Step up Rah Rah Guy
by son of a son of a shula
A process man in a results driven league, it didn’t work. Imagine busting your ass to achieve results but getting needled about every step you took to get the desired results. It becomes demoralizing. I can only imagine what it must have been like for the players under Philbin, but I suspect they got needled to the point of insanity when the coaches reviewed film. Despite the effort, despite whatever results you were likely raked over the coals because you didn’t do the process correctly, perhaps you went off script or let your instincts take over it didn’t matter you were held accountable. Pretty soon all you have left is a heartless, demoralized shell of team going through the process. Being a smart or heady player is a good quality for a pro athlete but that’s a small part of what got you there, most often your God given ability and instincts are what set you apart. When that part of you gets suppressed you become ineffective, listless and non-caring, because if there is something else then perhaps it’s on the players and not the coaching.
How can your team get rushed on to the tune of over one hundred yards in the first half alone and you don’t yell at anyone? No one.
How can your offense struggle to even put thirteen points on the board and you don’t yell at anyone? No one.
How can you do the same thing every single week when it hasn’t worked and not try anything different?
Since Steve Ross has decided to make the change all we can do as fans is hope, like we’re always left with. Hope that Campbell’s intensity gets through to the players or hope we get the first pick in the draft. To me I find it refreshing to see a coach who gets excited, who tries to inspire his men, who actually yells at them. It’s easy to say that these guys are well paid professionals who sho
uldn’t need a coach to motivate them and that is largely true, but by the same token you can’t have a coach and coaching staff that by their very actions and beliefs completely demoralizes and uninspires the players. This is where I think the disconnect has occurred. Philbin believed in a process, in development and strict execution of his way. I believe he required certain things from his coaches who thereby passed those things onto the players and we subsequently end up with an uninspired, flat, directionless team. Enter Campbell, a hardass who will demand performance from his players. You won’t have to complete steps 1-12 to earn playing time for Campbell, he just wants to see you play with your ability and talent and see it all pour out of you.
Can Campbell reignite the flame and passion in this group? Can he unite this team and get them working together? Forget a playoff run for the time being, like many have already said we just want to see the team play inspired football and be competitive. Is passion the missing ingredient? Maybe just simply yelling might be the missing ingredient. Maybe being held accountable right at the moment will do it rather than waiting for the coach to watch a film before you get lambasted. If a guy screws up during a game then yelling at him or sitting him will serve a greater good than waiting until Tuesday in a meeting to be evaluated and chastised. With any luck Campbell will put this team on the attack, have them stop thinking and start hitting.
My biggest hope is that Campbell is better able to have the team prepared when they take the field. We looked outmatched so far in each of the four games. Was Philbin and his staff deficient in breaking down the opponent? Were they poor game planners? What I hope for is that Campbell will be better able to see weaknesses in the opponent and put his team in a position to attack those weaknesses, you know the way teams have been doing to us. Bring the fight to them.
I have wanted a young, fired up, in your face coach for some time now. I hoped the best for Joe Philbin but on game day he made me crazy that he was so emotionless, lacked a certain fire and intensity and all the while bad things continued to happen. I advocated for bringing in Ray Lewis to coach the team in large part because of his intensity and fire feeling that today’s young athletes would feed off of that. Well in comes Dan Campbell who by all indications is exactly what I was advocating for. I wish him the best. I hope the team pulls their collective head out of their ass and starts to play the kind of football we all expected from this group. Shift me to perpetual show me mode, I’ve been burned enough.
Intensity
This song sums up how I feel about the Dolphins:
Bye Week Bi-Babe
Kristanna Loken
On identifying as bisexual: “I have dated and have had sex with men and women and have to say that the relationships I have had with certain women have been much more fulfilling, sexually and emotionally, than those with certain men. I connect with an aura, with energy. And if the person with whom I connect happens to be a female, that’s just the way it is. That’s what makes my wheels turn,” Loken told Curve in 2006.
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Morning Update
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Well done Son, that was a great write up. I want to see some fire and passion then the wins will take care of themselves.
Rockphin says:
October 9, 2015 at 5:46 am
finfanrob says:
October 8, 2015 at 11:01 pm
the only way the dolphins do anything is if it is true, the players quit on philbin. they guy is not going to come in and be some miracle coach with his new coaching philosophy and make the fins a winner. if the players were tanking it and now dont, then they have a chance. if there just isnt enough talent on this team no coaching in the world will help it
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If that is the case and we need to f****** fire all the players
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Rockphin says:
October 9, 2015 at 5:49 am
Kevin Could was fired last night
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Rockphin says:
October 9, 2015 at 6:00 am
Soooooooo with the dolphins getting rid of their head coach their deffnsive cordinator and promoting from within, (both white guys) are they now going to face problems about the Rooney Rule
Babe of the Ba-bye week is hot. Rockphin approves.
Oh and my apologies for reposting 3 posts all at once
I was stuck on the other page
Hope it is, Son- that’s really all we got. Reality says we’re not likely to change our destiny, but it would be nice to see some intensity out of these guys. There’s really only so much a positional coach turned head coach mid season can do, and none of that can do the thing really needed- getting the players that fit the team he wants to build- so hope is all that’s left.
