Patience, my fellow Phins fans...Patience

[endorPHINS72]

Patience, my fellow Phins fans...Patience

Trust me, I want to win all sixteen games this year. I want to have a game where we don't commit a single penalty or turnover. It will happen this year...mark my words. We just need time.

With every new coaching regime, there is a period of adjustment. We're only four games into the Nick Saban era and we're 2-2. I think some of you have forgotten who the coach was before Nick. We had Wanny, the most incompetent coach in NFL history...period. That turd was here for five years and some of you want perfection after only four games??? Saban is a very good coach, but not a miracle worker.

Nick Saban has brought in a whole new, complex defense (that Zach Thomas still isn't completely comfortable with) as well as Scott Linehan's new offense. There are still holes to be filled on this team that one offseason couldn't fix (thank your good friends Wanny and Spielman for their brilliant drafting and free agent signings).

Here's an analogy for you...say you took a new job where your predacessor was an incompetent buffoon. You were left with a crew of a few good workers, but mainly lazy and untalented employees. Your company didn't have the finances to hire the caliber employees you need to make your business run. So what do you do? You hire the best managers and supervisors available to help bring along and train the employees you have. Some will respond to that training and others will not. It takes time to evaluate the personnel you have there. In comparing the fast paced business world to the "slower" waiting period of the NFL (i.e. the draft, free agency, etc.)., can you be fairly and completely judged after four weeks in the business world (which I would believe to be the equivelant time in the NFL)???

Nick Saban is a great coach and he will make some mistakes along the way. But I stand firmly behind him as the best coach we could have hired and I am damned proud to say he is our coach.

GO SABAN AND GO DOLPHINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[N-A]

Thank You!

Relax, people. If we make the playoffs it's time for celebration. If we're in the hunt, it's time for celebration. If Ronnie runs for 1000, it's time for celebration. We have a nice, healthy team and 12 more games. Shut. The. ****. Up.

 

[Deus Ex Dolphin]

I've expected a Dolphin team that would be around .500 at the middle of the season, and with a winning record in the second half, maybe 10-6? A team that improves as the seasons goes along.

It sucks to see games like the Bills loss and know a couple penalities or one less turnover quite probably means a "W".

Saban needs more time to get this house in order, and maybe another draft and FA signing period to make the Dolphins a playoff team. I'm hoping they manage to get in this year --it's been too long.

At least I see a team improving, instead of getting worse year-after-year under the "leadership" of Wanny and his staff. :shakeno:

 

[The Bopkin]

One of the worst things that could have happened was for us to have spanked the Broncos like we did opening day. It immediately sent expectations through the roof. So, when we come back down to earth (hard) like we did on Sunday, everyone wigs out. I thought an improvement to 8-8 this year would be great, and we're on pace to do that. I think the most discouraging thing is the penalties. It really taints things. But they will get better. I think the jump in the improvement from this year to next year will be tremendous. We just have to endure this year (for various obvious reasons) and enjoy each win as it comes.

 

[SSnowman]

Good post. I really think and hope that the penalties will be a little improved this week. It was a tough loss for the team and they know as well as we do that they need to work on those things.

 

[fishfan34]

One of the worst things that could have happened was for us to have spanked the Broncos like we did opening day. It immediately sent expectations through the roof. So, when we come back down to earth (hard) like we did on Sunday, everyone wigs out. I thought an improvement to 8-8 this year would be great, and we're on pace to do that. I think the most discouraging thing is the penalties. It really taints things. But they will get better. I think the jump in the improvement from this year to next year will be tremendous. We just have to endure this year (for various obvious reasons) and enjoy each win as it comes.[/QUOTE/]
Amen Bopkin. You hit it perfectly. I think even after the Denver and Carolina win's those who realistically knew we would have growing pains had their level of expectations raised dramatically. Look, one bad game does not a season make, and we will probably have another or two before the season is over. But there IS improvement out there for the most part. We will get the penalties in order i'm sure and we may or may not be fighting for a playoff spot this year, however, we are going to have the aforementioned growing pains now and then and as fans we must stick behind this team and give them our 100% support. That is NOT to say we can't critisize and judge when we're unhappy, but, let's not lose sight of reality that we are no where close to having all the pieces in place for us to be CONSISTENTLY that team that beat Carolina and Denver... It will come Dolphins fans.. be patient!

