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Mando's open letter to Philbin

JTC111 said:
Hernandez was a non-football situation so I don't expect much from Beli on that. Miami's issue, at least in part, took place on team facilities. Fan money supports the team; they deserve to get some information on how these issues are going to be addressed and how they're going to be prevented in the future.
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The Hernandez situation was team related also. Hernandez' behavior was a growing problem during team functions, had Belichek been more involved, rather than tell him to go hideout for while, maybe the murder could have been prevented.

Oh you are going to hear how these things are going to be prevented in the future with Dolphins. Along with every locker room in the NFL. Changes are a coming and we will all be sick of hearing about before it's all said and done.
 
tl77 said:
For starters, why they haven't fired Turner, or why they feel he deserves to stay after what the report revealed. I want to know what their thought process is regarding keeping him or firing him.
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I think you know the answer to all of your questions. And any answer Philbin gives you isn't the answer you are looking for. So like I said, does this really require a PC?
 
Damn, probably the best thing I have read on this site in a while!
 
Zounds said:
I think you know the answer to all of your questions. And any answer Philbin gives you isn't the answer you are looking for. So like I said, does this really require a PC?
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Any answer I give you, isn't the answer you're looking for ;)
 
Philbin doesn't owe anything to the media, or the fans, except for a winning football team. Hickey will be fine. He will not answer any bullygate questions in any kind of detail. he will talk about his plans for the team, and what he's looking for. He will say that he will not answer any questions regarding bullygate. he will not be thrown under the bus. Armando is still an idiot.
 
:lol: at the idea that Joe will tackle questions about this head on. The dude won't even provide answers to questions that are publicly available on the injury report. It's a pipe dream to expect he's going to come out and 'come clean' on stuff with serious legal ramifications for the team.
 
Corkie said:
From today's Miami Herald...Mando makes some valid points...Enjoy!!


An open letter to Dolphins coach Joe Philbin ...