K Loken is alright looking- her acting isn’t all that (see “Bloodrayne”).
http://phinphanatic.com/2015/10/08/dolphins-fire-coyle-promote-lou-anarumo/
http://news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-says-bowe-bergdahl-executed-213420551–election.html
Let’s see how the dems respond to this. A lot of my friends at VFW think the same thing. The guy is not a hero as Obama and Susan Rice said. Trump may get the military vote with him telling the truth about his feelings about this Bowe Bergdahl
I try not to get my take from a bunch of old guys hanging out at a VFW- they tend to favor one party over another. If Bergdahl is a traitor, so is Snowden. I also like to let the process run its course, which in this case it has not- it has been spun from the beginning.
All that said, I don’t think most here really care one way or the other about it; I have to admit, it is not all that interesting of a story to me, and none of my friends/acquaintances have ever brought it up (not that I run in really thoughtful circles- lol).
you are correct, both are traitors but I don’t believe Snowden is a expert in security of NSA considering he didn’t even have HS diploma and then was kicked out of military and all of sudden he was a security guard for NSA then he gets promoted to work inside NSA and all of sudden he gets unlimited access to NSA files and then he is computer expert. It just doesn’t work that way. You notice Snowden is in the headlines about every 3 weeks this is not by accident.
I’m sure I don’t know what you are implying. If you are speaking about conspirac-(y/ies), you won’t get a lot of play here- but i understand there is a site similar to this where the participants are more inclined to this type of- conjecture.
So the miami dolphins promoting dan campbell to head coach & Lou Anarumo to defensive coordinator neither of whom you have ever held a position higher than position coach in one who was an intern a few years ago… An intern who was made a position coach who could not develop or improve the play of our shitty cornerbacks…who do you think Tannenbum is angling for with the first pick in the draft?
A huge deal was made out of Joe Philbin never calling plays as an offensive coordinator. These guys have never even put together a game plan let alone call plays on gameday
I saw a news report where only 20 or so players got action in the Oklahoma drill if I was Dan I would have the players go to another Oklahoma drill 10 seconds after finishing 1st Oklahoma drill. This way every player gets to do the drill and they get multiple chances. In three hours they are limited because of CBA rules but each player can do this drill 300 -400 times if they set it up right.
Philbin is no longer here. What he was doing wasnt working. Our record is now 0-0 and we have a 12 game season. Time to get behind our new leaders who seem to understand what needs to be done. Hopefully we are at the very least competitive and making the playoffs on a miracle.
how many wins do you think it will take to get into the playoffs? I think 10
IDK, 7 or 8?
SON; VERY NICE EFFORT. —Of course I believe shifting to the “SHOW ME” school of thought is both wise and better for your psychological health, too!! –But let’s not over look a few factors. –TANNENBAUM’s the one who used the first 2 picks in the draft for players who, so far, have had little positive impact during our first 4 games. Genius T-Baum waited until ROUND 4 to try to plug one of the two gaping holes in our O-Line. Strangely enough, that guy is rated by PFF as one of the two worst guards in the league (The OTHER Miami guard is rated as second worst). –And T-Baum is the one who advised Ross to NOT change the coaching staff during the off-season when a much bigger pool of possible replacements was available. SOOO-O-O the only practical options left after “Clueless Joe” was fired was to promote from within – – a dangerous option given the overall lack of experience in what’s left of this coaching staff.
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I HOPE this coaching staff will bring significant improvement to Miami’s on field performance. -We ALL want that. -But it is NOT guaranteed at this point. Campbell is really “up against it” thanks to the predicament Mike Tannenbaum has put this franchise in. Low talent in the O-Line. Problems at linebacker and the secondary. MAJOR CAP PROBLEMS. The list goes on and on. IF Philbin deserved to be fired then the man MOST RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS MESS ALSO DESERVED TO BE FIRED!! – – And THAT MAN IS MIKE TANNENBAUM, for the poor advice and poor leadership he’s given Ross’s franchise.
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This team right now is NOT a playoff quality team. Campbell will try very hard, but I’d be shocked if we won MORE THAN 6 games this season (hope I’m wrong). At the end of this season, ROSS MUST REPLACE T-BAUM with somebody like Polian who knows how to turn a franchise around and steer it in a positive direction. DON’T wait until the middle of NEXT SEASON to do it!
bEck, bEck, bEck…it’s HasselbEck
Jim Nantz, the true professional says correctly each and every time but Simms sitting right next to him can’t do it he has to say HasselbAck, it just sounds so ignorant.
Most people when you listen do tend to say hasselbAck, its like the people saying Jagwires instead of Jagwars.
Tann-E-hill
In England, they really do say Jaguar like JAG-yoo-UH. We can ask UK if he happens to be reading now.
Yeah I’ve seen that crazy little animal freak Daniel Moinahan from “Middle Earth” say it that way.
Actually, it’s pronounced “jag-U-wars”- at least that’s what Roger Waters and David Gilmour told me:
One game at a time . . .
Silly to have long term predictions or goals, especially when you have no idea what you can get out of this hopefully underachieving bunch of spoiled fuckfaces
They’ve been needled into submission, Campbell is right in bringing out the primates in them, I bet it feels invigorating to the players.
Son, no matter what, there’s no excuse for not playing hard every time out. Landry never stops, everyone should be ashamed of themselves, your boy Suh included.
This season could get real interesting
A bit of history….
Guys buys team
Guy try’s to glom onto a tuna
Tuna grabs a few bags of $$$ and flees the scene
Guy turns to the GM as his in house “rock of stability”
Guy understands a coaching issue and fires tony
Guy try’s to hire “big time coach”
But tells candidates they will have to marry “rock of stability”
“Big times coaches” bow out
Guy ultimately settles for an average joe coach
Guy becomes disillusioned with “rock of stability”
And fires him
Guy sets out to hire new GM
Explains to candidates that they will have no power over his new glom
His new “rock of stability” average joe
Candidates one after another bow out of the process
And guy makes a settle hire,
Apparently this doesn’t take very long to scratch ones head and enter
The new “rock of stability” Mike T
A few games into a new season and guy fires average joe
Wow
All of this rather short circus show now has the fins
Viewed as a toxic mess in Miami
Guess the big question becomes, in the coming months
Will guy attempt to force candidates on his new
“Rock of stability”
Or does he attempt to find the best of the best
And once and for all clean house ?
Tuna was here before Ross bought the team DCoral. he’s Huizenga’s mess.
Guy probably sticks with T-baum or new rock of stability. And the wheel goes round and round
I haven’t seen people not playing hard or laying down. I see a team playing the way they were coached. You can bring up Landry but that guy is a special talent. If the whole team was like Landry then he wouldn’t be special.
So Philbin was telling everyone to do the wrong thing? It’s definitely an effort situation, Campbell stressed that 1000X
I think philbin thought he was doing the right thing and they were doing what he wanted. I’ve had plenty of bosses like that. Great guys personally but not truly leaders or guys that necessarily knew the best way to get results. You said it yourself. Campbell saw it differently and guys responded.
I agree with you, they are passive and unwilling to go outside the lines. You get in trouble when you go outside the lines. So they say alright I’ll stay in the lines and you get this mess.
SB
Suh isn’t special? We’re paying over $100M for a regular guy?
Have you seen Suh not playing hard?
I haven’t seen him be anything close to special, as you say Landry is. Why can Landry do it, but Suh can’t? Landry bust his ass after he makes the catch, fights for every inch. maybe if Suh did that in the trenches, he’d a few tackles in the backfield, and a few sacks.
I’m not defending Philbin at all, I couldn’t stand him, but the players are responsible for their play too. Guys not making tackles when they get their hands on a guy is all on them. Guys not giving extra effort when it’s necessary is all on them.
Suh and Landry are two different positions on different sides of the field. On can be double and tripled teamed and have his legs taken out and the other doesnt. Results don’t equal effort.
Such a Dolphin fan thing to say Suh isn’t playing hard. It sounds good when you say it fast now go back and watch. The slacker if any and the guy not producing shit is Wake.
SB – Maybe we should put Landry in at DT and see what happens.
This wasn’t meant as a reply to this post
Jamil is a ROOKIE, have some perspective please, and he’s playing on the right side when prior he had only played on the left.
My answer to that is, he doesn’t belong there if he’s not ready. This team was built for NOW, not 2-3 years from now.
He’s ready. I’m sick of rookies not playing. Parker is ready and so is Phillips, just get them on the field and stop being queezy.
LOL – Why is Landry on his cell phone? That’s very unlike him
Philbin was telling him he forgot to scratch his ass before he got in his stance
I ‘ve rewatched every game so far this year including pre season and I can say Suh is not the problem. He’s always the first off the snap taking on 2-3 blockers and sometimes getting chipped by rb’s and te’s. He gets paid the big bucks because he disrupts plays which he does and has done. Throughout his career he only averages 40-50 tackles a year and that is solo and asst combined. He’s on that pace. The guy is a tough SOB that plays every down.I saw him dropping back into coverage last week and playing de.He is still getting accustomed to playing with everyone but he is not the problem.
You’re some kind of sick masochist. You couldn’t pay me to watch that shit. lol
What can I say I enjoy football X’s and O’s. There’s a lot more to football than the final score.
Can lump me in it as well because i have been trying to figure out WTF is going on. Like Tim is fond of saying, its hard to believe a DC could really abruptly change things so badly that we look like this. Same for OC, but everything i have seen says this isnt on the players, at least not fully, and mostly on coaching/play-calling. Our players are better than they have looks and it does not look to be half assing or lack of effort from every position. There are a few people on each side of the ball that stand out to me as under-performing some are playing hard just not getting the job done, some look to be laying up some, but for an entire unit to look that bad, its going to be coaching that most at blame.
Jag you uh
So now that Philbin and Coyle are gone, Suh should be back to being the monster he’s supposed to be, right?
exactly what is your expectations of the guy?
