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Green: I regret signing with the Dolphins

Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by Muck, Aug 21, 2009.

  1. Muck

    Muck Throwback Uniform Crusader Retired Administrator

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  2. anlgp

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    swallow your pride eric green you're pissed cuz you got cut
     
  3. unluckyluciano

    unluckyluciano For My Hero JetsSuck

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    right when green didn't get up I had the gut feeling we shouldn't have signed him. I just couldn't say anything then.......
     
  4. the 23rd

    the 23rd a.k.a. Rio

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  5. MS4FINS

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    Big Baby :cry:
     
  6. adamprez2003

    adamprez2003 Senior Member

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    the feeling is mutual
     
  7. jetssuck

    jetssuck I hear Mandich's voice...

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    lol....right?

    I mean could he possibly regret it as much as the team now does?

    I was unable to find anything concerning his guaranteed money...this is about all I could find:

    # 2009: $1.2 million
    # 2010: $1.65 million
    # Total: $2.85 million

    and he could earn 3 million in incentives..

    I'm guessing that he had to have gotten at least a half million guaranteed...

    If any of us got a job, worked for a month or two and totally sucked at it, got fired and walked away with that much money......what the hell would we regret? lol


    JS
     
  8. m ino

    m ino New Member

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    i would regret sucking at it so bad they cut me right after my first pres-season game.
     
  9. Dolfan984

    Dolfan984 Underrated Free Agent

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    good. now i dislike him even more. too bad i semi root for the 49ers. he's a baddie if he gets playing time he's going to cost them at least one game hahaha
     
  10. Frumundah Finnatic

    Frumundah Finnatic U Mad Miami?

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  11. rafael

    rafael Well-Known Member

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    I don't think that sounded bitter. I thought it sounded honest. Not everybody fits everywhere.
     
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  12. calphin

    calphin deadly at 250 yards!!

    Excuses,excuses,escuses.
    fact is, put up or shut up!!!
     
  13. Rhody Phins Fan

    Rhody Phins Fan Well-Known Member

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    Basically this job was too hard for him and he would rather have an easier time on a worse team. What a competitor.
     
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  14. Zod

    Zod Ruler of the Universe

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    Everything is going to be okay. Mama said it's a new day.
     
  15. FinsAreLife

    FinsAreLife Well-Known Member

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    I know that not everyone fits everywhere but he is playing football. For lack of a better saying it is 'a man's game'. Discipline tends to win ball games last time I checked. See ya man.
     
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  17. cnc66

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    VERY good to see you around bro, you've been missed!
     
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  18. rafael

    rafael Well-Known Member

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    The fit goes both ways. Acknowledging that fact doesn't mean you're crying. It just means you recognized that. I expect that the Dolphins may regret having signed him too.

    I don't think he's bad mouthing the team. I just think he's saying it was a bad fit.
     
  19. firedan

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    Fins were best to cut thier losses when they did-I'm sure he don't regret that signing bonus he walked with.
     
  20. Larryfinfan

    Larryfinfan 17-0...Priceless Club Member

    Yeah, seems like Tony regretted signing him, too.....
     
  21. hooserdaddy

    hooserdaddy Season Ticket Holder

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    I have a feeling he didn't get that much of a signing bonus because it was clear that he was coming in to compete for a job, and not to automatically be the starter
     
  22. King Felix

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    agree'd
     
  23. PhinsRock

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    Seemed to me from his interview he just didn't like the discipline and hard work here. He prefers a laid back, easy does it program like AZ or 49'ers. Mike Singletary must have mellowed BIG TIME in his "older" years.
     
  24. Onehondo

    Onehondo Senior Member Club Member

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    I think it says it all when your mother says you need to play with greater enthusiasm.
    What was the bigger mistake? Him signing with the Dolphins or the Dolphins signing him?
     
  25. T. Nathan22

    T. Nathan22 Dolphins fan since 72

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    I don't know.....

    He is supposed to be a professional and all. I agree he wasn't a good a fit cause he just didn't want to put in the work to be on this football team.

    Or maybe he just wanted to see Coach Singletary's butt I don't know.:lol:
     
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  26. StLouisFinFan

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    Doesn't bother me that he's bitter or that he felt it wasn't a good fit. What made me happy about this story is that he's happy to be gone because the Dolphins weren't "laid back" enough. Maybe I'm in the minority here, but the thought of my football team and the moniker "laid back" being used in the same sentence would make me want to puke and switch teams.

    A laid back work place breeds laziness and red bottom lines...

    A laid back set of parents breeds spoiled brats...

    A laid back approach to one's faith breeds a loss of it...

    A laid back football team breeds underachieving, overconfident, untested, inconsistent losers.

    Eric Green leaving the Dolphins is a landmark event folks. Not because of who he was, but because of what the Dolphins have become.
     
  27. Califin

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    I would venture a guess, he was let go for poor decision making, and perhaps a bit "slow" in reactionary skills.
     
  28. Anonymous

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    Is he serious? He didn't like Miami because the workouts and such were too hard for him? Man up, dude, you're in the NFL.
     
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  30. finserg

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    Maybe it was not his style, good luck
     
  31. Roman529

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    I thought for a second that this as about Trent Green. :lol: At least he took things well and didn't cry when the Phins had to let him go.
     
  32. Lt Dan

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    Sounds like another lazy player who didn't like working so hard in camp
     
  33. jason8er

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    Well, at least he didn't make it as far as standing on our sideline during a Pats game, and wishing he was standing on the other side. :shifty:
     
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  34. cnc66

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    him, they could have
     
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  35. rafael

    rafael Well-Known Member

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    That's a good point. It's all about finding the right 53.

    My only contention was that he didn't sound bitter. The ones that sounded bitter were those here attacking him like he had insulted the team.
     
  36. kadiddlehopper

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    Sounds like an "I" guy, rather than a "Team" guy which is being built here. Go 2008 AFC Champs!
     
  37. JDelenne

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    If you cant take the heat stay out of South Florida. We don't want lazy bastards here anyways.
     
  38. Phinvader Bill

    Phinvader Bill The all new Mr. Event

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    Note to the Dolphins front office:

    We are now 0-2 for success with guys named Eric Green. Please don't sign another Eric Green.
     
  39. TarHeelFinFan

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    Agreed. I'm surprised any team allows gum chewing in team meetings like Green was complaining that the Dolphins didn't. Where else can you got to work for hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars and be allowed to chew gum in meetings?
     
  40. brandon27

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    What a baby... Shut up Green. Go suck it up in San Fran... with Smith, Davis and Allen... We aren't going to miss you.
     

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