What kind of Dolphins fans are you?

I used to be extreme, but now I think I'm in between causal and hardcore. I don't get into the NFL that much anymore, even though I'm going tomorrow:) if I wasn't taking my cousins, I doubt I'd go:(

I'd say I'm a diehard. I've stuck with this team through the lowest lows and look forward to better days ahead.

What are qualifications of each? I don't know what I classify in, all I know is, I root for them win or lose. Been though the 1-15 seasons and enjoyed the 11-5 season. Dolphins have taught me early about heartbreak, and made me realize that no girl will ever break my heart as bad as the dolphins do. I am a Yankee/Dolphin fan and I think I am a bigger Dolphin fan than I am Yankee because I want to see Dolphins win it more than the Yankees, I have seen them win plenty of times, I want to enjoy the Dolphins Super Bowl, and I can't wait till that day comes and all other Dolphin bandwagon fans come out, because they always do, I mean look how many Seahawks fans you see in 2014 compared to 2012 Seahawks fans. I will be glad to know I am not one of those bandwagon fans.

Hardcore Out of State Old Fart!

I'd say Hardcore. No other team in any sport is in my blood like the Phins. During the season, it's on my mind all week. I'd reserve extreme for the types that are hardcore fans and also can discuss the finer points of gaps and techniques and the like. I never played organized football that stuff is over my head (but i'm learning).

"Jt0323 wrote:

What are qualifications of each? I don't know what I classify in, all I know is, I root for them win or lose. Been though the 1-15 seasons and enjoyed the 11-5 season. Dolphins have taught me early about heartbreak, and made me realize that no girl will ever break my heart as bad as the dolphins do. I am a Yankee/Dolphin fan and I think I am a bigger Dolphin fan than I am Yankee because I want to see Dolphins win it more than the Yankees, I have seen them win plenty of times, I want to enjoy the Dolphins Super Bowl, and I can't wait till that day comes and all other Dolphin bandwagon fans come out, because they always do, I mean look how many Seahawks fans you see in 2014 compared to 2012 Seahawks fans. I will be glad to know I am not one of those bandwagon fans.

Sounds you're a diehard/hardcore fan if you ask me.

"ElNino wrote:

I'd say Hardcore. No other team in any sport is in my blood like the Phins. During the season, it's on my mind all week. I'd reserve extreme for the types that are hardcore fans and also can discuss the finer points of gaps and techniques and the like. I never played organized football that stuff is over my head (but i'm learning).

Sounds hardcore to me. Each game I learn something new that I could discuss or talk about.

Frustrated Fan

25+ years and no offensive beasts drafted. How is that even possible!? I feel like storming into the facilities and chewing some ass over there in April!

I'm on here daily... What does that make me?

My two cents via iPhone.

"dolfan7171 wrote:

Social fan
Casual fan
Hardcore fan
Extreme fan

So what fan are you? Personally I consider myself to be a hardcore fan of the Dolphins.

I think this question is better answered from someone else, so I asked my girlfriend. She says I am an extreme fan.

"Bpk wrote:

I'm on here daily... What does that make me?

My two cents via iPhone.

Psychotic comes to mind.

Well, I haven't missed watching a game in so many years that I`ve lost count. I don't mean 3, 4, or maybe 5 years...I`m talking more like 20+ years, true story. Also, when the Dolphins come to N.Y. I always go to the games and same holds true for when the Dolphins play in New England, I take the drive to Foxborough . I think that counts a as die-hard fan myself.

I became a fan in 1966, at the age of 16. I absolutely was an extreme fan for the better part of the next 30 years. I lived and died with the team and the entire time the Dolphins were playing during the regular season and when they made the playoffs, I was consumed by how they performed on the playing field. I attended every home game they played during this period, except for the three seasons I was in the military and stationed elsewhere in the world.

My wife and daughter understood that during football season, the only time we would travel would be to attend a Dolphin away game and that I would be attending all the Dolphin home games, whether they wanted to go or not. I can admit that during the first 30 years of the Dolphins franchise being in Miami, I was an obsessed fan.

Over the past 15-18 years, (I'll call them the mediocre years), I have come to realize that life goes on, whether the Dolphins win or lose. While I no longer attend Dolphin games because I now live nearly 6000 miles from South Florida, I still watch every game on Direct TV. I root for the Dolphins to win every game, but I have now become a realistic Dolphin fan and I am no longer the extreme fan I was for many years.

