By Dr. Bruce Banner
Rage!!!! Smash!!!! Slam!!!! Hulk no see Red. Hulk see green, miserable gang green. Hulk so angry he want to replace Jets toilet paper with sand paper. But Hulk should no be angry with miserable putrid Jets. Jets did nothing wrong except play football. Hulk angry with miserable putrid Dolphins. Miserable putrid Dolphins no show up in London, the same could be said about Washington, Jacksonville and Buffalo (well that was in Miami but you get point). Hulk angry that miserable putrid Dolphins have no anger like Hulk. Why should Hulk get angry when miserable putrid Dolphins show no anger? Show no emotion? Show they no care? Why should Hulk care? Hulk don’t know why but Hulk cares, Hulk cares so much it hurts! Why it no hurt for Suh? Why it no hurt for Tannehill? Why it no hurt for Misi? Why? Because miserable putrid Dolphins led by miserable putrid Joe Philbin who get more angry about a gum wrapper on the practice field than the piece of shit that Dolphins leave on playing field every week. Miserable putrid Dolphins take on personality of emotionless, stoic, rudderless and clueless head coach. Coach Joe may be nice guy but Hulk no care. Hulk want good football coach and now 4 years into Coach Joe era Hulk know we no have one.
Hulk angry that he has watch uninspired, flat football for the better part of the last 16 years but it has been especially flat in the Philbin years. Yes there was the Cam Cameron disaster but that only last one year. Yes Tony Sparano fist pumped the Dolphins through a period of mediocrity but at least he produced one of Hulk’s favorite seasons in 2008 when Dolphins were fun and exciting to watch with innovative wildcat offense. At least Sparano recognized after 2 games the need to change when things were wrong unlike coach Joe whose surgically inserted rod up his backside makes him unable to change even when everything go wrong. Sparano at least had fire and show emotion. Coach Joe so bad that Hulk longing for the innovative and exciting football mind of Tony Sparano. What has world come to?
Hulk angry that Dolphins become boring to watch. Hulk remember as young Hulkling watching Bob Griese throw deep to Paul Warfield and handing off to some guy named Zonk who run over everyone. Hulk remember how Dan Marino made every Sunday a must watch, how no matter how far behind Dan could and often did bring team back from impossible deficits. Hulk remember defense of Jason Taylor, Zach Thomas, Tim Bowens, Sam Madison and Patrick Surtain and how they could just stop an opposing offense cold. What Hulk got to watch now? Another failed 3rd and long conversion? Another 3rd and long conversion against our defense? A costly penalty at a crucial time? Hulk see this script too many times. Every team seen this script too many times. Every team know what we going to do. Every team no have respect for Phins and why should they when coach Joe just stand and stare from sideline looking like he is waiting for his constipation medicine to start working. The only problem is that it is coach Joe that needs to be flushed if this team and franchise is ever to become a winner again. Hulk done!
Coach Joe waiting for his constipation medicine to work:
Finsmob Unleashed 
Were getting the Offense going during the Bye, Lazor can stay.
Campbell is going to make him run the ball 35 times a game then throw in some play action.
Were sticking with the run from now on and everything will start working.
And watch, I say Brenner will be starting somewhere on that line come Gameday
GO PHINS!!!
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Aside from the relevance of the cause of Tanny problems
I’m not sure he just shell shocked
we were talking about his crappy pocket presence since his rookie year
it was never good
it didn’t become bad
it was always bad
I don’t think his pocket presence is bad, I think the lack of pocket too often makes it seem that way. Also our receivers don’t get a lot of separation. Every pass seems to be contested. He has to hit it just right or there is no room for error. Rarley do we have someone wide open.
I disagree about the receivers
they are getting very good seperation and more often than not, when they are open, they are being missed
Andrew Abramson @AbramsonPBP 3m3 minutes ago
Andrew Abramson Retweeted Ian Rapoport
Well that tells you that the Dolphins are likely moving on from Kevin Coyle
Ian RapoportVerified account
@RapSheet
While figuring out how to proceed at defensive coordinator, the #Dolphins touched base with Jim Schwartz, who decided to stay where he is.
Where is Schwartz?
If you were Jim Schwartz and you had a current job would you come be the DC for an interim coach?
No and I don’t want him here.
Somebody is already planning to draft OL
stanger,
yeah but the shade isnt going up till next year. if ross was a good owner like jones, he would generate the 1.21 gigawatts needed to put the shade up back in 2010
LOL — I’ll take the shade next year….so long as it keeps the sun and heat on the field. And I have read where blocking the rising air might actually increase the heat factor.
finfanrob says:
October 6, 2015 at 1:03 pm (Edit)
anybody besides me enjoy that illegal batting last night. a ref staring right at it and no call, but some how they pulled that shit call out against the fins in favor of the pats. who would have thunk the nfl has an agenda.
in other news: the world is ending October 8th 3:45pm unless ross sales the dolphins
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Jahndoh30 says:
October 6, 2015 at 1:05 pm (Edit)
Totally. I heard someone on the radio this morning call it “the rule that nobody ever heard of before”…I just thought: Clearly doesn’t watch the Fins.
