Why the Season was a Failure

[rent this space]

I blame the entire team. However, the post you quoted was in response to someone who blamed the center position exclusively. Is that your position as well?

I'm not throwing it all on him, but it was factor. This offense was very different without Conner Williams

 

[Fan Since the 70s]

We were NOT the best of bad teams. Rather, we were the softest of the good teams. Like Poyer said, they knew Miami was soft, that they would fold… it doesn’t make us bad.. just means this team could be be pushed around or fold under heavy pressure more times than not. This needs to be changed… well, in my opinion, anyways.

There is no team that is viewed that way by other teams that should be spending time rehearsing and performing elaborate multi-player end zone celebrations. If you're a weak team that folds under adversity, the last thing you should be doing is flaunting your successes with those kinds of performances. It's inconsistent with getting tougher and more serious yourself, and it likely taunts and rouses the opposing team even more into bullying you and making you wilt.

It's actually astounding the team didn't have its finger on its own pulse in this regard. Serious lack of self-reflection and self-correction, which again suggests a dysfunctional culture issue. The team was so immersed in a culture of being "fun and games performers" it couldn't even get the necessary distance to appraise its own self sufficiently and make the necessary corrections.

 

[JamesWsenior]

There is no team that is viewed that way by other teams that should be spending time rehearsing and performing elaborate multi-player end zone celebrations. If you're a weak team that folds under adversity, the last thing you should be doing is flaunting your successes with those kinds of performances. It's inconsistent with getting tougher and more serious yourself, and it likely taunts and rouses the opposing team even more into bullying you and making you wilt.

It's actually astounding the team didn't have its finger on its own pulse in this regard. Serious lack of self-reflection and self-correction, which again suggests a dysfunctional culture issue. The team was so immersed in a culture of being "fun and games performers" it couldn't even get the necessary distance to appraise its own self sufficiently and make the necessary corrections.

So you are saying you don't like Mike's end zone dance thing either? Well thankfully he took that crap to NE.

It was so bad I found myself hoping he would drop the pass in the endzone so we didn't have to endure it.

 

[Atila]

It's actually astounding the team didn't have its finger on its own pulse in this regard. Serious lack of self-reflection and self-correction, which again suggests a dysfunctional culture issue. The team was so immersed in a culture of being "fun and games performers" it couldn't even get the necessary distance to appraise its own self sufficiently and make the necessary corrections.

In regards to this, I think this is a huge surprising thing about MM actually.

He seems so thoughtful, intentional, and smart… that it’s shocking he does some dumb **** he does…

Remember at the end of the season? There was many threads of people who swore he was “saving offensive plays” for the playoffs… because it didn’t make sense we weren’t making some of the obvious adjustments we should have.

I just think it’s the human factor, and MM is also maybe not serious or mature enough (yet) to “get it”. We will go as he goes, so as we lose important players here and there, the key is for him to continue to trend up as the coach and CEO of this team.

 

[Michigan Mike]

There is no team that is viewed that way by other teams that should be spending time rehearsing and performing elaborate multi-player end zone celebrations. If you're a weak team that folds under adversity, the last thing you should be doing is flaunting your successes with those kinds of performances. It's inconsistent with getting tougher and more serious yourself, and it likely taunts and rouses the opposing team even more into bullying you and making you wilt.

It's actually astounding the team didn't have its finger on its own pulse in this regard. Serious lack of self-reflection and self-correction, which again suggests a dysfunctional culture issue. The team was so immersed in a culture of being "fun and games performers" it couldn't even get the necessary distance to appraise its own self sufficiently and make the necessary corrections.

The biggest reason that we know they rehearsed it was because they were on Hard Knocks and it was highlighted there. I am sure if camera crews were following the other 31 teams you would see many more rehearsing their celebrations.

I am not disagreeing that the team is soft - the team takes on the characteristics of their head coach and it appears that Miami has chosen to be finesse rather than smash mouth. If that results in success, great but I will believe it when I see it. Regardless, they still need to shake the reputation as being soft.

 

[Fan Since the 70s]

In regards to this, I think this is a huge surprising thing about MM actually.

He seems so thoughtful, intentional, and smart… that it’s shocking he does some dumb **** he does…

Remember at the end of the season? There was many threads of people who swore he was “saving offensive plays” for the playoffs… because it didn’t make sense we weren’t making some of the obvious adjustments we should have.

