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I'm liking Joe Philbin more and more

Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by Frumundah Finnatic, Feb 28, 2012.

  1. Frumundah Finnatic

    Frumundah Finnatic U Mad Miami?

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    From Jeff Darlington's Twitter.

    Well if he's learning from the best.
     
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  2. CaribPhin

    CaribPhin Guest

    I just hope he doesn't read Lebron's "How to Close out the Championship"

    (Heat fan but couldn't resist)
     
  3. smahtaz

    smahtaz Pimpin Ain't Easy

    Lebron wasn't brought in to close out a championship. They already had that guy.

    [edit] The same guy that broke Kobe's nose in an All-Star game and laughed about it.
     
  4. dolfan7171

    dolfan7171 Well-Known Member

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    Yeah...the more I hear or read about Philbin the more I am glad he is our coach.
     
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  5. Paul 13

    Paul 13 Chaotic Neutral & Unstable Genius Staff Member

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    Section just jizzed on himself.
     
  6. pennphinfan

    pennphinfan Stelin Canez Arcade Scorz

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  7. Frumundah Finnatic

    Frumundah Finnatic U Mad Miami?

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    You do know he apologized later? Oh well, Haters dont care about logic or facts.
     
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  8. Coral Reefer

    Coral Reefer Premium Member

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    I'll like Joe Philbin when I see the product he puts on the field.

    No offense to your thread but we've seen coaches come through here saying all the right things and carrying a great resume before.

    Call me jaded but optimistic.
     
  9. djphinfan

    djphinfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Quote of the offseason, from Ireland, he says to his coach after he keeps hearing what a great guy he is, " I sure hope you can coach"...lol
     
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  10. smahtaz

    smahtaz Pimpin Ain't Easy

    I hated that he apologized. Kobe was hacking him all night.
     
  11. The_Dark_Knight

    The_Dark_Knight Defender of the Truth

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    I too am going to have to wait and see. I remember all the excitement when Bill Parcells came in...how posters in this forum has signatures made with "The Soprano's" logo to fit Tony Sparano...how everyone was excited with Cam Cameron came in from San Diego with his high powered offense...and ultimately at the end of the season(s), everyone was like an unruly mob with torches and pitchforks hunting Frankenstein's monster.

    It's great to be excited and hopeful for a brighter tomorrow, but still need to keep it real just in case our hearts are crushed yet again.
     
  12. MonstBlitz

    MonstBlitz Nobody's Fart Catcher

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    I'm not quite sure how to feel about this. I certainly won't knock Joe for it, but reading motivational books by other coaches seems more of a move that someone who aspired to be a head coach or NFL coach might do, not someone who has already attained the rank. By this time I would hope Joe wouldn't have much to learn from a book that I'm guessing was probably written geared more towards the general public. Like I said, not knocking him for it. I've never read the book and maybe there's some great stuff in there that translates to all sports. I'm just not going to get warm and tingly. I DO get warm and tingly when I hear him talk about QB rating differential though...
     
  13. Alex13

    Alex13 Tua Time !!! Club Member

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    thats ridiculous, a little hack here and then, he got schooled by bryant and wouldnt let him dunk on him in an all star game, what a jealous little joke dwade is, he will feel it on sunday, he will get smacked by someone fo sure
     
  14. gunn34

    gunn34 I miss Don & Dan

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    I still remember the "Saban is God" name someone used. :sidelol:
     
  15. rdhstlr23

    rdhstlr23 Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Let's be honest. With our fan base, winning doesn't even turn heads. It buys you 1 year. Most turned on Tony Sparano quicker than anything I've seen. And he won their first division in a decade. So, everyone likes Joe now, but it will take sustained success maybe to keep this guy well liked.
     
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  16. Da 'Fins

    Da 'Fins Season Ticket Holder Staff Member Club Member

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    Was thinking the same thing. Will be interesting to see a) If Wade is gutsy enough to drive the lane; and b) if the Laker big men hammer him. I actually think if they do get a flagrant - even if a player gets kicked out and the Lakers lose, it would be a good thing for their team the rest of the season.

