Maybe we should all chill?: Great Article on players thoughts on state of team

[phinsfan84]

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/08/17/2362312/miami-dolphins-have-first-chance.html

But as several of the team’s most respected leaders said Tuesday, an outsider’s perspective doesn’t always tell the story. The real story, they say, won’t be told for a few more weeks. For now, they are preaching patience for this work in progress.

“You hate to say this, but people have no idea what they’re talking about,” linebacker Jason Taylor said. “Fans, media, some ex-players don’t know what we’re working on or what they’re seeing.

The biggest misconception from anyone watching practice?

“That we’re sorry,” Dansby jabs back immediately. “We’re going to shock a lot of people in due time. It’s the preseason. The first game isn’t until that Monday night on Sept. 12. That’s when the [stuff] gets real. That’s when the real bullets start flying, when everything counts.”

Until then, players say, it’s dangerous to read into anything.

“It’s amazing how many times you’ll hear how somebody was out of position or Jason Taylor got slammed by Lydon Murtha in a scrimmage,” Taylor said. “No, he didn’t. I was supposed to go inside. I did my job. People can say things, but they have no idea what they’re talking about.”

Miami has not wowed its crowds at the team’s Davie facility, where practices are open to the public. Then again, that doesn’t matter to their ultimate goals.

I agree with the overall message of the article. CHILL OUT. If they come out and look terrible on MNF against the Pats then yes its time to be worried but until then give them time.

They are installing a new offense after the longest lockout in league history with new practice rules decreasing the amount if time the coaching staff has with the team. IT WILL TAKE TIME.

Do i believe that this team is a playoff contender in all honesty. . . No not unless Henne severly improves. . But its not the time to read into every play in preseason or practice. They are doing certain things to get certain players in certain situations in order to get the team ready for week one opener on MNF. Nothing else matters. So maybe just maybe we can all understand that and when all doesnt go AMZING agaisnt Carolina we can refrain from the 1500 posts about how bad the whole team is and how we are doomed in week 2 of the preaseason!?


GO FINS!!!!!!

 

[oasis]

Ohh cool, so Columbo is supposed to get beaten like a drum repeatedly!

 

[MikeO]

Its just player speak. Means nothing. What is JT supposed to say we are terrible and will lose 12 games?

 

[3rdandinches]

Fans over reacting????? No way, not here atleast! Here we have some of the coolest, level headed, well informed fans of any team in the league... just ask them, lol.

 

[DKphin]

This is like a broken record. Every year you hear how the offense is going to change. How we finally have the pieces in place, but then the season starts and you see the players do not matter because the coaching staff's philosophy and blind faith in a starting QB that should be nothing more than a career back-up, have stayed the same. Believe me, I would like nothing more than to be proven wrong and see this team succeed. But the best indication of future success is past performance and the future does not bode well for the organization.

 

[Vaark]

Well, whether I'm gonna believe the players or Omar and Mando -

hmmmm, that's a tough one to decide.

 

[finjim]

do you know how many superbowls are won and lost in the preseason?

 

[Nublar7]

They have a chip on their shoulder and that includes Sparano. I like it! I would hate to be an opposing team this season.

 

[bigchub22]

Ohh cool, so Columbo is supposed to get beaten like a drum repeatedly!

that made me laugh

 

[Bumpus]

Soooooo ... We should all hold hands and sing Kumbaya?

Fans are gonna ***** and moan. It happens.

 

[Slim]

I'm happy the players finally spoke out a little bit.

You know deep down they're all thinking 'Our fans are a bunch of whiny little you-know-what's.'

This is my underlying issue with the media. They are not subject matter experts (at least the ones in Miami anyway). Furthermore, they know nothing of our schemes or player responsibilities. As JT mentioned, on a play that looks like he got taken out, his role might have been to contain the outside, which he did. But from an outsider perspective, he got slammed. This is why i've always felt that practices shouldn't be open to the media or the public. It creates this false representation of players and coaches.

Unless you know exactly what all 22 players are supposed to be doing on a specific play - you cannot comment on whether or not a player got beat. Unless of course we're talking about a 1 on 1 situation where a pass rusher blows around the corner leaving the tackle in his tracks. The fact of the matter is, the playbook won't truly be opened up until we move inside and stop allowing outsiders to watch our practices.

 

[Calgaryfin]

Ohh cool, so Columbo is supposed to get beaten like a drum repeatedly!

ROALMAO! I would be nice to at least see Henne get pissed off once in a while rather than just stand there like he's waiting for a bus.

 

[Gonzo]

Soooooo ... We should all hold hands and sing Kumbaya?

Fans are gonna ***** and moan. It happens.

Exactly, and we have every right to after over a decade of poor performance from players and staff. They want us to stop? Give us something to be excited about instead of yet another season being led by a backup QB, overly conservative head coach, and general mediocrity.

That being said, I don't expect anything else from a player, especially on the defense which is led by a capable coach and doesn't have to worry about QB play outside of the amount of time they have to spend on the field. It takes the majority of them (minus your Randy Moss and Marshalls) a lot before they actually speak out against their coaches. It took them most of the season before they started last year.

 

[ROADRUNNER]

It's not the Defence were worried about............

 

[oasis]

I'm happy the players finally spoke out a little bit.

You know deep down they're all thinking 'Our fans are a bunch of whiny little you-know-what's.'

This is my underlying issue with the media. They are not subject matter experts (at least the ones in Miami anyway). Furthermore, they know nothing of our schemes or player responsibilities. As JT mentioned, on a play that looks like he got taken out, his role might have been to contain the outside, which he did. But from an outsider perspective, he got slammed. This is why i've always felt that practices shouldn't be open to the media or the public. It creates this false representation of players and coaches.

Unless you know exactly what all 22 players are supposed to be doing on a specific play - you cannot comment on whether or not a player got beat. Unless of course we're talking about a 1 on 1 situation where a pass rusher blows around the corner leaving the tackle in his tracks. The fact of the matter is, the playbook won't truly be opened up until we move inside and stop allowing outsiders to watch our practices.

I agree with you for the most part, especially beat writers knowingly or unknowingly misrepresenting things. I too agree that practices shouldn't be open to the public, though I'm not sure what we all would possibly talk about!

Our season hinges on this new offensive playbook and Henne's ability to execute it, and we can only hope that the weaknesses that are glaring with the O-line somehow are alleviated or minimized with the new offensive scheme. That's the bottom-line. And we won't know ANYTHING about this, "one way or the other," until week 1.