LeGone/Positive or negative for Dolphins and Miami sports landscape

[Nublar7]

Does losing out on Harbaugh count?Pat Riley did everything he could to win a title.

In regards to Harbaugh, one needs to be in the door before walking out it.

My other post was meant to be a bit humorous since anytime a Dolphins player makes a decision we don't agree with people always blame the franchise for making the mistake. Obviously that was missed by some people, but I do realize that today is going to be a sensitve day for some. I am not a Heat fan or a NBA fan in general, but I am sure this is a major gut punch for those who like the Heat. Sorry to those fans for your loss. Hopefully the Dolphins can feel the void and make your pain regarding the Heat go away.

 

[Daytona Fin]

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[SkapePhin]

If the Dolphins can land Harbaugh next year somehow the Dolphins have a real opportunity to make Miami a football town again.

 

[Mike13]

 

[So Be]

**** the OP.

What a pathetic post. Did you get parental approval? lol

 

[Mike13]

What a pathetic post. Did you get parental approval? lol

OP was different prior to the merged thread

 

[JJM_7]

The general audience will probably stop caring about basketball in Miami now, and they'll continue to not care about football in Miami because the Dolphins haven't done a thing since Dan Marino retired.

Heat fans will wallow in pain because Lebron left for Cleveland, and Dolphins fans will wallow in pain because they root for a team that hasn't delivered a good football season in years.

Either way, life goes on. The Dolphins will remain a disappointment until they manage to steal the division from the Pats and win in the playoffs. Meanwhile, the rest of the world will focus on championship caliber teams. Lebron leaving town doesn't bring back attention to the Miami Dolphins. Only the Dolphins can do that by winning more than losing. And becoming a team that is fun to watch even to non-fans.

 

[Roman529]

This sucks considering I am a Miami fan. Heat and Dolphins mainly and now I have nothing to look forward to. The Dolphins have sucked for most of my life and I don't see the trend changing this year. Lebron actually took us to 4 straight championships and the Dolphins can't even sniff the playoffs. Please beat it with this "football town" crap...we have been irrelevant for quite some time besides being in the media for bullygate, suspensions for PED's, injuries, drug use, etc.

Why you sporting a Phin's shirt in your avatar if you have nothing to looking forward to, and you hate the "Miami is a football town" talk. Go wear a Jet's jersey.

 

[Zounds]

who cares, do we really want those silly Heat fans anyways?

 

[Mike13]

who cares, do we really want those silly Heat fans anyways?

Many of us are sticking around, deal with it.

 

[whizafriz]

I understand OP's take on the subject.

For those non-NBA fans. If Lebron James leaves Miami for another team the Miami Heat will basically cease to exist for the next 4-5 years. All the attention would then sway over to the Miami Dolphins and the up n coming talent and franchise QB that is Ryan Tannehill.

This would be music to Ross ears as his franchise would now become the focal point of Miami sports.

Would be interesting to hear what Ross would have to say on the matter, obviously I doubt he would 'praise' Lebron leaving althought business wise it would be great for him and the Miami Dolphins.

I really, really doubt it. Arison and Riley are not a flash-in-the-pan -- there are a lot of lucrative free agents Miami could pick up and bring in to still have a formidable playoff team, and they're willing to spend. Maybe not world-beaters or favorites, but to say the Heat will wash away into nothingness for multiple years is quite an overreaction. The key is what happens with Spoelstra, if he can coach guys properly without Lebron coaching for him.

I dont think the Dolphins will be the center of attention until playoffs back-to-back years becomes a thing.

 

[Kdawg954]

One thing I have always kind of snickered at was the idea that Florida, specifically South Florida, was now a "basketball town" because of Lebron. That was NEVER the case. I don't think people understand the aspects of football down here, from peewee football to high school to college to professional. This will ALWAYS be a football first town and the only thing this Lebron decision will assist in is the recognition of that on a greater level to the unknowing fan.

Lebron fit what this town was about . . . a bandwagon town for a sport that wasn't football. We've seen it in 97/03 with the Marlins, we see it anytime the Panthers are in the playoffs, specifially 96 and we've seen it with the Heat. The Heat is becoming more of a statement of the capability of another sport having a spotlight down here but once again, this a football town through and through.

 

[J. David Wannyheimer]

I think it's a miniscule net positive for the Dolphins, as the bandwagon Heat fans will dive out of the sinking ship and the Dolphins will get more local media coverage.

Lebron fit what this town was about . . . a bandwagon town for a sport that wasn't football. We've seen it in 97/03 with the Marlins, we see it anytime the Panthers are in the playoffs, specifially 96 and we've seen it with the Heat. The Heat is becoming more of a statement of the capability of another sport having a spotlight down here but once again, this a football town through and through.

That's definitely true of the Marlins, but I wouldn't go that far with the Panthers. The team still draws decent attendance and somehow hasn't been moved or contracted despite the fact that they've consistently been about the worst team in the NHL for like twenty damn years.

But at the same time, let's not pretend that people still have the same amount of care for the Dolphins that they once did. This franchise has become a damn joke, and it's going to take a long time -- and a lot of improvements -- to recover.

 

[roy_miami]

All LeBron leaving would do is give local fans one less excuse to use for not showing up at Dolphins games. "I spent all of my entertainment money going to Heat games" will not be a bull**** phrase you hear very often.

"Entertainment money" are the key words. If somebody prefers to watch the Dolphins lose on their big screen TV with a cooler of beer but also prefers to see the Dolphins win at the stadium who are we to tell them how they should be properly entertained?

 

[Phins1020]

Well, it gives the Dolphins a chance to be relevant in the local media. They sure as hell won't get ESPN coverage if they keep sucking, but the local media should put more attention on them if they manage to do well. If the Heat don't manage to put a good team together for next season, a lot of people will shift focus to football. I am not one of those people because I like my teams equally, good or bad, but you know the guys and girls that need to like a sports team to get attention might start dawning some Dolphins stuff if they do well.