Ok maybe not. But does this off-season feel like the Dolphin's organization is PURPOSELY dismantling this team and replacing it with a team not as good? As if trying to get that number 1 pick? But hey as long as they get rid of Jeff Ireland and Tony Sparano at the same time I am all for it! I feel they are not even trying for ANY free agents and the ones they get are the ones that hurt not help the team.
So let me get this straight. GM Jeff Ireland, who is already on thin ice, is dismantling the 7-9 team he put together to create a team even worse. On purpose. OK, got it.
on my lakers board, hell yeah LAKERS forever, it is not allowed to start a thread if you have under 100 posts...
Fine maybe I should have never posted this...especially jokingly saying conspiracy theory. It was moreorless ment to say wtf is going on with Dolphins Management.
You give them to much credit........they're not that smart.......... They are actually going to have the defense play offense too......they think they can save money that way...lol
so whats wrong with them ? they failed to overpay for a journeyman qb, upgraded the ILB position added lots of speed to the offense
No, I don't care about Orton too much. Its moreorless what they haven't done. From years past to now. If we are talking QBs I would rather have drafted a QB. I would have liked to have signed another RB to compliment Reggie Bush to be honest. I just can't see a rookie running back and Reggie Bush at least bring back Ricky, right? Our defense isn't half bad but there is always room for upgrades in every position correct?
LoL oh yea, I mean I am optimistic about the Fins but when you see the other teams in your division making moves and your not and you have JETs friends and NE friends and hear about it all the time, it kind of gets to you and drives down your optimistism.
Let's count losses and additions. Lost: Channing Crowder Ronnie Brown Ricky Williams (tentatively) Lionel Dotson Gained: Kevin Burnett Daniel Thomas Jason Taylor Edmond Gates Reggie Bush Jimmy Smith (or is it Wilson) Mike Pouncey Charles Clay Nick Grigsby Retained Players: Paul Soliai Tony McDaniel Richie Incognito Damn them and their systematic dismantling of this team!
This reminds me of last season when we cut Charles Grant and other name that escapes me at DT. Everyone said the D would suck and it was the end of the world blah.... blah..... blah and it turned out just fine. The young defense improved.
This is what hits home with me. I don't by any means think the FO has intentionally made the team worse, but I feel like they could have done more to upgrade certain positions and failed to do so. That is what bothers me.
where the hell are all these crazy new posters coming from??? a lot of them are beginning to get me even more worked up than I already am
First let me start by saying welcome to the forum. Second, if you start a thread around here your probably going to get bashed by a few people, dont take it personal. Now to address your post. I dont see dismatling as the right word that you were looking for. As far as QB, we may have missed on a QB or two in the past few year, but we also got some solid players while other teams missed on a lot more than 1 or 2 QB's. The Colts drafted Peyton Manning and it didn't help them until they put a team around him. We are just getting the team first it seems, which may be a backwards way of doing things, but then I could bring up guys like Joey Harrington and David Carr that were taken by terrible teams and beat up so bad that it destroyed their careers. As far as runningbacks go, I think we are going to look like a different running team this year. I dont expect us to have the same smashmouth running style that we have seen from the Dolphins in years past, lets be honest, we dont have the personel for it. What we do have a RB now is speed and vision, so hopefully we see some more stretch running plays, some OL pulling out and getting their hands in the second level. We also have backs now that we can split out with Bush, Thomas, and most people dont know but Kory Sheets has great hands as well. Lastly there is room for improvement at every position, and if we were more like Tampa Bay and had tons of cap room I would be much more upset about the lack of our signing people, but we really just dont have the money to sign all these big aquisitions. I really respect that the FO did this offseason, we got some solid guys that upgrade positions without really breaking the bank for them. We brought in some vets on a young team which I believe was really needed. I haven't really minded this offseason.
Dude I am not a crazy new poster, just shouldn't have written conspiracy theory (that was a joke) that not to many people seem to get over the computer. What you should be getting worked up over is the lack of attention to the free agency market and not a minor Poster such as myself.
Why did you skip over this this question? And why on earth would you disgrace the Noles with your trolling?
Dismantling the team? How in the world have we dismantled the team? How did this team even get worse from last year?
Ireland and Sparano are playing for jobs. ESPECIALLY if Cowher wants to coach again. Don't think they'd purposefully dismantle a team when they want their jobs. While I think they need another Running Back, because you can never have enough good ones, there's still time to sign Ricky. Miller was never gonna happen because of his price tag. And the defense SHOULD be better. (Not guaranteed-last off-season many people thought the offense would be better and it wasn't.) But I expect the Dolphins defense to be in the Top 3.
Pouncey starts. Thomas starts. Automatically. We've replaced Crowder. Dotson didn't play. We've replaced Ronnie, and if Ricky's gone we've replaced him already. The lower round rookies are just extra riches. Your point is moot.
First and foremost I would NEVER disgrace the Noles and I am not trolling. I skipped over the question because I missed it, simple. I have tried to answer everyone back as you can clearly see. I feel they are dismantling the Fins, by the means of not signing former players and not adding new players on the market that are better then our current roster but I was shown by another person on this forum that that was not the case that infact we only lost a few key role players such as Ronnie Brown, Ricky Williams etc. Also the words dismantle, and Conspiracy have now been taken out of my vocabulary since they make a lot Fin fans seem like Jet Fans and throw hissy fits lol. Grow a pair.
slowly you can redeem yourself..lol..thats a good start..now your punishment is to go to every dolphin practice and beat the sh^% out of anyone that boo's..
you forgot the addition of your additional 1st and 4th round picks..Hong kong phuey, and Aj edds, Odrick is kickin *** in camp and gettin some first team reps.. I really like this freakin post..