I realize that win or lose, the sun will still rise and set each day. I think now I enjoy the victories more and the losses are something I get over quite rapidly. Fifteen years of mediocre play and the wisdom of age has made me understand that it just isn't worth putting myself through the aggravation I did when I was younger.

I certainly hope the Dolphins once again become a consistent winner and it would be great to see them win another SB before I become worm food, but it is no longer the priority for me that it once was.

I was fortunate to get to experience the Dolphin years in which they were at the top of the NFL. I got to see them play in five SB's and win two of them. I was in the Orange Bowl for every game of their undefeated season. I was there when they were the only team to beat the 1985 Bears. I suffered in the stadium when they lost one of the greatest NFL games of all time to the Chargers.

My hope is that all the younger Dolphin fans who have not had the opportunity to experience the highs of rooting for a Super Bowl winning team will have that chance in the near future. There is nothing better for a fan of the NFL than to be the fan of the team which just won a Super Bowl.

I'm somewhere between casual and hardcore. I've been a Cowboys fan for 45 years, I love football, but I live in South Florida. Decided to start following the local team, so I got season tickets this year and have been screaming myself hoarse at every home game. I'm still learning the players, but I'm excited about Landry, Lamar Smith, and the defense. Not sure if Tannehill's the man yet, but we'll see. I'm enjoying the stadium experience overall, and will keep rooting for the Fins....unless they play Dallas. :pointlol:

I'm the masochist Dolfan. Is that redundant though?

hard core.. I dont have rooms in my house decorated Aqua and orange.. But Im here every day.. Most of the time even on the off-season. When they lose I feel the sickness in my stomach and when they win.. My week is much better. I'll always be an optomist.. Yeh get my heart broke but every season is new. Way I see it.. If the team believes in themselves.. So will I

Middle aged fan?

I love my Fins, used to get Dolphin Digest in the early 80's, have Dolphin gear older than lots of people, I'm on here daily.

"traderdave wrote:

I'm somewhere between casual and hardcore. I've been a Cowboys fan for 45 years, I love football, but I live in South Florida. Decided to start following the local team, so I got season tickets this year and have been screaming myself hoarse at every home game. I'm still learning the players, but I'm excited about Landry, Lamar Smith, and the defense. Not sure if Tannehill's the man yet, but we'll see. I'm enjoying the stadium experience overall, and will keep rooting for the Fins....unless they play Dallas. :pointlol:

Glad to see you have decided to follow the locale team. I lived in South Florida for over 50 years and the one thing which drove me crazy were all the fans of other teams around the league. While I never minded them rooting for the team they followed prior to moving to South Florida. I just never understood the serious dislike for the Dolphins by many of these fans who had decided to make South Florida their new home.

I'm sure you still root for the Cowboys after being a fan for 45 years, but it is nice to see that you have taken the opportunity to also root for the locale team in your new home town.

Not to correct you, because I am sure as a long time Cowboys fan, you probably were thinking of Emment Smith when you stated you were excited with the play of Lamar Smith. It's Lamar Miller, but since you admitted you are still learning the players on the Dolphins, calling him Smith instead of Miller is certainly understandable.:up:

Harcore.
First game I remember as a small child was the Super Bowl against the Redskins.

90% of people posting here are extreme.

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This is a Dolphin hard core fan site.We have a high percentage of our members who are Club members and there is not much dropoff in activity between the season and off season .

You could say we are lifers.:pointlol:

You mean there a people who are fans of other teams.....Blasphamy!

I consider my self hardcore. Love the Phins but do not go over board.

I think you need to add absentee fan = a fan who lives in Dallas Cowboy country . the weird thing is 20 years ago I would see the lighter aqua jerseys beng worn frequently by fin fans Marino Ricky , Clayton but now all I see is Buffalo , Jets and Pats fans . the dolphin fanbase is dying around here.

to make matters worse I bought cable channels hoping to see my Dolphins on tv and this really suxs because I only get to watch when the dolphins are on prime time so I have only been able to see the team twice this year.

"TooGoodForDez wrote:

Frustrated Fan

25+ years and no offensive beasts drafted. How is that even possible!? I feel like storming into the facilities and chewing some ass over there in April!

At least we had Ricky for awhile through trade. I remember the year of the trade, I drafted him #1 in my fantasy league, was getting tons of sh*t from other coaches about the homer pick. He proved me right. He was fun watch and root for.