A Final Goodbye to All My Friends...

Sad to hear that, but understand. Maybe you'll change your mind if we become a true contender. Much of the negativity should naturally go away. But in general, you just need to care less about what people say. Some people can do that, some people can't and it gets to them.

 

Your insight will be missed.

 

Hopefully this is see you later instead of goodbye, but if it’s not, then I wish you well and you will be missed.

 

Don't let the negative posters get the best of you. This is the highlight of their days.

In the meantime, there is an ignore function to filter it out.

 

You should start a group chat with dudes here that you like their posts, and have your own Club type string thread going. Talk about whatever you want, and it's cool. That's what me and a couple guys are doing on here. It's pretty enjoyable instead of getting frustrated in the mains.

 

Sad to hear that, hope you‘ll come around again by the start of next season the latest.

 

Sorry to see you go, Key.

 

It won't be the same without you, Keyfin.

It'll be better. But that's NOT the same, right?

Seriously though, I hope you're back at some point in the future.

 

We had our different opinions on here but always treated each other with respect.
Peace out brother and sorry to see u go.

 

You can check out any time you want…
But you can never leave!

 

Probably one of the most knowledgeable posters on this forum about the actual game. Also one of the more reasonable ones. I'm right there with you. I may just have to see myself out as well. Posters like Destroyer, PumpDogs, Canez, now the new Crash etc...These guys are terrible to deal with every year. Downright awful, insulting, trolls. Can't stand em. I've tried to use the ignore function, but they seem to dominate the topics with their regurgitated BS. I pretty much outta here too at this point. I came here because I love the Miami Dolphins and the vibe here is anything but that.

 

Peace out, KeyFin. I hope you'll reconsider but I only log in about once a week (or less) since the season ended. That's not likely to end before the run up to the draft. So, I don't blame you. God bless you and don't let somebody steal your joy.

 

Key trying to leave:

 

I'm sorry to see you go, man. My advice for everyone is that if a few people are causing you do be frustrated, just put them on ignore. I've taken two month-long vacations away from the board in the past few years because of being upset, and just making it so that I can't see what a handful of people are saying makes all the difference in the world. Truly, I wouldn't still be here without the ignore button.

 

Really enjoyed you and your posts. All the best to you going forward!

 

Take some time off, the off season is here.

 

Hey Key, sorry to see you go. When I actually had time to post you were one of my favorites to get perspective from.

 

"Nobody leaves without singing the blues." (Adventures in Babysitting.)

 

Loved that. Love Albert Collins.

 

Hope you don't go man. Just have a rest and come back for the draft or the pre-season. I know what you mean though, I just dipped into the Tua thread and it's still going on...and on...and on... and on...etc. Someone has even started eulogising Tannehill. It's the equivalent of Godwins Law on here, I suppose LOL. I got back out of there sharpish before anyone noticed me.

 

I wish we could keep KeyFin and send Grier packing instead. It was just a frustrating season for everyone with the injuries and early exit from the play-offs.

 

1000%

 

watched a great sermon today on dealing with tough things. Blessed to be broken.

 

YES YES

 

Point taken. I appreciate this opinion. I see where you're coming from with this. Believe me I've been a fan of this team since 1990. The frustration is real. People say we were spoiled by Dan Marino. Thing is, it's going on a quarter of a century since Marino last played for us and we still have yet to find a Quarterback that comes close to doing the things he did for us. Yeah, I realize there's only ever going to be one Marino, but we've done our time. We've paid our dues as far as not having a viable option for this team at the position. I can't disagree with your post at all.

 

Ok, I'm done trying to argue with you about who did what to whom. I watched you bring politics into the forum a number of times and I think that is completely unnecessary to do. "Only a Demucrat wud like Tua" I've seen you write things similar to that. I'm sorry, but I don't think political agendas belong on a Miami Dolphins football forum. You know nothing about me aside from what I share on this forum which is strictly related to this football team. I'd appreciate it if we kept it civil from here on out. As a person who frequents sports forums, I'm trying my best to improve my content along with how I conduct myself. That's a personal goal of mine.

