One Overlooked aspect of our team

[Alex44]

This is something not a lot of people talk about and it may be small but I love it


How close our team is to eachother, whether it be Ronnie and Ricky, Thomas and Taylor, Madison and Surtain for a while, or Crowder coming in as a rookie and being treated as one of the guys right away, and even veterans like Holliday and Traylor coming in and meshing with the other guys immediatly, everyone has eachothers back it seems no matter what happens, other than McMichael getting verbal with guys every so often you never see fights among players, and even Randy is just being a leader not a problem, If you dropped a game winning pass you would probally not show your face in some locker rooms, in our I have a feeling you would get a pat on the back and a 'its ok light it up next week' type reaction from guys, they go through good and bad together, and Id like to thank the orginization for not only putting together a great team but a respectable one as well

This may be a little pointless but its a good change from all the trades and rumors goin around

 

[Phinfan31]

This is something not a lot of people talk about and it may be small but I love it


How close our team is to eachother, whether it be Ronnie and Ricky, Thomas and Taylor, Madison and Surtain for a while, or Crowder coming in as a rookie and being treated as one of the guys right away, and even veterans like Holliday and Traylor coming in and meshing with the other guys immediatly, everyone has eachothers back it seems no matter what happens, other than McMichael getting verbal with guys every so often you never see fights among players, and even Randy is just being a leader not a problem, If you dropped a game winning pass you would probally not show your face in some locker rooms, in our I have a feeling you would get a pat on the back and a 'its ok light it up next week' type reaction from guys, they go through good and bad together, and Id like to thank the orginization for not only putting together a great team but a respectable one as well

This may be a little pointless but its a good change from all the trades and rumors goin around

True, and its all thanks to one man. He happens to be my avatar.

 

[Roman529]

That's a long sentence you have there.:wink:

 

[lvstud84]

This is something not a lot of people talk about and it may be small but I love it


How close our team is to eachother, whether it be Ronnie and Ricky, Thomas and Taylor, Madison and Surtain for a while, or Crowder coming in as a rookie and being treated as one of the guys right away, and even veterans like Holliday and Traylor coming in and meshing with the other guys immediatly, everyone has eachothers back it seems no matter what happens, other than McMichael getting verbal with guys every so often you never see fights among players, and even Randy is just being a leader not a problem, If you dropped a game winning pass you would probally not show your face in some locker rooms, in our I have a feeling you would get a pat on the back and a 'its ok light it up next week' type reaction from guys, they go through good and bad together, and Id like to thank the orginization for not only putting together a great team but a respectable one as well

This may be a little pointless but its a good change from all the trades and rumors goin around

This is very true!!! My highschool team went from goin to the state championship 4 years a row to winning 3 games my senior year. All of us hated the juniors and we were always fighting with them (me especially) :rolleyes2 . But our coaches always stressed "family" and it's so true now that I look back on it. When you are on that field, no matter if u hate each other or not, you are a family. If you are not, you will not win games. So what Miami has is a close family and I agree that is one of our strongest points! :dolphins:

 

[Nick13]

good post. i totally agree. we are THE classiest organization in football.

 

[Alex44]

That's a long sentence you have there.:wink:

Yeah I prefer Commas over periods and have some long sentances sometimes

but thats not the point

If you can play for eachother and not just yourself it increases your chances of winning, and I think we have that, a few more pieces and the puzzle may be complete

 

[SMadison29]

Which makes it all the more important not to bring T.O. down here.

True, and its all thanks to one man. He happens to be my avatar.

We've been like this for a while, not just because Saban is here.

 

[Califin]

You make a good point, particularly in the degree, it likely contributed to the teams resilient nature, to bounce back from the difficult string of midseason losses, and close with such a victorious, and unified effort.

I wouldn't necessarily credit this entirely to Saban, despite the numerous additions he made, and yet somehow managed to maintain a synchronous chemistry between his picks, and the group he inherited.
This, all in a seamless fostering of players, of whom he had little, or no previous association.

If there are others who deserve some of the credit, I'd say it was the existing core veterans of Zack, JT, Madison, Seau, Chambers, McMichael, etc. who's attitudes, and professional ethics, we've seen imprinted on previous teams, remained clearly evident on this one.

Infact at times, even Saban appeared pleasantly surprised.

 

[Killer308]

This why McMike and Chambers don't want TO in our locker room.

 

[finfan54]

This why McMike and Chambers don't want TO in our locker room.

but isnt this what they were saying about Ricky? Now he comes back and everything changed in the character department. There is a much deeper message there than just he is a great player, and that is forgiveness. It says alot about Saban and how he can change attitudes for the better.

Alot of people do not think TO can change, but you dont really know that. We all learn lessons in life.

 

[thejetssuck]

Good post, very refreshing.

 

[Killer308]

but isnt this what they were saying about Ricky? Now he comes back and everything changed in the character department. There is a much deeper message there than just he is a great player, and that is forgiveness. It says alot about Saban and how he can change attitudes for the better.

Alot of people do not think TO can change, but you dont really know that. We all learn lessons in life.

If TO can't play for 7 Million a year, then how do you expect him to play with contentuity on a team like ours. None of us thought Ricky could not be changed but we where wrong. TO gave headaches to every team he was on. He wants to be the star attention on a team. This is what will make him never change. I think Saban would never change TO, "he is what he is".
Ricky did not what to be 'star' on the team from his original role 2 years ago.
He got out before Wanny ran him into the ground like he was. I beleive he is very content being used on split time or like the last couple games when RB was hurt.

Keep Ricky, get anthor WR via draft or FA.

 

[larfo2224]

This is something not a lot of people talk about and it may be small but I love it


How close our team is to eachother, whether it be Ronnie and Ricky, Thomas and Taylor, Madison and Surtain for a while, or Crowder coming in as a rookie and being treated as one of the guys right away, and even veterans like Holliday and Traylor coming in and meshing with the other guys immediatly, everyone has eachothers back it seems no matter what happens, other than McMichael getting verbal with guys every so often you never see fights among players, and even Randy is just being a leader not a problem, If you dropped a game winning pass you would probally not show your face in some locker rooms, in our I have a feeling you would get a pat on the back and a 'its ok light it up next week' type reaction from guys, they go through good and bad together, and Id like to thank the orginization for not only putting together a great team but a respectable one as well

This may be a little pointless but its a good change from all the trades and rumors goin around

I don't think it is pointless at all. The chemistry and cohesion of a team is extremely important.

 

[LOCAL SCUM!]

True, and its all thanks to one man. He happens to be my avatar.

The Dolphins had that brotherhood unity before Saban. It just feels like with him in there, the family is more complete.

 

[dolfan4eva]

True dat. A lot of our players have emotions like girls. I always see them crying in press confrences after losses, but thats not a bad thing at least they show their emotions and care about something and each other.