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Does anyone remember the last time we were a freakin hard nose in ur face fuk you up football team? Was it in the 70s, the 80s? I was born in 81 and have not had the opportunity to see the kind smash mouth football that needs to be played to win. I mean, marino was so fun to watch but I dont recall the d being so good. good enough but not like we seen last night in the sb. Madison and surtain were the closest thing and we still couldnt win. Philbin seems to be more of a finesse philosophy. I dont like it. We play way to soft. Like the panthers game before the half how far back we put our dbs. That kind of play is weak and we will be weak as long as our coach lets it happen. I just dojt see us changing until we get a new coach. So when was the last time we had a hard ass enough defense to win championships and when we did have one why didnt we win... after 81 I mean
 
I agree! I was loving the D the Hawks played yesterday. They were pasting the Broncos every chance they got. The Broncos couldn't tackle worth ****. It was clear there was a difference in priorities between the team...
 
Smash mouth defense, basically. That's on Coyle, mostly. Aside from a power back, Finesse is ok on offense.

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I credit Carroll and everything he has done. He was great in college and is loved in the nfl. He was voted the #1 coach players wanna play for
 
During the Wannstache years, of course Dave ran Ricky into the ground and into retirement.

May he die from vomiting up a buttplug.
 
The Seahawks were tough and physical.

It's something that's inside you (Toughness).....It's coached (Physicality).
 
Ok guys I get it, we won't see it. I agree like I said originally, but what I want to know and what I'm asking for is when was the last time we had a smash mouth football team? The reason I ask is because I can't think of a coach who's been here trying to put that kind of play onto the field. So this is why I ask,, two questions actually, when was the last time and why can't. Any of our coaches come here with this kind of philosophy. It seems to be the one that wins. I want teams and players to know, when they came to miami, the got physically stomped and are scared to face our d. Put feae in their lives, its not freakin hard. Just be some dominant ass hard hitting mother fukers and playes will play scared. Lol, manning had that famous,"I can't figure it out look on his face last night", that's what I want on every qbs face when they play us. And I haven't seen that since I've been alive, on our team I mean
 
Whats not lacking. Getting drunk getting high and buying prostitutes
 
Glory years qualified. We'd get the ball with 8 minutes remaining and the game was over. The opponent knew we would run and was hopeless to stop it. Those games ended tamely at 3:35 PM. You could almost set your watch. Magnificent football and memories.

Otherwise, the 1983 Dolphin team maintained a physical edge. We transitioned from Woodley to Marino but initially Shula didn't allow the offense to become full cream puff. In midseason I attended a home game against the Rams that was quite promising. We out muscled a very good team in the rain with proper amount of balance. Then either the following week or within a few weeks we actually won at San Francisco. It wasn't a vintage Montana team but they were good enough to make it to the NFC Championship Game.

Our defense was hard trying but not particularly talented. It peaked a year earlier before wearing down against the Redskins in the Super Bowl. In 1983 they weren't quite as good. Larry Gordon died while jogging that summer. We actually ran the ball more than we passed in the home playoff loss to Seattle. That's amazing given the remainder of the Marino era. Unfortunately we couldn't stop Curt Warner when it mattered. He was an incredibly talented rookie running back from Penn State, picked very high in the draft. Warner tore up his knee early the following season and never fully recovered so not many younger fans realize how tremendous he was pre injury. The Dolphins caught Warner at his best and he slithered through tiny openings in the 4th quarter as Seattle pulled out the game. Oakland was mega talented and probably would have handled us easily a week later. But that Dolphin team was legit.

After that, forget it. We became a pantyhose passing team in the road game at San Diego in 1984 and never surrendered the frail idiocy for 15 years.
 
Awsi Dooger said:
Glory years qualified. We'd get the ball with 8 minutes remaining and the game was over. The opponent knew we would run and was hopeless to stop it. Those games ended tamely at 3:35 PM. You could almost set your watch. Magnificent football and memories.

Otherwise, the 1983 Dolphin team maintained a physical edge. We transitioned from Woodley to Marino but initially Shula didn't allow the offense to become full cream puff. In midseason I attended a home game against the Rams that was quite promising. We out muscled a very good team in the rain with proper amount of balance. Then either the following week or within a few weeks we actually won at San Francisco. It wasn't a vintage Montana team but they were good enough to make it to the NFC Championship Game.

Our defense was hard trying but not particularly talented. It peaked a year earlier before wearing down against the Redskins in the Super Bowl. In 1983 they weren't quite as good. Larry Gordon died while jogging that summer. We actually ran the ball more than we passed in the home playoff loss to Seattle. That's amazing given the remainder of the Marino era. Unfortunately we couldn't stop Curt Warner when it mattered. He was an incredibly talented rookie running back from Penn State, picked very high in the draft. Warner tore up his knee early the following season and never fully recovered so not many younger fans realize how tremendous he was pre injury. The Dolphins caught Warner at his best and he slithered through tiny openings in the 4th quarter as Seattle pulled out the game. Oakland was mega talented and probably would have handled us easily a week later. But that Dolphin team was legit.

After that, forget it. We became a pantyhose passing team in the road game at San Diego in 1984 and never surrendered the frail idiocy for 15 years.
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The 1984 Miami Dolphins had a +3.1 net ypa. The 1984 San Francisco 49ers were +1.8. Wouldn't that have indicated a bet on the Dolphins with your current system? I might be looking at the wrong numbers, however. I just went and pulled it from pro football reference.
 
Those Zach Thomas and Jason Taylor led defenses were almost every bit as good as these seahawk teams, they have way better safties and more lber depth, but we didn't have the coaching or especially the quarterback play that they do. Jay Fiedler, the worst quarterback in our history, cost us some trips deep into the playoffs due to his knack for throwing a pick 6 every week.
 
Wow! The Memories are short in Dolfanland. Just 2 years ago you all were screaming at Parcell's dinosaur smashmouth football.
 
Dsteve said:
Those Zach Thomas and Jason Taylor led defenses were almost every bit as good as these seahawk teams, they have way better safties and more lber depth, but we didn't have the coaching or especially the quarterback play that they do. Jay Fiedler, the worst quarterback in our history, cost us some trips deep into the playoffs due to his knack for throwing a pick 6 every week.
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No...Please stop it....This is so far from the truth,it's laughable..
 
Last time we were a power running and strong defense type of team, all the posts on these forums were about how antiquated our team philosophy was.

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TheWalrus said:
The 1984 Miami Dolphins had a +3.1 net ypa. The 1984 San Francisco 49ers were +1.8. Wouldn't that have indicated a bet on the Dolphins with your current system? I might be looking at the wrong numbers, however. I just went and pulled it from pro football reference.
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I doubt you will get a reasonable answer on that. Their sacred YPA stat is infallible.
 
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