My expectation is that he performs as well or better than he did in Detroit, and makes an impact on our defense. So far . . . . Pffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffftttttttttttttt.
what does Pffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffftttttttttttttt mean? you lost me and even google doesn’t have a clue….Look up his career stats and you can project his current stats to see if he is producing to your standing or you can be a sick masochist and rewatch a game of his greatness. The guy is a monster stud…
What that means is he hasn’t even come close to doing what he what I, and just about every other Dolphins fan, if he’s/she’s being honest, expected him to do. I guess you can’t include yourself in this group. You’re lucky, you’re not disappointed.
have you looked up his career stats to compare them to what he is doing 4 games now into season? Did everyone think he was going to produce 70-80 tackles a year? I believe he has voted pro bowler every year and all pro a couple of times.Has anything changed with his stats this year from his career averages?
jetssuck- pfffffffffffffftt is the sound of all the air coming out of a balloon. Now you know what that is.
now I would have thought you would have said Brady’s game day balls. LOL
Missed it. Damn! lol
anyways I have to go get caught up on all my “to do list” before the weekend starts. Talk with you later. Go Mets…
Later jetssuck
DT’s don’t rack up tackles, even dominat ones generally get 30-40 a year. Stat you are looking for with a DT like Suh is TFL, sacks and FF. Thats what the Detroit Suh was known for. Its also because he wasn’t asked to fake up blockers/fill gaps. He was set to penetrate the line and make plays in the backfield on all downs. Scheme is most the reasons he has not been putting up the stats he should be and i hope if aggressive play-calling is returning next game, then we also see more TFl/Sacks from him, and if we are lucky a FF or two.
and in the feel good department
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/daughters-dash-to-welcome-home-dad-brings-smiles-to-army/ar-AAfgbQC?li=AAa0dzB
She’s adorable
son of a son of a shula says:
October 9, 2015 at 11:44 am
She’s adorable
priceless. every time i see something like that it has an effect on me. i dont know how those men or women do it, i couldnt stand being away on a business trip for 2 or 3 days when my kids were younger, much less in an environment that could turn deadly and gone for months and months. they will always have my utmost respect and thanks.
I agree, it would have ripped my heart out to be away that long. I was gone for the longest one week one time for business and I’ll never forget my youngest daughter’s welcome I’ll always cherish it.
That’s why those guys are the best of the best. It’s a huge sacrifice that they make.
D
4 games, ZERO sacks. Not even sure if he one tackle for a loss
Suh’s eating up blockers and getting up field all you have to do is watch, where is Wake.
HAS ANYONE SEEN CAM WAKE, IF YOU SEE HIM PLEASE TELL HIM THE SEASON STARTED 4 WEEKS AGO. THANK YOU
The whole defense?
Minus the rookie!
Suh had 2 TFL last game unless I’ve gone Dimensial?
Mike, you’re crazy if you want to make Suh the new whipping boy, do you EVER see a linebacker filling the gaps after he eats up 2 linemen, do you ever see equal penetration from the rest of the front 4 to close escape lanes? Where is Vernon he also hasn’t done shit.
He’s not the new whipping boy, he just hasn’t done anything. It is what it is.
No one has done anything, but he’s the $100M elephant in the room. It comes with the territory. Until
HaynesworthSuh starts playing like a $100M man, I’m gonna say he isn’t.But that’s been our point, he has done something but compared to everyone els’s nothing it doesn’t appear to be much and now that you are calling him Haynesworth I’m through discussing him with you. Enjoy your witch hunt.
son of a son of a shula says:
October 9, 2015 at 12:00 pm
Mike, you’re crazy if you want to make Suh the new whipping boy
i will make suh the new whipping boy, suh and every fricking player and coach on that team. the way they played this year no one is above whipping.
Good write up Son!
I like the BOTW’s quote!
The thing about making Suh the new whipping boy is that people are gonna do it bc of his salary
I don’t think how much some one vests paid Identifies him as the best or worst on the team
But that’s what happens when people look for a goat
They point to salary first
I’ll answer this to you even though I really am saying it to Mike. Mike said yesterday that he doesn’t watch interior line play and yet here goes on attack against the only guy making even the slightest impact. Just watch him.
How about someone touted as the greatest player in the game at his position? How about someone touted as a future HOFer? There are a thousand reasons Suh performance should be criticized, and after Joe Philbin and Kevin Coyle, he’s still got 998 explanations to give.
There is only 1 thing to look at
His play
I’m not saying he shouldn’t be criticized
I’m saying people always blame the big $ guys first
Wallace is a good example of that
And there was room to criticize Wallace
But he wasn’t the only one!
We hit the reset button and I prefer to look forward. I have hope we’ll see a different team on the field.
To start, I want to say I respect you Son, and I always respect the work all of you contributors put into the articles. It gives folks like me something to stew on.
Having said that I stewed on this, and I could not disagree more fundamentally with the picture you painted of the team under Philbin. Philbin didn’t do enough to save his job, that I acknowledge, but spoiled- over paid players who couldn’t stand up to some detail oriented coaching? Mental midgets- and I bet dollars to donuts that that’s what every great coach who’s ever coached would say as well. Your man cited Philbin as being a major reason he signed here, now we’re to believe that Philbin did him in? He’s been a no-show, that’s not on the coaches. If you’re the “future HOF player” that Suh is said to be, he’s not crumbling to a shell of his former play because of a little nitpicking.
If this picture of the team under Philbin is even remotely close to reality, the players are at fault. Do your job. Own up to your responsibilities. Most of you make more than the head coach, some of you make 10x what the HC makes. Demoralized because their film was nitpicked? I call that weak mindedness. If our players are that weak minded it’s no wonder they’re a bunch of losers.
Philbin’s respect in this business from the most respected coaches and executives in this business is inescapable. Again, I gave up the ghost because for whatever reason he wasn’t getting then job done and in the end, you don’t win in this league, you’re going to lose your job. But I can only hope and pray that we don’t have 53 guys who need cheerleading to win, because if that’s the case we needed to hire Rex Ryan last offseason, get 2 years of competitive football out of them and blow the whole thing up.
My bias: I was an athlete who thrived under tough coaches. The task masters, the nitpickers, the perfectionists. They pissed me off, and it made me want to work even harder, succeed that much more. Rah rah is for people who require constant affirmation for motivation, and in the end I question their desire to be great. They aren’t intrinsically motivated, they’re extrinsically motivated, and that’s rarely a recipe for long term success.
Thanks for the thoughtful article and the chance to express my thoughts on the subject.
Cheers!
I really can’t disagree, but its hard to put a finger on what the hell happened. I put this out there as a hypothesis mainly. I always liked Joe and everything we heard from last year’s end clear through camp was that everything was hunky dory and everyone loved coach and he changed his ways some to be more like the guys and so on and then all of a sudden we have this crap. I don’t get it and I don’t understand it.
That’s fair, and I feel the same way. I simply don’t have any answers. It’s likely the fault falls on every single member of this organization, owners to coaches to players to support staff, and that’s the scariest prospect of them all.
Wyo
Is “dimensial” 3 dimensional dementia? 😉
On ACID!!!!!!!!!
🙂
Couldn’t agree more about Suh Mike. If we had Rich Kotite himself as a coach, anyone as talented as Suh making as much money as Suh should still be expected to perform.
Thanks. I think it’s fair if you say the scheme doesn’t use his abilities to their best, but to say a coach didn’t motivate him properly is bullshit. He needs to get to the QB, and he’s not.
Ha! I didn’t call him Haynesworth. I crossed it out! We don’t have to discuss him if it you don’t want to, but until he does something that makes me think “That’s what I expected from Suh”, I’ll point that he hasn’t done it, just like I do with all the players.
I’ll play switzerland here and point out that while I agree with you, it takes far more typing to “cross out” Haynesworth than it does to delete it. 🙂
Love you both!
For the record I have never claimed Suh needed a rah rah coach, I have felt he’s been fine and when the rest of his team mates get up to speed we might be able to call it pro football. Again I ask where is Wake? Where is Vernon? Where are the linebackers? And then I ask you to watch closely to what Suh is doing.
Good to see you Jahn and I hope the brewery endeavor is a smashing success.
Son
You’re giving Suh the Paul Soliai excuse. We had him here. If we just wanted a guy to eat blockers, we could have gone after Terrance Knighton.
When he’s getting double or triple teamed constantly then that’s all he can do. Teams don’t have to move protection out of the middle because Wake and Vernon are being blocked by the Tackles without any help. If the edge pressure comes then the line has to spread out and that’s when trouble starts for the O because most times you can’t block Suh with a single man.
Nice Job Son. I too agree with K Loken that my sexual relationships with woman have been far more fulfilling that the ones with men. Oh wait a minute…..
LMAO!!!!
Tales from the Couch
By Ken Green
LOL, it’s ok Mr Right will come along
Thanks Son. So far so good. I keep running out of beer though!
That’s a good problem.
Jahn:
I will say this about Philbin’s firing. I think he deserved it for no other reason alone than his defense of Kevin Coyle to the bitter end. His failure to force Coyle to change from his loose coverage schemes and his read and react defensive line schemes warranted his dismissal. It was clear for a long time that those schemes were not working and furthermore it was clear for a while that Coyle had a toxic relationship with many of his players. Instead of trying to force a change with Coyle or to outright let Coyle go Philbin defended his guy to the bitter end. Loyalty is a nice thing but not when it comes at a price to the team and for that regardless of how well regarded Joe is I think his firing was warranted for that reason alone.
Oh wait a minute…..
yeah, exactly. we all know better
LOL@Ken Green
That will make 2 names created on the blogs now including Tim Knight
“Tales from the Couch” could take the place of “What make Hulk Angry”
On non game weeks! 😉
No!
Ken Green. I kinda like that.
On second thought it sounds too much like Trent Green. Bad mojo.
I can’t argue with a single word of that analysis Ken, and that’s saying something for me!
Whoa!
Ken
Maybe you haven’t met the right guy/hamster …lol
Ask FFR to send him down to the basement. LOL.
LOL — Sanchez porn.
