Commentary: Pre-season Dolphins forecast proves to be dead wrong
The list of things I don't know would require several trucks of expensive newsprint in the telling, so we'll focus today on what your friendly neighborhood sports columnist has gotten dead wrong so far on the 2008 Miami Dolphins.
Mind you, this too is a condensed version, edited to its skeletal essence.
1. My training-camp prediction of a 6-10 season is mathematically kaput and there's still a month left in the season. Thinking back, there was a fair amount of anxiety, too, with picking such an optimistic number.
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Well this season was a real unknown for everyone. There plenty of discussion on so many topics prior to preseason and there were just as many opinions on how each would play out.
I remember a poll where we predicted our season record. The predictions were all up and down the poll. I don't remember what finally won our for our final record, but I picked 11-5 (I think) which was way overly optimistic (which I tend to be). So at least I'm still mathmatically in it!:up:njfinfan likes this. -
When he says at the end he doesn't mind being wrong, that tells me he's a bit of a closet fan, or enjoys watching the team he covers win, even if he isn't a fan.
Some other writers in So Fla should take note!njfinfan and texanphinatic like this. -
Good to see a columnist admit he is wrong. He gained some cool points from me.
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I sure am glad he was wrong on all counts because if he had picked them right we would be having another miserable year. If the Dolphins go deep into the playoffs it will leave a lot of sports media types scratching their heads.
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Like him, I am very happy to have been wrong on my preseason predictions. What this team has done is damn near miraculous. They aren't perfect, and I still don't like Henning's constantly resorting to an increasingly ineffectual Wildcat, or the poor performance of some of our DBs, but those are criticisms I make from the standpoint of a fan wanting our team to go far into the playoffs...from a separate, long-view perspective of a fan of a team that very nearly went winless last year, I am thrilled with what they've done. It's amazing what a competent front office, a good coach and a heady QB can do for a team.
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I am a firm believer now that a teams Front Office is the absolute most important thing there is. Get a good GM/Personnel staff and you can turn any team around. That one competent piece will bring you a competent coach, talented QB and all the other pieces you need, which they have.
Ignore the importance of that and give complete power of Personell to any coach hot off the bus and you've got the makings for disaster. This franchise is a glaring example of it.
You are so right mentioning what you did because this FO staff is the single biggest reason we are where we are right now.Rick 1966 likes this. -
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