    What was disappointing to me was that, like Kobe or not, he is the principle reason Wade has a gold medal. Kobe - not Wade or LeBron, was the go to man in the gold medal game against Spain and he was uber-clutch (the anti-Lebron).
     
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  17. Da 'Fins

    Da 'Fins Season Ticket Holder Staff Member Club Member

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    The key is - will the Dolphins build a Super Bowl contender? Winning turned heads, it was the losing the next three years that cost him; that and boneheaded coaching decisions. And the Dolphin team that made the playoffs was not a powerful, SB contender and never became such. The last time the Dolphins had a legit SB contending team (in spite of other playoff appearances) was 1984 (one might point to 94 and the 1 point loss to SD but the AFC was terrible in those years).
     
  18. PhinishLine

    PhinishLine Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Good ole Dolphins fans. Now we are analyzing WHAT book Joe is reading, WHEN he is reading it, and WHY he decided to read this particular book. Does it ever stop? I remember when there was a thread about the cutoff windbreaker Tony Sparano used to wear. How odd that a football coach, who coaches football, reads a book about football. Something is afoot and I mean to find out what!

    And I see no issues with optimism. We are the fanbase, we are supposed to be optimistic. It's dang ner our job to be optimistic and stick with the team. Redskins fans here in DC honestly think they are going to the Superbowl every year. They win one game and its "Whup....we going to the chip!" Dolphins fans lose one game and we start mocking up drafts. I"m not a coach.....I don't need to deal with reality. I'm a fan....I love my team and every season I want to be optimistic in their prospects even if it is fools gold. I mean.....did anyone ever think that the next leap was going to be the leap home for Sam? Or did we think Gilligan was actually going to get off the island?! No! That would kill the show...but we hoped and remained optimistic and both shows ended up being awesome. Enjoy being fans folks. I'm just waiting on the pitchforks to come out about Joe rocking the "bald on top" aka the "Yugoslav" haircut.
     
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  19. MikeHoncho

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    Meanwhile a row behind him, Jeff Ireland was seen taking notes from A John's Guide To The City
     
  20. Alex13

    Alex13 Tua Time !!! Club Member

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    amen bro !!!
     
  21. Frumundah Finnatic

    Frumundah Finnatic U Mad Miami?

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    Jealous my ***, Wade owns Kobe, the HEAT own Kobe.
    The Heat will once again make LA their *****.
     
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  22. unluckyluciano

    unluckyluciano For My Hero JetsSuck

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    A true student of the game never stops learning. Doesn't matter who it's from.
    A true student finds things they can learn from most situations. I think personally its the sign of a humble guy and probably a fairly intelligent guy.
     
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  23. unluckyluciano

    unluckyluciano For My Hero JetsSuck

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    And go thunder!!!
     
  24. ASUFinFan

    ASUFinFan Uh huh

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    I own that book. That's pretty cool.
     
  25. HardKoreXXX

    HardKoreXXX Insensitive to the Touch

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    You mean the game where Wade went 9-12 and led all scorers with 27 points. That game, right?

    (Not to mention Wade hit an icing 3 pointer that put the Heat up by 7 with less than 2 minutes remaining)
     
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  26. jw3102

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    I certainly have no problem with Philbin at this point. I just want to actually see how effective he is as a head coach before I jump on or off his band wagon. He appears intelligent and seems to know what he wants to accomplish as the Dolphins head coach, but since he has never been a head coach before at any level, we will just have to wait and see how he functions when it is up to him to make the key decisions during the heat of the game.

    It appears that many fans have forgotten that he didn't call the offensive plays for the Packers during the games. He was in the coaching box upstairs, while the head coach of the Packers called all the offensive plays. The reality is that he could turn out to be a very good head coach in the NFL, or he could end up being the Dolphins next, Cam Cameron. I really could care less what books he reads. I only care whether or not he can be an effective head coach for the Dolphins.
     
  27. Fin D

    Fin D Sigh

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    Nobody forgot that at all. Its just that it has absolutely no bearing on being a HC. Why do you presume it means something? Did you forget that that the same HC that called those plays (McCarthy) was one of the worse OC's in the game before he got the Green Bay job?
     
  28. Dol-Fan Dupree

    Dol-Fan Dupree Tank? Who is Tank? I am Guy Incognito.

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    Not only did I not forget, I see this as a positive. His job was to put together the offensive gameplan and getting the offense to work at its best efficiency. Which is something I would rather have than a good play caller. He can hire a person to call plays, which is what he did.
     
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  29. MonstBlitz

    MonstBlitz Nobody's Fart Catcher

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    That's a fair way to look at it. I'm not poo pooing it, and I'm pretty high on Philbin too. He had me at "QB Rating differential." :lol:
     
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  30. Ozzy

    Ozzy Premium Member Luxury Box

    It would be the first time ever that Kobe schooled him but that "would" I put in there is because its BS!! Kobe hacked him two times in a row and it was Kobe who was trying to make the game all serious. So Wade knocked the snot out of him. Way to go DWade! Next time trip him mid flight....
     
  31. Ozzy

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    You mean the same D-Wade that had 27 points to Kobe Bryants 20 points? The same D-Wade that drained a 3 pointer to put Miami up 111-104? Or are you just being a tad biased towards Kobe because all he really did was convert a 4 point play. Sure it was clutch but the Wade 3 pointer put the game out of reach and was just as clutch.

    Wades statistics were better than Kobe's for the entire Olympic games, including the gold medal game
     
  32. Ozzy

    Ozzy Premium Member Luxury Box

    lol, beat me to it.........


    Kobe made a nice 4 point play but Wade was the man that game
     
  33. Ozzy

    Ozzy Premium Member Luxury Box

    It does not matter what happened. Dude is a total Heat hater. You know it, I know it
     
  34. djphinfan

    djphinfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    I've had Dwade as the best player in the game for the past few seasons, what he does offensively and how he disrupts on defense, I just think there isn't another player I'd rather have..
     
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  35. unluckyluciano

    unluckyluciano For My Hero JetsSuck

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    I was originally a seattle fan so I too, say **** me :shifty:
     
  36. FinNasty

    FinNasty Alabama don’t want this... Staff Member Club Member

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    Great coaches are always looking to learn more and looking for other perspectives. I mean, Spolestra went around last offseason meeting with coaches from the college ranks of his sport and other sports. You can always learn more from different coaching philosophies and perspectives.
     
  37. Larryfinfan

    Larryfinfan 17-0...Priceless Club Member

    This could be a bit harsh to be concerned about his motive for reading a particular book Monst...Could be he's just re-reading certain parts, putting together some notes for talking with the team at some point...I have done the same thing when I had some time, for talks that I didn't have planned but wanted some info to build a speech off of...usually with books I've read one or two times already...(unfortunately, not the same subjects and certainly not as HC of an NFL franchise, but in my job of leading a group of middle level managers of a business).

    Or it could be that he's never read that book, as you suggested and is looking to continue to broaden his horizon's or it could be that, as you said he's searching for more because he's uncertain about himself and his abilities...I don't think this is at all an uncommon sighting...

    I also think being uncomfortable about his ability because he was reading that particular book on a flight home is a bit overboard...
     
  38. GreysonWinfield

    GreysonWinfield Release The Hounds

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    Under the microscope in the offseason. What will they say if he is reading Playboy, Hustler or Mad Magazine? I like the hire but just want the draft to get here, camps to start and see what he puts together on the field.
     
  39. HardKoreXXX

    HardKoreXXX Insensitive to the Touch

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    LeBron is the only player in the NBA who can guard all 5 positions, and guard them well. The guy locked down the MVP in the playoffs last year. Doing that alone is impressive. Then consider he did that while averaging almost a triple-double in the series. He's having arguably the best season by anyone...ever. I love Wade, always will. But LeBron is easily the best player in the world right now.
     

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