http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/14/2590333/national-media-addresses-miami.html Good read. Perspective on both sides.
http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2009/09/miami_second_worst_place_to_ra.php I wouldn't want to live here either if I were an outsider thinking of moving.
How the mighty have fallen. From the most successful professional sports franchise to the bottom of the barrel. This is what 10 yrs of losing does to your franchise. Until they can find the right combination of GM and HC, add the needed talent and get back to winning, things won't be changing as to how this team and area is viewed...
If you want to live the homogenized suburban life with 1.7 children and a minivan to drive them to soccer practice, maybe. An NFL coach who is a city boy, can live in the Grove or Gables, Lighthouse Point or Palm Beach, can afford private schooling and is obsessed with activities on the water might think Miami is paradise on earth, as I do. As to the franchise, it's fixable. To quote Eleanor Roosevelt, it's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. Ross is trying to light a candle. He's missed a few attempts, but multi billionaires are persistent.
They've become the worst managed team in Miami for the first time. Panthers are in first and apparently made some solid moves, Heat are constant championship contenders, and even the Marlins are moving on up with their shady owner, making some of the biggest moves in baseball. I don't remember the last time I watched a full baseball game and I grew up a Yankees fan, but even I was following what the Marlins were up to. It's sad, but maybe a good offseason will begin to change it. It seems doubtful at this point though. But we can only hope something finally goes right. The article should focus a bit less on Fisher though, that's at the bottom of the many terrible mistakes of this franchise. I guess it's just the point that they struck out on a coach they wanted, again. But it does end saying what we all already know, the QB position is the biggest failure. If we don't fix that we'll continue to be an after thought and mediocre, so stop ignoring it.
Well we haven't been winning so no surprises there. Find a QB, go to the playoffs a few times and they start writing about what a great franchise we are. To be honest this stuff is just fluff and not particularly meaningful when it's good or bad.
Best part of that article. Get a real Qb and the Dolphins instantly become relevant again. No matter who the coach is
Build a new damn stadium.. Your losing the superbowl every time, the biggest event in sports because your stadium is a morgue, and not built correctly for its sport.. Have the vision damn it.Your losing luster this way and you to need realize what the problem is.
I think a lot of the lost its luster part is melodramatic bull****. You are in the top league in the world, yes the world, and can afford to throw money at people. I seriously doubt there is that big of an effect. That line of thinking is more nonsensical thinking from fans IMO.
Doesn't the renovation process being this year to move the stands closer to the field? I'd figure it should since the Marlins are out of there now.
Good QB = good team = buzz = selling more jerseys and tickets = happy fun time Good OL = cross your fingers and pray for everything to work out nicely = no buzz = no commercial success unless wins = the last 13 years of Dolphins football
I think there is a big difference between making the playoffs and having a legit shot at the Superbowl and my argument would be Atlanta in both football and basketball they just have middle of the pack teams that will make the playoffs but go nowhere.
The Lions got their luster back pretty quick. That tells me, just win baby. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk
Seriously? The Dolphins stadium is privately owned and there is no way Ross is going to build another stadium with his own money. The people of Miami Dade County already recalled one Mayor because he pushed through the overpriced Marlins stadium, against the wishes of the majority of the voters in the county. Who cares if the Super Bowl is ever played in Miami again? The average fan can't afford to go to the game and having been to one Super Bowl in Miami several years ago, I can assure you that it is better to watch the game on TV. There is absolutely nothing wrong with the stadium right now. The reason fans aren't going to games now is because of the product on the field, not because the Dolphins need a new stadium. I remember when 75,000 fans used to pack the old Orange Bowl to watch the Dolphins play. I can assure you that the fans did not show up at that old dilapidated stadium because of the comfortable seats, the great food, or the state of the art restrooms. They showed up to watch one of the best teams in the NFL at the time play a football game. If the Dolphins ever get their act together and start winning games and making the playoffs, the fans will once again fill the stadium. As far as the Super Bowl goes, they can play it in Detroit every year, as far as I am concerned.
I agree, to much what happened in the past, to little desire to change SOP, to willing to BEG for a quick fix.
Winning cures all ales. To win, you need a QB. Finding a QB will get us back where we need to be. Is Ireland ready to make the position a priority? I hope so.
Don't forget to add the trade back, then draft a player who does not produce big plays, triumphant announcement! "We got Hartline!"
with the money their losing on superbowls they could build a new one with..The investment would pay for itself in no time.
They will never get the votes in South Florida or the backing in Tallahassee to build another stadium in South Florida with public money. Ross will never build one with his own money or find banks to do the construction loan. There is very little wrong with the one we have. All that needs to be done is build the seats closer to the field, for those who go for that, and build some sort of awning to keep the sun off the visitors' side.
The surrounding cities are the ones who make the most money from a SB. Not the stadium it's played in...
