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The Key To Positive Winning Culture Change In Miami

The Closer

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I'm the new Head Coach. Everybody who dresses at game time gets one of these:

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Before the first game of the season starts, here is what I say in the locker room, pacing back and forth and staring at our players:

"All eyes on me." "Gentlemen, we WILL be successful this year, if you can focus on four things and four things only..."

<pointing to everybody as I speak>

"Your family, your religion, the Miami Dolphins, and being a Bad Mother******."

"You've got that wallet. You ARE a Bad Mother****** right now! The Bad News is you have to earn it to keep it every week. After every game, if you screwed up, played lazy, didn't EARN it, you give it back to me."

"The good news is, you've all got a chance to earn it back, next week, and every week."

How many players on our Miami Dolphins do you think would want to give back their Bad Mother****** wallet in front of all of their teammates and coaches from week-to-week?

Khalil Mack would answer in a press conference, "Khalil, how do you feel about the upcoming game next week against the Miami Dolphins?"

"Those guys are Bad Mother****ers."
 
Honestly, if we've learned anything from Philbin and Gase specifically, it's that the key to creating a positive winning attitude within the organization requires a head coach who has a bit more in the way of people skills.

When Adam Gase got here, we heard that he was something of a players' coach, and we saw that in 2016 when the team was high flying, buoyant, and seemed to genuinely love coming to play for him. I don't know what happened in 2017, but everything went very sideways and he couldn't put it back together.

I will defer to forums poster Vaark on this subject. His theory is that Gase's father-in-law, Joe Vitt, was a bad influence in the building and tried to move Gase into being more of a disciplinarian rather than a 'good guy' coach. It clearly didn't work. By the end, Gase had fractured relationships with ownership, front office, players, and even his own staff (see: Anarumo, Lou).

Food for thought.
 
Also: It sounds to me like you want Dan Campbell to get another crack at the Dolphins job. Am I on the right track with that guess?
 
J. David Wannyheimer said:
Honestly, if we've learned anything from Philbin and Gase specifically, it's that the key to creating a positive winning attitude within the organization requires a head coach who has a bit more in the way of people skills.

When Adam Gase got here, we heard that he was something of a players' coach, and we saw that in 2016 when the team was high flying, buoyant, and seemed to genuinely love coming to play for him. I don't know what happened in 2017, but everything went very sideways and he couldn't put it back together.

I will defer to forums poster Vaark on this subject. His theory is that Gase's father-in-law, Joe Vitt, was a bad influence in the building and tried to move Gase into being more of a disciplinarian rather than a 'good guy' coach. It clearly didn't work. By the end, Gase had fractured relationships with ownership, front office, players, and even his own staff (see: Anarumo, Lou).

Food for thought.
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Surprised you didn't catch my Vince Lombardi/Jimmy V channeling in this thread.
 
As I posted in another thread, I'm so glad I didn't catch white male disease. I am a white male but avoided that simplistic disease, the devastating mindset and priorities that carry throughout life. Scary.

You forgot to mention the paddle, in case any of the players kneel. A year ago before that situation quieted down I'm sure a thread like this would have contained a rant regarding the kneel.

I'm glad you got religion in there so prominently. But you left out the fear of Happy Holidays references as opposed to Merry Christmas.

Threads like these are more prominent on college football boards than sites like this. Thank goodness. Young males seem to think that their white pickup truck with flags waving on either side mentality is something that the rest of us need to see or read.

I enjoy looking at those guys in the white pickup trucks and waving at them. The strained fearful look on their face is absolutely delightful. Likewise the inevitable volley of profanity.
 
Sorry but if joe vitt vouched for miami to trade for stephone anthony i would never listen to anything he had to say again.

Might cost me my marriage but father in law or not in one ear out the other.
 
Awsi Dooger said:
As I posted in another thread, I'm so glad I didn't catch white male disease. I am a white male but avoided that simplistic disease, the devastating mindset and priorities that carry throughout life. Scary.

You forgot to mention the paddle, in case any of the players kneel. A year ago before that situation quieted down I'm sure a thread like this would have contained a rant regarding the kneel.

I'm glad you got religion in there so prominently. But you left out the fear of Happy Holidays references as opposed to Merry Christmas.

Threads like these are more prominent on college football boards than sites like this. Thank goodness. Young males seem to think that their white pickup truck with flags waving on either side mentality is something that the rest of us need to see or read.

I enjoy looking at those guys in the white pickup trucks and waving at them. The strained fearful look on their face is absolutely delightful. Likewise the inevitable volley of profanity.
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J. David Wannyheimer said:
Honestly, if we've learned anything from Philbin and Gase specifically, it's that the key to creating a positive winning attitude within the organization requires a head coach who has a bit more in the way of people skills.

When Adam Gase got here, we heard that he was something of a players' coach, and we saw that in 2016 when the team was high flying, buoyant, and seemed to genuinely love coming to play for him. I don't know what happened in 2017, but everything went very sideways and he couldn't put it back together.

I will defer to forums poster Vaark on this subject. His theory is that Gase's father-in-law, Joe Vitt, was a bad influence in the building and tried to move Gase into being more of a disciplinarian rather than a 'good guy' coach. It clearly didn't work. By the end, Gase had fractured relationships with ownership, front office, players, and even his own staff (see: Anarumo, Lou).

Food for thought.
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What was the back story w Lou? I thought he was a good coach.
 
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