Happy New Year DJ.

I'll leave the conspiracy theories alone for now. I'll give Sparano credit for one thing going from '09 to '10. We had started 0-2 and 0-3 in his first two years and he managed to get the team so focused they came out and started 2-0; very business-like and on the road (of course...). Impressed me. I'd imagine if he's retained, we'll get something backwards next year - a good home record and a poor road record.

I will say that I made my first ever trek down to Miami this year for the Jets game to kickoff the season. I've gotta say as someone who has been to Reliant in Houston, Paul Brown here in Cincinnati, the renovated Lambeau and Solider fields...Sun Life Stadium is an absolute dump. The fancy crowds, orange carpet, big scoreboards, etc. are all just aesthetic, the place is a dump. Not conducive to a homefield advantage, though I do like the renderings they made for potential renovations.

 

Happy New Year

The stadium has nothing to do with why we were 1-7 at home. Could we seriously make an argument that in December we would lose back to back to back games at home to Detriot, Buffalo and Cleveland because we have a sh*t stadium. No it's because our offense has QB issues. Like everything Wayne Huzinga touches....he seems to sell at the right time. Look at Blockbuster....sold it for a billion dollars, then it collapsed into bankruptcy 4 short years later.

We need to send a message to Mr Ross. Like our team, we will not accept crap and stay away until he fixes it. But, then again he will probably just threaten to move the team across the country and the tax payers will end up footing the bill for a new stadium.

 

Could a stadium really have that much of an affect? I've never been there so it's hard for me to say. I went to the season opener vs. Atlanta at the Georgia Dome last year and it seemed like we were fairly close to the action, even from the upper deck.

 

If it takes a new stadium and a bunch of people screaming to get up and win a ball game, then the players are pathetic. The coaches are right there with them because they can't fix it.

Although I will agree that the stadium is a joke. I point at the players and coaches for the 1-7 record.

 

It is also the QB's job to be a leader and play with attitude. personally I think our offensive players have very little confidence in Henne with translates into crap on the field. We might not have had the best offenses/players when Danny was playing but we were competitive and could win at anytime because Danny demanded excellence. You played half a$$ed and you wouldn't be there for long.

Nah......we play for the sake of playing that's all. There is no leader on this offense and for that reason it is dead.

Next time you get a chance to take a look a Baltimore's defense........remember who is in the middle........a leader known as Ray Lewis. Ray Lewis expects your best effort.....every play.....every game and because of it they are superb.................every year!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

When your coaching staff creates an "us against the world" mentality and sprinkle in poor attendance in an already split fan stadium, then it's easy to see why they're better on the road than at home. The only fix is winning...

 

Yeah by all means bring the seats closer to the field but they better improve their team at the same time because if they don't it will be the same crap.

Better team = better results
Better results = crowd interest
Crowd interest = more fans into the game
More fans into the game = more noise

 

I am not following this logic. More Dolphins fans are at home then away. Are you insinuating there are more dolphins fans at the away games then at home games? Because there isn't. I will agree for the players, in a high school game, that it would matter. These guys are professionals. Sure it does make it easier to get up for the game and emotion plays a big part.

The problem here is there is absolutely zero leadership coming from the QB position on offense. The other players have no confidence in Henne. There is no leader on offense and they are just going through the motions. Offenses scoring points create excitement. Unfortunately for us we are 31rst in the league in that category.

Is having a nice stadium a good thing ........sure it is. But you put a consistent 11 - 12 win team on the field and people will sit in the dirt and not care. But then again you put a 11-12 win team on the field and Ross will be building a new stadium. Because winning translates into revenue. Revenue translates into upgrades, which translates into even more revenue.............interesting business theory......quick someone shoot off an email to the president will ya!!!!!

 

I absolutely do think that a corporate atmosphere will negatively effect our team. I agree with you about the stadium as well. But, I think it is a smaller part of the picture then this thread may indicate. I will say that you are absolutely on the right track. We need fans screaming and cheering on top of the players. We need the beer closer to the field;), and the relief rooms even closer.....lol.

I still think the largest part of the puzzle is Henne or the QB and the confidence and swagger that is missing as a result of the leadership not being there or being stagnate. But then one could also put that on the coaching too.

 

So by your confused thinking having fans closer,more vocal will help to enable
our Dolphin players to become more intense,have more energy ,more anger, more enthusiasm
thus helping to win games

Yet on the road we win without any of those factors you believe we need such as screaming,showing up on time,and the distance fans are from the players.

Can't have it both ways

Do I have a solution for the discrepancy...No I don't
but neither do you with your nonsense

 

Never said it doesn't affect the players, I said it's pathetic. You just have an idea stuck in your head and there is a reason nobody talks about it. Talk about a classic case of someone who does not get it.. lol

The attitude and stadium atmosphere comes from years and years of watching a team play below average. The Chiefs have had a packed stadium for decades and over the past few years the atmosphere disappeared. Guess what happens when you start to win? The fans rally. Just like how they showed up for the prime time games when we were 2-0. You can make all the modifications in your fantasy world, but with the current product we put on the field, nothing would be different. NOTHING.

 

Happy New Years!

I think it could be coaching, actually. Sparano seems to be able to motivate the team after a loss, but there could be a problem keeping the team focused and motivated after a big win. I think we might be looking to much into the fact that a lot of these losses happened at home, and not paying enough attention to the up and down cycle of our wins and losses this year.

 

M&T Bank Stadium is about 15 minutes from my house. I haven't been there yet but I hope to go there at some point. The Ravens have so much support here. I'm not a fan but if I could get playoff tickets I would probably go for the experience.

 

Home field advantage is not all about the fans Deej. They do not lose because the crowds suck, or don't know when to scream. It is only the added edge but when a team comes out flat, lets teams score first, or do not score until late in games, or constantly run up FG's, there is not much to scream about. The 12th man is what teams need to gain a minor edge during a game.

I do agree that every little bit helps. I've probably advocated moving the seats closer, no, I'm sure I've advocated it long before yourself or most people around here since I was at the very first game ever played in Joe Robbie stadium and said it from day one until I stopped going two seasons ago. However, it is the team that has brought the fans down more than anything these last 10 seasons.

There was alot more excitement coming into this season than is the few seasons past. Ticket sales were way up (not quite up to the norm but up still) because the team looked to be improved. Then they lay golden brown eggs in the first two games, against division rivals. Attendance was pretty good for those games, and then they get screwed by the refs for the third game agains the Steelers. They squeek out a win agains the Titans then they go thru a Qb change the next game and get to see a team that could hardly muster a first down. Once against the team plays flatter than a pancake for the next two games and even still, the crowd was pretty good for a game that hardly could be considered interesting against the Lions.

If I'm a player on the Miami Dolphins, I'm not embarrassed by our fanbase. I'm embarrassed to have let them down with 7 lousy games. Even if there is only one person wearing a Miami Dolphins jersey up in the stands, they should play their hearts out for him....

 

clean the offensive clock, starting with Sparano