You finding the fact that I'm a little disappointed Ross didn't get his top candidate absurd, for whatever reasons, is pretty absurd, in my opinion. But hey, keep fighting that good fight of whatever it is you're fighting against. The evil media? I forget.
You are acting like there was some flaw in Ross that kept many of these guys from signing...and there isn't. It is as if, anyone and everyone is available to do Ross' bidding if only he had the right combination of traits/money/structure and its his fault when he doesn't for that given person. That's what is absurd. What's your good fight...**** on anything and everything that is Dolphins related?
It was reported soon after Ireland was fired that Gamble was Ross's top target. Maybe it wasn't true, but seems like an odd thing for a reporter to make up.
That's only how you see it. You refuse to notice or pay attention to the positive things I say about this team because you're too busy being so angry. You love to say how negative I and others are, but your anger is unrivaled. If you could just take a few deep breaths and relax, you would realize nobody is being as negative or ridiculous as you think they are.
Its not only me that sees that. Here you are trying to turn the Gamble thing into Ross' fault and you're doing it in spite of evidence to the contrary like the fact he's refusing to meet with any team, his father is sick in Philly, and most people thinking he wasn't going to leave Philly no matter what. Basically, you're putting effort into turning this into Ross' fault. That's what a hater does. So you can sit back and give us all this rhetoric about you not being overly negative, but your actions betray that and they do it constantly. Hell, you'd think that for someone who was so anti-Ireland you'd be happy enough that he was gone you wouldn't still try and blast the organization for things beyond their control.
i think this is where a lot of the frustrations come from. You guys gotta stop with this "It was reported" nonsense. These writers, every single one of them, know nothing. Stop listening to them. I don't get why some writers are believed and others arent and then the same writer is believed later on even though he wasnt before. why would ross (and i guess peterson) tell ANYONE who his top candidate is? Wouldn't that just be a horrible move in general? For one, if it were true it would make the other candidates seem so irrelevant, thus making the whole process a sham. And two, it would give the GM in question the ability to drive up his price because he knows how badly the owner wants him. Ross didn't tell anyone who his top candidate is. He never would. No owner would. How a "reporter" would get a hold of such information is beyond me but Im damn sure they cant prove it. Why do the same rules for normal journalism not apply to sports journalism?
Ross has a coach he wants. He gives that coach the power to pick the other "cooks in the kitchen." He has a money person he likes. He needs someone to fit into that situation. Gamble is not interested, so be it. Not hard to figure out. I actually laughed out loud at this, and I don't intend that as an offense to you. I just mean it seems that these guys say what they want. We have little idea if it is based in reality.
Positive Dolphin articles are treated as gospel on this board. Sources are trusted. The reporters integrity is unquestionable. But when the reports are negative - sometimes from the same folks - they know nothing, it's a conspiracy, the sources are made up, etc. etc. etc. The truth as always, is somewhere in the middle.
I didn't say it was definitely Ross's fault anywhere in the post. I said MAYBE the power structure had something to do with it. Since it's being reported by every major news outlet, and several different sources, is saying "maybe it's true" that horrifying to you? I said Ross didn't get his top candidate and that's disappointing. That means whether it was Ross's fault or not. If you have a favorite, and you try for it, and don't get it, for whatever the reason it's disappointing. I would have liked to see Ross get his guy. I'm not saying it's a disaster scenario he didn't. But again, your anger blinds you. I'm going to disengage from this conversation because you've proven on multiple occasions on multiple topics reasonable discourse is not possible with you.
I'm not nearly as angry as you're portraying me right now, btw. Its not being reported by a lot of sources. Nor is there any evidence he was Ross' favorite. The issue is I am at fault for expecting people to use their brain a little instead of accepting everything told to them.
And I'm not nearly as negative as you always try and portray me, so I guess we're both guilty. To the bold: I meant that candidates are questioning the power structure in Miami has been reported by a lot of sources, not specifically Gamble, so far this is the only one I've seen. As for Gamble being Ross's top target, It was posted here last week: http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Tom-Gamble-top-candidate-for-Dolphins-GM-job.html But the media lies about EVERYTHING, right?
