Originally posted by themole
I will answer these questions from bottom to top.
Being better than the bottom 10 does make me feel good, not only that but proud.
We all want our team to win the superbowl, by being a Miami fan we have come to "expect" great things from this team and by god, they "the organization" have done their best to do that with the best talent they could afford.
If there was no salary cap, who do you think the dominate teams in the NFL would be? The answer of course is the most wealthy. The Dolphins are in the top 3 in this catagory also. With no Cap ramifications the dolphins could buy whatever player they deemed necessary to camp out in superbowl heaven for ever.
Remember 'dynasties"? The NFL has seen fit to level the playing field against the more successful teams by instituting salary cap. Yea..I like the product they "Dolphins"have given me and the way they have gone about it.
Concerning the "What have you done for me today?" world. I DESPISE that attitude and will spit in the face of those who push it on me! I'm an ole southern redneck country boy that was raised to a different set of values than that.
Here's where I'm the luckiest of all. I live in a small Nth Florida football oriented town that has produced two pretty good players for the NFl in John l Williams seahawks/ steelers and Jarvis Williams Dolphins/giants and a few others that didn't make such a big splash in the NFL.
The Jags are only an hour away but what NFL team do you see most represented in my town? Miami Dolphins.
I see the specialized license tags on many cars and trucks including mine. Kids and adults wearing their Dolphins jackets, not a day goes by that you don't see something Dolphins related in this town. That's "PRIDE" and team spirit it runs deep! Remember the Phins/Jags game this year? We had more fans in the stadium than the Jags! That's because Jax was a HUGE Phins town before they got the Jags.
This rambling was to answer your question about friends dissing the Dolphins for not making the playoffs :eek: That's a mighty good way to get your *** beat in these parts.
How would you like to come down and meet some of us? See what it's like to truly live in Dolphin nation.:D
December has come and gone, the Phins were 10-6, I was disappointed, American men and women are being killed in Iraq daily, football's a game, it's all about perspective. peace