Perfect example last two weeks.
Fins come from behind v Bills and let the game get away.
Pats come from behind and cut the Fins' throats.
How get we get shutout in the 2nd half vs a team missing its 3 best defenders?
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Terrible coaching, terrible play from our QB, and terrible play from the offensive line...It continues and will continue especially next week against the Bengals.
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Well in a way we're a little bit fortunate, at least from the perspective of fan-team relations.
I'm pretty sure the Dolphins were going to lose this game regardless of officiating. But instead of the fan ire being directed at the architects of this 3-4 team, losers of four straight games, the fans are mostly just pissed at the officials. That's a good thing. Seems like it'll delay the fan backlash just long enough to give the Dolphins a chance to rebound next week against the Bengals.
I know the Bengals may look unassailable but road teams traveling on a short week typically do not do well. They're not a totally unassailable opponent even at their best, and they certainly won't be that.
On the other hand, if the Dolphins do lose this Thursday...ouch. That's the sell-off moment. That's the blow-it-up moment. That's the moment from which fans may never come back on the topics of Jeff Ireland, Joe Philbin and perhaps even Ryan Tannehill. -
Who gives a f--- about "fan-team relations"??
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Sport is littered with failed teams. The usual common denominator is chopping and changing and shuffling repeatedly. No more short term thinking. Let's let a team build. Lets do some drafting and give them a chance. Ireland has had a decent swing at it but if we chop him we pretty much cut everyone down to RT off the team. That strikes me as wasteful. Too much short term thinking.
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Then perhaps it's time to go draft someone from a winning program and let him play. Let him infect the defense with the attitude that they are elite and really believe it. They have to play with pride in all circumstances.
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You can't give up on Tannehill until you fix the oline. The oline is a complete and utter joke.
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I normally don't whine about refs but this one gm was won by the refs. Three atrocious calls. And what's more they stole momentum each time. I think people forget how important emotion plays in this game and the refs crushed us today. We're not good enough to overcome that lopsided an officiated gm and I'm not sure many teams are. One or two at the most.
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Having said that, The Fins are going to end up around .500 (which is what many of thought they would be before the 3-0 start). Is that enough to get Ireland fired? I hope so, I have had enough of him (and I am not a Firelander). In reality the person I am MOST disappointed in is Philbin. I really thought the Fins FINALLY had a good coach but after watching them come out flat against the Bill and just totally getting their asses handed to them by the Pats coaching staff… I am starting to wonder if Philbin is the right guy for the job. -
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Winners win and losers lose, forget it all and have more booze? Is that it? Do I win?
Sometimes, losers win (us in Indy) and winners lose (Denver at indy). -
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