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How long do you think it will be till the Dolphins are respectable again?

Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by InfernoOrangeSS, Jan 10, 2015.

How many years until the Dolphins are on top?

Poll closed Jan 10, 2016.
  1. 1 year

    5.5%
  2. 2 years

    16.4%
  3. 5 years

    35.6%
  4. 10 years

    20.5%
  5. 20 years

    21.9%
  1. InfernoOrangeSS

    InfernoOrangeSS New Member

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    By respectable, I mean going deep into the playoffs and maybe contend for the Super Bowl once in a while. I, as many of you do, long for the days of Shula/Marino, etc. I am tired of the team I have followed since the early 70's being a perennial afterthought. It is as though every year we are just bad enough to not make the playoffs, and just good enough to not get a decent draft pick that will be franchise worthy. How many years until we are at the top of the league?

    :dunno:
     
  2. shamegame13

    shamegame13 Madison & Surtain

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    Easy answer would be when Philbin is gone and/or when Ross sells the team. Hopefully, its after the former that we become relevant again because I don't see the latter happening anytime soon.
     
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  3. BayAreaFinFan

    BayAreaFinFan D'oh Club Member

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    I voted 5 years. I see us in sort of the same ways as the 49ers when Harbaugh took over. We have talent on the roster with a QB that can make a run in the playoffs, but we just need a change in the coaching ranks to utilize and develop that talent. Harbaugh took mostly what was already in place in SF and made them contenders. Talent wise I think we're ALMOST in that category. Another solid draft or 2 and a couple of smart (not splashy) FA signings and I believe the Dolphins are close o contending with a competent HC.
     
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  4. djphinfan

    djphinfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    its up to whoever is making the talent evaluation decision, once we get that right, we have the best chance...hopefully hickey is just old school and isn't a tech guy who wants to dable into stuff that will take him away from the film room...
     
  5. Vertical Limit

    Vertical Limit Senior Member

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    Whenever Philbin is fired and if we hire the right coach. So far its been a swing and a miss replacing Shula.
     
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  6. djphinfan

    djphinfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    The incompetency in the draft room over the past 20 years has been just terrible..like really bad.
     
  7. Stringer Bell

    Stringer Bell Post Hard, Post Often Club Member

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    When reality ceases to exist.
     
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  8. adamprez2003

    adamprez2003 Senior Member

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    with one good offseason it should be next year. getting tannenbaum makes me worried though. he is mush. he better have no say. i trust hickey a bit
     
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  9. Skyfire023

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    In my opinion it all starts with having a good owner. Since we dont have one of those at the moment we could be waiting a very long time.
     
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  10. Maple Phin

    Maple Phin New Member

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    It might happen in the next 2-3 seasons. We've been close, we just didn't have the right quarterback since '08. Unfortunately for us Chad Henne didn't pan out, then we had Matt Moore who is a solid backup but not a starter. Ryan Tannehill looks light years better than what we've had to deal with for a long time. Honestly this offense is coming along once we get another receiver in the draft that doesn't quit on us. There are a lot of good pieces on the Dolphins and when it all comes together with Philbin or the next coach we'll start to surprise them
     
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  11. Bpk

    Bpk Premium Member Luxury Box

    When 62% of the fan base thinks that it will be 5+ years before we are good again, I don't see any chance of selling season-tickets or increasing attendance.

    Or maybe that's just 62% of the INFORMED fanbase who comes here.
     
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  12. bran

    bran Senior Member

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    "When the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. When the seas go dry and mountains blow in the wind like leaves."

    that or when we beg the native americans to reverse the curse they put on the franchise for building the stadium over a burial ground.
     
  13. cdz12250

    cdz12250 Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    You raise a valid point. Ross has no idea how to use local talent. We have two Afro-Caribbean religions, two Native American tribes, and one mainstream religion that practices exorcism within our fan base, and there hasn't been a single official attempt to reach out to the beyond.
     
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  14. Jt0323

    Jt0323 Fins Up! Luxury Box

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    Insanity is doing the same thing over again expecting different results
     
  15. MikeHoncho

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    LOL. There really no helping us.
     
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  16. speed

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    2 years. The main pieces are in place, now get a playmaker and fix the line and defense and....


    5 years.
     
  17. NorFlaFin

    NorFlaFin Active Member

    1 day with the right hire at the HC and GM positions. Remember when Parcell's took over and the Phins were suddenly the talk of the NFL?
    Granted Parcell's was ultimately a dead stinky fish. But the Dolphins were getting a buzz of competency and respectability.

    Philbin and his staff are seatwarmers.............
     
  18. Brasfin

    Brasfin Well-Known Member

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    I believe we have a good core group of young players at a few positions... we just have to keep developing them, drafting well, and making good overall decisions in the offseason. Oh, and actually finding a someone who can coach. I might have answered 2 if the question was "how long until we make the playoffs", but since it asked how long until we are at the top, I'm saying 5...
     
