there any interim head coaches in NFL history who have ever worked out after being given the job the next season? That’s a real question, I’m not being facetious. I’m sure there is someone I’m forgetting, but it certainly isn’t common.

This organization’s last, best chance to be consistently good was botched when they didn’t hire Mike Tomlin because he was, “too hip hop”.
 
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Archaeopteryx said:
I mean, Gase was terrible, but managed to make the playoffs in year one, lost his starting QB for the end of that season and all of the next season. I don’t think there’s any good reason to believe Campbell at the time would have worked out any better.

Are there any interim head coaches in NFL history who have ever worked out after being given the job the next season? That’s a real question, I’m not being facetious. I’m sure there is someone I’m forgetting, but it certainly isn’t common.

This organization’s last, best chance to be consistently good was botched when they didn’t hire Mike Tomlin because he was, “too hip hop”.
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I don’t remember the Mike Tomlin thing. Didn’t know he was a candidate. Damn. Interim to head coach - I don’t know. There must be some examples but not off the top of my head. I think he was more qualified than Gase who had never played the game nor been a real coordinator at any level. Campbell got valuable learning from those 12 games he was the HC. But it all worked out for him.
 
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