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I wasnt surprised to read that Saban named the McMichael penalty in the forefront of the 18 penalties we committed this past weekend against the Bills. As a coach myself, seeing that kind of penalty in that situation just rubbed me wrong. That particular penalty couldnt have came at a worse time IMO. Apparently Saban agrees.
Here was what Saban had to say in the Sun Sentinal....

Three days after the Dolphins had a franchise-high 18 penalties in their loss to the Bills, coach Nick Saban was still fuming, particularly about a couple of "self-indulgent" infractions.

Without naming players, Saban was clearly referring to tight end Randy McMichael's taunting penalty in the fourth quarter and backup center Alonzo Ephraim's unnecessary roughness foul in the first quarter. Both penalties led to excellent field position for the Bills and resulted in 10 points.

"The best way to disrespect somebody is to just walk away from them," Saban said. "But that is the show business part of what we have to deal with, and to me it's wrong. It's a bad example for young people to see and it's not the kind of character and attitude that we want our players to represent this organization in, our owner, the Miami Dolphins ... or the people on the team who all have to suffer because of that."

I especially feel him when he says:
"But that is the show business part of what we have to deal with, and to me it's wrong. It's a bad example for young people to see and it's not the kind of character and attitude that we want our players to represent this organization in, our owner, the Miami Dolphins ... or the people on the team who all have to suffer because of that"...

Well said coach Saban. Kudos for establishing a clear standard for what is expected on your team. We are moving in the right direction.
 
DOLFANMIKE said:
I wasnt surprised to read that Saban named the McMichael penalty in the forefront of the 18 penalties we committed this past weekend against the Bills. As a coach myself, seeing that kind of penalty in that situation just rubbed me wrong. That particular penalty couldnt have came at a worse time IMO. Apparently Saban agrees.
Here was what Saban had to say in the Sun Sentinal....

Three days after the Dolphins had a franchise-high 18 penalties in their loss to the Bills, coach Nick Saban was still fuming, particularly about a couple of "self-indulgent" infractions.

Without naming players, Saban was clearly referring to tight end Randy McMichael's taunting penalty in the fourth quarter and backup center Alonzo Ephraim's unnecessary roughness foul in the first quarter. Both penalties led to excellent field position for the Bills and resulted in 10 points.

"The best way to disrespect somebody is to just walk away from them," Saban said. "But that is the show business part of what we have to deal with, and to me it's wrong. It's a bad example for young people to see and it's not the kind of character and attitude that we want our players to represent this organization in, our owner, the Miami Dolphins ... or the people on the team who all have to suffer because of that."

I especially feel him when he says:
"But that is the show business part of what we have to deal with, and to me it's wrong. It's a bad example for young people to see and it's not the kind of character and attitude that we want our players to represent this organization in, our owner, the Miami Dolphins ... or the people on the team who all have to suffer because of that"...

Well said coach Saban. Kudos for establishing a clear standard for what is expected on your team. We are moving in the right direction.
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Amen.

There are parts of this man's character that I truly love; others I have to shake my head at.

But overall, he seems to be someone with his head on straight, who's willing to take on the tough issues head-on and not flinch. What we called back in the day "a stand-up guy."
 
I can't see Saban putting up with too many more of these penalty ridden games. I wouldnt be shocked to see a pretty big name player released or permantly benched this season, certainly in the offseason someone will go that we dont expect if this keeps up.
 
I been complaining about these idiotic penalties for a while now. I hope with the new gassers rule they stop these dumb penalties.
 
I agree that McMichael penalty was uncalled for, but I chalk that up to frustration on Randy's part.(I don't condone it mind you) But that penalty by Alonzo Ephraim was so stupid....the guy was overreacting and just making an a$$ of himself, I wanted to punch him alongside his head. How dumb was that,
 
Pocoloco said:
wow.. go Nick! Set em straight!
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Its clear to me that Saban is teaching them there is a big difference between passion and emotion when on the field.

Many experts claim football is a game of raw emotion. However, from listening to him, I think Saban is narrowing that down to strickly a game of passion.

Passion = focused attention to detail

Emotion = uncontrolled rage or elation

A focused approach lets you stay on task, stay on goal, stay on plan....remove uncontrolled emotion and narrow it down to passion for excellance.

Love this approach.
 
How about a team rule, you score, you hand the ball to the referee. i as a fan am happy with the TD, i could care less about the player drawing attention to himself with a stupid dance or act.............
 
Phantom said:
How about a team rule, you score, you hand the ball to the referee. i as a fan am happy with the TD, i could care less about the player drawing attention to himself with a stupid dance or act.............
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Welcome to the world of Walter Payton and Barry Sanders......"ACT LIKE YOU EXPECTED TO BE THERE".

I would love to see all Miami Dolphins TD's celebrated this way...start a trend!
 
personally i have been sick of all these "look at me antics" from these athaletes for years now....but come on what mcmichael did on that play pales by alot of the crap you see...i thought that call was way uncalled for...havn't seen priest holmes play this year, but in the past he always did this little saunter move (or whatever you want to call it) everytime he would cross the goal line...and thats only one example...think about it i'm sure you can think of other players who have some taunt thet throw out evertime they score
 
Pocoloco said:
wow.. go Nick! Set em straight!
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Oh yeah, did McMichael ever get set straight. Set straight with big fat extension. I am really starting to wish we'd dump this guy and his act. He needs to shape up.
 
noname said:
personally i have been sick of all these "look at me antics" from these athaletes for years now....but come on what mcmichael did on that play pales by alot of the crap you see...i thought that call was way uncalled for...havn't seen priest holmes play this year, but in the past he always did this little saunter move (or whatever you want to call it) everytime he would cross the goal line...and thats only one example...think about it i'm sure you can think of other players who have some taunt thet throw out evertime they score
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The point should be not to compare our "antics" with others.....its to set a new standard that removes all doubt that we even go down the "antics" road. Its pointless to the overall goal of the game.

Lastly, I am not for "dulling down the game" or making it a "no fun league".

I just think we can "celebrate championships or victories" but its silly and pointless to take the chance to "celebrate a first down or a TD".
 
THE MCMICHAEL THING IS COMPLETE BULL!!!! What does Ladanian Tomlinson do EVERY SINGLE TIME HE SCORES A TOUCHDOWN? He opens his arms and does a little lookback move right at the closest defender in the area. EVERY TIME. You gonna flag McMichael for that??? It's not like we were blowing anybody out or anything! We were on the comeback. That was such CRAP!
 
Phantom said:
How about a team rule, you score, you hand the ball to the referee. i as a fan am happy with the TD, i could care less about the player drawing attention to himself with a stupid dance or act.............
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Exactly, a coach told me a long time ago, if you get a first down or a touch down, act like you've done it before. In other words don't celebrate.
 
I dont care if we ever have a post game celebration dance or whatever.

Just score and high five your teammates for doing their job.. and huddle up.

But score first!

In addition.. I could never understand players who celebrate after a TD when their team is getting blown out.
 
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