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You know a year or two ago I would have not given a crap about this, but after visiting Green Bay and seeing how they do it up there, I feel like we have some of the worse fans ever. Freaking Ridiculous!
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The best Dolphins fans live out of Florida.
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Coral Reefer and Tin Indian like this.
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As many pointed out yesterday, Jets fans have a reputation as being classless, obnoxious, disgusting, etc. And during my debate I almost brought up this point: Miami fans are known as a bunch of uninformed, bandwagon jumpers. Before you jump all over my sack, I DO NOT AGREE WITH THAT STATEMENT. In fact, just from my exprerience here, you seem to be pretty in touch with your team. So my question is this. Why do Miami fans have this reputation? Is is what this article says? Attendance?
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its not only football, miami in general is a bandwagon city. is it not a coincidence that all the sudden everybody is a ''die hard'' heat fan in miami now?
ive been to miami plenty of times in my life, and never have i seen anything ppl wearing hit stuff, or yet never have i heard the heat talked about. miami just in general is a bandwagon town. -
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I lived in South Florida pretty much my whole life, I live in Orlando now but still. I hate that Miami has a lot of bandwagon Fans but so do a lot of teams (Yankees). I've always been a Dolphins fan, Gators fan, Marlins fan, and Heat fan since I was a little kid and it pisses me off when someone is just like "oh you just like them because they are a good team".
I also think that our attendance would increase with a dome but I would hate to have a dome or at least have a retractable roof in case for rain. I love the open field and our summer advantage and we would be giving that all away with a dome. -
Joe Robbie Stadium just plain sucks. The Orange Bowl was a ****hole, but it had character, it had atmosphere. JRS is too sterile, its got no soul and from the few games that I have gone to the fans added to this by sitting on their f'ing hands the whole game (kind of like being at a Magic game). My home theater has a better game day atmosphere, my neighbors can hear my yelling and cheering everytime the Phins are on.Coral Reefer, DolfanJake, Tin Indian and 1 other person like this. -
Isnt your stadium called pro player stadium?
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It is not our fans... it is the fact that every week there are more fans from the other team there to root their team on then there is Dolphins fans.
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The location I could agree with, the stadium before renovations was almost the same as the old meadowlands, and they sell out.
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On a separate issue, I don't think the stadium is as bad as people make it out to be. Sounds like an excuse to me. It's in a great location, and I've heard it get pretty damn loud. It's just that this team hasn't been elite in a long time. We're spoiled from the Marino days. And people out there are kidding themselves if they think places like New England and New York aren't the same way. I'd like to see the Jets attendance coming off their 1-15 season, or the Patriots if they turn into the Lions after Brady and BB retires.Tin Indian, muscle979 and NJFINSFAN1 like this. -
Now, the Jets have and I have been there since they came to NJ, a younger rowdier partying crowd than the Giants whom have an older season ticket base, and there tickets usually stay in the family and are past down.Bpk likes this. -
So fan enthusiasm is limited to what the daily beast designates?
What about enthusiastic fans who spend their hard earned money on apparel, even if its for sitting at home to watch the game? What about the enthusiasm required to tune into every game on television.
As far as I can remember from when such research has been done, we are in the top echelon of the league in those regards. Our fans spend their time and money on this franchise moreso than many other fans, Im hard pressed to blanket the fan-base as "unenthusiastic". Thin skinned & impatient though...
Isnt this the NY based website that was plagiarizing the Miami Herald? :lol: -
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were 3 and 0 on the road...and have been getting spanked at home for 3 years...
Kurt Kerbstreet basically came out and said that there is something wrong with the type of energy in sun life stadiumm..calling it a corporate and anticeptic feel.
Do you not aknowledge any signs that this crazy theory of mine might just have some relevance?
Ask cowboy fan and cowboy player about their stadium....they would trade their glitz and glamour for the old ballpark in a second.
How much more proof do you need to know there is a correlation between poor overall home performances, and the lack of intimacy in a stadium...The residual affect this lack of intimacy has on our franchise is evident to me, I understand why you might not agree though..it does sound crazy, and I guess iam the only one that does believe it...
The story is getting bigger and bigger, just as I have projected....I absolutely hope any team would play the same in sun life or the orange bowl, I just dont think a team can match that level of intensity in a place that doesn't provide it...and, I think when a visiting team enjoys the elements of an opposing team's stadium, they have fun playing. -
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2: The Jets and Patriots games both had the stadium plenty loud compared to other stadiums around the league. The fans were not the reason the team faltered. Unless of course you think the lack of intimacy in the stadium is what actually caused our STs to have 3 kicks blocked in 2 games.
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You guys seem to have a diehard fanbase.
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Remember, I dont think its our fan's fault, I think its an issue of how players perform when they dont feel like their under the microscope, which in our stadium, they are not, moreso than any other team in the league...
Its a feeling of not having your fans on top of you at the stadium when your playing is what iam trying to get at, yet you still play the game, that must suck for a player that thrives off it,...and imo, that's gonna take a team a while to understand how to do...I think were in the right mindset now...us against the world should be the right ticket to the adrenaline it takes to reach optimum levels of performance over a period of time. -
Let me tell ya something about "some" Phanatics. I recall going to a playoff game vs Seattle many moons ago, and in the OB. I went to that game with a Miami fireman. We were on the top of the stadium, and it was frakin freezing.
I had a down jacket, good for 30 below with a pint of Irish whiskey, and all he had was a Dolphins rain parka. By the second half, his teeth were chattering, and he was shivering something fierce.
We all wanted to leave because of his condition. He "explained" that he was staying until the end of the game, and if anyone touched him, he would throw them off the top of the OB. He was dead serious.
That, my friends , is what "some" Dolphans are all about.Pandarilla and ilovemyfins4eva like this. -
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Philly was kicking the extra point to tie it with no time left and Doug Betters broke thru and blocked it for the win....... one of the loudest games I've ever been to. -
I miss going to the games, as I gave up season tix this year for lots of reasons. I will be there for at least three games though, including the Steelers game. Loud, loyal and great tailgating friends and new friends at every game. I don't get the angst against those of us who actually do go and are criticized on this board (and others). Regardless, go Fins :hi5:
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You guys ever visited lambeau at all? If so what do you guys think?
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I would love to come to Miami and see a game there. The next time the packers come down there maybe.
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