zonk4ever said:
the problem is: how do you explain 9-7 with basically the same bunch of zany characters!
I call it the same thing as they've been calling it since the beginning of football time......"It's a game of inches" Do you understand what that cliche means? If not, or for those who don't fully grasp the concept....it means that the difference between winning and losing is very small. It means that there isn't much seperating a winner from a loser. If you've watched all our games this year, you can almost always point to two or three plays a game, that are the difference between winning and losing the game. During our 6 game win streak last year, we made those plays, in our losses this year, we haven't made those plays, the other team has.....but, if you look closely, the difference is not 12 games (+6 as opposed to -6)....the difference is two or three plays per game.....which isn't as dramatic a freefall as some shortsighted pot stirring fans would have you believe.
1. didn't want to sign frerotte for more money (who could really blame him?)
exactly....who could blame saban for not keeping a mediocre QB who got his panties in a bunch when he found out he wasn't going to get a raise and be the unquestioned starter in 2006. not Saban's fault in the slightest.
2. linehan left and took the offense with him (not saban's fault he got a head coaching job)
exactly, not Saban's fault. You could say he should have known that Linehan wouldn't be around long and chose someone else but, it would be using that good old 20/20 vision as opposed to actual thinking.
3. ricky got popped again (not saban's fault)
, Exactly again!Not Saban's fault but, he made sure we wouldn't miss Ricky if he flaked again so, he gets credit for avoiding another Ricky-leaves-the-team-in-a-bind disaster.
4. signed culpepper instead of brees ( who really knows what brees wanted? 50-50 to blame)
And who really knows how Brees would play behind this o-line? When Culpepper is healthy, he is every bit, if not more QB than Brees is. You're only disappointed in this choice right now if you bought into the hype that Miami was going to do big things this year. If you're patient and understand now, how badly this team was messed up and that even a healthy DC wasn't going to save the season, you know that next year will be the time to debate which team got the better QB.
5. drafted allen (right now, a bust!) could have went a lot of different ways. nick's fault
It's stupid to call a rookie a bust....again, it all depends on your expectations of when he is supposed to make an impact. If you're the impatient foot stomping over-reactive type then you're probably whistling steam out your nostrils but, if you're a realistic fan who understands that sometimes players take time to adjust to the NFL, you're probably perfectly fine with Allen.
6. signed mularkey (we were warned what didn't someone warn nick; his fault)
This is what i think was the worst move he made but, get back to me when the o-line is playing well enough that Mularkey can call plays from the whole entire playbook.
7. let culpepper play when he wasn't ready. Nick's fault.
Yep, he listened to the doctors and daunte culpepper, who both said he could play.....was he supposed to go against both of them?
8. replaced his entire secondary. This is Nick's specialty - definitely Nick's fault.
Again, another case of wanting the results immediately....while not even considering injuries. (Daniels and Poole) and the fact that the secondary is almost on par with o-line, in that it takes a long time for players to truly work together as a unit.
9. other than ronnie, maybe crowder, nothing from the past 2 drafts - nick's fault.
Daniels, Hagan, Roth, and Allen will all be starters one day....Vickerson, Fred Evans and Joe Toledo all have shown some potential and will produce at least two more starters, and good depth...and Rod wright who was a projected second round player hasn't even started playing for us yet.
10. nasty, contentious attitude with no sense of urgency to win. Nick's fault.
Nasty contentious attitude with the press, not with his players....to which i say more power to him. F-the press.....they're disloyal dogs. They only exist for the selling of newspapers, they have no allegiance or ties to the Miami Dolphins and they should be treated like an enemy because that's what they are.