Now here's the thing...Let's take this to a face-to-face setting. If I was sitting next to you at a Miami Dolphins game, or anyone on this forum for that matter. I do not doubt that it would be a collective brotherhood amongst us. I would be high fiving with you, we would celebrate together in victory and we would suffer together in defeat. We would have cohesion as fans of this franchise. I would see you rockin' a Dolphins hat in a grocery store and despite you being a complete stranger, I would talk to you, we would vent or celebrate, wish each other well, and move on (unless you're just some insufferable douche which I don't think you are). That is why I came to this forum. Because I love Miami Dolphins football. I've been to two Miami games during my lifetime. One time was in celebration up in Nashville when we beat the brakes off of the Titans under our new leader Dan Campbell. Celebrating with those Dolphin fans (who were complete strangers to me) was nothing short of a feeling of extended family during those moments.
The other game I went to was on a MNF game against the Panthers about six-seven years ago and we got throttled by those CarolinaD1ckbags in their stadium. Jay Cutler was AWFUL that night! I drove four hours from East TN to watch us get humiliated on live TV. It was one of the worst experiences of my life as a fan of this team! Carolina fans were pointing at my Cameron Wake jersey and laughing at me! Thankfully, there were other Dolphin fans there, and again...We were able to vent to each other, we banded together as losers for the night and it made it better. Complete stranger Miami fans were like "Hey man, sorry we didn't get it done tonight dude." We collectively had a laugh about how Cutler had to go! We collectively had a positive feeling about Kenyan Drake, we were homies, and despite the ***-whooping we took, I took comfort in knowing that I wasn't alone.

Now, with all this being said...I'm going to make peace with you right now on my part. I never once came here to fight and argue with people who are following the same team that I follow. We are all out for the same goal and that is to win games. Now who and how we do it is of course debatable, but I promise to do my best to not throw any more shade toward you or any other poster on here that I have disagreed with. I will do better in that regard because, at the end of the day, I wouldn't wish a single ounce of harm to anyone on this forum. If we were in a live setting at a game, you better believe that I'd have your back because we are ultimately seeking the same results.

See ya around...Hopefully next season ends better than this one did. Nothing but respect from me.

 

I read a really good article the other day ranking all the current NFL GM’s. They didn’t use the last draft, but all before that. The main criteria was picks that were starters, busts, 2nd stringers, where they were picked, and if they were still in the team. Then they used FA signings and salary cap as the other two criteria’s.
Believe it or not, Grier is about average. He doesn’t hit or miss any more or less than most. He went down a little in FA signings and price tags, but some really good GM’s who had teams in “win now” mode also dropped a little due to those things.
I think a lot of people look at Ozzie Newsome as some sort of bar instead of a unicorn. It’s the same mentality when people use Mahomes as their comparison as to whether or not a QB is good or not. in reality, Ozzie and Mahomes don't come around very often and getting that type of production is very rare.

 

U know what dude u are correct face to.face.without knowing each other we would be kindred spirts at a game.
So I agree let's have clean slate and remember in the long run we are all dolphin fans.
And remember when I complain it's not because I'm a troll I want.to win.

 

Dude

Yes.

End thread. Everyone shake hands. Let's get back to what this forum is about.

 

It's going to be hard to win much in the play-offs with, "About average" hiring the talent.

 

This exactly.

We can look at the past 25 years. We're always basically average.

 

Teams with average GM’s are in the playoffs and have won SB’s. An objective look at the Dolphins talent would see that there is a lot of it. Grier has made mistakes, as all GM’s have, but he’s drafted/signed talented players. I guess my point is, expecting Grier to coach and play isn’t realistic. He’s had a hand in some of these failed coaching hires, but Gase, for example, was a hot commodity when he hired him. Fangio is an all time great. McD seems to be working out. No one scooped up Campbell for a HC when he left. It took him about 8 more years to get a HC job. The thing that’s hurt Grier the most has been instability, injuries, and winning just enough in his early years to not have high enough high picks for a QB. Not to mention Ross going after Brady and losing a 1st round pick. If you look just at the drafts he’s been in charge of (look after Ireland), he’s been pretty good.

 

A lot of the fighting stems from people wanting to be right about past takes and an inability to move on from them.

Also I am still salty about how it ended but I am glad I enjoyed when things were going well. You need to rethink your sundays if you spend the entire season telling any Dolphin fan you can "actually they suck" all so you can end it all with "see? can't believe you didn't realize they suck". How unbelievably annoying.

 

Mods probably should close this.
This ruining keyfins goodbye post.

 

Close the post please.