I just think it’s the human factor, and MM is also maybe not serious or mature enough (yet) to “get it”. We will go as he goes, so as we lose important players here and there, the key is for him to continue to trend up as the coach and CEO of this team.

For every highly successful head coach there are many many more who are promoted to their level of incompetence. The stronger likelihood is that McDaniel would make a great coordinator and an inadequate head coach. So far the team shines in the areas that represent technical brilliance, which is what a coordinator does, and lacks in the areas head coaches are responsible for.

 

[kosaboy]

For every highly successful head coach there are many many more who are promoted to their level of incompetence. The stronger likelihood is that McDaniel would make a great coordinator and an inadequate head coach. So far the team shines in the areas that represent technical brilliance, which is what a coordinator does, and lacks in the areas head coaches are responsible for.

is there anything you like about the dolphins?

 

[djphinfan]

For every highly successful head coach there are many many more who are promoted to their level of incompetence. The stronger likelihood is that McDaniel would make a great coordinator and an inadequate head coach. So far the team shines in the areas that represent technical brilliance, which is what a coordinator does, and lacks in the areas head coaches are responsible for.

The management of personalities is a trait that good ones have.
He’s got superstars on this team.


Let’s see if he can get them all to stay focused, and intentional about each game.

 

[Fan Since the 70s]

The management of personalities is a trait that good ones have.
He’s got superstars on this team.


Let’s see if he can get them all to stay focused, and intentional about each game.

I suspect his success as a head coach will depend on having player leaders whose leadership status is unquestioned and whose personalities run counter to McDaniel's and are more consistent with the nature of football. That way he can continue to be a goofball, which doesn't show any signs of changing, and the players leading the team in the locker room and on the field can create a different team culture with their own personalities. In that sense it was probably smart to let Christian Wilkins go. This team needs an infusion of player leaders who are gruff and tough.

 

[djphinfan]

I suspect his success as a head coach will depend on having player leaders whose leadership status is unquestioned and whose personalities run counter to McDaniel's and are more consistent with the nature of football. That way he can continue to be a goofball, which doesn't show any signs of changing, and the players leading the team in the locker room and on the field can create a different team culture with their own personalities. In that sense it was probably smart to let Christian Wilkins go. This team needs an infusion of player leaders who are gruff and tough.

Interesting

 

[djphinfan]

I suspect his success as a head coach will depend on having player leaders whose leadership status is unquestioned and whose personalities run counter to McDaniel's and are more consistent with the nature of football. That way he can continue to be a goofball, which doesn't show any signs of changing, and the players leading the team in the locker room and on the field can create a different team culture with their own personalities. In that sense it was probably smart to let Christian Wilkins go. This team needs an infusion of player leaders who are gruff and tough.

I’ve made it know there are still questions about his philosophies.
What I saw at camp was discouraging to me personally but I think he’s following a sports science script

 

[Fan Since the 70s]

I’ve made it know there are still questions about his philosophies.
What I saw at camp was discouraging to me personally but I think he’s following a sports science script

If his Xs and Os were so innovative and his player talent so strong that it created a tremendous physical superiority over other teams, none of this stuff would matter. But I don't think that's the case. Despite the talent and the Xs and Os, the team is frequently going to have to line up and just simply be tougher than the opponent. Such is football. And the team culture has to fuel that.

 

[djphinfan]

If his Xs and Os were so innovative and his player talent so strong that it created a tremendous physical superiority over other teams, none of this stuff would matter. But I don't think that's the case. Despite the talent and the Xs and Os, the team is frequently going to have to line up and just simply be tougher than the opponent. Such is football. And the team culture has to fuel that.

100 percent bro


That’s one of the questions that remain, can he get this team if stars to imo play like they were embarrassed last year, to play angry to a degree

And that goes for injured players who got paid and played half of season like holland and armstead and Tua getting completely out of shape during a damn season.

This team has been taken care of it’s time for the coach to get in their ass

 

[Penthos]

The change at center explains a loss that had a 0.3% chance of occurring? Tennessee scored all those unanswered points on the Dolphins defense in the last four minutes of the game because of what was going on with the Dolphins at the position of center?

 

[Penthos]

I wasn’t talking about the Tennessee game, other than that’s when we lost our center. That loss was in the defense. The rest of the season, our offense was not the same.