 

[BlueFin]

Patience, my fellow Phins fans...Patience

Trust me, I want to win all sixteen games this year. I want to have a game where we don't commit a single penalty or turnover. It will happen this year...mark my words. We just need time.

With every new coaching regime, there is a period of adjustment. We're only four games into the Nick Saban era and we're 2-2. I think some of you have forgotten who the coach was before Nick. We had Wanny, the most incompetent coach in NFL history...period. That turd was here for five years and some of you want perfection after only four games??? Saban is a very good coach, but not a miracle worker.

Nick Saban has brought in a whole new, complex defense (that Zach Thomas still isn't completely comfortable with) as well as Scott Linehan's new offense. There are still holes to be filled on this team that one offseason couldn't fix (thank your good friends Wanny and Spielman for their brilliant drafting and free agent signings).

Here's an analogy for you...say you took a new job where your predacessor was an incompetent buffoon. You were left with a crew of a few good workers, but mainly lazy and untalented employees. Your company didn't have the finances to hire the caliber employees you need to make your business run. So what do you do? You hire the best managers and supervisors available to help bring along and train the employees you have. Some will respond to that training and others will not. It takes time to evaluate the personnel you have there. In comparing the fast paced business world to the "slower" waiting period of the NFL (i.e. the draft, free agency, etc.)., can you be fairly and completely judged after four weeks in the business world (which I would believe to be the equivelant time in the NFL)???

Nick Saban is a great coach and he will make some mistakes along the way. But I stand firmly behind him as the best coach we could have hired and I am damned proud to say he is our coach.

GO SABAN AND GO DOLPHINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good post, I get a little tired of some of the over-reacting fans on this board, I fully expected with all the changes in personnel, coaching and scheme that we would be a an up and down team, with good perfromances and bad ones and lacking consistency most if not all of the year.

The truth is, we still lack some pieces to the final puzzle, the Quarterback comes to mind quickly, so sit back and enjoy the ride of building this team into a champion.....because that is where we are heading.

 

[finfan54]

I have plenty of patience. And I do think we are on the right track for sure. The adjusting at half time is the most refreshing thing to see. The penalties are the only thing killing us really. I mean, I feel if Gus makes a mistake or Ronnie fumbles the ball, that we can overcome those things. We cannot overcome 18 penalties although we came close.

BTW, those who are waiting to jump on Gus do so out of an idiotic sense of what is really happening. I think there are those who would like to make changes now that make no sense at all. They just want to ***** all day long at one person cus they dont like them. They cant give any credit when it is due but so quick to point out faults. That to me is the reason why it seems like there is no patience, but I think most people see reality.

 

[finfan54]

One of the worst things that could have happened was for us to have spanked the Broncos like we did opening day. It immediately sent expectations through the roof. So, when we come back down to earth (hard) like we did on Sunday, everyone wigs out. I thought an improvement to 8-8 this year would be great, and we're on pace to do that. I think the most discouraging thing is the penalties. It really taints things. But they will get better. I think the jump in the improvement from this year to next year will be tremendous. We just have to endure this year (for various obvious reasons) and enjoy each win as it comes.[/QUOTE/]
Amen Bopkin. You hit it perfectly. I think even after the Denver and Carolina win's those who realistically knew we would have growing pains had their level of expectations raised dramatically. Look, one bad game does not a season make, and we will probably have another or two before the season is over. But there IS improvement out there for the most part. We will get the penalties in order i'm sure and we may or may not be fighting for a playoff spot this year, however, we are going to have the aforementioned growing pains now and then and as fans we must stick behind this team and give them our 100% support. That is NOT to say we can't critisize and judge when we're unhappy, but, let's not lose sight of reality that we are no where close to having all the pieces in place for us to be CONSISTENTLY that team that beat Carolina and Denver... It will come Dolphins fans.. be patient!

I disagree. The players were not overreacting to the win. JT pointed out very nicely that it is only one game and we have the Jets next, so I do not see it as you do. I see it as they wanted to win and made the plays necessary. They need to have that winning feeling and now we need to have the feeling like we can bounce back. I think that is the process we are going through. Fight to the end.

 

[finfan54]

I've expected a Dolphin team that would be around .500 at the middle of the season, and with a winning record in the second half, maybe 10-6? A team that improves as the seasons goes along.

It sucks to see games like the Bills loss and know a couple penalities or one less turnover quite probably means a "W".

Saban needs more time to get this house in order, and maybe another draft and FA signing period to make the Dolphins a playoff team. I'm hoping they manage to get in this year --it's been too long.

