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Still A Dolphan? Why?

Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by Southbeach, Oct 9, 2011.

  1. Southbeach

    Southbeach Banned

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    The team has been a disaster for many a year. Yet, most are still here being "Phans."

    Is it being able to ***** & Moan for some? Is it it bleeding aqua for others? What makes you still being here?
     
  2. Nappy Roots

    Nappy Roots Well-Known Member

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    Because I believe in loyalty.
     
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  3. Killerphins

    Killerphins The Finger

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    When I die they will be throwing my Phins jerseys in the box with me.
    I'm a lifer!
     
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  4. RevRick

    RevRick Long Haired Leaping Gnome Club Member

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    To really appreciate what happened at Yorktown, the army had to weather Valley Forge.
     
  5. phinnhedd

    phinnhedd Reality.

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    It's my hometown team, that's why.
     
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  6. Onehondo

    Onehondo Senior Member Club Member

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    Maybe I am a gluten for punishment, or maybe its because I have been a fan since the days of George Wilson and his son George Wilson Jr., John Stofa, Cookie Gilchrist, and Wahoo McDaniels. I have been a fan since the beginning, in good times and bad, in sickness and health, and until death do us part.
     
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  7. BlameItOnTheHenne

    BlameItOnTheHenne Taking a poop

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    Silly question.
     
  8. Ill let you know when I figure it out :lol:
     
  9. Ozzy

    Ozzy Premium Member Luxury Box

    Thru thick and thin I'm a Dolfan for life
     
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  10. RGF

    RGF THE FINSTER Club Member

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    Born and raised in New York, what choice did I have ??
     
  11. Rhody Phins Fan

    Rhody Phins Fan Well-Known Member

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    They're my team. I could pretend to cheer for someone else but it just wouldn't be the same. I made the choice years ago and now I have to live with it.
     
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  12. Clark Kent

    Clark Kent Fighter of the Nightman

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    Real fans don't stop being fans. It's impossible. You either love your team or you don't. Pretty simple for me...
     
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  13. GridIronKing34

    GridIronKing34 Silently Judging You

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    I have invested too much in the team and I would never live it down from my family and friends if I ever switched ships. I honestly can't imagine becoming a fan of a different team though.
     
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  14. pennphinfan

    pennphinfan Stelin Canez Arcade Scorz

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    What would I do about my "face of Marino" tattoo on my butt cheek?
     
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  15. MikeHoncho

    MikeHoncho -=| Censored |=-

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    Still a Dolphan. Always. See a bright Ireland/Sparano-less future in store.
     
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  16. rafael

    rafael Well-Known Member

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    Honestly, I can't even say I understand the question. For me being a fan is a life long thing. It doesn't vary b/c of their current play, or if I don't like some current players or current coaches.
     
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  17. muscle979

    muscle979 Season Ticket Holder

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    I've been doing it since I was ten or so, I can't stop now. Most of my family still live in Florida and are fans. I'd have a lot of explaining to do if I just ditched them. There's not a switch you can turn on and off. It's certainly easier to be a fan of the local Ravens but it's out of my control. In sports your loyalties are generally determined at an early age.
     
  18. Southbeach

    Southbeach Banned

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    Great post Hondo. I recall all those names from when I was a little kid with a ton of football cards, and knowing all the players, lile the Mad Bomber in Oak (RIP AL), Len Dawson to Otis. Enough of other teams. :)

    Sme of the CLASSIC matchups with Miami vs Oakland, Pitt, and one of the greatest games I have ever seen, by an opposing player, in Winslow come to mind. I can go on forever.
     
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  19. Southbeach

    Southbeach Banned

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    LOL, That was a good one RGF.
     
  20. Southbeach

    Southbeach Banned

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    Some would say you could kiss your *** good bye penn. I would never be that crude as to post something like that. LOL
     
  21. Vengeful Odin

    Vengeful Odin Norse Mod

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    Two Words:

    Sado Masochist.
     
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  22. Aquafin

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    the poor house
    I have been a fan long before i started paying attention to the rules, schemes , formations or fist pumps.

    my best moments were watching Bob Griese throw the ball to Paul Warfield and Howard Twilley , watching Csonka plaster some yardbird patriot player to the ground.

    watching Irving Fryar , Keith Jackson, Dan Marino light up defenses . Now I didnt see the famous helocopter move by Nat More but I saw some hell of some games being played by our fins.

    hell I enjoyed watching Chambers, McMichael , Welker catching passes from Jay Fiedler and Ricky running the ball , the Marks brothers , Oj McDuffie and Tony Nathan getting touchdowns.

    and lets not forget Zach Thomas , Tim Bowens, Daryl Gardener and Sam and Pat in the secondary and watching Brock Marion lead our team to victory when he was returning punts or kickoffs for tds. theres your reasons for being a fan . now staying a fan is tough but I see great times ahead even with Sage Rosenfels and Anthony Fasono , ok that was over the top. but hell with these two guys and D.Thomas the fun time swill return.

    thats why it kills me to see inepitude at head coach and gm and lame personel mores. think about this if Losalka Polite was here and Ricky we win 2 of our last three games

    I INTEND ON BEING BURIED IN MY PAUL WARFIELD JERSEY IF I CAN EVER FIND ONE. ALWAYS WILL BLEED AQUA.
     
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  23. Southbeach

    Southbeach Banned

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    Great memories, thanks for sharing. Seems like we have some old time Die Hards here. It's a good thing to hear from You.
     
  24. Southbeach

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    Good one Aqua. A choice of a belt buckle makes the difference in having a great Phinatic. Thanks to your Mom.
     
