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To end confusion.....

Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by Fin D, Aug 22, 2014.

  1. Fin D

    Fin D Sigh

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    Let's come up with "thephins" definition of words for describing greatness and epic sucktitude. So much time is spent in various threads arguing over what is "elite", "pretty good", "horrible", etc.

    So forget what you're own personal definitions are various words and lets hammer out a scale that way we can avoid these space wasting arguments in the future.

    I propose:

    GOAT: greatest of all time. The top person at that position in history. No one has ever been better.
    Example: Shula is GOAT.

    T3: Top 3 of all time. One of the 3 best in history at that position.
    Example: Marino is T3.

    Elite: Top 5 currently playing. One of the 5 best at that position currently in the league
    Example: Cameron Wake is Elite.

    DG: Damn(Darn) good. One of the Top 15 at the position in the league.
    Example: Branden Albert is DG.

    Solid: Not the best player but not embarrassing either. Solid contributor. Might make the occasional play. Average.
    Example: John Denney is Solid.

    CP: Crappy player. Not good. Is a major hole at the position.
    Example: John Jerry is CP.

    WOAT: Worst of all time.
    Example: Legedodo Nanaint and Jon Martin are WOATs.

    Discuss.....
     
  2. SICK

    SICK Lounge Moderator

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    No.
     
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  3. 72 Dolphins

    72 Dolphins New Member

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    And ... FAR: Fanatical against reason Example: Your assessment of Jon Martin at LT before last season began, and your insistance on flaming me every chance you could because I called it true instead of being a FAR. I love the Dolphins, but I'll never sugar coat it. I told you last season would fall to what would be one of the worst offensive lines and one of the worst LT's in football. You tried to run me out of the building for it and labeled me a troll. Optimism only goes so far....

    You owe me an apology.

    And to the guy I bet that we would finish behind Buffalo last season, you were right, barely and with a little luck. Good call.

    NOW...2014 ! FINALLY. We are a little short at LB and OG, but this team is FINALLY gonna make us proud, and don't be suprised if this new GM (whom I want to erect a statue of outside "Joe Robbie Stadium" already), will bring in some depth sometime this preseason at Guard and Tackle.

    I like your idea ...

     
  4. Bumrush

    Bumrush Stable Genius Club Member

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    WOAT: John Beck
     
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  5. KeyFin

    KeyFin Well-Known Member

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    ..and that makes you the goat. This is fun!
     
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  6. djphinfan

    djphinfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    I agree with Goat....I agree with elite...T 3 is fine...

    For me in all my years it's simple.

    Starting from bottom to elite.

    Bad player= Jon Martin

    Decent\pretty good player= Koa Misi

    Good/solid= randy Starks

    Great player/elite at position= Brent grimes, wake..

    It's basically four levels of play..bad..pretty good/decent....solid/good...great/elite.
     
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  7. Unlucky 13

    Unlucky 13 Team Raheem Club Member

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    I agree in general. I think that there needs to be a distiction between a solid starter and an average starter though. Solid is a guy who isn't a Pro Bowler, but who you're happy to have in his position and would be comfortable for years to come. Average is a guy who's ok being the starter this year, but who you may want to replace with a free agent or in the draft next year. Poor/crappy is the step below that, where the guy might just be getting by, and needs to be replaced when you get the chance. Liability is the bottom, where the guy is clearly hurting the team RIGHT NOW and needs to be taken out of the lineup.

    GOAT
    Elite
    Great
    Solid
    Average
    Poor
    Liability
    WTF! Cut him!
     
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  8. Rocky Raccoon

    Rocky Raccoon Greasepaint Ghost Staff Member

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    I love how you used the word solid to define someone who was solid.
     
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  9. SICK

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    *Waiting on Fin D*

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  10. Ohio Fanatic

    Ohio Fanatic Twuaddle or bust Club Member

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    Wow, been holding that inside for awhile now have we? kinda petty if you ask me.
     
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  11. Ohio Fanatic

    Ohio Fanatic Twuaddle or bust Club Member

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    Might as well stir the pot. Like the definitions, and I'm going to classify Ryan Tannehill as "solid" at the moment. Having said that, I think he moves into "darn good" by mid-season with Pouncey back and the new offensive system with better receiving corps.
     
  12. WhiteIbanez

    WhiteIbanez Megamediocremaniacal

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    Lamar Miller resides somewhere between Solid and CP.
     
  13. Brasfin

    Brasfin Well-Known Member

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    I prefer this scale... all the acronyms suggested by Fin D are going to get me confused (which is ironic considering the title of the thread).
     
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  14. 72 Dolphins

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    Petty...Nah. He dished it out, he can take it.

    We are all on the same side, thats the bottom line. He'll always be a Dolfan Brother to me but I reserve the right to say...TOLD YOU MFer..haha.

    I kid with the "D" ....I actually love his enthusiasm and his love of the Dolphins.
     
  15. VanDolPhan

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  16. djphinfan

    djphinfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    I like it to, I just think great and elite is probably the same.
     
  17. Unlucky 13

    Unlucky 13 Team Raheem Club Member

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    Well, I think of Elite as Megatron, great as Antonio Brown, solid as Hartline, for example.
     
  18. Section126

    Section126 We are better than you. Luxury Box

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    Miami was 8-8. Buffalo was 6-10, and won both games vs. Miami. So no. Whoever that was, was not right "barely". He was right by A LOT. There was no luck either. Bad Luck for Miami...yes. That was an average call by whoever that was, and an awful gut wrenching, horrific, vomit inducing call by you.


    Just keepin' it real.
     
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  19. djphinfan

    djphinfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Hmmm, yeah,that great and elite one is tough, I usually don't throw out great unless the player is elite though ya know..

    I don't think you can have a number attached to the word elite?? Because there might be more than 5, or there might not be five..

    Now that I think about it, any player that I think is great is elite...great is great, it shouldn't be less than elite...idk.
     
  20. MikeHoncho

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    Wait.

    So what does it mean when maynard pm's you "Hey big boy, wanna J in my B?"
     
  21. 72 Dolphins

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    Wasn't my call - He picked it, I accepted. But if you think the difference between 6-10 and 8-8 is "ALOT" in the NFL... Ummm, no.

    But I accept, that was a horrific gut vomiting, blah blah, whatever else call. One out of 50 ain't bleeping bad.
     
  22. DPlus47

    DPlus47 Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Classic. It's kinda like when Ozzy used the word "masses" to rhyme with the word "masses."
     
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  23. Fin D

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    I was wrong about Martin. You were right about Martin.

    Considering how long you held on to the angst over that plus this is the first post of yours I remember, I might have been right about the troll part though......:lol:
     
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  24. Fin D

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    Should I change it to halibut?
     
  25. Fin D

    Fin D Sigh

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    Solid post.
     
  26. Fin D

    Fin D Sigh

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    Jump in my Bounce house.
     
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  27. MrClean

    MrClean Inglourious Basterd Club Member

    John Denney is better than solid. Poor example to use him as such. He is definitely top 15 at his position, so a DG, and possibly top 5, so an Elite.
     
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  28. Conuficus

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    Well away from here
    In order:

    He's boss

    He's cool

    He's decent

    He's meh

    He's shi.tty

    Who?
     
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  29. MonstBlitz

    MonstBlitz Nobody's Fart Catcher

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    You forgot WTTEHTTF = Worst Thing That Ever Happened To This Franchise =


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  30. Fin D

    Fin D Sigh

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    On no planet, was Ireland worse than Wannidiot.
     
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  31. cdz12250

    cdz12250 Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    This, one thousand times. Wannstedt personally presided over the collapse of the franchise from universal respect to a perennial doormat. He was handed a team good enough to go 11-5 and every year things got worse. His drafting, his personnel management, his stupid decisions regarding the roles of the offense and the defense; even his attitude and the way he expressed himself were a slow poison. Remember "it's not a sin to punt?" It's not like we didn't know he was incompetent; we had the Bears to look at.
     
  32. Alex44

    Alex44 Boshosaurus Rex

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    I can name 4-5 worse GMs we have had righy off the top of my head. Also if you hate Ireland, Parcels is the worst thing to happen.
     
  33. MikeHoncho

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    Don Shula having been forced out was the WTTEHTTF

    Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk 4
     
  34. RevRick

    RevRick Long Haired Leaping Gnome Club Member

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    Which some of us pointed out as soon as Jimmy was going to anoint him as his heir apparent! Some of us were royally ticked off at Wayne for bringing Jimmy to the franchise in the first place. That was actually what began the downslide. Jimmy was not that much better than Shula at drafting to have given him the keys to the kingdom. When Wannabeacoach showed up on the scene - it tightened up posterior sphincters in a good number of posters in the late '90s.
     
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  35. unluckyluciano

    unluckyluciano For My Hero JetsSuck

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    t3 at most stoopid.
     
  36. Bpk

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    Man, I remember being high on Beck once. Not Ricky Bobby high, but high.
     
  37. Bpk

    Bpk Premium Member Luxury Box

    I hated Wanny. Literally celebrated when he was fired. Little did I know the hardships that lay ahead.

    It's a testament to Shula that it took SO many years of bad coaches and GMs to erode this great franchise.
     
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  38. LBsFinest

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    Odrick isn't damn good...he's just solid.
     
  39. Kevlared

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    WOAT: Reggie Howard
     

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