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Dolphins fire Kevin O' Neill

Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by Serpico Jones, Feb 19, 2014.

  1. Serpico Jones

    Serpico Jones Well-Known Member

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    Via Chris Mortensen on twitter. O' Neill is the longtime head athletic trainer who was named in the Wells report.
     
  2. NaboCane

    NaboCane Banned

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    Hopefully, Turner to follow.

    O'Neill went first because he was the one who refused to cooperate with Wells' investigation. I hope he's suspended for a year as well.
     
  3. Sceeto

    Sceeto Well-Known Member

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    They fire him now that I just found out who the hell Kevin O'neill is.
     
  4. NaboCane

    NaboCane Banned

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    @AbramsonPBP 5m Wells: "O’Neill, the head trainer, not only overheard the racist insults, but also sometimes laughed along and never intervened"

    @AbramsonPBP 4m
    Wells: "...Our interview with O’Neill, which was cut short because O’Neill expressed hostility toward our investigation."
     
  5. djphinfan

    djphinfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    I would like to apply for the job..I promise we would have the most cutting edge principles implemented during their off-seasons, the most innovative programs for each individual, a new budget proposed to the owner, and a new strict participatory schedule that will expose the work ethic of the athlete.
     
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  6. Sceeto

    Sceeto Well-Known Member

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    Regarding Turner, I have a bit of mixed feelings about him. Yes, this started off one of the biggest sh-t bags of Olinemen, but after some guys went down and Martin out, the OL actually improved quite a bit. Sometimes it's just talent level. You can't make chicken salad out of chicken s--t. I'm not absolving him of any blame, but maybe he wasn't as bad as we think. Maybe?? Just playing Devil's advocate here. :)
     
  7. NaboCane

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    @AbramsonPBP 2m If you're wondering why Turner still has a job, I hear #Dolphins are waiting on NFL suspend Turner...
     
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  8. DOLPHAN1

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    derp! lol
     
  9. Serpico Jones

    Serpico Jones Well-Known Member

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    O'Neill flew with the team to the Indy combine and was then fired according to Armando Salguero.
     
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  10. Jagfish

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    If the owner tells you to be cooperative, if you like your job you be cooperative. What he did wasn't as bad as his hostility towards the investigation.
     
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  11. mnfinfan

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  12. VanDolPhan

    VanDolPhan Club member Club Member

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    NFL suspends him and that's grounds to terminate his contract without pay. Purely a $$$ thing there.

    That's actually beneficial. Give him a trip on their dime...he can network behind the scenes for a placement once things die down.
     
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  13. ckparrothead

    ckparrothead Draft Forum Moderator Luxury Box

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    Seriously, WTF is wrong with this team? This is common sense sh-t they're missing. You don't bring a guy with you on a business trip and fire him in a foreign city for something that happened 3 months ago.
     
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  14. MS4life

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    You do know what Athletic Trainers are, right? What you just stated are not the duties of the Trainers. The trainers don't actually train the players. They are medics. They assess injuries and do their best to prevent injuries. They don't put together the offseason schedule and workouts. That is what the Strength Coaches do. The trainers sign off on whether a player is healthy enough to partake in such workouts and practices.
     
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  15. Sceeto

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    These days, it's surreal being a Miami Dolphin fan.
     
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    Indy's murder rate exceeds Chicago.
     
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  17. LBsFinest

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    More like embarrassing.
     
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  18. Dol-Fan Dupree

    Dol-Fan Dupree Tank? Who is Tank? I am Guy Incognito.

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    ouch!
     
  19. phinswolverinesrockets

    phinswolverinesrockets If he dies, he dies

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    lmao
     
  20. Dolphins1Beatles

    Dolphins1Beatles Ziggy Stardust

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    Maybe there should be a separate forum for "Miami Dolphins Firings". We've had more firings than wins since 2004.
     
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  21. ckparrothead

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    Seriously, it JUST gets worst:

     
  22. TooGoodForDez

    TooGoodForDez Deion Sanders for GM

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    I don't care where they fired him. They did the right thing however they did it.
     
  23. NaboCane

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    Stephen Ross as owner and Joe Philbin as HC is a gift of stupid; and it's the gift that keeps on giving.

    How can they possibly fly O'Neill to the combine only to fire him—over the contents of a report they've had for days?
     
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  24. 77FinFan

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    Man, they sure did a poor job of it.
     
  25. Limbo

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    Guy's been here for 15+ years. They have him go all the way to Indy only to can him mid-meeting for reasons that've been known for days? That's an egregious lack of respect. Raise the bar.
     
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  26. BicketyBam

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    Just when you thought they couldn't possibly step on their dick again, they do.
     
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  27. ASOT

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    You're forgetting this is the Ross run Miami Dolphins.....make sense now ? :wink2:
     
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  28. ASOT

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    How about embarrassing surreal ? ;)
     
  29. ASOT

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    I swear dude, its all a ploy to ruin the team in Miami, so it will be easier to move them.....Ross is actually a genius :shifty:
     
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  30. MikeHoncho

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    You just wanna rub Wake

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  32. MikeHoncho

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    Ross is the owner the Jets fan base truly deserves.

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  33. NaboCane

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    Moron. Utter, incompetent moron. And because he's a moron—and regardless of O'Neill deserving to be fired—he's now humiliated a man on a national stage, when it was a team matter.
     
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  34. MikeHoncho

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    What an absolute cluster**** of an organization. Top to bottom. Just Bush League really.

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  35. brandon27

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    Ridiculous Ross.. Wow he is stupid. Can't believe this guy is a successful businessman... Unreal.
     
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  36. BicketyBam

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    We LOVE Ross. There was a time when I never thought an NFL team could jump up and down on their pud more then the Jets. Then Ross came along. He is our savior. Thank you, Mr. Ross, from the bottom of my heart.
     
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  37. Dol-Fan Dupree

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    BOOO! I wish I could disagree with you.
     
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  38. Lloyd Heilbrunn

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    Does anyone actually believe if the TRAINER had told Richie, Mike, and Jerry to stop that they would have? smh
     
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  39. Dol-Fan Dupree

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    They probably would have stopped in front of him and if he told the higher ups then he would still have a job.
     
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    Nothing to see here, everything is fine...

    Even when they do the correct thing, they do it wrong.
     

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