The Flying Pig says:
October 9, 2015 at 12:45 pm
No!
WTF you talkin bout Willis? 😉
NO?
This is a family blog. A dysfunctional family but that’s still a family.
Tales from the Couch?
Some things are not meant for public forums…
“I ‘ve rewatched every game so far this year including pre season and I can say Suh is not the problem.”
JS — good info, some hope, and got give you serious credit that. Guessing you are one of the guys who creates traffic jams by slowing down to watch car wrecks on the other side of the road too. 🙂
LMAO
“I have wanted a young, fired up, in your face coach for some time now”
You got what you wished for Son. And good thing is we have him on a rent to own option. We can always go for the big name come later on if it don’t work out.
Great write btw.
Thanks pal, looking forward to seeing you in just a couple of weeks.
Will be a good time. Wouldn’t hurt to get your honey talking to mine beforehand. She and the wife of a buddy may come to the game…..and that whole female synch thing works better than anything I say. Going on your comment at the end — if they ever figure out how to grow Johnson’s we are either going to be lonely or gay. 🙂
Ken says:
October 9, 2015 at 12:34 pm
Nice Job Son. I too agree with K Loken that my sexual relationships with woman have been far more fulfilling that the ones with men. Oh wait a minute…..
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No wonder you turned green
So this is what it sounds like when doves cry
Maybe you’re just like my mother.
So the miami dolphins promoting dan campbell to head coach & Lou Anarumo to defensive coordinator neither of whom you have ever held a position higher than position coach in one who was an intern a few years ago… An intern who was made a position coach who could not develop or improve the play of our shitty cornerbacks…who do you think Tannenbum is angling for with the first pick in the draft?
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So does the firing of Philbin and promotion of Campbell and co. make the Phins a better team? FIN (Fucked If kNow). However, Ross had no choice. The product on the field was unacceptable. The fact of the matter is we were headed for the bottom of the pack with the status quo. So why not make a change? What is the worst that can happen? We wind up with the first pick which is where we were headed anyways? Furthermore you can’t expect to get interim people from the outside. No one is going to a HC or DC position on an interim basis from the outside. They will wait till the end of the season for permanent positions to open up.
I think it was very gutsy of Ross & his advisers to cut bait this early in the season….that’s rare….usually ‘interim’ coaches only come in after the season is lost.
This season is still very much alive….anything can and will likely happen.
Enjoy the roller coaster thrill ride!
Go Dan the Man!
GDP:
I like the enthusiasm but this season has about as much life in it as Nos Veratu does.
We won’t be picking first……but top ten is possible.
What it does do is set us up for the future. Maybe Campbell works out, but even if he doesn’t the top candidates will see this as a top place to come with no questions involved.
http://draftbreakdown.com/video/ronnie-stanley-vs-clemson-2015/
Too early to make heads or tails of this season. I do expect a different team though, that’s for sure. I expect players to look like they give a shit next week.
If you live in this world, you’re feeling the change of the guard. I hope the new leadership instills a seek and destroy attitude, intensity, and killer instinct. Things IMO were non-existent under Phil-Co. Let’s do this! Attack!
Howie 27 – 13 Phins!
Right on, that’s REAL!
Ken, I disagree….there’s always a fine line between winning & losing in the NFL.
Campbell is not just some rah rah guy….he knows the game, has coached here for 4 years. He brought in an outsider in Al Saunders to help facilitate the OC & playcalling.
He dumped the DC Coyle and promoted a well respected defensive mind in Anarumo that the players are said to like a lot.
This with 12 games to go, and the talent loaded team that everyone thought we had, has the earmarks of a cool NFL story as the season winds along.
We now have HOPE….we never really had that with Philbin & Coyle wrapped into 4yrs of mundane football.
I think it was all of the above. Let’s just hope it can better from here and we play more highly contested games instead of looking like the bad team about to get blown out again. That shit has to stop.
FFR did you see this. I saw it last week and was really touched by it as well.
That’ll make a harden sot & vet like me tear up….good stuff.
For better or worse
In defeats and wins
Forever Fins!!!!!!!
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Talk about a go-getter that does everything……he’s even pushing into Mike E’s signature gig. 🙂
JUST SAY NO TO THE VACCINATIONS!
I was watching the game last night scouting the Texans, and man did they get robbed by the officials time & time again, especially late so Indy could seal the win.
I think it was 13-6 penalties differential against Houston, but none more costly than phantom defensive holdings & PI on last fatal drive by Indy in the redzone….this has got to stop….it’s beyond ruining the game.
What say you Jim Schwartz??? SMH!
May the Schwartz be with you!
I hope he’s giving the officiating committee an ear full every week.
getterdone says:
October 9, 2015 at 1:26 pm (Edit)
Ken, I disagree….there’s always a fine line between winning & losing in the NFL.
Campbell is not just some rah rah guy….he knows the game, has coached here for 4 years. He brought in an outsider in Al Saunders to help facilitate the OC & playcalling.
He dumped the DC Coyle and promoted a well respected defensive mind in Anarumo that the players are said to like a lot.
