First I will prelude with me not being much of a poster and more of a reader, but I had to chime in. Sorry if it is a little off the beaten thread of complaint, but here goes...
Why aren't YOU or ME sitting in a War Room right now getting paid hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars to draft talent for the Dolphins or any of the 32 teams in the NFL? Hmmmmmmmm?
Because we are teachers, business professionals, students, laborers, or simply just normal people who root for a sport that we have very limited knowledge about, albeit some of us know much more as educated fans than others.
But I can guarantee -that none of us - know more than Ireland, B.P., or Sparano.
Now I can understand wanting a certain player because you like them or you think they make a good fit, but I am glad that YOU or ME or McShay or Kiper aren't making those picks because they have no connection to any plan that our team's leaders have.
I am not saying that the "plan" always works (see Pat White), but these picks are part of a plan that these professionals who have succeeded at the highest-level have.
Does anyone really think that these brilliant-highly paid-successful-professionals are sitting up there throwing darts at a list of names to arrive at John Jerry, or Koa Misi? No, they aren't. They have a plan in place of where they want to be and what they want to do, and which players will bring the Miami Dolphins to achievement of the goals within their plan.
Long story short:have some faith; we are in a much different place than we were 3 seasons ago, and these gentleman have a plan, not just a bunch of names they like because Mel Kiper has them on his "Best Available."
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I understand you sentiment, but no one is above questioning. And that is a healthy thing overall.
Things might have been better if people would have asked more questions about the war in Iraq. I am not saying we should or shouldn't have went there. But asking questions is healthy for everyone. -
This regime has changed the face of a franchise in 2 seasons, and although made some mistakes, it hasn't given us reasons to act as if they are clueless. As I said, we will all be baffled/disappointed in picks (as have I been in today) - but it is important to remember that they have a greater plan in place, and are not just picking players they like. And I do trust that. -
I'm gonna laugh when our first two picks don't amount to ish! Our OLB crew is weak.......can't believe Parcells passed on so many players.
You really think that Parcells knows what he's doing? I don't, why would all these other annalists have certain players ranked where they are if they weren't worth the spot? I doubt Parcells is some draft guru, I would be willing to bet if the majority of people say one thing, it is for a reason. So all this "trust our picks" crap is just bs.
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Cam Cameron was nominally a "professional."
Wannstedt and Speilman were "professionals."
None of them could find their own butts with both hands and a flashlight.mroz and texanphinatic like this. -
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i'd call Brandon Marshall a big impact player, even though he wasnt drafted yesterday or today, it cant be discounted and the FO made it happen... and the fact we recouped our number 2 this year is a huge bonus. plus we added Dobbins.
there are still chances to get impact players in this draft. Eric Norwood is still out there at OLB for example.Pariah likes this. -
Oh yeah, and undrafted Bess and Carpenter big fails there.dolfan87 likes this. -
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This is a very good draft for us, esp when you throw in Brandon Marshall. And we aren't done yet. We still need to pick up a guy tomorrow that can contribute.
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I'm sorry but I don't understand how any true Dolphins fan could say that.PhinsFanWife, TJamesW_Phinfan and Starry31 like this. -
I never singled out B.P. as the only one making the picks. -
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So be it, I like the direction we are headed in and the picks we made bro.finyank13 likes this. -
I'll take Parcells opinion over Kiper and Mayock any day. what makes them so credible? plarcells is a football man not a talking head on ESPN/NFL network...late again and Pariah like this. -
Look I wouldn't be upset about picks that I see as bad choices if I weren't a true fan. I happen to be in the minority that beleive Parcells is slowly choking our team.
People will say, but he brought in Marshall and picked Henne....who in their right mind wouLdn't have brought Marshall to the Fins given the chance, not a genius move. He should have signed Bryant last year before the Bucs did, so it's about time he brought in a impact WR
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Last year people were ripping the Hartline pick.
Give them a chance before killing them and Misi and Odrick are very good players, just watch them.PhinsFanWife, TJamesW_Phinfan, late again and 1 other person like this. -
And we just brought in the two biggest players available. Karlos Dansby and Brandon Marshall.
We were 1-15 a few years ago. Now? We'll be fighting for the division. I hate to break it to you, but the front office knows what they're doing.
But thanks for playing.PhinsFanWife, Themole, TJamesW_Phinfan and 8 others like this. -
You are a true fan without a doubt!:up: I just think maybe you should wait and see before you jump overboard ............Pariah likes this. -
I just don't think that theses picks were the best we could have done for the team this year. Don't get me wrong, I HOPE all the picks pan out and our defense is just nasty. I simply don't think that they willLandShark13 likes this. -
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If you don't think the picks were the best, who would you have taken and why?TotoreMexico likes this. -
Took the words out of my mouth, ascii...
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Holy cow people. IMO I think we have had a great draft. We aquired 3 on defense in 2 rounds and deepened our o-line in the third. What more do you want? The D players that we drafted 1 is a LB (from the Chargers trade) and 2 fit the hybrid mold that they were looking for to replace the 2 we lost. We bolstered our K/P game, our LB core and our O-Line. Sounds good to me......
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After seeing what has come out of some of my bad picks,
I too prefer to leave the picking to the professionals:
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It's like going on a blind date. You ever see Deuce Bigelow? :lol:Pariah likes this. -
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Couldn't find the same article so I went to the Chargers site.
http://www.chargers.com/team/roster/tim-dobbins/0e925a92-cd31-40b8-958d-22f26544a25f/
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