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5 minutes ago one of my co-workers, having no idea about the rule, asked me “Did you know about that rule?”
and I sadly replied “yes…I knew about the rule”
Work won;t let me blog
I have to go
catch up later humans
go fuck yourselves
I mean go Dolphins…
sorry that first part slipped out
LOL — loved the transitions on that. 🙂
Yet last year RT was one the best QBs against blitz pressures. The entire offense is broken, it’s not about one guy.
Also yes our running game seems to have 4 running plays – off-tackle sweep, the stretch, the shotgun draw and the read-option. No power runs inside with any authority.
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with the exception of the read-option
they all look the same to me
Ian Rapoport @RapSheet
While figuring out how to proceed at defensive coordinator, the #Dolphins touched base with Jim Schwartz, who decided to stay where he is.
Andrew Abramson @AbramsonPBP 11m11 minutes ago
Andrew Abramson Retweeted Ian Rapoport
Well that tells you that the Dolphins are likely moving on from Kevin Coyle Andrew Abramson added,
you should but WY 2 beers for that
We can only hope that Campbell’s focus on physicality can change what’s going on here. We’ll see.
Adding another playbook would be a good idea…lol
Mike e
If you get so busy at work you stick a pen in the customer’s eye, it will cause you professional problems…lol
yes, but if you are constantly at work having some one push your hand on to the customers boobs it will cause you to be rattled so much you start sucking
Fellow Phins fans asked me today what I thought about the Campbell hiring.
My response: “what the hell do I know……didn’t even have a clue who he was until yesterday.”
Then added in, “he at least looks like who I want to be my coach…right out of Hollywood casting.”
LMAO — who wins….him or The Hulk?
He looks like a young Bill Cowher.
With more hair gell.
Piggy, you see very good separation from our receivers? Wow that’s something else I guess I’m missing. I also still see guys being hit with a hand on the foot and they go down while opposing receivers run through it or around it and pick up chunks of yardage. I don’t what is up with that with this team regardless of who the receivers are. It’s totally frustrating.
I think our receivers are better than fine. I see them open all the time too. However, I agree with you about Tannehill’s lack of protection making the hypercriticism of his “pocket presence” (an area I honestly never really questioned with Tannehill) off the mark.
Within 5 yards maybe. I see too many contested passes and very few explosive runs after the catch.
Piggy
There’s no deception in our offense. When the protection uscks, and then defenders know we’re passing, it’s just too much to ask from tannehill. there isn’t the slightest balance in our offense, no run game to worry about to keep the defense honest. It’s worse this year with a worse O-line.
The offense to me is more about scheme than the defense. The defense isn’t playing violent and the offense does some things that make you scratch your head on why would you run that play there. 2nd and 8, let’s run a stretch play for 0-2 yards and make 3rd downs more difficult time and time again.
“Where is Schwartz?
If you were Jim Schwartz and you had a current job would you come be the DC for an interim coach?”
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Schwartz is currently working with the NFL officials…he’s a free agent. I think for sure he’d have taken a interim job. Probably instantly, but the tweet above insinuates he was offered the DC position, and as I already said today on this blog, no way in hell is he going to come in and work under Campbell, a guy with a resume about 3 sentences long and no notable coaching experience. Schwartz was, and currently still is considered to be, a bona-fide NFL HC. No point in playing DC for a guy who-for all Schwartz knows-is just going to screw the pooch.
I have no desire to see Schwartz here. Not a fan.
The Flying Pig says:
October 6, 2015 at 2:03 pm
Where is Schwartz?
If you were Jim Schwartz and you had a current job would you come be the DC for an interim coach?
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I dunno, i mean he could look at it as a chance to ne getting in front of the line for the job when it becomes available next year. I mean really depends on his perspective on it.
wow, today is getting worse and worse, ross still hasnt sold the team and i am agreeing with almost everything beergod says.
if they are replacing the boyle, they have to do it from within. no person with experience is going to take the job. besides even if one did it isnt like he could come in and install a new type of defense. the fins just have to figure a way of tweaking what they have to get it to work better
Bingo! It’s not fantasy football.
https://twitter.com/WaveDavethe/status/651235742753103872
Dan Campbell getting after Egnew! Listen to the audio.
https://twitter.com/WaveDavethe/status/651215982673838080
Someone posted this vid before with no audio…here’s the audio of Campbell.
He certainly acts like a Bill Cowher too… 😉
He does the Hollywood audio as well…..certainly ain’t Philbin.
That’s would not work with Jonathan Martin…lol
I don;t know about Campbell
He’s seems to but a lot of emphasis on emotion and maybe not so much on X’s and O’s
some of our problems are design of the offense – not necessarily whether our players need to be motivated
getterdone says:
October 6, 2015 at 3:05 pm
He certainly acts like a Bill Cowher too… 😉
yeah and he looks like like i do in my shirts.
Wow, I did not know he too had man boobs.
Why the fuck is he wearing your shirts? FFS is this yet another detainee?!!!
in the good news department, no ross didnt sell, but while you are outside his office boycotting his ownership you can get a mcdonalds breakfast all day long
Tim,
I’m somewhat neutral on Shcwartz but it’s irrelevant since he’s not coming here. You’re safe in your wishes!
getterdone says:
October 6, 2015 at 3:14 pm
Wow, I did not know he too had man boobs.
you call them man boobs but i call them hubba hubba rubba rubba in a tub
It’s Gym Shorts. Get it right.
Jim Schwartz
I would have been fine with Schwartz as DC, but like everyone is saying, it ain’t happening. I don’t like Coyle, and what he’s doing with our defense, and either do the players.
I don’t like what the players are doing because they’re getting beat. Even Campbell pointed that out as his major focus. Sure they’re trying, but not really competing and we’ve seen it all 4 games.
I’m still wondering what you would like Coyle to do that he hasn’t? He’s played standard 4 man, spread with a LB over the center, Vernon standing up, LBs blitzing, DBs blitzing. What else is there? They’re not winning one on one battles. Philbin said it and now Campbell has said it. And that’s just the defense.
Where are out edge rushers? What Coyle said back off and don’t go after the QB? None of it makes any sense and the DBs don’t play nearly as deep off the ball as people are suggesting. I saw man up, and 5 yards off, not 10 all the time like some people are saying. It’s all scapegoating and giving the players a pass. It’s what I have seen every week.
Guys are right there to make the play, missed tackle, another missed tackle, can’t get off blocks. Is nobody else seeing this?
i swear i have never been to rockland county or coach a softball team there
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyack-coach-harasses-porn-star-students-life-advice-article-1.2383725
“that shit is like a waterbed”
lol
Mike E. says:
October 6, 2015 at 3:25 pm
I would have been fine with Schwartz as DC, but like everyone is saying, it ain’t happening. I don’t like Coyle, and what he’s doing with our defense, and either do the players.
again i ask, what are the alternatives? it isnt like a new DC can come in and install a new defense. so to me, it is get coyle to tweak his system some or promote from with in and still do some tweaking.
I really had to double check to make sure I wasn’t hired as the new coach.
The best way to check is to look for banners in the sky demanding that you be fired
finfanrob says:
October 6, 2015 at 2:44 pm (Edit)
wow, today is getting worse and worse, ross still hasnt sold the team and i am agreeing with almost everything beergod says.
if they are replacing the boyle, they have to do it from within. no person with experience is going to take the job. besides even if one did it isnt like he could come in and install a new type of defense. the fins just have to figure a way of tweaking what they have to get it to work better
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No that’s not true
You can just walk into IKEA and buy a new DC and install a brand new defense.
All you need is an allen wrench!
I’m not a Schwartz fan either….I remember watching him some when he was HC for the Lions….they stunk & he was an overly arrogant prick. Players would rebel quickly.
Think Coyle is an arrogant prick as well. So there ya have it. NO!
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Saints signed P Brandon Fields.
Field was let go by the Dolphins in training camp. He’ll fill in for Thomas Morstead, who is out with a strained quad.
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Go #2 😉
I just did
Who does number #2 work for?
I remember hearing Scwartz referred to very negatively when he was fired by the Lions
I think he had them in the postseason in his first year there
but Caldwell seemed to do a better job with the Lions
I really don;t know too much about him
installing our new defense NOW!
LOL — we buying it from IKEA?
Hate to give props to Gisele’s boy toy, but this is what you want.
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Brady actually paid practice squad and look team guys if they picked him off in practice.
Was that English?
Broken English
Tim
I don’t watch the game in detail to be honest,so I can’t tell you what every guy on defense is doing. Most times I notice the CB’s are set farther from the LOS than I’d prefer, but as to what Suh and the other guys are doing every play, or what they’re supposed to be doing, i couldn’t tell you. I know there are a shit ton of missed tackles, bu many times the first guy to get near the ball carrier is 5 yards downfield. He’s got to figure out which guys can get it done, and if he needs to push some buttons to make the guys that SHOULD be getting it done, but aren’t then he needs to do that too.
I just don’t get what a coach can do other than put you in a position to make a play. If they don’t that’s on the player. We don’t contest enough balls in the air either. We go oh shit he went that way then fall down and some other guys comes in with a half-hearted attempt at a tackle and what should have been 4th down was now a 15 yard gain and a new set of downs. Happens all the time.
If I blame the coaches for anything I guess it would have to be they don’t inspire and I guess our players need that because they can’t do it on their own. Maybe we see that change under Campbell. I hope so. Because this shit we’re watching has sucked and it’s way beyond scheme, even on offense though I hate our offense under Lazor. i think it’s a shitty approach.
Coyle said he was disappointed in himself and needed to do a better job of getting guys into position.
Pig, I kept seeing Philbin last night every time the camera panned to Caldwell….he had that same dumb deer in the headlights look.
I don’t need a maniacal screamer, but I do want a coach with some visable emotions
He looked like he knew the end was near.
I doubt that, he was just hired….seems Detroit would give him a few years before canning him.
Dennis Allen Wrench?
It is what we thought it was, a torx bolt.
Good article about coaches getting back to basics. Simplifying schemes.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000542192/article/dan-quinn-winning-with-simplicity-in-atlanta
In the age of the custom hybrid defense, one of the more overlooked components of a coach’s scheme is understandability and functionality. Despite the increasing advantage offenses have, there are still ways to combat a lack of practice time and build a dominant defense that is flexible enough to handle a spread, Power-I or zone-read attack.
This is why a big deal is made when coaches like Rex Ryan and former Giants defensive coordinator Perry Fewell struggle and talk about getting back to basics. Sometimes a brilliant scheme can grow so complicated that even position coaches are struggling to keep up with the checks and subs which appear simple to the creator, but to its students it represents an equation where all the numbers have changed.
Though we have only suspicions, it could serve as an explanation for why a once-great defense like Lovie Smith’s Tampa 2 — a broad generalization for a system that also incorporates plenty of Cover 1 and Cover 3 — struggles without the cerebral and versatile Brian Urlacher.
ATL is also scoring points and that helps.
Definitely, and they had huge issues with that last year. Their OL sucked, Ryan sucked….now in 4 games it’s turned a 180 with a 1st time HC…Hmmm, coaching. 😉
stanger,
any time you want to go visit you boy in New Orleans i am with ya, now that is a fest worth doing.
SB7, have you not seen guys right there only to get run over or flail at a guy as he picks up yardage he should have never had? Even Suh had Ivory dead and instead of wrapping him up he just shouldered him and bounced him a yard or two laterally, but Ivory’s superior balance corrected that and got 5-7 more yards. He should have had no more than a 2 yard gain. This shit goes on every week.
I scream at the TV all day you fucking had him what are you doing? 3rd and 7, 3 yard pass, missed tackles 12 yard gain 1st down. Is nobody else seeing this?
My hope is Campbell has and will correct that or you don’t play.
I’m just telling you what he said
He’s being a coach and taking the blame. Talk to him a year from now and see what he says.
GD, sorry I read your deer in the headlights comment totally wrong. LOL
I am not sure what it takes to convince you Coyle has called shitty games Tim. There have been several people who have pointed out how poorly he has called his plays and you still stick to, Oh i think he’s doing a fine job, its the players who arent playing well. We all know some of the players arent playing well, like Vernon and McCain specifically but if you cant accept he calls a really shitty game all ya really got to do is look at the overall end results of a lucky to be 1-3 season and the fact we are getting obliterated on both sides of the ball.
Forot to add Wake to the list, though i have a feeling his is injury related,.
I don’t think Tim said the coaches like Coyle are without fault. He just points to the players more often.
I see shitty effort. I don’t care if Coyle or Lazor get fired at this point, we already fired the HC so who cares? The players are playing poorly. They’re not fielding their positions well. It’s like blaming a manger in baseball because his team can’t hit. What do you want him to do, ask for tee-ball? Players play the game and when they struggle they lose.
Dan Quinn brought in Kyle Shanahan as OC, Richard Smith (former LB coach in Denver & Dolphins position coach awhile back) as DC.
DL coach is Bryan Cox. Terry Robiskie is WR coach & Keith Armstrong as ST coach.
Nice staff he’s built.
GD, the Falcons had major OL issues last year and they’re playing better this year. They went 13-3 under Mike Smith one season. It always comes down to performance.
Right, and I know it’s generally a mixture of both….But poor coaching can lead to bad performances.
If you had a team of all HOF’s in their prime on the roster, I’m not so sure they’d win a super bowl with poor schemes, play calling, game planning, in game adjustments, clock management, and lack of passion from poor coaching.
Most all of those HOF players got to where they were with solid top notch coaching putting them into positions that they would/could excel at.
Or they were self-motivated and actually played above and beyond. Lots of great players played on shitty teams with unsuccessful coaching. I’ll just throw Walter Payton out there as a prime example.
If I can point to one thing Philbin failed at, it was his cerebral approach rather than physical. If we do this we’re good, if not do it better. His teams were never overly physical and it really showed this year.
He’d be a HOF Curling coach.
Or golf. LOL
getterdone says:
Saints signed P Brandon Fields.
Field was let go by the Dolphins in training camp. He’ll fill in for Thomas Morstead, who is out with a strained quad.
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My guess he stays there…….and what a great place to end up.
ffr — you don’t need a football game to end up in that city. Matter of fact, might be a waste of time compared to the other options.
Well, there goes my plan!
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25329448/report-dolphins-reached-out-to-jim-schwartz-about-defensive-coordinator
Adam Beasley @AdamHBeasley
It’s 5 p.m. Do you know who your defensive coordinator is?
I want to start this post off with this. Nothing I say is personal. It’s my opinion of what I see vs. what you see. That said, if we go back to last year after 10 games and our defense was top 5 in many categories – yards allowed, scoring, sacks etc., what was Coyle doing then that he’s so clueless about now?
I know why our defense collapsed last year the last 6 games – injuries, lack of depth and guys were dragging, you could see it. So why did we start off the same exact way this year? Because the same DC who had a top defense for almost 2/3rds of the season last year forgot what he was doing? When do you point to personnel and performance?
Tim, he admittedly changed his defensive scheme. He said he did/was directed to, so yes, he is different from last year. I keep telling you he is calling the D differently this year, how can you not accept that he isnt running the exact same D as last year. Also do you also think that Su, Mitchell, Wake, Vernon, Jenkins, Misi, Grimes, Jones, et all just forgot how to play this year?
Oh and he didnt call a great game last year either, huge cock up in several games. He isnt that good period.
I remember that last year, but seems OC’s started catching up with his schemes, or blitz packages, we also seemed to be seeing more and more soft zone, DB’s further off the ball etc.
Then Philbin said simplify it, scale it down as -players were complaining of confusion. Then we had a rash of injuries on D.
It has just seemed to snowball into what it is thru the first 4 games of this year.
I think Philbin & Coyle read to many of the media’s and Son’s post about Suh is here, everything is different now. 😉
“That looks like a Kraken Bruce”
Lol @GD! Unfortunately, I do know who our defensive coordinator is!
There is also a HUGE miss in that post Tim. Including last year he could have altered his game plans to accomodate what he had. He had injuries in the secondary, he could have as easily brought more pressure making the covergae he had work better as he did put extra DB’s in and go with fewer rushers. Obviously he chose wrong and it wasnt working and he kept going back to it. He isnt a good coordinator because he cant adjust for shit. Injuries happen, people hit walls in the season, you gotta be good enough to get around those things.
That’s my problem with Coyle D- he hasn’t been able to adjust to what the opposing OC’s are throwing at him. If I’m not mistaken, we are giving up over 160 yards per game on the ground in the last 10 games, going back to last year. That is absolutely pathetic. Some will say it’s because they are “so exhausted” from being on the field so long because of the offense, but a big part of the reason they are on the field so long is their own fault.
That’s what I was saying above. Opposing OC’s copy what another team did successfully to beat you down. It’s a game of physical Chess!
I would add more but can’t type it all out on my phone. Plus D is handling pretty well himself.
Okay, got the same answers. Push it elsewhere. Like I said at this point I don’t care if we fire Coyle and/or Lazor, we already fired Philbin.
Let me ask you this, why is Campbell’s main focus on more physical practices and competitiveness in games? He was right there in the thick of things.
I think that is a big factor too. He probably saw lack of physicality when he occasionally looked over at what the D was doing in games, and saw it first hand when his TE’s would go against our DL & LB’s.
A big part of winning your 1on1 matchups is to be more physical, more energy, than just trying to constantly outsmart your opponent.
Occasionally? His TE group practiced against the D everyday getting their own reps. He might have always thought this is too soft but my pay grade says it’s not your call. His TE group always seems to ascend though. Even Stoneburner has been doing good things.
Maybe it always was mentality. Joe’s didn’t work enough and now he was on a 2-6 streak. Not good.
It’s a combination of things Tim, but you can’t cut the entire defense. Can the defense play better? Of course, but IMO Coyle is the main problem.
Because you dont directly throw colleagues under the bus…. Its not professional. He also said his approach would be aggressive, indicating the past approach wasnt, so that indirectly covers the fact he wont be like them and therefore they didnt do their jobs well. He did say players have to step up but he in no way excuses the previous staff with that statement. Also you are right, you wont get a different answer from me, i see much more of a play-calling issue than a simply a player performance issue.
From reading between the lines and reports the practices that Philbin was running caused them to lack intensity. That he was trying to save the players bodies and it backfired.
Same thing with rotating guys so much.
that seems to be what Campbell inferred
But I’m on another planet stating what I’ve seen. No it doesn’t look like that at all. LOL
I see stuff about Jim Schwartz so why hasnt Coyle been fired yet.
But it looks as if there will be no Schwartz with us.
Nobody wants to come here just to get cleaned out at the end of the season
That’s a good point Howie.
Its not an ideal job
They should not be looking for established guys under Campbell
They should be looking to give some one who hasn’t had a chance a chance
Tim
I have a concern that Campbell may be missing the mark
and I don;t blame him – by the time he gave that PC he was a few hours removed from learning he was the HC
I do think we need to get more physical
And I suspect we were getting dominated in games, not just losing, be we lacked physicality
but I seriously question the Lazor/Coyle system
Do we have to fire those guys?
No
I wouldn;t mind seeing if a physical team makes a difference by itself
but what if it doesn’t?
be we = because
lol
Additionally, the CBA limits how many full-pad practices can take place during the season, so you can only get so physical nowadays.
Campbell kind of suggested that his physical practices would be legal…
I didn’t really sound like he knew what he was talking about
I like him
But think he was put in a spot where he had to have a plan now and explain it to everyone
And what he said was basically generalizations and not so much specifics
He just seems to be in the erly stages of overwhelmed and rightfully so. Id say listen to him in a couple weeks win or lose and he will start making a lot more sense and oyu will be able to see better what his ideas/philosophies are.
This is my thing too.
Tim also consider this. For the team as a whole to look as bad there has to be a factor over the entire D or entire O to make them ALL look like they lack intensity. I guess it could be Philbin, it could be thiis whole new sports science program and saving their bodies as SB said. Those are global things that affect the team in global ways. You cant think that the entire team simultaneously lacks intensity. One player lacking it or a coupel wouldnt make the whole team look THIS BAD. This screams of something within a coaches control to make and entire unit/team look bad, especially this bad.
As a teacher, I see the problem with the defense as follows:
I am teaching the class about a particular subject, let’s say it’s a text-based analysis piece of writing. Most of the class has produced poor writing samples. I reflect back on how I taught it and what are the strengths and weaknesses of my students, and change things up the next time we do that writing piece with a different strategy or approach. I DO NOT try to cram the way I feel it should be done down their throats until it is done my way. Yes, there are certain aspects of writing that need to be taught and learned a specific way, but there are different was to get there.
(Piggy launches a spitball at Brian or I mean Mr. In NY)
LMFAO!
i lost my pencil, give me something to write on!
Guys, I just don’t think this team from coaches to players were this bad going in, what is it? It’s not like they never played good games before. WTF is going on?
I think to bear down on just one area is really missing the boat. Something strange is happening and I have no idea what it is. Blaming Ross is like blaming God. Be accountable and show up in your own life. Words of wisdom I received recently. I’ll never forget it. Blame 5-6 people and forget the other 53?
Tim Knight says:
October 6, 2015 at 5:54 pm (Edit)
But I’m on another planet stating what I’ve seen. No it doesn’t look like that at all. LOL
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You are not wrong
but will it fix everything?
think about it
If we are a more physical team
great
we deifnately need to be
but what are we going to do: run from the shotgun them to death with the same stupid 3 plays we run all day
There is an X’s and O’s component to our bad start that Campbell may not be able to address
We have no FB and 3 TEs (counting Stoenburner who was not on the opening day 53)
our OL is built for movement not power
How physical can we be?
We have to change a lot to be that kind of team
Its tto just the way we practice
Start playing more physical and go from there. Campbell said not on our heels. I’ve been saying that for years. Many of us have. He might just instruct Lazor to run it again and stop being a wimp with your offense.
Tim, it’s not like this happened suddenly….we’ve all felt the coaching was suspect for 3yrs & 4 games now. Yes there were some good games, and we did compete at times, hung in there around .500 close to Wild Cards a couple times….but ya always had this thought that this team was struggling to find a true identity, always a few injuries from the bottom dropping out….and now in the 4th year the OL is still a problem even after several changes have been made in personnel….that screams coaching, schemes, play calling, preparation, and locker room culture to me, a lot louder than 53 so so guys on the roster each year.
OL coaches have changed during that time, Benton is here and they still suck…but the HC was the same…btw….can 3+yrs of personnel changes be that consistently bad?
If I’m Campbell, just having some fun because I am not. LOL
I sit in the office with the roster and watch film of every game. I then start making decisions based on what I saw and approach to the game to why we’re getting beat. And go from there. It’s not that complicated. Every team has run over us.
GD, I agree, Philbin never established an identity for this team. I still have no idea what kind of team we are. I think it sucks too. I’m not absolving anyone, just trying to point to all things and not just a few. It’s bigger than that.
I feel ya man….Hope Campbell can get into their heads, err face, cause cerebral Joe just made them pine for Broadway Musicals, top hats, soft shoe and canes
LOL, need a good laugh once in awhile.
