How Do You Feel About Your Miami Dolphins

Sick

I feel indifferent. I've suffered through so many disappointments with this team that I've learned to lower my expectations drastically. I now go into every season expecting the worst and hoping for the best.

Question marks.

I just added the poll.

I'm as down on this team as I ever have. The years and years of mediocre/bad coaches and QBs have worn me down.

I don't care as much as before.. Life is too good to get emotionally invested in failure. If they win, great, if they lose, life goes on.

I really won't know how I feel until after the draft... But as every year, once the draft is over, I'll be too busy being optimistic to be realistic.

The last few years have shown me that what looks good on paper isnt necessarily...and we're probably not "just a few pieces" away.

I've defended Ross as well but his maneuvering is pathetic.. Why the hell is this coaching search so public? Make up your freaking mind already.

I feel better than I do the year we started with Parcells.

I wasn't a fan of the move then and was in the minority. I felt the game had passed Parcells by. I was pleasantly surprised by the season's end and had sadly bought into the hype completely. Since then I've seen changes in the league. Gone are the days of defensive teams dominating the top even if the occasional defensive team gets through. This is a QB league now. Coaches and seasons are made by QBs. I've also seen that the success of a coordinator is not an indicator of HC success. So what I want to see from a candidate is HC qualities, like motivation, organization, delegation, etc.

I'd like to see Philbin as our coach, because he wasn't a play caller. He was in charge of the offense, formulated the philosophy, organized the duties and delegated to other coaches. I want us to go after QB's who have a real shot at being franchise, like Flynn, RGIII or a healthy Manning.

If we do those things, I'll feel really good about the team.

While I have zero faith in Ross & Ireland, I think the team is talented enough (currently) to win despite them...how's that for an answer?!?! :shifty:

Que sera sera. Whatever will be will be.

Will love them the same.

"khend_98 wrote:

While I have zero faith in Ross & Ireland, I think the team is talented enough (currently) to win despite them...how's that for an answer?!?! :shifty:

How did that talent get here?

"BlameItOnTheHenne wrote:

How did that talent get here?

The bottom line to any business...$$$

"Aqua4Ever04 wrote:

That's crazy to me. The way we finished the year last year, the Harbaugh debacle, the round-table meeting with Ross, Sparano and Ireland, the lockout, I honest was not at all excited for football last year. I usually am counting down the days until opening day (literally counting them down.) This year, it was Friday before the first game before I had even put much thought into the fact that the Dolphins were playing in three days.

We ended this year dominant on defense, we ran the ball great, we had a dominant wide receiver, our quarterback played well, and we won a lot of games in blowout fashion. This roster is capable of being a playoff team and if Matt Moore can build on last year, that'll be really exciting.

We also have a very soft schedule in 2012.

Why does that guy in your signature look like the caveman from the giego commercials?

On topic, Getting RG3 and an offensive minded head coach will make me excited for our future.

"GARDENHEAD wrote:

Look into your soul and answer honestly.

I could have been an NY Giants fan, but I was the kid that didn't want to root for his dad's team. smart choice :lol:

I'm cautiously optimistic though.

"BlameItOnTheHenne wrote:

How did that talent get here?

Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down

Beat down. Losing Nolan was a bitter pill. I have no faith in what I'm seeing at this point.

I'm happy that my daughter plays, enjoys and is good at soccer and my son plays, enjoys and is good at hockey. Otherwise I would probably be out of my mind.

"Bumrush wrote:

I don't care as much as before.. Life is too good to get emotionally invested in failure. If they win, great, if they lose, life goes on.

Sums up my thoughts perfectly.

Feel like a freshly kicked dog must feel.

As a fan of the team since 1966, I feel sad that I have lost the interest in the organization I had for so long. I loved going to the games at the stadium for forty years. I loved traveling to nearly 30 away games over the years and seeing so many of my fellow Dolphin fans on the road. I loved all the friendships I made over these years with the many season ticket holders I had the fortune to meet and get to know. While I am still in contact with many of these individuals, most of us no longer purchase season tickets, and its not for financial reasons.

I used to look forward to game day and other then the trip my wife and I took to attend a road Dolphin game, my wife knew that we were not going to be traveling during football season. Because watching the Dolphin games were the number priority during this time of the year. With Robbie and Huizenga as the teams owner, the Dolphins were not always the best team in the league, but I knew that they would attempt to do what was necessary to fix the problems with the team. Unfortunately Huinzenga never was able to make the hire needed to get the organization headed in the right direction. To his credit though, he certainly did everything he could to bring in the hottest prospects on the market, each time he made a hire.

I just don't have the same faith in Ross I had in the previous owners, and he has yet to show that he knows how to effectively run a NFL football organization. Having him as the teams owner and Ireland as the teams GM, makes me very SAD indeed.

For the first time in over forty years, my wife and I went on vacation during the Dolphin regular season this year. It makes me sad that I now have so little interest in the team that I didn't even think about the game I was missing while I was on vacation.

I want to feel again, the same way I did about the Dolphins when Robbie and Huizenga owned the team. I just don't know if that is possible with Ross as the owner of the team. We shall see.

I voted for the last option. And I think the majority of people feel that way.
However, a majority of that majority won't admit it. Not even in a anonymous poll.

"Aqua4Ever04 wrote:

That's crazy to me. The way we finished the year last year, the Harbaugh debacle, the round-table meeting with Ross, Sparano and Ireland, the lockout, I honest was not at all excited for football last year. I usually am counting down the days until opening day (literally counting them down.) This year, it was Friday before the first game before I had even put much thought into the fact that the Dolphins were playing in three days.

We ended this year dominant on defense, we ran the ball great, we had a dominant wide receiver, our quarterback played well, and we won a lot of games in blowout fashion. This roster is capable of being a playoff team and if Matt Moore can build on last year, that'll be really exciting.

We also have a very soft schedule in 2012.

They had a very soft schedule in 2011 and still finished 6-10. So I don't see that next years schedule will be any softer than this years was.

The Saints/49ers game highlighted how important having a franchise QB and a good TE are in today's NFL. It's time for the Phins to address those needs. A good coach would be nice as well! :sigh: