This was supposed to be a time of excitement for the Dolphins.....

I'm still excited.

 

Just give it a year, it will be fine. Fins will still be in Miami. I'm betting it comes up to vote next session. The dumbass in Tallahassee made his political point. NFL wants a team in Miami, wants superbowls in Miami. we'll probably miss the superbowl to SanFran, but they'll get one soon.

 

Well Mike Dee, you asked for it.

 

Relax guys, we aren't going anywhere. All this talk is propaganda for the league and politicians.

My guess is Ross will fund minor improvements and push a similar deal next year.

 

Got depressed because no new stadium?

 

Eh, I shall never let politics get in the way of my Dolphins.

Dee acted like an imbecile, but he's just the sort of marketing guy anyway, Wallace will still be running 9 routes, Dion Jordan will have a great rookie season etc.

 

“He’s got frightening athletic skills, and he’s a year away,” Mayock said at the combine. “He would be a situational pass-rusher Year One, and if he puts 20 pounds on, I think he’s going to be a perennial All-Pro.”

Says Aliotti: “The sky’s the limit, just because of his make-up. A lot of good athletes don’t have the right attitude, but he’s got it all.”

Same name is me and my son, the leo position, me and my son are Leo's lol....the Mantis will fly..

Defense is gonna be bad *** this year, screw the offense..defense gets me excited.

 

You think you're excited? Feel these nipples!

 

Mike Dee should be fired for suggesting what he suggested, for exactly the reason the original poster outlined.

 

Ughhh..pissass..lol.

What exactly did he say CK that deserves the firing? Or do you think at hinting at it was enough?

 

Can we stop this BS already. The Miami Dolphins will be playing their home games at Sun Life Stadium as long as Mr Ross is the owner. It's time for the entities that benefit most from prime time events to provide the venue. I'm sure Mr Ross would give them the stadium if they had a comprehensive plan.

 

i don't want to anymore you Fargin bastage, Ck just gave me a limpy.

 

BS. Dee can not be expected to speak for an owner that doesn't exist. Would you buy a stadium knowing you won't get any local support?

 

Whatever Mike Dee says is calculated and dictated from a higher authority. Dee isn't throwing it out there on his own.

 

Yeah that's what I got from that long interview with that fat guy, he was caculated alright, I'm not sure everyone has seen that video..

 

I thought he chose his words poorly with that "bleak future" remark. I understand and share his frustration with what happened. And i also understand in the heat of the moment he said something he probably now realizes he should have worded differently.

Everyone however should be seriously upset at what transpired. If not for the Dolphins or the deal, at least for the fact that someone following their own agenda completely took your right to vote for or against this.

 

Luckily the players and coaches wont care too much about a stadium situation. Seriously, if a player is that easily distracted hes in the wrong profession.

 

As long as the check clears..

 

Exactly. That and as long as they can practice without disruption and play without disruption its not really their problem.

 

The problem is always going to be the funding. South Florida just doesn't have the money right now. As usual it centers around Jeffrey Loria.

Because the Marlins were in Sun Life, the Dolphins were not able to pursue renovations that could have been done years ago, and then when they did leave, the County now doesn't have the money to make a deal and the Dolphins were forced to go the bed-tax increase route. Because they had to do this, it put the whole project in the hands of people who frankly, couldn't give a crap about South Fla (Weatherford).

So had the Marlins actually left, and relocated themselves, this issue would have been resolved years ago. So if there is someone to really blame, blame Jeffery Loria.

 

I've wanted him gone, since I found out he was the one that ok'd Gator Day, possibly the stupidest promotion ever in sports.

 

They'll just feel it on Sundays.

 

Essentially hinting that the Dolphins will be moving out of Miami. Fired. On the spot. Of course Ross probably got him to say that. I'd fire them both if I could.

 

Damn..this is tough because I'm 100 % behind their concepts and impact of rebranding, yet I'm confused about the quickness to go bleak on us.

 

Well, this is one of the upsides to drafting Tannehill, if he fails in 2013 then adios Jeff Ireland, if he succeeds then Ireland made the right call.

Which will mean a new broom sweeping clean in Davie.

And tbh, I'm excited by that as well, no more "not Ireland's fault, it was Parcells!", I do feel Ireland has made changes in the way he does business, but he has to produce results this year.

 

If you are going to play the irrational game Dion Jordan has to be a three down player.

 

Yep, this is what I suspect will happen, taking him at #3 overall means he will start unless he just falls apart in Camp and doesn't get what is going on ala Egnew.

 

Agree. Jordan will stand up on first and second down and put his hand on the ground on third down.

 

Experience is all he needs, let him play.

 

I hate to say this is a "Loria" he is pulling, but it is very similar in a way. Loria went all in last year, and the team bombed, and then the attendance followed that, and then Loria essentially "sold out the team" not even giving the team a 2nd year to try and gel.

I am now starting to suspect something at least a little sinister. He's a real estate man, and speculated on the Dolphins and seems to have lost and now is looking to sell and get out as soon as possible.

I hate to sound so jaded but this news tonight that he's thinking of selling really shows me this was nothing more than a ploy to get the stadium improved and then sell high, and backload the repayment so that it falls on the sucker he gets to buy the team next. It's not really all that different than what Loria is going to pull when he sells the team (hopefully by 2015 when he doesn't have to pay a profit penalty).

 

What news that he's thinking of selling?

 

Well yr #2, if he has it, we will know it.

As for Ross, a NFL team is a money maker, no question about it, if he sells it is to turn a profit.

Besides the team really cannot move w/o a massive upfront payment for the stadium as we are one of the few teams who own the stadium outright.

 

You have to start to wonder, all this, selling talk - it just makes Ross look bad, and more like his intent was never to make the Dolphins into a winner, but just bide his time until he could get the stadium improved and then sell.......if this is the case, then it's pretty disgusting from a fans standpoint. IOW these whole 5 years have been a huge lie.

 

Dee has intimated that Ross is 72 and won't be the owner forever......that, and several media reports that have run a story that Ross will make a decision to possibly sell if this year doesn't turn out the way he wants.

 

You the heard the context that this was in?

 

How revelatory.