Poll: If Tua leaves you will.... | FinHeaven - Miami Dolphins Forums

Poll: If Tua leaves you will....

What will your reaction be if we made this trade?

  • Sticking with the Dolphins and no one else

    Votes: 104 30.1%

  • Following Tua and leaving the Dolphins and Watson

    Votes: 28 8.1%

  • Try becoming a fan of Tuas next team & the Dolphins

    Votes: 21 6.1%

  • Rooting for Tua from a afar but still being only a Dolphin Fan

    Votes: 125 36.2%

  • Undecided/Too many "what if's at this time"

    Votes: 22 6.4%

  • Might follow Tua, depending on what team he goes to

    Votes: 7 2.0%

  • Quit being a fan of the Dolphins just due to Watsons arrival/ Wont be a fan of any one team anymore

    Votes: 38 11.0%
  • Total voters
    345
MrChadRico

MrChadRico

Super Donator
Club Member
Joined
Aug 18, 2018
Messages
10,489
Reaction score
24,064
Age
40
Location
Kansas
Some of you may have saw.... as embarrassing this is to bring up again, I got catfished on Twitter today by a fake Adam Schefter account saying Watson was traded to the Dolphins.

It made me have a rush of emotions; Sad for Tua, Worry for Watsons availability, Worry that Watsons time away will affect his play in the future, The ethics of rooting for someone like Watson or Vick or Roethlisberger, you know the "creepy QBs" in the league, who I've always despised....

And it then made me seriously consider following Tua to the next team for a brief moment. Before I go further, I must preface that im a 30+ year fan of the Dolphins and have no fondness of Saban or Alabama. So I figured this is a valid poll, because honestly I still have no idea what I'd do if we did this trade. Part of it depends on what team Tua would end up on, I have a handful of teams I could never root for and a couple ive always kinda liked from a distance.
 
If we keep tua, i hope he materialzes into something better than a “game manager” because lord knows we need it.

If we trade him away, i will wish him the best elsewhere. But by no means would i ever follow a “player” to another team. Wth is that about? Weird.
 
Maybe Memories said:
If we keep tua, i hope he materialzes into something better than a “game manager” because lord knows we need it.

If we trade him away, i will wish him the best elsewhere. But by no means would i ever follow a “player” to another team. Wth is that about? Weird.
Click to expand...
For me personally I wouldn't even consider leaving if we got someone other than Watson to replace Tua.

I just don't know if I can root for Watson.
 
Wtf, you guys are nuts man, I’ll never stop being a Dolphins fan. Specially not over a player that’s been on the team for like a year and a half. Even when Marino flirted with the Vikings, I would have rooted for him but never against my team.

I moved from SoFlo a while back and now live in SoCal and suddenly surrounded by two good teams. I hoped we drafted Herbert but would never swap teams just because I’m upset that my team didn’t, and that would be easy since he plays minutes away on a good team.
 
Well, this is easy! I can't imagine being a fan of any other team; it's just not in my DNA. Dolphins forever! By Dolphins, I mean the team, not any individual player or coach. In the good old days there were many players (and Shula) to be proud of, as the team was full of them. As the years went by however, the number of great players kept dwindling (along with the number of playoff appearances). I always want what is best for the team, and if that means hoping they lose so that they'll get rid of a terrible Head Coach, then so be it. I will NEVER be the type of fan that shows unwavering support to everyone in a Dolphins uniform, because if I think someone is a POS or bad for the overall success of the team then I want them gone.

I suffered through 3 1/2 seasons of Philbin waiting for him to be fired, only to see him replaced with Gase! Sure, I like to see the team win, but if losing is a means to an end, then I'm okay with that. This current regime had a bright future with a ton of draft picks, but they've proven themselves to be losers just like the previous two regimes. Grier and Flores had enough high draft picks to really make a difference, but in year #3 after terrible drafting and coaching personnel decisions they're worse than when they started! So, it's right back to keep losing so Ross can fire these morons.

As for Watson, I never cared for him; not before the accusations, and not now. I'd rather keep Tua and rebuild (again). But, should Ross let Grier/Flores get Watson and trade Tua, I'll still be a Dolphins fan. However, I'll be watching and waiting for Watson to get creamed behind this o-line and get knocked out of football. Then, the loss of Watson and all of the draft capital used to get him would (hopefully) guarantee the firing of Grier and Flores.
 
Yeah if you are willing to jump ship because of any player, no matter how much you love him, well it's not something I could even contemplate. However if Watson were the replacement, that's a real moral dilemma because this is a sexual predator we are taking about, not someone I can comfortably get behind, no matter what success we had it would be tarnished.
 
I'd probably be done with football for a while... And its not about Tua, its about me wasting time for an organization that hasnt had a clue for more than 20 years... The decision to part ways with a QB after giving 12 games on a **** team coached by **** coaches would be the last straw.
 
Kev7 said:
You “fans” need to check yourself if your fandom is predicated on one player being here or not. You are a dolphins fan or you aren’t.
Click to expand...
Dolphins fan? Yes.

Fan of a serial sexual predator while having a daughter? Not so much.

Back to the question at hand. I honestly don't know. I'm a fan of Tua but it has more to do with how the cases against Watson turns out than the players themselves. Which is why if I'm Ross, there's no way I let this trade go through without knowing exactly how the NFL is going to rule in all of this. And that outcome is far from being determined.
 
mnphinfan said:
Dolphins fan? Yes.

Fan of a serial sexual predator while having a daughter? Not so much.

Back to the question at hand. I honestly don't know. I'm a fan of Tua but it has more to do with how the cases against Watson turns out than the players themselves. Which is why if I'm Ross, there's no way I let this trade go through without knowing exactly how the NFL is going to rule in all of this. And that outcome is far from being determined.
Click to expand...
On the bright side, if the Fins trade Tua, I'll be able to go after the elusive 55+ on sundays too.
 
I will continue to root for Tua, like I do with most college prospects that I fall for (and just players that I like in general).... But I will always, without a shadow of a doubt, 100% be committed to being a Dolphins fan only.

If we trade him, if/when he starts against us, I will cheer for him when he comes out of the tunnel and turn against him the second the game kicks off.
 
I watched my first Dolphins game when I was 5 on Christmas Day 1971. Miami will always be my team. I'd hate to see Tua go and I'd root for him no matter where goes. I like the kid and I hope he stays. But, there's not one player that's bigger than the Dolphins themselves and if Watson comes here, then I'd support him and would hope that he's finally the guy.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom