By: Randy Campbell (OLD DOLFAN)
GAME 15: DEC. 24, 1972 – CLEVELAND at MIAMI
THE 1972 AFC SEMI-FINALS
In 1946 a new professional football league, the All-American Football Conference, was formed. The eight team league included the Buffalo Bills, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chicago Rockets, Los Angeles Dons, Miami Seahawks, New York Yankees, San Francisco ’49ers and the Cleveland Browns. The Browns, who went 12-2 during the regular season, edged the New York Yankees 14-9 in the first AAFC title game. 1947 was a virtual repeat of the ’46 season. The Browns went 12-1-1 and again defeated the football Yankees 14-3 for their 
second straight AAFC championship. This Cleveland franchise, owned by Arthur McBride, chose the nickname “Browns” as a tribute to their extremely popular head coach Paul Brown. Brown, a true innovator, was, by the mid-50’s, perhaps the best known and most respected football coach on the planet. Many long term observors of the National Football League believe Paul Brown, Don Shula, Tom Landry and Vince Lombardi represent the Mount Rushmore of NFL coaches. In 1948 Paul Brown’s team continued to dominate the AAFC. Cleveland won all 14 regular season games. In the title game they crushed Buffalo 49-7. However, the Browns received very little credit for their undefeated season because the quality of most of the teams in the league was well below NFL standards. In 1949, the 9-1-2 Browns won their fourth straight AAFC title 21-7 over San Francisco. The league folded after this season with the Browns, ’49ers, and the Baltimore Colts (formerly the Miami Seahawks) moving on to the NFL. As a sidelight to Paul Brown’s career, he coached the Ohio State Buckeyes for one season in 1940. They won college football’s national championship. Later, after leaving the Browns, he helped form the expansion Cincinnati Bengals, serving as their head coach during the early years of that franchise. The home stadium of the Bengals is known as Paul Brown Stadium.)
The Browns continued their successful ways their first year in the NFL. Future Hall of Fame quarterback Otto Graham led the Browns to a 30-28 victory over the Los Angeles Rams in the NFL Championship Game. Before retiring, Graham would lead the Browns to five more title games and two more NFL titles in 1954 and 1955. When the ’55 Browns advanced to, and won, the ’55 title, it marked the tenth consecutive season the Browns had advanced to a league championship game – – – – a record that has never been approached or
broken!! In 1957 the Browns drafted legendary Syracuse running back Jim Brown. In his 9-year Hall of Fame career, Brown won the NFL rushing crown 8 times and came in second the other time to Jim Taylor. In 1964, Brown led Cleveland to its fourth NFL title when they defeated the Colts 27-0. That win marked the city of Cleveland’s last championship IN ANY MAJOR SPORT. After the 1965 season, Jim Brown, at the height of his career, retired. He signed a lucrative contract to star in the movie “The Dirty Dozen,” a war movie featuring stars like Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine and Charles Bronson. Brown went on to star in many more Hollywood movies in a career he claims earned him many times his total NFL salary.
The 1972 Cleveland Browns started the season 2-3. Then, they got red hot, winning 8 of their last 9 games. Quarterback Mike Phipps had a solid season, displaying 
strong leadership skills. In 1970 the Miami Dolphins traded a first round draft pick to Cleveland for all-pro wide receiver Paul Warfield. The Browns used that pick to draft Phipps. Phipps’ favorite targets during the ’72 season included wide receivers Frank Pitts and Fair Hooker and tight end Milt Morin. The offensive line was anchored by future Hall of Famer Gene Hickerson. Future Hall of Fame running back Leroy Kelly and his running partner, Bo Scott, were a formidable duo. On the last weekend of the regular season, Cleveland defeated the previously eliminated Jets 26-10 to clinch a wild-card playoff spot. Most observers expected the Browns-Dolphins playoff game to be close and competitive. IT WAS ALL OF THAT!!
80,010 fans crammed into the historic Orange Bowl for this much anticipated match-up of the two hottest teams in the National Football League. In the first quarter Cleveland prepared to punt for the second time. This time, Miami rushed 10 players instead of the usual 9. Cleveland was not prepared for this change. Charlie Babb broke through and cleanly blocked Don Cockroft’s punt! Babb picked-up the ball at the 7 and bounced into the end zone for an early 7-0 Miami lead. For the third consecutive series, the “No Name Defense” throttled Cleveland’s offense. After another Cleveland punt, Miami drove from their own 16 to the Browns’ 33 yard line. One of the biggest plays was an end-around to Paul Warfield good for a 21 yard gain. Yepremian’s 40 yard field goal gave Miami a 10-0 lead after one quarter.
The second quarter was dominated by the two defenses. But, just before halftime, Miami mounted a drive. Yepremian booted a chip shot field goal to make it 13-0 as the clock struck zero. Unfortunately, Miami was flagged for a penalty which negated the field goal. Miami had squandered 3 important points. It remained 10-0 at the half. Cleveland roared out on the field with a show of emotion at the start of the third quarter. A five yard bootleg run for a touchdown by Phipps narrowed the Miami lead to 10-7. Early in the fourth quarter, Garo Yepremian converted a clutch 46 yard field goal to expand Miami’s lead to 13-7. The Browns responded in a big way. Phipps drove Cleveland all the way down to Miami’s 27 yard line. Then, Phipps stepped back and found receiver Fair Hooker wide open! Phipps’ pass was right on the money and the Dolphins were in DEEP TROUBLE trailinf 14-13 midway through the final quarter! This Miami Dolphins team was too good to let the dream of a PERFECT SEASON die in the historic Orange Bowl. Dolphin fans were roaring and waving their “white hankies” as the Dolphins’ offense began their drive from the 20 yard line with just 6:49 left on the clock.
Morrall, feeding off of the crowds’ emotion, threw a perfect 15 yard pass to Paul Warfield. Mercury Morris ran twice for a total of 10 yards. There were less than 5 minutes left on the
clock! Paul Warfield was having his best game of the season against the team that had traded him away. Morrall decided to go to his red hot receiver. Morrall arched a deep pass down field to Warfield who juggled the ball, then brought it in at the Cleveland Browns 20!! The Orange Bowl exploded as Dolphin fans screamed their lungs out! The clock was ticking. Then, it stopped. Fans in the lower and upper decks of the west end zone jumped up-and-down as the public address system played, and then replayed, the Miami Dolphins fight song during a Browns’ time out! The noise was absolutely unbelievable!! On the next play Mercury Morris ran for only 2 yards. Then, Morrall passed to (who else?) Paul Warfield. Warfield could not catch the ball because Browns’ l
inebacker Bill Andrews had his arms wrapped around Miami’s all-pro receiver before the pass arrived. The interference call gave Miami a FIRST AND GOAL at the 8!! Again, the Miami crowd went absolutely berserk!! Some fans actually had to cover their ears as the deafening roar and the constant celebration actually caused the upper deck to sway!! This was the historic Orange Bowl AT ITS ABSOLUTE BEST!! Visiting teams had virtually NO CHANCE under these conditions AND THEY KNEW IT!! The Orange Bowl was the greatest home field advantage in NFL history, especially in moments like this!! Earlier in the game, Jim Kiick had lost the ball on a rare fumble. Morrall knew Kiick wanted to make amends. So, in the huddle, Morrall called Kiick’s number. Norm Evans and Bob Kuechenberg opened up a nice hole and Kiick burst through to SCORE THE GO AHEAD TOUCHDOWN!! –The Dolphins had a 20-14 lead! Again, the Orange Bowl exploded with an ear-splitting celebration!!
There was still time for a Browns’ miracle comeback. With 1:15 to go, Cleveland was at the Miami 34 yard line. Phipps spotted tight end Milt Morin down the field. But Doug Swift stepped in front of Morin and registered the Dolphins’ FIFTH and most important interception of the game! The “No Name Defense” had saved the day! It was NOT a convincing win for Miami. But the Dolphins had found a way to win. And the 80,010 exhausted and happy fans who left the Orange Bowl that day could smile in the knowledge that “their boys” had gone 9-0 at home in 1972. The Dolphins eventually would go on to win an NFL record 34 consecutive home games in the historic Orange Bowl by the end of the 1974 season. It was a home field advantage unlike any other!
Next up: the Dolphins (even though they had a better record) would have to travel to Pittsburgh to play the AFC Championship Game. The Steelers, in an incredible stroke of luck, scored with just 22 seconds left when Oakland’s defense deflected a desperate fourth down heave by Terry Bradshaw to Franco Harris who caught the ball at his shoe tops and raced for the winning touchdown on a play forever known as the “IMMACULATE RECEPTION!”
The 1972 Miami Dolphins were now 15-0.
Finsmob Unleashed 
If Tim won’t indulge me, I’m leaving … that and it’s 4:30 …lol
Sorry, but we’ve been down that road before. 2015 is all I care about at this point.
GOTTA DISAGREE TIM. –I was in the stadium for ALL of Philbin’s 3 past seasons as head coach. –Got to see close-up the confusion on the sidelines, especially in December. –Got to see more than one player venting their disgust PUBLICLY on the sidelines, especially during the December collapses. Watched close-up as Joe called an idiotic time-out in the last moments of the Green Bay game thus giving the Packers extra time to prepare. And I saw his dumb-ass defensive allignment as Rodgers had an easy pass for the winning score.–Philbin’s not a good game coach in crunch time and I defy YOU or anyone else to prove me wrong.!!
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NO COACH in Dolphins history has started his career in Miami with 3 straight non-winning seasons and subsequently led the Fins to a playoff victory. Of course if you ONLY care about 2015 THIS DOES NOT MATTER!!
bat
if you want to engage tim all you have to do is repost some of omar’s tweets. it gets him all worked up
Omar? Omar who?
So what happens when five biker gangs get together at a Twin Peaks and after things go bad they know they are going to get searched by the cops on the way out?
“About 1,000 weapons including firearms and knives have been recovered.”
There are a couple of people who didn’t think steph curry’s kid was a cute
Were even more of them complaining. Cowherd was complaining and several others. Basic jest of their complaints though was that this is a professional environment and Daddy was still at work so having his child there climbing all over things and kind of interrupting the media event was inappropriate. I had not issue with the kid being there, i wasn’t annoyed by it and it was pretty cute, but we also were not there for work the way Curry and the media peeps were.
sanctity of the postgame is a little over the top
Work? Entertainment. If you get paid reporting on an entertainment business you need to roll with the punches better than that. Those people are pathetic. I simply can not believe anyone would make a big deal out of that when countless other professionals have had kids with them during pressers and interviews across virtually all major sports. Suddenly, because what…she steals the show?….it’s a problem. Simply pathetic.
TIM; Reply for you just up the page.–Thanks for all your comments about “ABSOLUTE PERFECTION.”
Man you would think Tanny’s deal affected other teams more than us. So many people pipig up now about how if Tanny is worth 96 then Wilson is worth SIGNIFICANTLY more and how Luck is going to be able to buy a team with what he gets paid.
Im sorry and i might sound like a Homer for saying it, i think Tanny is very comparable to both those guys. Wilson is a winner, he has proven he can keep his team in games, he has proven that with their setup, he fits very well. He is worth getting elite QB money. Luck obviously was an instant success and he is very good QB, again worth elite QB money.
Wilson though really isnt winning those games as much as he is not losing them for them. He is not the type of QB nor do i feel he has the big play ability to bring his team back from deficits. I dont discredit what he has done, but i think doing a 1 for 1 comparison with Tanny will show you pluses and minuses that make him equal out pretty close to what Tanny is, maybe give him a bump above just because he was on a winning team.
Luck has been on a pretty talented team as well, clutch go to vet WR, burner in TY Hilton, good outlet TE whom he had familiarity in with Fleener, good but not great running game. Still he definitely is a aggressive QB who does have potential yo bring his team back, will them to win so to speak. His accuracy isnt as good as Tanny’s he’s not as athletic, but overall probably even more so than Wilson needs to be a bump or two ahead of Tanny in pay.
These other place are making it out as if Tanny is a bum off the streets who has been grossly overpaid when he has shown every trait you want to see in a franchise guy. They are basing it solely off the W-L which isnt completely his fault much as the W-L for the other two isnt fully due to their ability either.
do you think we would have been a playoff team last year with Luck instead of tanny?
No i dont.
I dont but i do think he is a slightly better QB as of now than Tanny. He’s more refined. Wilson i dont think though is better and believe our team with Wilson last year possibly worse.
bat,
the only time philbin gets out coached is when playoffs are on the line. LOL
Oh I missed Philbin bashing….dammit
NO COACH in Dolphins history has started his career in Miami with 3 straight non-winning seasons and subsequently led the Fins to a playoff victory. Of course if you ONLY care about 2015 THIS DOES NOT MATTER!!
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So if Philbin does so, does that make him better than any other coach in Dolphins history since he did what no other could?
Yes!!!!!!
Two things before I board the first plane on my way home tonight…..
1.The fact that Jeff George that goofy looking POS was able to pull that wife gives me hope ( I don’t care that I was never an NFL quarterback, was he, REALLY?)
2. That is obviously a drawing of a twat hat not an ass hat
I think it was Jeff Garcia not George
You are correct. I fucked up that joke !!!
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Tannehill’s Preference on PSI in the Football: “Whatever They Hand Me”
If anyone has the audacity to question whether Steph Curry having his daughter at his presser is professional or not, I have the audacity to point out that’s one shitty human being right there. SMDH. Like ANYONE gives a fuck about post game pressers. That kid was entertainment, and this is an entertainment industry. I suppose sitting at a presser and saying “We’re on to Cincinnati” is the fucking epitome of professionalism.
What a bunch of fucking douchebags. Fuck sports journalists who think they know even half as much as the fans who post and contribute here on a regular basis. Taking themselves WAY too seriously.
Also, if it wasn’t professional why the fuck was the network cameraman panning out and going out of his way to get that kid in the frame. The few dissenting voices are self important haters. I had a carpenter friend who built a bitching tree house for my daughter at my in-laws place. They asked if there were any permit issues. His response was: If you have a neighbor complain about your kids’ treehouse, the problem isn’t the treehouse, it’s the neighbors. That’s the same with Bayless and Windbag..er Whore…er…Horst.
Wyo…you may see the same team with different uniforms but your best 3 point shooter is our 3rd best.
5-0. You guys are going to have to win a game to convince me they’re even remotely similar.
Look it’s okay if some of you don’t like Philbin, it doesn’t bother me. I think me liking him bothers those of you who don’t like him more. LOL
Everyone has different opinions on things and that’s okay. It doesn’t mean what you think is necessarily right though. 😉
Yup.
GetterDone walks in and throws gasoline on the fire……
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell stated Wednesday that he is open to hearing any “new information” Tom Brady can offer in connection with his Deflategate suspension, prior to Brady’s appeal.
NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport came away believing the “door seems very open” to a reduction of Brady’s four-game ban.
I heard the actual interview live and I came away with: The commissioner stated fact. If there’s anything Brady can bring to light that he hasn’t considered, the appeal is the time to do that. Goodells job is to listen. He basically intimated that he would love Brady to supply the evidence that he claims exonerates him that he failed to supply to Wells.
Not sure which fire you think you threw gasoline on though….Rappaport is trying to play the public. This story is running out of legs and he wants to milk a bit further.
Also, for the record. I don’t even care anymore if he lowers the suspension. I’m just tired of hearing about it and we don’t play them til well after week 8 anyway.
I think any new information would justify the suspension and would only prove it should have been a longer suspension. What could Brady do now to make it less? I don’t get it.
I took at as “Tom…..you can prove your case then do it, cause sure as shit you are getting suspended just for not handing over your stuff. Your move.”
It’s all posturing for the NFLPA, media, & fans.
The bottom line is I don’t care about Brady or the Pats as far as the season goes. I’m focused on seeing our team improve. We’ve proven we can beat them so it’s up to us to get to the next level regardless of what they do.
We need to sweep them or at the very least sweep other teams in the division!
Also become a dominant home team that is feared for traveling opponents.
That’s part of getting to the next level. If you become an 11-5 or 12-4 team you’re likely not losing many division games.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-32822298
sounds like oceans 11 but with very old guys.
The Chinese navy issued warnings eight times as a U.S. surveillance plane on Wednesday swooped over islands that Beijing is using to extend its zone of influence.
Seeking to further challenge China’s military build-up in the South China Sea, the plane conducted a reconnaissance mission over a contested military installation being constructed on a manmade series of islands.
A CNN team was given exclusive access to fly onboard the P8-A Poseidon, America’s most advanced surveillance and submarine-hunting aircraft, as it flew over the islands.
Cool video of the surveillance fly overs & audio of Chinese demanding they leave..
http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/20/politics/south-china-sea-navy-flight/index.html
if cheady has proof that exonerate him why didnt he just give it to wells. and besides wasnt he suspended in part for not cooperating with the wells investigation. so if now all of a sudden he has this ‘proof’ the only thing he is proving is he didnt cooperate.
Or found out how to tamper with some evidence to make it look like he did nothing. There’s no logical reason the balls could’ve been deflated without brady himself being involved, and by having a phone conversation…What QB has multiple phone conversations with the ball boy?
Jahndoh30 says:
May 20, 2015 at 6:17 pm
If anyone has the audacity to question whether Steph Curry having his daughter at his presser is professional or not, I have the audacity to point out that’s one shitty human being right there. SMDH. Like ANYONE gives a fuck about post game pressers. That kid was entertainment, and this is an entertainment industry. I suppose sitting at a presser and saying “We’re on to Cincinnati” is the fucking epitome of professionalism.
What a bunch of fucking douchebags. Fuck sports journalists who think they know even half as much as the fans who post and contribute here on a regular basis. Taking themselves WAY too seriously.
very well said. very very well said.
it just shows the espn homerism oh maybe homoism for everything boston.
I see Jahn got it all straightened out on Curry’s adorable kid. My 2 cents: These jock-sniffing reporters trying to make it about themselves…. it’s not THEIR workplace… it’s the athlete’s workplace. Duncan, Lebron, Rose, Chris Paul, on and on… and NOW it’s an issue? Too funny. These reporters actually think the sports industry belongs to them (que coconut head LOL).
That’s quite the bold statement.
Could only happen if Shula returned as our HC! 😉
Getterdone…. South China Sea has a huge “disputed” region where there are ample amounts of oil !!! It always comes back to oil. 😉 Now we just wait…. wait until we discover how the Chinese ‘hate our freedom’ LOL. Philippines (who we annexed in 1898 and was our prize overseas possession) has laid claim to the same area. This is gonna be interesting.
Yep, it’s over oil/money & dominance in the region. It’s a vast shipping lane thru that area as well.
But if we pick a fight with China, we’re likely picking one with Russia too.
Precarious times ahead indeed.
Isn’t it always about power?
Sooooo, if Brady can bring forth new information to attempt to lessen his suspension, shouldn’t it be fair game for them to bring forth new information such as re-interviewing the officials locker room attendant to find out exactly how long it had been going on and make the suspension even longer? It shouldn’t be a one way street IMO.
That’s been my point. This is all about glory boy not having his and his team’s legacy tainted when they did it to themselves and they know they did. Lying and cheating is a shitty character flaw to me. Just saying. LOL
Herd, C’mon, does this look like a guy that would cheat?
LOL, and if they hit me and make me lose the ball and stuff, penalize the defender for trying to push the ball further and give me 15 yards and a new set of downs.
Wyo: great quote from Tanny…. “whatever they give me” love it
I really don’t get the hate for this kid by some people. He’s ascending and is exactly what you look for in a QB with his skill set and character.
Tim Knight says:
May 20, 2015 at 7:47 pm
‘This is all about glory boy not having his and his team’s legacy tainted when they did it to themselves and they know they did.’
hmmmm, i am confused. when you say glory boy and his team and legacy i am not sure if you mean cheady and his team or roger and his team.
The whole lot. The NFL doesn’t want the Champions being viewed as cheaters either. Not good for the game.
brady during his appeal, when asked why the suspension should be reduced, you have no evidence that I actually did anything. Goodell, well give me your phone. Brady, not going to happen Roger. Goodell, ok, since I don’t have anything on you lets forget the entire suspension.
Goodell had a serious PR problem before this due to the Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson issues. He didn’t show his face for months. If he lets Brady off the hook or lessens the suspension he will further damage his already shaky position. JMO
Tom Brady’s career is suddenly on the down slide!
Tim Knight says:
May 20, 2015 at 8:06 pm
The whole lot. The NFL doesn’t want the Champions being viewed as cheaters either. Not good for the game.
why? they havent cared before. every teams fans in the league know the pats get calls and are rogers baby. it hasnt hurt the game so far.
Tim Knight says:
May 20, 2015 at 7:59 pm
Isn’t it always about power?
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the US navy is almost done with 2 ford class US Aircraft carriers Ford/Kennedy and they are projected to cost 12 BILLION each. Congress is wanting to have tests to c if they are underwater bomb safe before sea trials.I wonder if they mean Underwater like those that took place 60 years ago to c if they could withstand nuclear direct hit.
Tim…. “power” … if you mean economic power, then I’d say yes.
You can’t have power and rule without wealth. At least not sustain it. That goes back to the beginning. It’s a fundamental in being a ruler/dictator.
china is only capable of economic power because of their large numbers in population. It’s in the best interest of US and China to work together. China is getting a lot of foreign investment to open business’ without it their progress would set them back 50 years. They need it to bring up the living standards of a very large population. India has a large population also.
Don’t we do business with China? I think a lot of it is fear mongering.
You think China cares about living standards for the masses? Same with India, hell even the TPTB in the US now could care less.
yes we do a lot of business.low cost producer and a lot of business’ have expanded into china to capture the huge potential market
Good ol NAFTA…wait till you see NAFTA on steroids in the secret TPP deal Obummer is pushing, and the freaking RHINO’s are supporting it…SMH!
God Help Us All !
getterdone says:
May 20, 2015 at 8:24 pm
You think China cares about living standards for the masses? Same with India, hell even the TPTB in the US now could care less.
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The people of Chinaare very poor outside the major cities in fact they have two retirement systems.Those in the cities can collect SS similiar to US and those outside of cities who don’t get squat. The Chinese gov’t has a big problem on their hands in the next 25 years
Okay, so what do you think the strength of the team is pre-season on paper before seeing a significantly different team suit up?
WRs
Or skill positions as a whole
As mentioned many times before…We have talent at most all positions, with lots of young developing & ascending players….and in the 2nd year of an offensive system.
No reason this team can’t be contenders.
Up to coaching now!
Aren’t you saying we’re talented everywhere so why would it be up to coaching? I don’t think we were set talent-wise last year and it showed when we had to look to depth. Coaches can only roll with who they have. Maybe talent has been the issue. 😉
Revis doesn’t say nice things about cheats
http://thebiglead.com/2015/05/20/darrelle-revis-on-deflategate-the-patriots-have-a-history-of-doing-stuff/
He doesn’t say much of anything directly. The only thing was he didn’t say they weren’t cheaters. If anyone would know about cheating he’d be the guy I’d ask.
GD, none of the elites in power really care about the masses. Think of it like this. Not the best example but you get the idea. My aunt had a vase with a fish eating a smaller fish and on and on until the end that stuck with me forever. That’s the cycle of life like it or not.
Dog Eat Dog.
Exactly! Life on Earth.
jetsssuck says:
May 20, 2015 at 8:26 pm
yes we do a lot of business.low cost producer and a lot of business’ have expanded into china to capture the huge potential market
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getterdone says:
May 20, 2015 at 8:31 pm
Good ol NAFTA…wait till you see NAFTA on steroids in the secret TPP deal Obummer is pushing, and the freaking RHINO’s are supporting it…SMH!
God Help Us All !
My wife works for Sam’sClub and she tells me Walmart is opening over 100 more stores before the end of the year in China. They expect to start opening plus 400 stores a year next year and each year till they are covered like that in the US.
Good for the Waltons eh? Not so much for American jobs & businessmen, nor for American manufacturing, Oh what’s that? 😉
American small businessmen^
it’s going to good for china’s population also. Workers who have money to spend and maybe could afford quality products that americans manufacture instead of cheap stuff they produce inside their country.
Doesn’t get any funnier Cocky
Tim Knight says:
May 20, 2015 at 8:34 pm
Aren’t you saying we’re talented everywhere so why would it be up to coaching? I don’t think we were set talent-wise last year and it showed when we had to look to depth. Coaches can only roll with who they have. Maybe talent has been the issue. 😉
REply
C’mon man….coaching still plays a very big part! Remember all the teams over the years like the Redskins or our Phins that bought up a lot of big name FA’s or just had a lot of talent and fell woefully short?
Buying too much old past their prime talent doesn’t work.
Yup!
LOL, I was busting your balls and all the Ireland basher who have said over and over he did a bad job acquiring talent yet the new coaching staff lead by a rookie HC should have won with it.
2009 7-9 (Sparano)
2010 7-9 (Sparano)
2011 6-10 (Sparano/Bowles)
2012 7-9 (Philbin’s 1st season as a rookie HC)
2013 8-8
2014 8-8
Why not look at it in a positive light? Philbin got more out of a poorly built team by Ireland. At least that’s what I’ve heard. LOL
True, but Philbin has made mistakes we’ve all seen over the 3 years.
Time to show he’s got it or not….time is NOW Joe!
I hope he does it!
If RT got $96 mil Luck should own the team, said the liquored up punter. If Luck played like RT does for the first 3 qtrs. he wouldn’t need to win every game in the 4th.
LOL
http://www.csnne.com/new-england-patriots/Polian-Patriots-proposed-PAT-change-for-their-benefit?p=ya5nbcs&ocid=yahoo
We will Just have to go for 2!
Why would the cheats propose a rule change if it didn’t benefit them? Our kicker sucks so lets move the PAT back 13 yrds, who would do that?
Andrew Abramson ✔ @AbramsonPBP
There’s a Gator on each team left in playoffs: Al Horford (Atlanta), Mike Miller (Cleveland), Corey Brewer (Houston), Marreese Speights (GS)
OK???????????????
GD, who doesn’t make mistakes? When we were down to the Pats last year game one 1st half 20-10 then crushed them in the 2nd half 23-0 to win 33-20, do you think Belichick made some mistakes? Did Philbin maybe make some good adjustments?
It’s as if this team has gone 4-12 every year under Philbin. How can he win with the awful Ireland players? Most can’t even touch it without contradicting themselves. LOL
GD, at least you look at from all angles. 🙂
Jahn
OK I don’t watch Basketball as much as I used too!
But last night whoever was hitting there 3’s controlled the game in the first 3 quarters!
4th quarter was all for you west coasters I had to go to bed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i can settle this philbin argument with proof. here you sob’s
reason why philbin is a great coach and headed to the hof……..16 wins the last two years
reason why philbin sucks and is the worst coach in football…….16 losses the last two years.
dispute that bitches.
Anyone ever think of NOT shopping at Walmart if they bother you so much? Actions speak louder than words.
I think I’ve been in a Walmart twice in my life and my wife might have bought something. LOL
The word Choice is in the HOF with whatever the definition of the word Is, Is? LOL
I only buy cat food there because our grocery store doesn’t carry the brand we use. That’s it. Even for the one item you gotta stand in line for half an hour. 30 lanes, only 2 open. LOL
tim,
i only go to walmart to get my friday night dates
That’s why when my wife asks me is there a Walmart around here I say definitely not. Not for miles. You have to go to Utah or some shit, what are you crazy? LOL
LMAO!! @ the Patriots game controller. That is awesome.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/sam-waltons-heirs-lose-almost-163046280.html
A bit sleepy this morning after the Lightning’s 6-5 overtime win over the New York Rangers. –IT WAS A CLASSIC!! – – This town has gone hockey crazy!!!!! – – Many Ranger fans at the game were deemed a “bit too over enthusiastic” and were escorted into paddy wagons by some of Tampa Bay’s finest last night. – -WHO’D EVER BELIEVE that New York fans could get out of line???
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In just a few years, Lightning GM and former hockey great Steve Yzerman has rebuilt this team from a cellar-dweller to one of the very best franchises in the NHL. His selection of Jon Cooper, a relative unknown, to be his head coach, was a master stroke of genius. Cooper didn’t need 3 or 4 years to turn around this dead franchise (sound familiar, Dolphin fans?). –In the last two seasons, the Yzerman/Cooper team has turned the Lightning into a TRUE TITLE CONTENDER!!
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Meanwhile, my old school, FAU, won their 39th game of this college baseball season, beating Old Dominion 6-4 in the Conference USA tournament. – – It was a sensational sports evening for your’s truly. –NOW if I can just get 8 hours sleep tonight!!
PS:–This is Cooper’s 2nd full season as head coach of the Lightning. –You may recall that Don Shula took a moribund Dolphin franchise to the Super Bowl in his 2nd season.–NEVER BELIEVED you had to be head coach of a team for 4 full seasons before you can reasonably expect a title contender. PHILBIN has failed to produce a winner in 3 full seasons as head coach. He won’t bring us a title this year, either.
How many coaches did what Shula did? You can’t keep comparing everything to Don Shula.
I thought Jeff Ireland did a horrible job as a GM? So if he did, why did you expect Philbin to win right away with his talent?
Heading out to St. Lucia tomorrow for my nieces wedding. It’s going to be a rush-rush weekend, but I’m sure I’ll enjoy it. My son is still in school and can’t afford to miss any time, so we’re rushing back on Monday so he can be in school Tuesday. This is not going to be a relaxing weekend, but hopefully it’s a fun one.
Enjoy St. Lucia. If you can get one of the tours in I told you about you should. It’s a beautiful island and the tour that takes you through the rain forest and the volcanic mud springs is worth it.
Thanks Ken. I don’t think we’re really going to have time. The wedding is Saturday, and Friday is pretty much shot. Sunday I intend to try and chill out and relax, and then we leave on Monday. Someday we’ll go there for a week, and we’ll take one of those tours for sure.
Then at least enjoy the swim up bar. God knows I did.
Ken – That I can guarantee I will do! Just not too much before the wedding, but during and after, hell yeah!
Mike E, you could take your Haitian canoe for a cruise to the motherland. LOL
MikeE, Ken, anyone else who’s been to ‘the islands’….
I’ve never been, but we have started planning for a one week trip this summer. Any suggestions on where to go and where to definitely avoid?
I would personally avoid 3rd world countries. It’s kind of a volatile time right now in a lot of places.
Caribbean is what the family wants to do. My first instinct was Puerto Rico or U.S. Virgin Islands 😉 But they are looking at Barbados, St. Lucia, etc…. No way to Jamaica or D.R…. just wondering what else people have experienced.
Note: I’m good for about two days of ‘doing nothing’ then I have to go ‘see something’… I’m bad at ‘laying around’ to long. lol
Rhino
What did you have in mind? We loved, loved Atlantis, but it’s a fortune. We also really enjoyed Beaches in Jamaica, but it was quite a while ago, about 13 years ago. We also always enjoyed Puerto Rico, but again, it’s been a long time since we’ve been. Hopefully the other guys have more info for you.
Not sure if you want a cruise or not, but we like Royal Caribbean, and they go to the both the Eastern Caribbean (St. Thomas, St, Maarten, PR, etc) and the Western Caribbean like (Jamaica, Mexico etc)
Rhino
I’ve never personally been, but my wife LOVES Aruba. She says it may be the perfect weather, very warm with a constant cooling breeze.
MikeE… thanks for the input. Texas in July is 100+ with heat index closer to 112… I wanted to go to British Columbia LOL… We looked at cruises, but 2 of 4 vetoed the idea completely. 😦 My wife likes the idea of “all inclusive” trips (which we couldn’t find in Puerto Rico). The ecotour Ken mentioned caught my attention. I’d like some place that offers some things like that. I can’t just soak in a pool for a week. lol
At Beaches, whether it’s Jamaica or Turks and Caicos, they have watersports included, as well as meals and alcohol. They have water bicycles, pedal boats and water skiing included. No tours though.
I’ll let you know how this all inclusive place in St. Lucia is next week. I’d guess 3 days will be enough to know whether I’d recommend it or not.
Cruises are now being targeted in some places with theft and kidnapping. The ships roll into the ports and they stick out like a sore thumb.
yeah, plus the whole “floating sewage tanker” image when the industry became unregulated (to an extent). I don’t trust them, but I don’t really have any experience to base that mistrust. lol
I haven’t heard that. Where has it happened?
Outside of drug cartels in Mexico and other Caribbean ports, ISIS is getting in the game as well.
http://elliott.org/blog/terrorists-target-cruise-ships-heres-what-you-need-to-know/
MikeE.. I will await your detailed report. If you consume too much alcohol and cannot do this assignment… please give the task to your wife. 😉 Somebody needs to come home with memories beyond the bottom of a rum glass at a swim up pool. lol
LOL! I’m sure I’ll remember something, and I don’t usually drink too much, but I’m going to be with some really bad influences, namely my son, my nephew, my niece’s husband to be, and my brother-in-law. All very BAD!
Rhino,
I went to DR with the family a couple years ago, Punta Cana. It’s a nice All-inclusive (which IIRC is mostly all that’s available) with 4-5 pools lots of great beachfront, casino, clubs…etc…(Hard Rock)
We also took tours into the surrounding area including the city nearby (can’t remember the name) which was void of white people, but very authentic and cool. Little English spoken outside the resorts, so knowing some Spanish helped. In short, We took my daughter who as 8 and our nephew who was 2, and I never felt even a little unsafe.
I’ve also been to Grand Cayman (it’s ok, the stingray city was really cool). I went to Barbados once on a surf trip in college. It’s very authentic. I loved it, might be a bit more rustic than some other Caribbean destinations if it’s like it was.
on a football note… many of the sports sites I go to have several articles bashing the Tannehill contract. Sorry Seattle, Indy, and Washington…. OUR team business is none of your f-ing business!!! There, I said it.
LOL
As far as cruises, I’ve been on 3 now. Disney was the top of the class. Crazy as it sounds…I’d do Disney cruise again. The food was even almost edible…which is saying a lot for cruise food (IMHO).
In fact, last year I did the disney cruise to Key West, Grand Cayman, US VI, Cozumel and Castaway Cay (which is the private disney island but it’s freakin’ awesome! Go jet skiing!).
Tim
That article was baiscally talking about cruising to foreign ports like Syria, Cuba, China etc. It even said that a Caribbean port is unlikely to be a target.
They mentioned the cruise companies expanding into those countries, not ISIS being a threat there. But where do you think Cuba is? LOL
Royal Caribbean is top of the line IMO, but you get first class treatment, everything is incredible from the ship being like a rolling city with everything you can want from shopping, restaurants, casinos, outdoor activities, shows, excellent food, etc. My sister worked for them for several years – their ships are not like other cruise ships.
Tim that article said Carribean was safe. It’s African destinations where there’s been activity:
” A terrorist attack seems extremely unlikely to happen in the Caribbean. ”
Isis isn’t coming to the Carribean anytime soon IMO the US Navy is way too close.
Yup! Said the same thing above
Rhino and Jahn are confusing me with their avis. When are the NBA finals over? lol
Same here, Jahn replied about the cruise dangers, not Rhino. LOL
Mike E and Rhino, you didn’t really read what I said. I said, Mexican drug cartels and some South American countries are involved with theft, kidnapping and human trafficking in the Caribbean.
The Mediterranean is a target of ISIS as well but I wouldn’t trust those fuckers not to expand their cause regardless of that report.
It’s something I’ve read/heard about recently and I’m just sharing. Cruise away at your own risk. I have no desire to go on a cruise, it’s not my scene anyway.
Well, Harumph! lol
Rhino:
Sorry for the late reply. I have not really done the islands that much but I did take the family to St. Lucia last summer and stayed at an all inclusive called Coconut bay. We had a great time. The island is beautiful. We picked it as a destination because it’s topography is so much like Hawaii. There are rain forests, volcanoes and beaches. The all inclusive we stayed at was great but the beach is on the Atlantic ocean side so it was a little rough with the surf and there was a fair amount of sea weed that washed ashore. I understand the resorts on the Carribean sea side have much more pristine beaches. But other than that I really enjoyed the all inclusive. It was a great experience and a beautiful island.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-2613200/The-worlds-dangerous-cruise-ports-call.html
If you’re not interested Tim, why are you trying to spoil it for the rest of us. I hate to point out how many cruise miles this group as a whole have logged…most of them in the Carribean, US VI is most dangerous? What a farce. Cozumel was way sketcher than US VI. US VI is first world, US territory. I guess you could say Detroit is the most dangerous city in the world so Americans should move away though…so….LOL…
Just sharing because Rhino was asking for advice on places to go.
St.Thomas is great.We stayed on St.Johns for 10 days several years back and we never felt threatened or feared being targeted by bad people. I believe Tim is thinking about pirates who have made boats and Yathzs(sic) targets of pirates lately. Watch out for Johnny Depp
Wait.,..are you afraid a Shark is going to jump up and snag you off the ship? 😛
Rhino:
I did my honeymoon in Aruba and that was a great time too. But the island is much different than St. Lucia. It is very hot, pretty much flat and sandy all across but it has great night life and some of the best beaches and the bluest clearest water I have ever seen.
My Avi has the 30 on it guys. Sheesh! So simple! The ones that I didn’t write but look like me are Rhino. Duh! 🙂
I’m used to Rhino having that avi, I don’t study it, I just glance. LOL
Lol..the attempted joke was the fact I’m the only one who knows which posts I wrote. 😛
Jahn, no not afraid of sharks jumping on the ship, not into crowds and hotel scenes and that’s what a cruise is, a crowded hotel on a ship. I don’t like being confined and on a strict itinerary. I think we discussed this before and you said it’s not really your scene either.
K-k-k-k-e-n
Silly questions, but do they have irons in the rooms at Coconut Bay?
No just woods.
Tim with a golf joke. I’ll give you golf clap for that one. lol
LOL @ both of these responses!
jetssucks, not talking about pirates, I posted what I was talking about.
pittsburg is nice.
LOL, I have other destinations on the list before there.
Tim
How do you feel about cruising on a Hatian Canoe?
That’s a totally different experience that can’t be duplicated on a cruise ship. LOL
especially when I’m the captain. lol
had to teach a class… got lots of comments and info on caribbean vacations spots!! thanks.
I’m not afraid of overseas travel… remember, last March I was in Pakistan for 2 weeks (Islamabad, Rawalpindi, and the village where my wife was born about 100 miles from Afghan border). I never feared for myself. However, my wife and daughters read things online that scare the shit out of them. LOL I’d go to Jamaica if it was an all inclusive resort (my sister and her husband go there every year).
Lots to consider. Maybe we’ll look into the cruise thing again more closely… especially if they stay in port somewhere long enough to have a day at the beach (translation: bar).
So Tim, how’s the food on the Haitian Cruise Line? lol I hear they serve Ethiopian cuisine. 😉
LMAO!!!
You can get lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals and fruit bats and large chu… sorry! You get the idea.
http://nesn.com/2015/05/matt-cassels-experience-with-patriots-could-help-him-win-bills-qb-battle/
Revis on Deflategate:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/21/darrelle-revis-deflategate_n_7350848.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592
“Jahn, no not afraid of sharks jumping on the ship, not into crowds and hotel scenes and that’s what a cruise is, a crowded hotel on a ship. I don’t like being confined and on a strict itinerary. I think we discussed this before and you said it’s not really your scene either.”
You have a good memory my friend. That’s how good the Disney Cruise was. I actually enjoyed it!
I honestly believe the difference was I had balcony on the Disney Cruise so I could enjoy the weather and the ocean and not have to be in close proximity with all the other yahoos!
I do get where you’re coming from. Was just BB a bit.
Also, Castaway Cay was freakin’ awesome and I went into it with a very closed mind. How could a private Disney island be anything more than obnoxious? Well, enter jet-skis waterslides. Sprawling white sand beaches, and Cigar City Jai Lai IPA that I had bought when in port at Key West. 🙂
The Alaskan cruise was pretty good if your into Cruises!
The wife and boy go to the Caribbean all the time
Andrew Abramson @AbramsonPBP · 4h4 hours ago
Tannenbaum says he & Hickey have “different backgrounds.” Things were in place he inherited. “We’ve worked through a lot of those issues”
Caribbean is safe as long as you stay pretty much to the resorts or the port areas, but i wouldnt go off the beaten path in those port towns either. South American destinations, Brazil, Chile, etc. that shit is scary man, armed soldiers stopping you at random road stops, which you could be incarcerated or have your vehicle taken. Id avoid going there. African is just ridiculous unless you like the rush of having a 1000 ways to die every day lol.
all you fuckers looking for a vaca local. just come on down to lutz, i got free rooms and even a free tour of the basement to see a real live hulk. hell i will even through in some chains and whips for the mrs’s
There ARE some locations even I wouldn’t risk visiting. 😛
Maybe I’m just more adventurous then some of my fellow bloggers, but I think travel dangers tend to get overstated because we live in a very fearful society. I know bad stuff happens, but I’ve spent considerable time in baja and mainland mexico, driven considerable miles in those places, and gone through many armed checkpoints. yet…here I am. I guess it’s about whether you’re willing to incur a little risk to your safety in exchange for an adventure.
Maybe regular trips into baja for surf since I was old enough to drive is part of the reason I have this perspective.
I think escalations in crime is the issue, not that’s it’s always been bad.
More people=more crime. It’s crime rate that delineates the real danger, not reports. “Escalation” is a vague term. I wouldn’t go into some of those Texas/Mexico border town where there are mass graves being found either. But some of the fear you’re talking about like in the Carribean..is mostly unfounded. Millions and millons of Americans enjoy vacations there without being crime victims, and some of them come home and get mugged.
Cartels have been a problem in mexico for my whole life. There were definitely times I went there where it was more risky than others, but in the end, here I am. I don’t buy that line about the world devolving into mayhem. I don’t think todays times are any more fraught with danger than when people were building bunkers in the 50 either, I just think the danger gets sensationalized and fear mongering is more prevalent.