Just think about this though. With the exception of QB. We’ve pretty much changed out every unit every year since Philbin has been here with pretty much the same result. We’ve consistently inconsistent. Defense has always seemed to have a tackling issue and a tough time getting off the field on 3rd and longs. Offense gives up sacks no matter who’s on the oline and we still have an issue scoring.
Time to get rid of Tanny then!
Last year we showed improvements and then collapsed down the stretch. This year we started off poorly and we’ll still there.
I’m just being real across the board. The on the field product is not good regardless of who you want to blame. It sure isn’t just a handful of people.
Go Dan Campbell!!!
It’s hard to field a strong team when the coach is a wimp. His country club camp didn’t do anyone any favors.
what I don’t get is how Carolina cried wolf against our D-line, and they’re 4-0 and we only have one sack.
All the rumors of us being thin depth-wise was true. A couple of guys like Delmas got hurt and the scrubs couldn’t get it done.
‘ffr — you don’t need a football game to end up in that city. Matter of fact, might be a waste of time compared to the other options.’
fine, i dont want to hang out with you either.
i just dont get why tim has to get so personal on this blog and attack everybody
Jersey
Wilbon and Kornheiser Bashed Tanny today on PTI.
Q- what kind of guy makes those statements?
A- a very dumb individual.
And Philbin told his practice guys to take it easy on Tanny so they just stood there on the next play
Now we know Tanny’s not the sharpest knife in the kitchen how can he be trusted to play QB for this team.
sometimes you expect these guys like Philbin and Tanny to have a little going for them upstairs to be in the position they are and were, and you would think after 4 years that Ross would already know who he’s dealing with.
It’s not about talent, there’s not a big difference in the talent level of NFL players, what seperates the good from the bad is gray matter and this team seems to be lacking in that department
What up FUers?
I see we reached out to Schwartz to be the DC but he passed. Too bad. I think he is an excellent DC. I think he is a crappy HC but I like him as a DC
I watched the Giants vs. Bills this weekend and it got me real mad. The Giants OL is not that much better than ours. Hell John Jerry is starting for them and he couldn’t cut in Miami. Yet the Giants game planned for the Bills perfectly. They committed to running the ball. They negated the Bills pass rush with short but very quick throws and drop backs. Manning had the ball out of his hands on average in 1.82 seconds. The big play for the Giants was the screen when they were able to match up an RB 1 on 1 with an LB. It produced the game winning touch down. They ran ball for over 160 yards and over 4 yards a carry. They threw for over 200 and 3 TDs on 36 drop backs. They had only 1 sack against them and 1 int on a bad route by a WR. There was no magic and nothing our team couldn’t have done. I don’t get what our coaches were thinking.
we cant establish a running game, obviously running the ball is not the priority of this teams philosophy, we rely on an inaccurate QB to carry us every game.
if we had a running game Tanny would not be under as much pressure as he is
We can’t because we won’t try. The Giants committed to it and were successful. Their OL is really not that different than ours. Their RBs are probably not as talented as Miller. The difference was commitment which starts with coaching.
sb7mvp says:
October 6, 2015 at 7:33 pm
Jersey
mike if from jersey, he always has a hand to help his fellow man. so that cant be it
bri,
can i have a pass on the writing assignment. my hulk ate my homework.
Master needs to feed me.
And Hulk is with a capital H. Points off failing to capitalize.
you have to earn the capital H. you are still just an h.
Well I’ve been saying it since yesterday. We are going to go with the run now. New coach knows that and thats what he is going to do…
Its obvious this line cant pass protect but we dont know if they can run block other than Pouncey.
Hell, if we start the game from the shotgun and then dont have any choice but to stay with it all day Tanny doesnt have a prayer.
How many rushing attempts do we have on the season, 25 maybe
but I’m sure its less than a normal team has in a single game…
GO PHINS!!!
miami passe 73% of the time which is ridiculous
so anyone got who they want to lose the mlb game tonight. i really dont care, like both teams in a way. if some one has a team they want to lose let me know, i will hitch my wagon to that team.
Master, I wish for Houston to lose.
Tim Knight says:
October 6, 2015 at 6:05 pm
Guys, I just don’t think this team from coaches to players were this bad going in, what is it? It’s not like they never played good games before. WTF is going on?
well, my answer is simple the cheerleaders arent cheering topless.
if ross would only sell me the team for $43.87 i can fix this with one simple change to the cheerleaders.
ken,
you got it, come on astros kick some yankee ass
Thank you Master may I have another.
Alright Hulk going to go smash something and watch the playoffs. Baseball playoffs that is because Hulk no being watching football playoffs this year.
I love that video of him knocking his crew around in warm ups
This guy is BAD-ASS
I can see him doing shit like that to pretty much everyone on the team…
GET INVOLVED COACH AND THESE GUYS WILL PLAY FOR YOU
HELL YEAH!!!
but probably not coyle 😦
Orob wins the gray matter award, lots of gray matter. 🙄
Rolling Eyes, what happened to the Tanny avatar?