This with 12 games to go, and the talent loaded team that everyone thought we had, has the earmarks of a cool NFL story as the season winds along.
We now have HOPE….we never really had that with Philbin & Coyle wrapped into 4yrs of mundane football.
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As I said I respect the enthusiasm but the reality is that we have a first time HC who has never even been a coordinator, We now have a first time DC and we have some kind of 2 headed monster at OC to go along with an already demoralized team that stands at 1-3. The realistic possibilities of this team being anything more than a 6-10 team are extremely small. Don’t get me wrong I would love nothing more for this team to make a run and get to the play offs. But if it did so it would be a run of historic proportions because I don’t think an interim HC has ever brought his team to the playoffs in the modern era of football.
I don’t think an interim HC has ever brought his team to the playoffs in the modern era of football.
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That’s because as I mentioned 95% of all past ‘interim’ coaches were given the reigns with a few games left or when the team was mathematically out of contention.
Campbell a 1 st HC like Philbin was has a full 12 games, only 1 down in the wild card race.
12 games is almost a full 14 game season of past. Let’s see what he can do. I really hope he wins the permanent job for 2016 & beyond. He’ll tweak the coordinators more then.
Well when you look at it, Philbin had never been a HC before either and Coyle was never a DC, but a DBs coach just like Anarumo. So it’s not all that crazy. Two guys got HC jobs this year who were DL coaches. You never know until they do it.
exactly my point above…..who says you have to follow a change of command from asst to the asst to position coach to coordinator to HC.
The Flying Pig says:
October 9, 2015 at 12:52 pm
Tales from the Couch?
Some things are not meant for public forums…
the title is allllll wrong, it would be Tails from the Couch.
Jahn in reply to your post above. I actually think the player were behind Philbin, but im not sure they are with the coordinators, or at least they werent too happy with what plays they were calling or the offensive/defensive scheme. I dont know that they deliberately did anything to sabotage the coaches, i think thats media propaganda. I do think they were frustrated by some things, because people with a background of personal excellence as Suh has shown himself to be at all previous stops, would get frustrated with anything that stayed in the way of that excellence.
IMO, Philbin became collateral damage from not correcting the coordinator situation and allowing them to ruin the team. His failure was one of inaction, and an presenting an image of almost apathy to the situation, Every player, every FO person, every coach under him seems to make it sound like he was a great guy, he just couldnt manage the team, so i find it very hard to believe the players turned on him to get him fired.
A successful HC in the NFL could come from whatever position they were at before they dont need previous experience, they dont need to have been an OC/DC before, its about the person and what he can get out of the resources he has. Its about lining up against the other team and popping them in the mouth. Campbell has as much chance to turn the team around as anyone would, but im in the boat with Ken on thismatter, its going to be a tough burden for him to carry as it would be for anyone and i give him the same chance at success as anyone one, not a lot given the circumstance. I will hold out hope for him, but reality is not on his side. Ill be pleased with him transformting this team from an embarassment to a tough out every game, he does that and he deserves to be praised for it.
My thoughts and hopes exactly.
FFR on a typical night.
Son, good write up by the way. Whatever the issues were or are, the coaches couldn’t stop the bleeding and something had to change.
When Todd Bowles became interim HC after Sparano was fired, he went 2-1 after Sparano only won 3 games in 13. So most interim HCs don’t get 12 games like GD said, so who knows what can happen. Not many interim HCs get this many games to work with.
Almost like a full season ahead of us….just starting a month late….a long pre-season if you will….;)
That was a 3 game stretch against a pretty mediocre Bills team at the time and if I remember right a pretty mediocre Jets team at the time as well. We still have 4 games left against our divisional rivals, all of whom are better teams than we are right now. Now for the good news the NFC east does not look as strong as originally anticipated so games vs. Eagles and Dallas not as tough as originally anticipated and the Colts while leading their division look to be not as tough as originally anticipated. We also get the Texans in there who don’t look to be a very good team right now. So there are some wins to be had in this schedule but those teams are all looking at us and saying there is a win to be had on their schedule.
None of that matters though. The games have to played and we’ll know then. We might as well just root for the best and see what happens, nothing else we can do.
Son with the awesome Gary Moore clip….great stuff. He was a huge talent…RIP Gary!
Every year of Philbin’s tenure has had accusations of players ‘laying down’. It’s usually brought up in December though.
It was done on an expedited basis this year.
Yeah we finished 1-3 last year when we were 7-5 and staring at the playoffs. Then we started off 1-3 this year. That’s 2-6 in our last 8 games. That was a bad pattern and that’s what did Philbin in. Nothing was changing for the better, it was getting worse.
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“IMO, Philbin became collateral damage from not correcting the coordinator situation and allowing them to ruin the team. His failure was one of inaction, and an presenting an image of almost apathy to the situation, Every player, every FO person, every coach under him seems to make it sound like he was a great guy, he just couldnt manage the team, so i find it very hard to believe the players turned on him to get him fired.”
“its going to be a tough burden for him to carry as it would be for anyone and i give him the same chance at success as anyone one, not a lot given the circumstance. I will hold out hope for him, but reality is not on his side. Ill be pleased with him transformting this team from an embarassment to a tough out every game, he does that and he deserves to be praised for it.”