In the end, I just don’t want to life of fear. I’d rather take a few risks and live the full life I’ve had with the rich experiences I’ve had than know that I’m 100% safe and snug at night. We’re all wired differently. I’m getting the fuck out there though!
None of this is to say I don’t have a level of unsafe activity that wouldn’t dissuade me…but I draw the line somewhere between the US VI and ISIS territory I guess.
I have done the same.. The question is have you done those trips in the last 6 years. Things in Baja have really changed. Sucks because it was always one of my Favorites.
Jahndoh30 says:
May 21, 2015 at 1:55 pm
There ARE some locations even I wouldn’t risk visiting. 😛
Jahndoh30 says:
May 21, 2015 at 1:54 pm
Maybe I’m just more adventurous then some of my fellow bloggers, but I think travel dangers tend to get overstated
make up your damn mind will ya
Lol…I did. Something tells me Libya is safer than your basement. 🙂
Probably easier on the anus for sure?
didnt mean the ?
Mike E. says:
May 21, 2015 at 12:19 pm (Edit)
K-k-k-k-e-n
Silly questions, but do they have irons in the rooms at Coconut Bay?
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Mike E I am surprised at you asking this question. You are going to give up your clean cut image here. LOL.
Unfortunately they did not. If they did I would not have had to worry as to who was going to watch the kids.
Jahn, all good points. But I think some of the reports are based on an increase in crime as opposed to occasional crimes. I read something about the drug cartels in Mexico purposely fucking with the tourist trade in a battle with authorities. They’re terrorizing towns and along the way tourists. I’m just reporting what I heard. I’ve been to Mexico once and while traveling to the hotel on a shuttle bus, I have to say it wasn’t a great feeling to see the police driving around with a .50 caliber machine gun mounted on the truck and the police all with uzis.
Agreed, but since I’ve been seeing that for 30 years I guess I’ve just reconciled that that’s how the authorities in that country arm themselves. I’m sure there’s some veracity to the reports you’re reading too, and I can’t deny that, but I do tend to believe that the biggest difference between now and the past is the widespread sensationalizing of the crime moreso than the actual crime rate.
mexico—The company that owns club atlantis in the Bahamas own several exclusive resorts worldwide including mexico, india, austrailia and several others. They make lots of money from their gambling proceeds. I’m sure you would be safe in Mexico or any of their resorts.
D says:
May 21, 2015 at 2:14 pm
Probably easier on the anus for sure?
fine. along with the free whips and chains i will throw in some astroglide too.
Actually Phindog, I was there in February to hit up one of our favorite spots: Puntas Cabras.
I’m not in denial the level of safety fluctuates, but it didn’t feel any less safe this time to me than it did in the early 90s when the cartels in TJ were in full swing.
I think it’s more about cities. Big cities, especially in 3rd world countries can easily be unsafe, but I’ll take the Mexican countryside over inner-city Detroit anytime.
I get that, less people in the country. And if you wear your bunny suit they’ll just think you’re a rabbit. LOL
LMAO!
Great little surf town.. What the hell is the name of the town / vinyard before you make the turn to go there ? Saint or Santo something.. This is bugging me..
Ejido Erendira is the one that comes to mind. Are you thinking Santo Thomas? I’ve been there too, it’s a little north of Puntas Cabras. A fishing village with a campground right at the beach there. We once traded 1 beer for 1 lobster there years ago when it was election weekend and the country was dry to avoid rioting. LOL…
San Vincente is on the Highway 1 just south of the turnoff for Erendira/Puntas Cabras…maybe that’s what you’re thinking?
Ken says:
May 21, 2015 at 9:36 am
Then at least enjoy the swim up bar. God knows I did.
uugggggg. a swim up bar……..the only kind of bar that people drink for hours and hours but never get up to go to the restroom. no thank you.
Hey the water was always warm
Lol…try putting yourself through school lifeguarding and teaching swim lessons. You learn early on how much Chlorine is your friend.
Also, pee is sterile. One of your NLC’s said that’s what you tell them….
You can actually drink your own piss and cleanse yourself.
Good convo guys. Gotta head out to the brewery now. Wall finishings going in starting today! We’re getting close!
Awesome!
Santo Tomas.. Damn I had to google it . That is a cool little town.
LOL…maybe at the SD game this year we can share some stories. Good times, good memories.
Absolutely !!!
Jahn being inconspicuous in the Mexican countryside.
Tim cleansing himself. 😯
LMAO!!!!
Hi guys.
Nice timing for me to walk into a swim up bar discussion.
I sure did plenty of that in Mexico lol.
I went to Playa Del Carmen last Thursday and got back a couple days ago.
Nice. Going to Mexico this summer. The Mayan Riviera. An all inclusive and going to tour the Mayan ruins.
“He’s the best d-lineman in the league so if he wants to train somewhere else that’s his prerogative. And nobody can tell him otherwise.”
Sounds like AJ Francis is cool with Suh training on his own.
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-uss-next-aircraft-carrier-is-already-370-million-over-budget-2015-5
I served on the USS john F.Kennedy before it was decommissioned-it was powered by fuel. This new one is nuclear. The wife would like to go to the Christianizing of the carrier.
never like
That’s really cool JS. What was your job on the JFK (not sure what the military term for that is)?
Al, you played with Carmen since Thursday. Alright Alfred! LOL
The Flying Pig says:
Okay folks
It looks like the Houston game has won the poll
Let’s try to get a head count of who plans to attend
Who is in
Piggy
Stanger (+1)
OD (better half TBA)
Son (in for 2, Maybe more)
Rockphin (Solo……for now)
Mike E (a maybe with either +1, +2 or +3)
Repost and add you name if you plan on going to texans at dolphins.
Speaking of Suh, Mike E might fancy a robe like this in Fins aqua green.
http://img.poptower.com/pic-112813/ndamukong-suh.jpg?d=1024
Miami Dolphins Cheer @MDCheer · 4h4 hours ago
Pic of the Day: Welcome MDC rookie, Tabitha! She is in pre-med and previously danced back up for various artists.