  19. jw3102

    jw3102 season ticket holder

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    If someone could let me know when Ross is finally going to sell the team, I will have a better chance of predicting when this team will once again become relevant in the playoffs.

    I have zero faith in Ross's ability as an NFL owner and as long as he continues to be the owner of the Dolphins, I see nothing but more mediocrity in the future for this organization.
     
  20. HogsHDFinsfan

    HogsHDFinsfan New Member

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    I agree. I think five years as well.
     
  21. Larryfinfan

    Larryfinfan 17-0...Priceless Club Member

    I'm almost 60...I have seen the glory days, but I'm losing hope that I'll ever see them again... Between Wannstache, Cam-Cam, Nick (The Quitter) Satan, The Fat One (Quitcells), Ireland, Fist Pump, and now Queasy... It's really hard to be a Dolphan...
     
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  22. speed

    speed Banned

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    I'm with you man, almost 50. The last time we were in the superbowl was 2 years after I graduated HS!
     
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  23. jw3102

    jw3102 season ticket holder

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    I'm 65, so I know exactly how you feel. I just hope to see this team in the playoffs again before I become worm food.
     
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  24. muscle979

    muscle979 Season Ticket Holder

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    20 years. It's going to take a long time to shed the stink that the Dolphins have been wallowing in for the past 15 years or so and become "respectable." It's going to take multiple division titles and playoff appearances for people to start taking the franchise seriously every single season and not expecting them to fail and underwhelm in the spotlight.
     
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  25. Jersey Dolfan

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    If people predict next year, they are totally ignoring the black hole void we have at HC. Next year is out. Maybe 2016 though.
     
  26. Jersey Dolfan

    Jersey Dolfan Active Member

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    I also think people are optimistic w the 5 years. Until Ross is not the owner, we will be a bad team.
     
  27. bran

    bran Senior Member

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    us younger guys are waiting just to see "glory days" glory days to us is jay fiedler and wannstache :hang:
     
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  28. ExplosionsInDaSky

    ExplosionsInDaSky Well-Known Member

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    I agree with the draft being the key. We do not draft well and ultimately it creates setbacks at specific positions year in and year out....most recently being the Dion Jordan selection.
     
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  29. Deerless Dice

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    5 years. Enough time for Harbaugh to develop the next Andrew Luck, so Ross will tank the season to get his college QB on his pro team.
     
  30. vt_dolfan

    vt_dolfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

    I said two years. The reality is though I have no confidence in Philbin what so ever, and even less in Steve Ross. Basically I'm resigned to the fact we will always be on the outside looking in till this team gets the right coach. That could be a long, long time.
     
  31. vt_dolfan

    vt_dolfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

    We can have all the good drafts we want, but if we keep having coaches not using talent correctly, or putting guys in the wrong position, it won't matter one bit.
     
  32. vt_dolfan

    vt_dolfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

    Oh and Philbin would have ****ed up Andrew Luck as well. Andrew Luck on this team wouldn't cover up all the wants we have.
     
  33. shamegame13

    shamegame13 Madison & Surtain

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    LMAO this is hilarious, im 24, to me glory days was in 02 when Ricky ran for 1800 yards or 2006 when Jason Taylor was DMVP LOL Thank you for this! :jump:
     
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  34. heylookatme

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    Ross looks like a healthy guy. 20.
     
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  35. djphinfan

    djphinfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    shot an 89 the other day on a nice course with a fractured elbow.
     
  36. Zach13

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    Two years until we win a playoff game is my prediction.
     
  37. Maple Phin

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    I actually prefer where we are right now as a franchise, because we have a QB. We haven't had a losing season the past couple years. Miami has had a chance near the end of the season to make the playoffs, yes we've fell short but it's been better than the years before that. I fully believe we're at the worst case scenario like the Cowboys and break through next season under Philbin or best case scenario falter and then bring in a coach ala Harbaugh and turn this ship around because someone is able to utilize the personnel on this team more effectively.
     
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  38. DcDolfan420

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    I'm with you. As much disdain as I have for Philbin that is only from a football perspective. Personally I think he is an awsome guy. Although being awsome doesn't win football games, I think it earns respect from the players. Playing like bosses after Queasy's Dad died wasn't a coincidence, unfortunately he doesn't have the football IQ (imo) to get his team to play like that consistently. However with a good draft and a few other good moves, I personally believe this team is ready for a super bowl run next year. My hope is the that Lazor and the talent on the roster make Queasy irrelevant, I think that's possible. Lets say Denver won it last year, obviously a completely different situation, but my point is it wouldn't have been because of John Fox, it would have been because of the players. Coaching is great, but in this league I believe players win at the end of the day. Like one of my best friends once simply put, coach ain't on the field.
     
  39. DcDolfan420

    DcDolfan420 Banned

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    And btw were already respectable. I realized that when my friends that are Baltimore fans were nervous as s*** before playing us. They saw the talent, we just fell off at the end of the year, again. We're just not elite, but respectable in the true definition of the word, that we are.
     
  40. LBsFinest

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    This post is completely ridiculous.
     

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