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What a depressing article!

ucfphinfan13 said:
I think it started when they ushered Don Shula out the door and they tried to make the Dolphins a running team. Jimmy quit, then comes back. And perhaps the most important, The Robbies having to sell the team, because of the family feud over the taxes and selling of the team. I think that Wayne Huizenga really cared about the team and tried to win, and I just don't get those same vibes from the current ownership.
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This.

The ultimate turning point for this team was the death of Joe Robbie. All the other turning points mentioned came about either directly or indirectly from this single event. The sale of the team to Wayne. The firing of Shula and hiring of Johnson ect. Every bad move came as a result of it.
 
I think the change came even earlier. I say the change came when we lost our advantage of playing in the orange bowl. When we built Joe Robbie Stadium and moved north we lost our edge. Playing in front of those rabid inner city kids, in the orange bowl was magical, it was loud, and the players took it personal if we lost. Playing at Joe Robbie was like playing a road game.

I think you see the same thing with the canes. The orange bowl was a special place. Yes it needed lots of improvments and upgrades, but we have never been the same since we left.
 
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BlockBuster & The "Biz"


I wish we could get ownership like the Packers...It obviously works for them & they stay relative year after year in a small market.
 
Not to disagree, but I think the reason that Ricky retired was that Wannstedt was killing him, running him into the ground with no other weapons.
 
ucfphinfan13 said:
I think it started when they ushered Don Shula out the door and they tried to make the Dolphins a running team. Jimmy quit, then comes back. And perhaps the most important, The Robbies having to sell the team, because of the family feud over the taxes and selling of the team. I think that Wayne Huizenga really cared about the team and tried to win, and I just don't get those same vibes from the current ownership.
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I think Ross cares, I think he means well, and I think he is trying. That's it, though.
 
mtlfinfan said:
In 2005, Williams returned to the Dolphins, but the team would never be able to find the magic it had in 2002 and 2003. After serving his four game suspension, Williams appeared in the other 12 games that year, starting 4, and finishing with 168 carries for 1,372 yards. Miami did respond with a winning record (9-7), but missed the playoffs in head coach Nick Saban's first season with the team.
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Ricky had 168 carries for 743 yards and 6 TDs in 2005
 
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