this roster has the least amount of talent in the league.

I think that's 20% old regime 80% this regime. Sparano was just a bad talent evaluator & teacher. I think having someone with Mike Sherman's experience has helped more than we ever thought it would.

 

Bumping this thread should serve as a reminder to think twice about passing such prematurely harsh & extreme judgment about a season before the season even begins. Much of the fan base doesn't want to hear that type of deflating crap when our record is 0-0. Posters who were optimistic about the season had to deal with this buzz kill nonsense on a daily basis, and when whiny, ranting threads like this are in the main forum rather than the SoapBox where they belong, it grows even more annoying.

 

The title of the thread is:

"this roster has the least amount of talent in the league".

So no...no we do not need to wait till the effing playoffs to disprove this insanity.

Half the season will be over this Sunday and we'll be either 4-4 or 5-3. That is not the worst talent in the league.

This is why people feel the need to gloat. Its the constant moving of the damn goalposts and stating bull**** feelings as if they were fact.

 

Go back and look at the time of the trade. I thought we got excellent comp for the lazy bum.
There is no hindsight involved. I didn't think we would miss him at all.
Everyone had to make a big deal and about it.
Another simple over reaction by Dolphin fans.

 

So you're saying it's ok to raise the pitchforks and prematurely declare the season a bust when we're 0-0, but it's not ok to be happy that we look much better than the doom & gloom that half this board vehemently predicted we'd be? Sorry, seems a little hypocritical to me..... or a lot hypocritical. This team obviously has talent, and it's obviously now headed in the right direction. Slick's point was that people who were outwardly deeming the season a failure during preseason lose all rights to tell others to temper expectations now that we've actually played some games b/c that's worse than the pot calling the kettle black.

 

So what. How many SB teams have you seen with All Pros at every position? You don't have to have a perfect team to have a playoff or SB caliber team. Even without Brandon Marshall we're a better team now than the very good team that finished last season 6-3. We're 10-6 over the past 16 games IIRC, and the arrow should be pointing upward considering nearly all of our young, cohesive, developing team is staying in tact and should remain so for years to come.

 

Care to wager on that? Didnt think so.

 

Could of fooled me.

 

didn't say it was likely. but probable, yes. Care to bet me it's not probable? Didn't think so.

 

Something tells me all the energy in the Jeff Ireland threads that were closed has been funneled into this one.

 

I don't think it is probable. It is possible.

 

If they keep winning, the point is they didnt deserve it, they deserved imo, somewhat of a clean slate just to see how they would respond with all new dynamics involved.. well, it's half way point and they are thee surprise team in the NFL..

 

I'm confused. You think we'll probably lose the next 9 games?

 

no

probable : establishing a probability <probable evidence>

 

lol I'd love to bet you that it's not probable.

 

^^see above definition

 

No, bumping old threads to gloat is against this boards' TOS. Since 3 threads have already been closed, I would have thought you would have given it a rest by now. Unless you're working on a 3rd username to come back as. Maybe PhinTodds?

 

http://www.thephins.com/forums/show...in-on-our-GM&p=1894327&viewfull=1#post1894327

Take it up with the mods.

 

You have probable and possible mixed up.

 

Why? I have no problem with people wanting to be held accountable to their predictions. I don't see how that's gloating.

 

no I don't. That's the definition.
You don't know the full definition.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/probable

here's another one

prob·a·ble
   [prob-uh-buhl] Show IPA
adjective
1.
likely to occur or prove true: He foresaw a probable business loss. He is the probable writer of the article.
2.
having more evidence for than against, or evidence that inclines the mind to belief but leaves some room for doubt.
3.
affording ground for belief.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/probable

 

It's a battle you won't win. This is from me getting busted on it a year ago when I went back to visit the Bryant McKinnie vs. Colombo debate -

 

Sooooo you think it's likely we go 4-12. Yea I take that bet.

 

lol I'll take it as you are going to start posting gifs now since you see you are wrong.

 

This is a forum to discuss the Miami Dolphins. This is not a forum to discuss other posters or hold them "accountable". If you want to discuss the topic of the thread, you're more than free to do so.

 

lol No I'm quite sure I know when to use the word possible instead of probable but whatever you think.

 

I posted the definitions of probable. I am using it correctly. You probably just didn't know the full definition and rather then admitting that are pretending the definitions exist. You are just ignoring them lol. Sad.

 

My point was that at that time they both (Ross and Irish) deserved some criticism. Ross was meddling with the franchise where an owner should not be. Irish, I've defended all along, feeling that Sparano and staff was as much responsible for not developing players as Irish was for acquiring them in the first place, but neither was he defining a direction for this franchise, one of the responsibilities of the GM. I've never been behind the "Irish has had 4 yrs" crowd, particularly after Ross decided to retain him and move forward from there.

How harsh should we have been, that's up for debate, however those circumstances have changed.

 

lol yea while ignoring the first definition. Too funny. Whatever makes you feel better

 

so you think there is only one definition for a word and the others are meaningless? Right. Whatever helps you feel intelligent.

 

No I think intelligent people would use the most accurate word whenever possible and not have to try to interpret an obscure 3rd definition of an inaccurate one. But that's just me, and the English language.

 

lol I'd say intelligent people would see they were wrong for their original attempt at portraying their intelligence, suck it up, and move on.
And fyi in things like math books, the word is used a lot like how I used it. It's where I picked it up from.

 

Yes it's very relevant to all the math problems we were discussing.

 

I was discussing probability. What subject is probability under slickj?

 

No, you were discussing the likeliness that Miami goes 4-12, which while possible, is not probable.

Context.

 

True debate is not so bad but it's been like watching someone try and explain to a mid-evil Pope that the world is really round. Anyone openly supporting that theory would just be crucified as you can clearly look around you and see the world is flat.

 

That would be probability. Just like you said want to bet. What does betting entail again? Oh right probability.

 

I have to side with slickj on this one.

 

that's your prerogative