Damn. Love or hate mando, this is a great and to the point letter.
"you have no plans to say a word about the report."
"This year you helped author a disaster."
"Your problem is that Thursday at 2:15 p.m. Hickey will step to the podium at the Indianapolis Combine"
But he "had nothing to do with the harassment scandal." He'll be "the first Dolphins employee who will be asked about the harassment scandal"
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/dolphins_in_depth/2014/02/an-open-letter-to-dolphins-coach-joe-philbin-armando-salguero-the-miami-herald-dear-coach-philbin-its-been-a-w.html
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Not a huge Armando fan but he is right.
Philbin owes the fans an explanation, and he owes it to the organization that continues to employ him against all odds.
If you stand up and take the heat, the matter will go away. The longer he stays silent, the worse it will be.dolphindebby, ASOT, mi2cents and 5 others like this. -
It is blowing my mind that Turner still has a job. Philbin always talks about no nonsense and character guys who keep their mouth shut, yet when his OL coach participates in the bullying and is this incompetent he doesn't fire him? SMH
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The notion that he has nothing to say, I believe is inaccurate.
At the very least, he needs to explain why Turner is still employed and what he did to follow up with Martin after their meeting in May. And then he needs to explain what his plans are for moving forward.shula_guy and dirtywhiteboy like this. -
Just another reporter that's butt-hurt because someone won't feed them a story. Philbin is the head coach of the Dolphins, and not the Miami media.
Armando is a joke.Larryfinfan, P h i N s A N i T y, Fin D and 5 others like this. -
His press conferences are usually painful to watch anyway. I have never seen a person more uncomfortable in front of a microphone in my life.
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Armando nails this except for one part. He again tried to imply an inappropriate (sexual) relationship between Joe Philbin and Dawn Aponte.
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CK is dead on about the Aponte bit. If this was a male he certainly wouldn't imply anything inappropriate. Kinda a scumbag move to put that in there. I do think Philbin should get out in front of this though. The part about "simulated" sex acts at practice is stupid. Squeezing a water bottle is just a juvenile behavior.nobody would think anything other than that unless they heard the words to put it in context.
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2. Nothing, there was no follow up.
3. Plans going forward? Try to win the SB.
It certainly would be nice for the head coach to give us all the details, but I don't really see any benefit for the team. In fact it likely will just lead to more questions and derision.GMJohnson, RGF and Larry Little like this. -
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I think it would be relatively easy for Philbin to get out in front of this stuff and explain it.
Did I see simulated sex acts on the practice field? Answer is either "No I didn't," or "I didn't see anything that I haven't seen a hundred times before across half a dozen locker rooms and that did not result in accusations of an unsafe work environment". Done.
Why didn't I have more in-depth conversations with Jon Martin after incidents described in the report in May? "I did. Several times. I'm not a psychologist so I don't know what you would have expected me to be able to do, but I did refer him to our team psychologist." Done.
Did I see him missing the workout and showing up drunk as a warning sign? "No, I saw it as a discipline issue. We handled it as a discipline issue within the team." Done.
Why did I let Incognito be a captain after the incident in 2012? "The players vote on the team captains and I did not want to break their trust by interfering with that process. It would have been more scandalous if I had." Done.
Why is Jim Turner still with the team? "The league is still in the process of determining the correct course of action in the wake of the report's findings and we're working closely with the league to that end. No decisions have been made yet but we will let you know when they have." Done.
"Next question."
It doesn't take a goddamn genius to think of how to handle this. But it's because Philbin chooses to hide from the press instead of getting out in front of it that he's taking criticism like this. He comes off looking like a coward and looking like this job is indeed too big for him. -
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He needs to say something.ASOT likes this. -
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I believe Coach Philbin has to speak to the media, because he is the head coach of the Miami Dolphins. If he really knew nothing about it, then stand up, answer the questions directly. Questions such as these:
You minutely manage every aspect of the team. Whether their shoe laces were tied. Whether the garbage was picked up. Its been said your a details oriented coach. How then do you account for having no clue as to what is going on in the locker room?
Exactly what kind of discussions did you have with Jonathan Martins parents? Were you aware he had emotional difficulties that might be exacerbated by the atmosphere in your locker room? If you were aware of this, then why did you not pay more attention to what was going on in your locker room.
If you were not in charge of what was going on in the locker room, who was? Did you ever ask what the climate of the locker room was like? Did you ever ask Jonathan Martin, after talking with his parents, if he had any issues with the locker room?
How do you plan to repair the tarnished image of the Miami Dolphins. Its one thing to have the franchise marred by repeated seasons with nary a playoff win. Its another when it appears as though you have no control over your team, and the franchise becomes THE case study of a locker room run amock. That will never go away. A new program will be put in place by the NFL to protect against the kind of behavior that our beloved Miami Dolphins allowed to happen in their locker room. Every time a new player comes into the league, and is part of this new program, MIAMI DOLPHINS will always be part of that lesson. You have placed a scarlet letter on this franchise. How are you personally going to deal with that.toto likes this. -
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Even if he did speak to the media, do you are Armando expect him to say anything of consequence that would satisfy your needs?DOLPHAN1 likes this. -
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Whether you believe BullyGate is over blown or not. Whether you believe Jonathan Martin handled things incorrectly or not.
The fact remains, the Dolphins franchise is forever tarnished by this. Warranted or not. And it happened on Coach Philbin's watch. It is his responsibility as Head Coach to answer for this. When you couple this, with back to back seasons of not winning football, it points to a broken system. -
He chose to take a job where public relations and media availability are part of the job description. The entire point of such requirements is to relay information to the fanbase, also known as the paying customers (of which I am one).
So, when you are in charge when a scandal of this magnitude hits, hell freaking yes you owe the fanbase an explanation.
When the Aaron Hernandez thing hit, Bill Belichick gave an hour long press conference, where he actually spoke like a human being and answered every question asked.
And he had far less control or expectation of knowledge over what Aaron Hernandez was doing away from the facility than Joe Philbin does foir what was going on downstairs from his office. -
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