Marshall trade has Philbin's name written all over it

[fatkirstyalley]

How about players who are high in Fiber?

 

[PBay Fin Fan]

You are probably right. I do wish he could have tried to bring Marshall around though, a good leader can change attitudes.

 

[WVDolphan]

Marshall trade had dumb thug written all over it.

 

[NCFINFAN13]

Philbin probably had a "clean slate" speech and Marshall crossed it. As I recall the last time BM got in trouble he was given the "one more and you're gone" chat, so .... that's just the way things played out.

 

[Shabam88]

While watching Coach Philbin's introductory presser from a couple of months ago, there was one key phrase that seemed to echo throughout. In Jeff Ireland's opening statement, he describes Philbin by saying, "He's a leader, a man with high character one that embodies a spirit of a winner." Later on, Philbin addresses the question on what exactly it will take for this team to succeed: "we must acquire excellent football players who are men of high character that possess an insatiable will to succeed." And then he shares his views on what it will take to bring the Lombardi trophy back to Miami: "we have to get excellent football players, high character individuals, and men that have a strong, strong will to succeed. That's the plan."

I'm sure by now you've noticed the underlying theme here. I'm sure you figured out the kind of man that Coach Philbin is and what he believes he must surround himself with in order to succeed. And that is acquiring men of high character. Brandon Marshall obviously doesn't fit that bill and I believe this latest nightclub incident is the straw that broke the camel's back.

Make sure to continue to pay close attention to the personnel moves in free agency and the draft. Philbin is trying to start from a clean slate, molding the team in his own high character image. Marshall was the first, and most likely the biggest casualty in Philbin's crusade for players of the utmost character. Hopefully, the high character individuals trump the highly talented.

Newsflash: Watch any presser of a new coach, ever. "High character individuals" is a term used by all of them. Does Belicheck ONLY have a team of high character individuals? Absolutely NOT! Yet he seems to do just fine.....but for some reason we can't handle Marshall's personality?