At least I see a team improving, instead of getting worse year-after-year under the "leadership" of Wanny and his staff. :shakeno:

That is what I expect. 8-8. Although we have the opportunity to really make some noise in the second half of the season. If we had beaten the Bills, I would say 10-6, but the weakness is not something that will be gone by the next few weeks.

 

[Whitedolphin54]

We are not far off being a very good team. Even allowing for the TO and penalties i think we should still come at least 2nd in the division. To me it looks like the bills are on the downward slope and the jets will miss Pennington. Yeah sure i'm upset over the two road games, but i aint going to overreact and say he is crap or he shouldn't be playing, or get rid of Boston etc. Its time to get behind the team and support them in there hour of need, not slag them off.

 

[BlueFin]

I have plenty of patience. And I do think we are on the right track for sure. The adjusting at half time is the most refreshing thing to see. The penalties are the only thing killing us really. I mean, I feel if Gus makes a mistake or Ronnie fumbles the ball, that we can overcome those things. We cannot overcome 18 penalties although we came close.

BTW, those who are waiting to jump on Gus do so out of an idiotic sense of what is really happening. I think there are those who would like to make changes now that make no sense at all. They just want to ***** all day long at one person cus they dont like them. They cant give any credit when it is due but so quick to point out faults. That to me is the reason why it seems like there is no patience, but I think most people see reality.

I'm not jumping on Gus, He's what we have right now and I support him, but he's not the long term answer here at quarterback or the one I think that will lead this team to the promise land IMO.

 

[lazareth]

Patience, my fellow Phins fans...Patience

Trust me, I want to win all sixteen games this year. I want to have a game where we don't commit a single penalty or turnover. It will happen this year...mark my words. We just need time.

With every new coaching regime, there is a period of adjustment. We're only four games into the Nick Saban era and we're 2-2. I think some of you have forgotten who the coach was before Nick. We had Wanny, the most incompetent coach in NFL history...period. That turd was here for five years and some of you want perfection after only four games??? Saban is a very good coach, but not a miracle worker.

Nick Saban has brought in a whole new, complex defense (that Zach Thomas still isn't completely comfortable with) as well as Scott Linehan's new offense. There are still holes to be filled on this team that one offseason couldn't fix (thank your good friends Wanny and Spielman for their brilliant drafting and free agent signings).

Here's an analogy for you...say you took a new job where your predacessor was an incompetent buffoon. You were left with a crew of a few good workers, but mainly lazy and untalented employees. Your company didn't have the finances to hire the caliber employees you need to make your business run. So what do you do? You hire the best managers and supervisors available to help bring along and train the employees you have. Some will respond to that training and others will not. It takes time to evaluate the personnel you have there. In comparing the fast paced business world to the "slower" waiting period of the NFL (i.e. the draft, free agency, etc.)., can you be fairly and completely judged after four weeks in the business world (which I would believe to be the equivelant time in the NFL)???

Nick Saban is a great coach and he will make some mistakes along the way. But I stand firmly behind him as the best coach we could have hired and I am damned proud to say he is our coach.

GO SABAN AND GO DOLPHINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:yeahthat:

 

[retired opfinistic]

One of the worst things that could have happened was for us to have spanked the Broncos like we did opening day. It immediately sent expectations through the roof. So, when we come back down to earth (hard) like we did on Sunday, everyone wigs out. I thought an improvement to 8-8 this year would be great, and we're on pace to do that. I think the most discouraging thing is the penalties. It really taints things. But they will get better. I think the jump in the improvement from this year to next year will be tremendous. We just have to endure this year (for various obvious reasons) and enjoy each win as it comes.

I couldn't agree more. That Bronco win iimmediately put visions of Super Bowls in a lot of fans heads. 2-2 is okay, I can live with a .500 season. This year. Under the old regime we would have lost both the Bronco and Panthers games, so everyone...take a deep breath...we are not there yet, but we are light years closer!

 

[DolfanTom]

True. Now that I've had a day and a half to relax after Sunday's mess, the road ahead looks good, at least potentially. The fact is, we could be 4-0 if it wasn't for shooting ourselves in the foot. If we start to play smart, we could be as tough as a 4-0 team the rest of the way. The next three games look winnable, when a few weeks ago, the next two (at least) looked really tough.

Trust Saban. He'll get it done! You think these penalties are driving us crazy? Imagine how it's affecting him!