Some comments from Ross and Bush about team, stadium and uni.

Unless someone can prove that new uniforms will improve the won loss record, to even discuss them is a distraction and waste of time, IMO.

Screw changing the uniforms and instead upgrade the talent in the current uniforms.

 

Why would it be "instead"?

 

I hope Ross doesn't butcher this uniform change.
Just tweak it, no radical changes please.

 

The uniforms we have aren't the problem...the wins and loss columns are. Id prefer we not wear pink tutus out there but if we go 16-0 Im sure no one here will give a poop.

 

The more radical the better!!!! Go change!

 

Careful what you wish for bro.

 

If the current Dolphin Uniforms were "new" uniforms everyone would be making fun of them.

 

Let Steve Ross spend the better part of his time worrying about uniforms, fight songs and stadium stuff. That's actually what he should be concerning himself with. Would you rather Steve Ross spend all his time talking about the need to find better talent, as if that's the problem he focuses a lot of his attention on? Is that really the road people want to walk down?

I just wish he had a better General Manager to focus on the talent issues than Jeff Ireland.

The last time I heard Mike Dee speak, he talked pretty candidly about their plans to move the stadium seating closer to the field. The thing to remember about that is the reason they couldn't do it until now was the Marlins. With the Marlins gone, now they can do that...and they're working on it. So I think this macho "put up or shut up" attitude is a little unfair in that regard. They've obviously wanted to do that for a while and they're getting on it in a timely fashion now that the Marlins are out.

The canopy idea is a new one. They had hoped to increase the fan experience by moving home kickoff times to 4pm instead of 1pm. Obviously, with the team losing, there was a fan backlash because the 1pm home kickoff times and the heat/humidity that go with are pretty ingrained down here as one of the reasons we were always so unstoppable at home in September and October. Miami fans haven't felt their team was "unstoppable" in any circumstance in years, so whether it's scapegoating or accurate assessment, the fans want the home advantage back. Yet they probably also don't really want to sit in the 1pm sun. That means Ross is going to have to open his pockets and try and get some shading above the seats. Miami fans should be pretty grateful for that but instead I sense more sense of entitlement.

 

Or, might not look cool. Most of these newer uniforms such as the Nike stuff we saw samples of, look to me like something a swat team or Navy Seals might wear, rather than football players.
I think classic franchises should stick with their classic appearance. We don't see teams like Green Bay, Chicago, Oakland or Pittsburgh making any sweeping changes. When teams do that it is generally just a way to get fans to buy more merchandise. The only thing I'd do if it were up to me, is go back permanently to the 1970s uniforms. Always white pants, and rotate between the white and aqua jerseys depending on home or away, etc.
Another example is in baseball. The Yankees and Dodgers have not changed much of anything for decades. When the teams were in slumps, thankfully their owners didn't consider some uniform changes as necessary to fire up the fan base.
The best way to do that in their case or our case currently, was/is win more games. Improve the talent rather than mess around with the best uniforms in the league.

 

Baloney. I remember when the current uniforms were new and everyone did not make fun of them then. Has the intellect of the overall fan base devolved since then?

 

No, but the tastes are a little different than the 60s.

I get made fun of all the time for being a fan of a team with fruity uniform. That is from SEAHAWK FANS! They have lime green for god sakes.

Plus what does intellect have to do with liking a Dolphin with a mini helmet on, jumping through a sun?

 

I never liked the orange top uni but i've always loved the aqua green. Most teams have such generic team colors. This franchise will be back, no need to alter our classic look which is recognized across all sports...

 

I do not think they should change their traditional colors. I would love a logo change. Something less cartoony or silly. It is a Dolphin with a helmet.

 

If the uniforms look anything like the Miami Marlins I'm going to be pissed

 

We should go back to our uniforms of the 1970s, I just love them!

 

Here we go....

We need scary colors and a mascot that makes players knees quiver.
That would change everything.

Change our mascot to a Shark with a nuclear warhead attatched to him along with Black and Silver colors and everything will be better.
We will then look scary and not "fruity" (P-L-E-A-S-E.... fruity?)
Same discussion all the time. YAWN.

 

A Dolphin with a helmet......

That's so out of left field for a Dolphin that is a mascot for a football team.

 

It would be perfect if the Miami Dolphins were a cartoon show.

 

Take the helmet off the Dolphin. Get rid of shadowed numbers. Remove all navy from the color scheme.
Done.

 

The canopy idea isn't a new one. It has been the plan for over 2 years.

http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/thed...hts-proposed-renovations-for-dolphin-stadium/

 

I forgot how fugly that canopy looks from the outside.

 

The only unis that changed were the Seahawks and changes are only made by the teams themselves. Nothing to do with Nike.

 

LOL the Dolphins looks like it's balding now. Guess I'm just so used to the helmet.

 

As for the uni's.... the change I've been begging for is minor. Just the stripes on the pants and jersey, like what arizona, minnesota, atlanta have done, but to a lesser extent. Tired of the disco era stripes and bland jerseys. Two tone and solid stripes are simple ways to modernize the look without alienating the fan base. Throwback the logo.

As much as I respect and have learned from you, I don't understand your standpoint on Ireland. You said yourself he had a good draft. I just dont know where it comes from, and would prefer some, or any explanation on that matter. Besides, who is this better general manager of which you speak ? What are the the offseason moves you don't agree with, aside from Ocho, which you've made clear. Chad > Moye btw and your preference (plax) has lasted a lot more than just a few days on the open market. Obviously you know Ireland is as much Carl Peterson's boy as he was Parcell's, we're stuck with him!

 

As aqua said the no helmet looks too vacant. In my opinion if you stuck a football underneath the dolphin it would draw your attention away from the head. Personally i was scrolling down reading this thread and stopped between one of dj's and psg's post and wondered how it would look if you could take a football like the one in dj's sig and place it under the dolphin.

 

Lol. It's not about the size if the opponent... but the ferocity.

 

Make those grey nike ones happen, Ross.

 

Just don't touch the logo or classic colors...but I hope they get rid of the navy and make them look more like the original jerseys, but with the logo above the stripes or something.

Logo is mostly fine. Don't want some complete overhaul of a generic "M" with a fin on it or something. (You know that's what would happen)

 

It needs to be changed to a Dolphin holding a football thats on fire, jumping through a hoop of fire.
Basically the Miami Heat logo but with a Dolphin.