I like how they are dumping the blame on Mangini. Yeah, some of it belongs to him, but not as much as their fans seem to want to put on him. He is not the one who wanted Favre or the rest of those over valued FA's. Hess tried to buy himself a playoff run to entice fans to purchase PLC,s. Mangini had to make the best of of a group of players who's ego's were larger then their dedication to their teammates.
In Defense to Hess, he made a jesture to the fans. He demonstrated to them that he was willing to make a significant finacial commitment to the team to bring them what has eluded them since the days of Namath, a championship. Unfortunatly for them, his approach was flawed. He tried to buy it. Manginni had that team on the right track before they they went out and over spent in FA. Now they are in salary cap hell and have no resources to continue the building process.
I hope they do screw up and fire Mangini and bring back Favre. I hope Mangini goes off to the NFC and finds sucess with another team. He is not the problem. I will even go as far as saying he was their solution. Fans get too caught up in instant gratification mentality.
Favre is melting down late in the year, what a shocker. No one saw that coming. I am amazed at how uncharistically favorable of a year he has had up till the last few weeks.
I would really love to see a huge Dolphin fan turnout in the Meadowlands sunday. I hope when the players look up into the stands they see a sea of Miami Dolhins Chad Pennington Jersey's. Chad deserves it. He was really disrespected by his old fans and they ought to give the guy a standing ovation for how he has handled his rejection by them and for what he has accomplished somewhere else.
I wont be one of those laughing at their team or rubbing their fans noses in their failures. I remember how it felt last season to be the laughing stock of the leauge. I remember the year before that when we were picked to be superbowl contenders and missed the playoffs entirely. Sound familiar? I hope they get things turned around and become competive in our division. I look forward to renewing a good rivarly just as I have the same sentiments for Buffalo.