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Why are so many Miami Dolphins players quitting the team?

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It's not exactly the Junction Boys of Bear Bryant lore, but this Miami Dolphins training camp is proving a little harder to endure than most.

Within the first week four players either left camp or, in the case of tight end Jared Bronson, did not report in the first place.

Also quitting were offensive tackle SirVincent Rogers, safety Ethan Kilmer and, most recently, fullback Matt Quillen, who lasted three days after being signed last week.

None of the four were expected to make the final roster, but so many defections in such a short span still had Dolphins coach Tony Sparano grasping for answers.

"I wish I could tell you," Sparano said Monday. "It might be me! I told you I'm not for everybody."

This is Sparano's second training camp as an NFL head coach. No one walked out of his first camp last August, one that was comparatively tougher than this one due to the need for a rookie head coach to set the right tone.

And it's not like this August is any hotter than what Sparano's first team endured last summer.

"I can't put my finger on it," Sparano said, "but what I can tell you is it's a credit to the guys in the locker room. What these guys are doing out here is really hard. I know people are thinking they get paid to do this, but if your heart isn't into what we're doing -- with the heat, the contact, the intensity of what we're doing out here and the way we're doing it -- [it doesn't] take long to figure out maybe this ain't for you."
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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/sfl-dolphins-players-quit-s090909,0,1909942.story
 
I'm loosely quoting Colin Cowherd here of ESPN radio but.....

I would hate for my boss to be a dictator, my politicians to be dictators or my dad to be a dictator. But I love that my Football coach is a dictator.
 
Because going into TC this year, they just seemed to have a few more slackers that tried out. I don't think it has anything to do with Sparano
 
SeasonsMusic said:
a bunch of wimps, let them quit.
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Not necessarily wimps, but at a level far enough below the abilities and/or motivation of the other players so that they can see the writing on the wall.

Why put yourself through the sweltering grueling practices, risking lifelong injury, to be be a blocking dummy for the real players, when you pretty much know you ain't making the cut? Sparano's no-nonsense, hardcore practice style is at least honest and lets them know where they stand early enough to weed out the ones with no chance.

When Porter, or Henne, or Vontae or Crowder quits, then I'll worry about it!
 
Dolphins players quitting? Or camp fodder finding its natural cause....
Lets not mix the boys with the MEN!
 
I honestly don't get it either. There are many more kids that don't get the shot then the ones that do.
 
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