Armando Salguero
The Miami Herald columnist
3511 NW 91st Ave.
Doral, FL., 33172

Joe Philbin
Miami Dolphins head coach
7500 SW 30th Street
Davie, FL., 33314


Dear coach Philbin,
It's been a while since I've heard from you. Actually, it's been a while since Dolphins fans have seen you or heard from you. We last talked the day after the 2013 season abruptly ended without a playoff berth. You briefly attended new general manager Dennis Hickey's introductory press conference -- but only long enough to hear his and owner Stephen Ross's opening comments. You left as soon as the question and answer period began.
And I get it. You don't like the media much. You probably wish that part of your job would disappear just like you wish the words "bullying" and "harassment" would disappear from Dolphins lexicon. I also understand you think your responsibility to the media and to speak with your fans through the media ended the moment your 10-minute NFL mandated season-ending press conference ended. That is why in the last six weeks you have not uttered a word in public even though you fired your offensive coordinator, you hired a new offensive coordinator, you were involved in a very public and very ugly disagreement with former GM Jeff Ireland and, in the past week, the Ted Wells report was released.
In handling your harassment scandal midway through the season, you did your NFL mandated daily press conferences and you answered some questions about the scandal. But rather than tell your side completely and defend your organization's honor, you often took the easy way out. You often said you could not answer pointed questions about the scandal or give a full accounting or explanation of the situation because the NFL asked you to wait until after the report was released to address the matter. And you often implied while dodging those long-ago questions that you would circle back around to them and give your fans your accounting for what blew up your and your team's reputation when the Wells report was thankfully, finally released.
That report dropped early last Friday. It has been five days and you haven't said a word about the report.
And what's more, as of this writing, you have no plans to say a word about the report. No press conference and definitely no question and answer session are planned or are on the horizon. You haven't even released a statement. Your next planned availability is at the NFL Annual meeting the last week in March. (Yeah, I'm sure you'll be eager to answer the tough questions fans and the media are asking now four weeks from now.)
Any other year and under any other circumstance, your retreat into the offseason bunker would be fine. It insulates you. It gives you a break from bothersome, meddlesome sportswriters like me. I get it.
But here's your problem, coach: This isn't any other year.
This year you helped author a disaster. No, I'm not talking about the on-field collapse the final two games of the season. I'm not talking about your desire to keep offensive coordinator and friend Mike Sherman when the entire rest of the planet understood he had to go. I'm not even talking about your failed relationship with Jeff Ireland and curious business relationship with executive vice president of football administration Dawn Aponte.
I'm talking about your harassment scandal and all the issues that scandal has given birth to.
The scandal has presented you with problems about what to do with an offensive line coach who apparently lied to you. It has created a delicate situation with some players who may never again play for you and some that almost definitely will remain on your roster and in your locker room.
And that scandal, coach Philbin, has brought you a public relations nightmare the likes of which began last October but is not nearly close to being over.
One of the reasons that nightmare isn't close to ending is because you, in your infinite lack of P.R. wisdom, might soon make it worse. You see, here it is Wednesday and as I already mentioned, you currently have no plans to discuss the Wells report in the near future. Your problem is that Thursday at 2:15 p.m. Hickey will step to the podium at the Indianapolis Combine and address not only the South Florida media, but the national media.
And what do you think they're going to ask him about?
Yes, the Wells report.
So unless something changes today or early Thursday, that will make Hickey the first Dolphins employee who will be asked about the harassment scandal because, well, he's agreed to step in front of the microphones and cameras and note pads and reporters.
But there's a significant problem with that, coach Philbin: Dennis Hickey had nothing to do with the harassment scandal. He was hired three weeks ago.
So someone who had zero to do with turning the gas on this fire is going to be the first to be roasted in front of the media? And the national media, no less? Someone who has less idea than you what happened in that Dolphins locker room between players is the guy this organization -- you -- are pushing forward to answer for it?
And meanwhile, you, coach Philbin, stay out of sight and out of reach? In the bunker?
Is that really the way you want to play this? Is that illustrative of your sense of fair play and what is right?
I hope not. I hope that before 2:15 on Thursday, you decide to do the right thing, the decent thing, and make yourself available to answer the questions you so artfully dodged in October and November.
Here we are three months later so I hope you have a well rehearsed explanation for how you didn't see players re-enacting sex acts during practices that you ran. I hope you have a good explanation for why Jim Turner, the offensive line coach you hired, isn't yet the former offensive line coach you fired. I hope you have a good explanation for why you never had an in-depth conversation with Jonathan Martin about his pondering suicide anytime after May 2013 when you assistant coach reported to you that's what he was dealing with. I hope you can explain why red flags didn't go up for you the day before Martin finally went AWOL when he blew off morning weight lifting and then showed up late and drunk to the practice facility. I hope you have an explanation for how it is you let Richie Incognito become a team leader in 2013 when you knew he had assaulted a female volunteer at a club golf function in 2012.
Those are questions I'm hoping you can answer directly, sincerely. Those are questions fans deserve the answer to.
Much has been made by your boss, club owner Stephen Ross, about the budding great relationship you and Hickey already share. Indeed, Hickey has fully bought into you as well -- telling anyone who'll listen how much he respects your abilities and your professionalism.
But I wonder if that's going to be the same way he thinks after Thursday if he's pushed forward as the proverbial sacrificial lamb to answer questions he has no business being asked while you, the man who headed the Dolphins throughout the scandal, opts to stay in the shadows.
Don't let him take that bullet for you, coach. Don't ruin a good thing so quickly. Don't take the easy way out. Don't fail the accountability test.
Do the right thing for the sake of your new GM and the sake of the organization you represent. Avoid another black eye. Do the right thing.


Respectfully,

Armando
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And this is why I pat myself on the back all the time. People around here don't like when I do it but someone once said "the truth shall set you free". I had this HC sniffed out before he got here. He is a very low character person. Armando is living in fantasy land if he thinks for one second, that man is going to address this. This HC is now willing to let Dennis Hickey take the bullet for something the GM has nothing to do with. Did any of you see Hickey's press conference a couple of weeks ago? Does he look like someone who is very comfortable in front of microphones and cameras? If Hickey comes off looking flustered and nervous when these questions come up (and who could blame him), how is it going to make this organization look? As if it doesn't look bad enough. You can all criticize me for getting on this Head Coach every chance I get. But he continues to prove me right every chance HE gets. If he causes Dennis Hickey any embarrassment, Hickey is going to hate him just like Jeff Ireland and yours truly.
 
The NFL hasn't even given their official response to the Ted Wells report. Until they do and decide on any "punishments", Philbin shouldn't be holding press conferences with the media. In fact, I am a little surprised that they are going to allow the media to talk to Hickey about this. Though I am sure Hickey will smartly deflect any questions about "bullygate" until after the NFL and Dolphins make their official response to it.

