Right, I'm heading out for the afternoon. I'll post the press tweets etc. when I get back. Have a good one guys!
I have no issue with Gase using the bubble for practice in DANGEROUS weather conditions but we do have to admit, prior to Gase, the bubble was used ALL of the time for practice which negated one of the advantages Miami has and was not used...the extreme heat and humidity. I can remember when I was younger, Miami's home games were ALWAYS at 1:00pm. The Dolphins ALWAYS wore white on white and the effect of the heat was negligible. The visiting teams would be WHIPPED midway through the 3rd quarter. I'm glad to see Gase foregoing the bubble as a general rule of thumb and practicing in Miami's heat and humidity. As Seattle's stadium is affectionately known to them as "The 12th Man", so should Miami's weather.
I've said the same thing for years. And as a South Florida native, I never once saw it as "too hot to practice". I went to Nova high (which is right next to where the Fins practice) and we had two a days during the late summer (as in, this time of year). We'd practice for three hours, run a mile before lunch, then do another 3-4 hours afterwards. It was hot, sure, but it was also a typical day and we didn't think anything of it. The coaches would keep us hydrated and it was no big deal- our bodies adapted to the heat/humidity because that was our only choice. On the weekends, I'd sometimes spend 10+ hours at the beach or a local park playing volleyball and not even realize I was getting fried until I showered that night. Your mind and body just adjusts and it stops becoming a factor. Now out of shape in my 40's and living in South Carolina (where the humidity is a lot less), I still look at people funny when they say, "It's so hot out today." I'll cut my grass in 98 degree weather and not think twice because it's never as bad as South Florida. That's 25+ years later, by the way...and I still have an "advantage" over the locals here who didn't grow up in real heat/humidity. I said all of that to say this- playing is South Florida is MASSIVE for athletes because it gives a huge advantage playing everywhere in the early months. Visiting teams just can't last for four quarters since the heat/humidity eats them alive, and it's super hard to pace yourself since you don't realize your body is falling behind. By the 4th quarter, we have massive advantages at home on 1 PM games (and the 4 PM ones to some degree) because other teams are forced to sub folks in more often as people get dizzy/dehydrated, where our boys are just sweating hard and focused on winning. People usually don't believe me but on a super hot day that I was outside for sports all day, there were times when I'd lose 10-15 pounds across a 12 hour period. That's how much you sweat out and you have to drink that back throughout the day to avoid being in real trouble. It's easily one of the biggest 12th man advantages in sports for our football teams- why do you think the Canes, Gators and Seminoles have been in the conversation for national champions for the past 4+ decades?
Yes but the problem wasn't the Bubble. The problem was the coaches and the way they used it. I'm just saying there's an awful lot of hate spewed at the Bubble and it is not only misplaced (should be at former coaches) it is silly.
Shawn Jefferson is intense with these WRs. He is on Grant and Parker the most Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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