At least that's all I keep reading about on this board. How soon we forget Sham Cameron, Nick Fakin and Naive Wanstadt. While the 09 draft looks to be questionable the FO has managed to pick up some nice UDFA's and has no qualms cutting ties with their mistakes. They also took nearly a decades worth of a mess and brought the franchise to respectability. So while there should be accountability some of you need to keep your pretty lace panties from getting bunched up.
Think Positive! Too many of us are being negative and depressing. Negativity only breads more negativity. We are one week away from football and all anyone can talk about is how unprepared or incompetent the dolphins are. Are you guys secretly jets fans. The bills have had it rougher than us yet all I here from them is good things, positive things. I'm not trying to start a war or be rude/insensitive but we are one week from MIAMI DOLPHINS FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTBALL , so be happy! After all we have a lot of good things going for us and I want to hear what your excited about and/or looking forward to. I like the Game preview videos on NFL.com, they really get me excited. Mods if you think this is a rant, I understand you deleting it.
You need to read a little further, because I'd say there are more people countering that opinion that offering it. Personally I think it's valid to be at least concerned with the current state of the team. You can disagree, criticize, etc. the team without being negative or unreasonable.
So you are saying that at no time should we say anything negative about the present leadership? What have they accomplished as they stand right now that is so much better than Dumbstache? Is every post supposed to be sunshine and lollipops, or are we, as fans allowed to use critical thinking, or just simply vent our hopes and fears in a forum of supporters of the same team?
I think that's absolutely fair, Muck. To buy into the absolute positive in anything and to disregard the negative in same is folly in any sense. I see no issue in saying the king has no clothes on, and I see no issue in praising the king's rich finery. Everyone has a different, and valid opinion on any situation.
Well they did take on the worst team in franchise history, completely void of talent and win a division title in their first season. And they seem to do pretty well in trades. Not Pat Riley good, but certainly not Wanny/Spielman bad. Wanny inherited a playoff team, won a division title and saw the team decline each season. Whether this regime follows suit, only time will tell. But the fact that players respect this head coach and feel he shoots them straight....that's a change from the Wanny era.
No every post should not positive but I'm waiting until Sunday before possibly crying in my whiskey. I think its insane that I see posts about a possible new coach and a large consensus that the FO is clueless. Wannstadt was handed a talented team and managed to make it less than average every year. This regime was handed a pile of **** and has brought it up at least a notch, maybe 2.
I see the same things you do Muck. The Oline (our bread and butter) being tinkered with a little too much for our tastes. Our running game has been terrible so far, and the pass protection wasnt much better. We have 1 freaking tightend worth mentioning, Will Allen going on IR kills me, and Clemons scares the hell out of me. All said... I think alot of our starters were uninspired during the preseason more than anything. Jets arent gonna be what everyone makes them into, and the Pats have SERIOUS problems right now (other then miracle worker Brady). 10-6 and we win the division baby!
Again, I think you're overstating it. Sure you get the 'left field' opinion from time to time. But don't confuse disagreement with a move (or series moves), or a particular coach, playcall, etc. with an overall negative attitude or a lack of confidence in the regime. Peaks and valleys, my man. Peaks and valleys.
Mike Nolan better be a serious guru and the O line was pretending that they suck or we are in serious sh!t. I'm as pumped as anyone for football, but I'm reasonable.
Happy to grant you that. I'd say overall they do trade pretty well, but as far as drafting.....mmm....Not so much. I think we got pantsed by Bellicheck on White just like we panced Snyder on Taylor. I'm not going to derail this thread with a tired fight any more than I have. I'll just say that all our voices are as valid as any other, I think. Isn't a Dolphins forum the place to make your voice heards regarding your opinion on the team for the yea or for the nea? I think it is.
But what's the harm in sharing one's opinion for the good or for the bad? If you see a negative post, don't read it....Or refute it. We're here to drink talk, bro. Talk is dull when everyone has exactly the same opinion.
I'm tired of the endless knee jerk reactions and half-assed opinion myself, good and bad, from media, posters, etc. I've stopped religiously reading message boards because of it.
You're too emotionally invested. Understand that no ammount of negative posts or press coverage will influence the Dolphins, or any other team one way or the other. The games will be played., the season will be done... Then we sate our football hunger talking about football with sportswriters who have realized they have to become entertainers rather than analyists. You take opinions too personally bro. Thicken up your skin. The reality is that most "experts" know very little more than most of the joes on a messageboard in terms of how players are going to work out with a particular team.
Quite the opposite, I am not thin skinned or emotional. That's why I can't stand shallow knee jerk opinions (like your psychoanalysis of me, for instance )
