The Dolphins insult their tenant the Miami Hurricanes

They are planning to "celebrate" the Gators 2009 NC when Tim Tebow is in the house.

Of all the STUPID things this franchise has done this may top the cake. You not only are going to alienate a good portion of your fanbase (many people are season ticket holders of both the Dolphins and Canes) you are going to try to bring in fans that are "Tebow Fans" who will be rooting AGAINST you team and for the Broncos. Just that ALONE is stupidity ! This is a disaster waiting to happen. Add alcohol, and young men with a lot of testosterone, that is a recipe for fights galore in the stands. Again just plain stupidity. You are going to put at risk of being caught in the middle of mindless f*cks fighting each other, your innocent fans that are just there to root for their Dolphins.

Then you are going to "celebrate" a NC for a team that is the ACKNOWLEDGED most hated rival of the team that sits as your tenant in your stadium. And if that wasn't insulting enough, you have never "celebrated" any of the 5 (F-I-V-E) NC that your tenant has won.

Hey Dolphins its the 10th aniversary of the Canes 2001 title and many of those guys are either no longer playing or at the end of their careers. Yet you are going to celebrate a championship that still has kids playing on the college team that won it, and ignore your tenant and its accomplishments ?

I guess I should expect this of a franchise that sells team gear of its most hated rival in its own gear shop.

Just jaw droppingly insulting and ridiculous.

 

Does it even matter ? Even if Tebow isn't with them, to celebrate the accomplishments of a team that is the MOST HATED RIVAL of your own tenant, and a good portion of your fanbase is also a fan of that tenant, is just about as insulting as can be.

 

Take the Hurricanes OUT of the question. Just inviting people to the game that will be rooting for the Broncos because they are Tebow fans. YOU ARE BRINGING IN FANS TO ROOT AGAINST YOUR TEAM ! UGH !!!! STUPIDITY !

 

Probably 40% of Dolphins season ticket holders are also Hurricanes season ticket holders. You are insulting them to the core.

 

Are you serious, or just trying to be contrary because its a thread that I started ?

I think if thought through thoroughly, you would conclude that many of the "Gator" fans will also be there as "Tebow" fans, and thus be ROOTING AGAINST THE DOLPHINS. Why would you even consider doing something that would do that ? Even if it is remotely possible ?

This is ill conceived and a disaster from so many points of view. Local Dolfans that are also Hurricane fans are livid about it, and there is now being talked about a boycott of that game. Already the season ticket base is down by thousands, and now you are forcing good DolFans to choose between the two or perhaps feel disloyal.

The PR disasters continue under Mike Dee & Steven Ross.

 

Sick if you have ever been around Canes fans you know they are the most hated. I know you must have been on the Canes Rivals.com site or the Scout.com sites. If you haven't just read the posts. True Canes fans there, and its not even close who is the most loathed & hated rival.

As for the reasons, 2 stick out from among the many.......

1st, the Great Gator Flop in 1971. The worst insult to the Hurricanes ever, and one of the most unsportsmanlike plays I have ever witnessed. As a former athlete yourself, just put yourself in the uniform of a Cane in that situation and see if you wouldn't loathe anyone that did that to you. That cemented my hatred for the Gator on that day, and I was only 11 at the time. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_Uzu-wPFmc ) If you are a true Canes fan, that will make you blood boil to watch it.

2nd, they refuse to play the Canes every year. Until Steve Spurrier discontinued the annual rivalry, the Miami series was the longest in Florida and for many years was played on Thanksgiving night (in the 1940's & 1950's). That was the game of the year for both schools for many years, even bigger than the Georgia game until the 1960's for the Gators. They claim they can't play Miami & FSU every year, yet Miami or FSU have never had a problem playing both. Only the Gators shied away from that challenge.

Sick I don't know a true Canes fan that even remotely thinks that FSU is our most hated rival. We have always had mutual respect between the teams, as far as I have seen & witnessed. There has never been the fights in the stands that I have seen, unlike the times I have been to Miami-Florida games, either here or in Gainesville.

Not sure what Canes fans you have been around. Obviously ones born after 1989 I guess.

 

I assure you it isn't considered by many Canes fans as a Moehill : http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=13&f=2927&t=7831029

 

My agenda ? Oh please tell me all about it, I'm all ears. I've been rooting for the Dolphins since their inception.

This is about alienating much of the fan base. Why are they doing this ? Why haven't they seen fit to "celebrate" the Canes AND Seminoles titles ? Why is it so important to do it now ?

It's an ill-conceived & badly timed event, seemingly meant to rub it in the faces of the Canes & their fans, who I will remind you are a good portion of the Dolphins fan base as well.

 

So ? Do you realize that stadium is the Canes home field as well, and will play a game there the day before ? It's a PR nightmare, that is the Dolphins own doing. Very short sighted.

 

This is a blog written by The Beast, who many in Miami will know from his days on Miami radio, especially at 560 wqam.......

http://www.beyondusports.com/canes-fans-outraged-dolphins-honoring-tebow/

Sick didn't you work with the Beast ?

 

We'll see. Many here would like to think different because most of the people that post on this board don't live here, but I can assure you there are THOUSANDS that hold season tickets to both, and the Dolphins have just alienated many of them if they go through with this lunacy.

 

Exactly you are a Gator fan, so you do what you wish, but a great many of DolFans are NOT Gator fans, and in fact can't stand them and their fans.

 

Well contrary to many of the posters on this board (whose reactions I expected) the local radio shows have been about not Henne's favorable performance, or the OLine's horrific play, but this has been dominating both Joe Rose's show this morning, and now Gino Torretta's show that is on now.

This "event" may happen, but I assure you it will be a disaster. Stadium boycotts, and people returning season tickets IS happening.

In no other city or franchise would this happen. But then again, this is the Dolphins and Miami.....unbelievable.