It would be dumb for Philbin to get up in front of the media and cameras and talk about something that hasn't concluded yet. The Wells report isn't the end, the NFL must act before it can be over.
 
phinking said:
And this is why I pat myself on the back all the time. People around here don't like when I do it but someone once said "the truth shall set you free". I had this HC sniffed out before he got here. He is a very low character person. Armando is living in fantasy land if he thinks for one second, that man is going to address this. This HC is now willing to let Dennis Hickey take the bullet for something the GM has nothing to do with. Did any of you see Hickey's press conference a couple of weeks ago? Does he look like someone who is very comfortable in front of microphones and cameras? If Hickey comes off looking flustered and nervous when these questions come up (and who could blame him), how is it going to make this organization look? As if it doesn't look bad enough. You can all criticize me for getting on this Head Coach every chance I get. But he continues to prove me right every chance HE gets. If he causes Dennis Hickey any embarrassment, Hickey is going to hate him just like Jeff Ireland and yours truly.
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Nublar7 said:
The NFL hasn't even given their official response to the Ted Wells report. Until they do and decide on any "punishments", Philbin shouldn't be holding press conferences with the media. In fact, I am a little surprised that they are going to allow the media to talk to Hickey about this. Though I am sure Hickey will smartly deflect any questions about "bullygate" until after the NFL and Dolphins make their official response to it.

It would be dumb for Philbin to get up in front of the media and cameras and talk about something that hasn't concluded yet. The Wells report isn't the end, the NFL must act before it can be over.
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The NFL will make a statement most likely, but the NFL will not take any action. I promise you that. Stephen Ross was very "slick". When the scandal broke back in November he went running to the NFL to investigate. If the NFL were to punish the Dolphins in any way, Ross would cry foul. He would say it is not fair for the NFL to punish a franchise who came to them for help with a major problem. It's almost like a drug addict who goes to his employer to seek help. the employer cannot just fire him unless he continues to use drugs.
 
It would be completely STUPID for philbin to speak on the Wells report at this time, It would be STUPID for the Dolphins to fire Turner for any other reason than his performance at this time simmply becasue the NFL has yet to make a ruling. Until than this is an active matter and no comment is to be made. As for Turner the only thing that got him in trouble is the reported matter with Player A. Which Player A has stated was not an issue and was a matter of comedy by the players. So what is he in troublt for? people keep saying Martin was afraid or he was acting with the group similar to the battered woman syndrome. Incog should have known. NEWS FLASH incog is not a doctor. he is a test filled meathead and from what he saw was a guy he was fooling around with (appropriate .....NO) that joined in with him. A friend that he was trying to prepare to play the game much like he does. He had no idea that Martin was crying in bathrooms behind his back. had Martin simply said enough is a enough there would not be a Wells report. this would have eneded maybe even by a lockweroom fight that we would have never heard about!

Some of you guys that have never been in a highschool/college/NFL lockerroom will NEVER get it. Wells don't get it and never will. He was the WRONG person to do the investighation and make comclusions. I think it was Hyden that says it should have been a panel and I agree. the football lockeroom is not reality folks. it is behavior that goes on in there that is just down right wrong. I know I been there. I can tell you stories that you would not believe. But this is the culture of the locker room, and players LOVE IT! I HATE Martin as a player and he will NEVER play football at ANY level simply becasue he broke the main rule. Never throw your team under the bus. All he had to do was say something to Incog and NONE of this would have heppened. This is not the 1st time any of this has ever happened. Guys walk away from this game every day. There is lockeroom fights every day. Martin just opened the box. Now national meadia is involved and the NFL now has to respond.

Sorry back to the topic. Philbin has nothing to say. Even after the NFL makes it's ruling I don't think you will see Philbin. Do you recall seeing Belicheck speak after spygate???? NO. why would he. to explain why he used an HD camera over a SD camera. I mean lets get for real.
 
Where is the crime scene?

Philbin doesn't have top say anything. Armando is catering to the clueless like he normally does.

There was an ethics presentation that dealt with bullying, phone numbers and contact names were given to the players.

Martin did not call ANYONE within the Dolphins organization or report to ANYONE within the Dolphins organization anything about bullying.

He is not 5 years old. If there were legitimate issues he would have called the number or spoken to a Dolphins employee. PERIOD.

It's not as if there were no measures in place. No changes are needed within the Dophins org other than the obvious.

Don't draft players with existing mental issues who feel they are above the rules and merit special treatment.
 
Mando is still a idiot.

Doesn't take a PR genius to see the Dolphins are playing this smart and laying low until they need to address the situation. They will most likely wait to hear what the NFL has to say and any punishment that is handed down.

What do people want Phiblin to do? Stand infront of the camera and press and say what? Yes, all this stuff happened and I had no idea. Does that make me clueless or blameless?

Get a grip people. Wait until the story blows over, then you make a statement so it ends up on Page 6 of the sports section or a 15 seconds clip on ESPN instead of becoming the days hot topic for everyone to discuss.
 
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