Dysfunction is the word, but based on that, I am not sold that Philbin is a quality head coach anyway.
He does not command any presence at all.
DOLFAN1:
and you know philbin personally? you have spoken with him, hung out, been in football meetings with him, watched him teach and interact with players?
NO, you havnt. so how do YOU come up with this "no presence" nonsense when EVERYONE ELSE who actually knows him, has coached with him, hung out with him, interviewed him, met with him, played for him says JUST THE OPPOSITE!! that he is VERY impressive and commands a confident PRESENCE!!
what is it that you possess, not even knowing or speaking to the man, that trumps all these people in the biz who DO know him?
these are the kinds of statements that really leave me scratching my head. do you not read articles on the sports sites? listen to the sports casters on nfl.com and or espn? read the sentinel or herald? how do you guys come up with COMPLETE OPPOSITE statements like this? or, is it just blind bitterness over not landing a coach YOU wanted?
THE MARINO ISSUE: god, will you guys please let that subject go? the people who were involved and with the finz when marino retired are GONE!! what next, the finz are stupid, they let larry czonka go to canada ball. same with joe theisman. there all inept idiots!! we will win no games this year!!
dan marino was three years late retiring. i have every kind of marino collectable known to man. he is and always will be my fav dolphin and qb. the big mistake the team made was not standing up to marino and bowing to fan pressure and their wrath and not getting him to retire a couple years before. jj wanted to but caved because he was a new coach for the team and already in burn out mode.
marino had 2 offers when WANSTEDT let danny go. both were MUCH better teams than miami and a qb from the show, the vikings and pittsburgh [his home team and boyhood fav franchise who he fantasized about playing with well into his adulthood and career].
he turned BOTH down. why? because IT WAS OVER!! his leggs couldnt do it anymore. his achillies attrophied bad in his cast after his injury and surgery and it progressivly got worse up to the point he couldnt push off with that foot any longer and balls started getting picked like migrants farm workers in a strawberry field!!
but everyone wants to blame jj and wanny and the front office, the cheer leaders, george w.bush, etc....
there sin was letting him rot in front of us and end his career in embarrassment on national tv with load of int's and a 70 point woopin!! the man got a statue in front of the stadium and the FRONT SPOT on the ring of honor. his jersey retired. huge stadium party, etc...... but the thing they should have done is sucked it up and told him it was over and to not go out throwing ints all over the field. going out with dignity, expecially after the sting of no championship wins.
GET OVER THIS BITTER, UNWARRENTED MARINO THING!! he is long gone and so are ALL the people involved. these finz are NOT those finz.
