I actually thought this was pretty good (thought the Aug. 2009 analysis was a bit off - but this was a nice chronology of the bad decisions):
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/09/01/v-fullstory/2384600/bad-moves-bad-karma-tough-on-faithful.html
Indeed, it is very tough on the faithful.
I would throw in the continual failure (outside of Jake Long) to find any semblance of an offensive line. While fans still hope and pray for Chad Henne - the failure to address a bleeding, gaping hole along the offensive front - will be Mr. Former-OL-Coach's downfall in Miami, should it not turn around (imho).
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I generally do not like Cote's writing, but that one wasn't bad. The Dolphins curse is much older than he relates to though. Back in the 70s it was rumored Mercury Morris hired a voodoo priestess to place a hex on the Dolphins because of some sort of rift between he and Shula. Years later it was reported he called it off, but maybe the voodoo priestess he hired never got the word to do a reverse hex.
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It's easy to pull **** like that out of your *** in hindsight.5thAmendment likes this. -
You read through that list and you have to wonder why the Dolphins front office and majority of fans on this board still thumb their nose at the very idea of drafting a QB in the first round. Most of those horrid decisions have something in common - An amazing display of incompetence at addressing the most important position on the football field.
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Jeff Darlington re-posted an article he wrote back in 2006 when he interviewed Drew Brees in a hitel in Davie the night before his medical check with the Fins.
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Hard for me to get upset about not going after Michael Vick. First, I don't believe he would have had near the same level of success in Miami that he has had in Philly. and secondly, you have to wait a few years to make sure he doesn't screw up again. while I think he won't, if he does, and they traded Kolb, then the Eagles are screwed.
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The problem with the article is that it assumes that personnel who starred in other places would have necessarily starred here. I do get the point, however -- we are the new Lions.
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we're one step above the lions, IMO. which is still embarrasing, but we're not that low. that franchise was in a class of its own
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Not sure how one could say that. We have a lot of talent on this team. The old Lions and the Raiders and teams like that, continually failed when trying to bring talent in. We are missing a QB. If we had a good QB on our roster last season we probably would of went to the playoffs...
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Jeez I know we've had a couple disappointing 7-9 seasons, but the new lions? Get real. It stinks to think about but were were in a really good place to compete for playoff spots when our last two Decembers began. The Lions haven't been able to say that in...well a looong time
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I don't agree with his list. Circumstances play a role in a player's success. For example, Aaron Rodgers is probably my favorite QB right now but I think he would have been destroyed if we took him with the #2 overall. He needed time. Matt Ryan would have been no more productive here than Henne has been. My list off the top of my head:
Trading two #1s for RW
Not trading for Hasselbeck
Not drafting Boldin
Not drafting Brees
Signing Cameron
Signing Saban
Not signing Brees
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On Rodgers, it's hard for me to criticize because I don't recall there being a huge groundswell for him at the time. While I thought the whole "Tedford QB" stuff was nonsense, I wasn't overly high on him. I wanted Braylon Edwards at the time.
The rest of your notes I agree with generally. We gave up to much ricky, but he produced when he was on the field. Our real problem during the Wanny years was the QB position. I also disagree on Saban, slightly. As a football coach, I thought he was pretty good. As a human being, he is a disgrace. However, if he goes with his gut and signs Brees (like they both wanted at the time, seriously re-read Darlington's article) he's probably still the coach and we might have won a super Bowl by now -
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To compare this franchise to the lions of a few years ago, is just ridiculous though. They had virtually no talent. We have plenty of talent on this team, despite making some bad decisions along the way. -
I think he could have also added Wannstadt drafting Eddie Moore instead of Boldin, the "what can Trent Green do that Jay Fiedler can't?", trading a 3rd round pick for Lamar Gordon and if we wanted to go back a little further, the "Larry Shannon is a bigger, faster Randy Moss" fiasco, and picking of John Avery.
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OK, I yield to popular sentiment. Maybe not the old Lions. The new Redskins? 49ers? Bengals? Please, not the Bills.
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How about Huizenga handing over the franchise to Ross, via Parcell's contract. Under the pretext that Parcells was bringing in "football People", only to find out that Ross is the "greenest" newbie of all the owners.
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One of the announcers doing the Dallas feed of the game last night, the one who wasn't Michael Irvin, had a pretty good quote on one of Miami's most recent mistakes. I'm paraphrasing a bit, but something like this -
"A great left tackle can negate one player on the defense. A great quarterback can negate the entire defense."
Very simple, but very true. This front office still doesn't seem to get that. But maybe Chad Henne has what it takes, so they still may be proven right. This year will tell once and for all...