What a total joke this once proud franchise has become. I think back to the 70's, 80's (and even 90's) and remember a proud organization with teams that rarely ever got embarassed. I have been a Dolphins fan since '71 and I only hang on out of the respect I have for the teams back then. If you are too young to remember those years, it is too bad....We had players, management and ownership that had a plan...A vision and the talent to execute it. I recall waiting anxiously for each game and cheering loudly with everything I had. Living in Chicago, I had to resort to TV 99% of the time but did get down there occasionally and loved it. Wore my dolphins gear proudly...Especially in the 80's while all of Chicago had a hard on with their super bowl bears..
Now, I see an organization with no itentity. An owner that is trying the "PR" route to resurrect it. A coach that gives it all he has, but all he has isn't good enough. Serious lack of talent. Year after year, we would start strong, taking full advantage of the heat and humidity and watched the other teams get gassed and fold....Now it is us who folds. No heart, no passion....No talent.
Joe Robbie....Don Shula...Bob Griese...Dan Marino. Now we have Steven Ross....Tony Sparano....Chad Henne.
Ugh......I'm hanging on, but I dumped my NFL Sunday Ticket knowing full well it wasn't worth it just to see these bums.
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One word, all the difference:
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Lookin' at these punks on the sidelines now...It just makes me sick to see what this team has become. I'm sure Jason Taylor is proud to wear the jersey again but probably regrets playing with these rag tag bunch of losers.
Being in Chicago....Just before the Blackhawks started becoming respectable again, Coach Denis Savard told the team they must "Respect the Indian" referring to the jersey and it's heritage. It's time these punks "Respect the Dolphin" out of respect to all those players and management that built this once proud franchise. -
FWIW the best post-Shula team we've fielded was in 2002 under Wannstedt IMO.
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That's because it takes time to demolish anything that is well built.
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He did a heck of a job demolishing it then, by having the team either lead or be near the top of the league in so many categories. Good thing Shula brought in Ricky who gave us the rushing title that year too! ;)
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Last I checked we didn't really win anything in the 80's or the 90's. We couldn't run the ball or stop anyone during the majority of Marino's career.
Why is the organization a bigger disgrace now than in those two decades? -
I wonder if this thread is made if we won last night.
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I'm not crying moral victory but people have to take these things in complete perspective.
Mighty hard to do that when standing on a ledge. -
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We went to the SB twice in the 80's and did nothing in the 90's but get in track meets. This franchise is no different now than it was then except your favorite player Dan Marino and your favorite coach Don Shula was here. You must have slept through the late 80's cause the team was mediocre. In the 90's we were only good every other year. (Even years)
There was no domination. We couldn't stop anyone or run the ball in those years either. You're over hyping those times to make them seem so great. Sure there was excitement because of the passing game and that was about it. We didn't win a damn thing back then so stop being so damn dramatic. -
I'm done...I'll chime back in at the end of the season when they are jockeying with the hapless Colts for the #1 pick in the draft....****, they will probably screw that up too. -
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Sucks for me. I'm a pretty young guy who never seen the glory days. Really, it's just disgruntling to watch this team. As long Stephen Ross is the owner, I don't think this team isn't going anywhere other than bringing an atmosphere of celebrities. I'm sure it's not working.
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