  25. RoninFin4

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    The first game I ever watched was the Leon Lett game in Dallas. Miami won, I've followed them ever since.

    It's not like the alternative team in my hometown was ever any good...
     
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  26. PhinsPhan8

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    Most of my favorite sports teams are losers (UAB, S. Carolina, The U, Blue Jays, Marlins, Heat (before LeBron, can't cheer for them now), Raptors) so it's really nothing new for me. Plus, the Dolphins were the first sports team I ever liked, can't disown your first team.
     
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  27. greyeagl53

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    I was a Colts fans when I was very young, Johnny U and Shula. When the AFL started I chose Miami as my team in the new league, when Shula came to the Phins, that sold it solid for me...nothing but Phins ever since.
     
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  28. firedan

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    Why am I a Phins fan?After the past ten years(Or more,who's counting?)I often find myself asking myself the same question.When the team started here I have to admit it took a little time for me to get on board.I was glad Miami had a team but it was second to the real NFL in those days.The AFL did not get it's respect then so it was kinda like having a team but not an NFL team.Ater the merger Shula came and we all know how that turned out.
    After seeing a great run and watching the team decline it is hard to compare what we were to what we have become.I suppose it's the team colors and location but other than that there is not alot of common ground .The team has a colorful history but no real direction today.
    Somehow they have to bring another coach to light a fire and hold the players more accountable.
    I think IF they bring in the right guy they will get better results,it's kinda like the old saying by coach Bum Phillups said of Shula"He could take his and beat yours,and he could take yours and beat his",we need someone(I don't know who)to lead this team.
     
  29. gamblerx

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    Only got a decade under my belt as a Dolphins fan. Guess, I lived thru the terrible years of the franchise. Just want the team to succeed in the future. Really, no other football team interested me but wish the franchise was run like the Steelers.
     
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  30. RevRick

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    I just have to ask. Were you at PBHS when they played Belle Glade High School... and the fans in the stands used to holler "BeanPickers" at the Belle Glade side of the field?
     
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  31. vt_dolfan

    vt_dolfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

    I was born a Phin fan. Its innate within me....I could sooner lop off my hand then not be a fan of this team. Some years its a curse....its true...but....Im here for life. Even if we never win another game....
     
  32. PhinishLine

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    I reckon I didn't endure multiple seasons of depression just to hightail it now and when I leave we mess round and go to the SB. Naw. I think I'm just going to keep playing the violin as this thing goes down.
     
  33. Georgia Fin

    Georgia Fin Fin For Life

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    If it were easy to be a Dolphin fan than any a$$hole could be one. Hence the reason there are so many Jet fans.
     
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  34. bbqpitlover

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    This is an odd question, why are we still fans? Why do I breath? Why do I speak? I was born a dolphin to not accept that is to deny who and what I am. True we have had many issues in Miami
    ever since Jimmy Johnson came to town but it the tough times, the really really bad times that defines who a fan is or isn't. Anybody can be a ban wagon fan and jump on when a team in winning, trust me I live in New England and most Pat fans are band wagon fans. If they start losing they will abandon the team again. This is what happened in Miami many of the band wagon fans are long gone. And trust me Miami had decades on winning teams which spoiled many of us, but how I long to be spoiled again. Next time ask a question that makes sense.
     
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  35. cdz12250

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    I have no choice. I can't change my wife when she *****es, my daughter when she acts up, or my NFL football team when it sucks. Matter of commitment. I changed my team when I moved to Miami 36 years ago, not because the Jets sucked, but because if I hadn't, I would only have been able to see my team at the stadium once a year and on TV only once a year, and once in a blue moon when they were on Monday Night Football. There was no cable, no satellite, and no Sunday Ticket back then. Now it's too late even if I were to move, because I'm too old and set in my ways.
     
  36. Cpt T Kirk

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    Believe it or not, I became a fan after the 1-15 season. I was never into football and I started keeping up with them in 2008 and the comeback to 11-5. I could easily jump on the Steelers bandwagon like everyone in my state, but Im still rocking the aqua and orange despite being 0-4.
     
  37. Boik14

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    well I like the giants too but it's clearly Miami for life. I've been a phin fan since I was 5 in Marinos rookie yer and I don't switch allegiances with my teams. I've had all my teams from before I was ten and it'll probably end that way whenever time expires for me.
     
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  38. Starry31

    Starry31 Phins and Heels.

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    Like others it's a life thing. I have a Christmas picture where I'm 8 or so and proudly rocking a Marino jersey, and I intend to be buried in Phin apparel. Only way my fandom could decrease was if I lost interest in the sport in general, but I love football too much for me to see that ever happening. It's a part of me, friends see something Dolphin related and think of me. Sadly, the bad memories stick out almost as much as the bad: staying up to watch the longest MNF game and being tired all day at school the next day (and grumpy since we blew the huge lead), the Bills and Jags playoff losses, Ricky retiring, 4-12, 1-15, etc. There are a lot of good memories too though. Screaming at Cam to run so we get our first win, A.J. Feely leading a comeback against a much superior Pats team, Ricky's 2002 season, the first Wildcat game, Pennington winning the AFCE title against the Jets, watching them in person against Carolina in 2009, and so on.

    Not being a Dolphan just isn't a possibility, and one day when we do become great it will be that much sweeter.
     
  39. Rick 1966

    Rick 1966 Professional Hipshooter

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    I was raised a Miami fan...nowadays, I mostly stay one because I am too old and set in my ways to warm up to a new team.
     
  40. hazed819

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    I bleed aqua and orange, I might ***** moan complain and cry but i will watch them lose every game week in and week out till the day I die if I have to. I love my phins that much. (No Homo)
     

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