You convinced me he sucks and is the reason we’re losing and why Philbin lost his job.
I really don’t think Tannys all to blame here GD, I think these coaches rely on him way too much and they also rely on the D way too much.
if we had a feared running game Tannys jersey would be cleaner and the D wouldn’t be on the field for 40 minutes of a 60 min game.
can’t wait ti ajai returns
Here is how it goes down; Campbell wins 8 of our last 12 but we still dont make the playoffs.So Ross brings in his house cleaning crew and we struggle through the next 4 seasons as they turn over the roster time and again.
Meanwhile Campbell lands the H/C job in Cleveland and they immediately begin an annual playoff run that lasts for 15 years.
Down here by then we are on our fourth coaching change and hope just to go 9-7 for once…
Sounds about right….yikes
…then Piggy jumps off a bridge
NFL.com’s Albert Breer reports that the Dolphins aren’t firing DC Kevin Coyle “right now,” but that the situation “remains fluid.”
It’s unclear what “remains fluid” entails, but perhaps the Dolphins are still searching for an outside replacement. They’ve been connected to ex-Lions coach and Bills DC Jim Schwartz, who unlocked Ndamukong Suh’s potential in Detroit. By nearly every account, Coyle’s players have lost their passion to play for him. Keeping him around would be an odd move after coach Joe Philbin was sent packing.
just for the record
Suh’ potential was not “unlocked” in Detroit
He was probably one of the most dominant DTs of college football when he was at nebraska
and was DROY
This happens to be the worst year of his career
but most of his career has been HOF material
The Flying Pig says:
October 6, 2015 at 9:02 pm
…then Piggy jumps off a bridge
oh big deal. dont be so dramatic. we all know you would just fly to a soft landing
not to mention its a tiny bridge
Hey Suh actually tried for one play. But I’m sure that pass was complete
Hal Habib @gunnerhal
Inside the NFL’s Boomer Esiason, on Dolphins change: “Conventional wisdom tells you that this does not work, and it won’t work.”
Hal Habib @gunnerhal
Inside the NFL’s Phil Simms: “I got up early Sunday morning to watch the game and I thought it was an exhibition game.”
Hal Habib @gunnerhal
More Simms: “There was no effort, no enthusiasm, no emotion. So you change that.”
Hal Habib @gunnerhal
Esiason, on Steve Ross: “You cannot allow players to walk into your office and circumvent the coach that is coaching those players.”
Why does he think that was happening with the players? (last comment)
People are really crazy speculating on this team
Besides Joe Flacco basically asked the Ravens to fire OC Cam Cameron and the Ravens won the Super Bowl that year
and no one criticizes them for it – bc it worked
The Flying Pig says:
October 6, 2015 at 9:02 pm (Edit)
…then Piggy jumps off a bridge
water was really cold that day
That BS that happened in Seattle last night, is why I hate the NFL. You can’t tell me those guys just missed it, that’s a typical elite team at home call. NFL, corruption at it’s finest.
They said getting all plays reviewable was rejected, because it didn’t get enough votes, one which was surprisingly the cheats. I’d bet the NY teams plus the elite teams that get all the calls didn’t vote for it.
steveccnv says:
October 6, 2015 at 9:45 pm
That BS that happened in Seattle last night, is why I hate the NFL. You can’t tell me those guys just missed it, that’s a typical elite team at home call. NFL, corruption at it’s finest.
yep, said it last night and earlier today. funny how that one was so fucking obvious and they dont call it, even have the nerve to say it was an accidental batting, yet the one against the fins which looked for all the world accidental gets called for the pats. but no no the nfl is on the up and up. just like shadys suspension over turned
ignoring that batted ball was ridiculous
It’s blatant cheating.
Last time it happened in Seattle they brought back the regular refs, should they now bring back the scabs?
They said that scab that made the Fail Mary call still gets shit for it, as he should. You cheat you should pay the price.
The real winner of the Fail Mary was the 49ers, it ultimately gave them the home field against GB.
http://www.browardpalmbeach.com/news/27-facts-about-new-miami-dolphins-head-coach-dan-campbell-7309132
Funny article with good video and info on our new coach…who I remember from Hard Knocks yelling at Egnew so I like him …. Sadly he has inherited a mess.
We’ll see, maybe he’ll be like Harbaugh in SF. This team has talent, but had a cruise director running the show.
Baseball what a joke, dude comes in for the Yankees and strikes out the side, getting called strikes on pitches that almost hit the ground and way outside.
Can anyone guess why baseball doesn’t have a machine calling balls and strikes?
Umpire’s Union
Interesting, but I was alluding to the manipulation of games.
Someone forgot to tell the Yankees this series was only 1 game.
We had better find a new DC soon.