The notion that *all* reporters know nothing and can't be trusted is complete hogwash. The Dolphins just announced that they interviewed Xanders, yet it's something we've known for days. Why is that? Maybe because it was REPORTED by Jason LaCanfora (among others). Just because the Miami media is a total joke doesn't mean there aren't a lot of very good national reporters who people should believe.
Marvez reported this morning that the offensive coaching staff was being retained at Philbin's request. Lazor just said he and Philbin haven't discussed it yet. Who's telling the truth?
that's different because Xanders physically being somewhere, is provable. It's not that hard to believe Xanders got interviewed for the Miami Dolphins Gm job when he...is in Miami for some reason. That makes sense, that's evidence and proof to back it up. He's physically there. Reporting that someone somewhere said something? **** that. Thats not reporting, thats speculation. Come on fry!
there's only been one complaint about the structure and it wasn't even a complaint. It was something that needed clarification, then Ross went and clarified it and the party involved had their questions answered. Everything after that is just references to that. I'm sorry you don't understand it, but that's what it is. Also, the question has been asked of you by others as to how you think that person heard Gamble was Ross' favorite. That was asked, because LOGIC dictates there is no way for that reporter to know that. I have banged the drum for awhile now that the reporters have been consistently wrong and have given evidence on top of evidence to illustrate that. How about you prove any of this crap isn't wrong for once instead of acting like I'm making stuff up about the media.
Because that is something that is verifiable. Saying Candidate X is Ross' favorite is not verifiable therefore its likely BS conjecture. This is not rocket science.
Never had any real hope of Gamble coming down, once the relationship of the family friend was pointed out. To me that's just a cincher alone. The BS about the structure? He must not have been paying much attention to when Ross clarified the issue, which furthers shows he never really gave the job any serious consideration. Good...I want Xanders anyway.
The main problem is that there are too many 'journalists' now. 20 years ago there were no blogs, vlogs, Twitter feeds, podcasts, websites. The journalists didn't report others stories and then see them reported elsewhere ad infinitum. No solid information. 'League sources' state....whatever dude. Put your name to it you coward. Stand behind your words. Its a sports team not effing wikileaks. The lack of facts gives rise to conjecture and opinion and in turn stuff gets read as facts. Bad news stories get more clicks than 'kitten loves blanket' warm and fuzziness. I don't believe the dolphins are dysfunctional. If you are a good candidate and believe in yourself you wouldn't walk away from this opportunity. You'd come in and own it.
the media , the media , the media, oh the media . we believe in thou media this would make a good song .
Hasn't it also been reported that Farmer is a top candidate? Sounds to me like some people are getting conflicting information. That doesn't mean that one person is making it up. It means that either someone is getting bad information or some of the information is speculation. If Farmer is really the top candidate, are you excited that he is still in the running?
Fine, I tell you what, you tell me which report was true, that Farmer was the top candidate or that Gamble was. From there, you can start to tell me which report was true that Kubiak was our top candidate or that Shananan was or that no top OC candidate would sign with us. Then if your not too effing busy giving me **** for saying things that are true, maybe you could see your way to proving the reports that O'Keefe would just be the OC. And eff it, you might as well from there go on to prove how these reports were correct that Fisher & mcCoy were going to be our HC, that Manning & Flynn were going to be our QBs. Then go ahead and tell us how the report that said Lazor had to keep Taylor & Sherman even though Lazor himself said that has not been discussed yet. Goddamn it, I'm so tired of this sniveling bull**** from people who just keep arguing with me about these reporters when all the effing evidence that they are continually wrong is sitting right in front of your effing faces. All i've tried to do is caution you guys from turning into the guy equivalent of soap opera watchers acting like gossip mongers in a hair salon. But no, you want to keep believing the obvious and provable lies being shoved down your throat as if you were a hooker on her first night....well go ahead, keep swallowing this crap, in fact, nut up and gargle it and be blissful in your continued ignorance. And FTR, Monstblitz ^ that is me being angry. Now you know the difference.