Couldn’t agree more D, this is solid analysis. I’m in the same boat as the 2 of you. The reason you and Ken put forth for Philbin’s dismissal is the only one that passes the sniff test for me.
Other topic: I cried at that clip from the Gator game. I don’t usually do this on the blog but I want to share that two of my partners in the brewery (there are 5 of us altogether) are producers and they were nominated for an Emmy for this Superbowl Commercial:
That was the 4 million dollar superbowl edit, here’s the full story, they interviewed countless veterans about their coming home story before pitching this idea to Budweiser.
This commercial and this guys story has spurned countless other examples of properly welcoming home our troops. “America DOES care!”
Awesome! Thanks for sharing.
If you recall, Philbin nearly refused to fire Mike Sherman too.
Yup
First things first, this team needs a win to gain some confidence and to feel good about themselves again.
Other topic: I cried at that clip from the Gator game.
i was at a hooters with a friend, yeah i have a few cost me a fortune monthly paying them to be my friend but worth it, and he and i saw it there. just gave me chills. like the one i posted today, every time i see something like that it is moving.
like i said earlier, i could not imagine being away from my family for that long and then to add on top the dangers they face, well to me there service is priceless.
Titans are perfect team to get a Win against, then home to beat a QB carousel in the Texans….that puts us back in the season 3-3. with 2 conference wins.
D,
sorry i didnt see you post that above. and yeah i did see that at the gator game. here was one that really got to me a few years back cause it was local and done by the tampa bay rays. this girl is priceless and they whole set up by the rays was perfect
I’ve seen that. Very touching.
Campbell was the starting tight end for Dallas in 2003 when the Cowboys drafted Witten to eventually be the replacement. Campbell spent three seasons with Witten – now a 10-time Pro Bowler – and taught Witten a lot about leadership in his formative NFL years.
“Dan was great. I think Dan was a tough guy. He was a leader. He loved football. He was passionate about it,” Witten said, via ESPN Cowboys reporter Todd Archer. “So, he’s transitioned as a coach and I think he’ll do a good job. And he’ll embrace that opportunity as a guy that really does a great job in kind of focusing on the now and being great today. He embodies that in the way he played, and I’m sure he’s that way as a coach.”
Campbell is a fighter who won’t go down easy, according to Witten.
“I think guys rally behind him and they’ll do a great job at that,” Witten said. “He’ll give everything he’s got.”
Pretty touching atuff FFR. I too really respect the sacrifice of the soldiers. Regardless of their motivations, their sacrifice is undeniable, and thats not even taking into consideration they could die. I do though have to really respect their families too, maybe even more so than them, as they at least know what their duty is and they know that their families are likely safe at home. For the familiaes of the soldiers, however, every day could be the day they get the worse news of their lives, and especially the children have a hard time really being able to handle that. Im very happy any time i see any organization taking the time to not only honor soldiers but to also bring even a small momeny of supreme joy to their family’s lives.
Also that video you posted, did pretty much what that Gator game did to me, tear up a little even as i fought to stay composed. I cant see having a heart and not being moved by moments like that.
Jahn, thanks for posting that. Good messages are good messages, advertisement or not. Maybe more advertisements should be about the human spirit and less about self promotion. I know id gravitate more to a company who advertised like that vs ones that just try to sell their product.
One thing about Lou Anarumo is that he’s been here for 4 years, knows the current system and personnel. It’s a 4-3 scheme so he can use what’s been taught and tweak it in his and Campbell’s vision. He said his goal was to someday be a DC so you know he’ll work his tail off at this opportunity. The same with Campbell. They both have a great opportunity in front of them.
Go Dan and Lou!!!
P.S.,
Son, that Gary Moore video was awesome!
Saw Gary Moore in concert in Germany, 1985. Always liked this song:
Classic hard rock with great guitar playing. He reminds me of Ritche Blackmore a bit.
By the way, is that Barry Manilow on rhythm guitar? LOL
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I have seen every game, and I can see Suh making fundamental mistakes every game. He is being asked to play different assignments than he has in the past, but he’s screwing up stuff he should have learned in high school. Feeling an OL taking him one way and fighting his way over the block to fill the gap being created behind him. Gap integrity. Letting guys take out his legs…very easily remedied. Playing way too high too often and letting OL control him with their hands by getting inside leverage on him. And the missed tackles…or attempted tackles…My god….did he forget how to tackle? Where’s the effort? He is seeing more guys on him, but that’s his job on some plays. You’re allowed to beat a double team every now and then when you’re a superstar.
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No, it’s not that he’s not playing OK. He’s playing undisciplined and just stupid. Why? He’s a very bright football player. This shit is remedial. Is it simply because he doesn’t like what he’s being asked to do? There’s no excuse for doing some of the stuff he’s doing. He typically plays a lot better. I can’t say he’s doing it on purpose because I’m not in his head, but it makes me wonder what the hell he is thinking.
That shoulder hit he put on Ivory was a WTF? Just a push, where was the wrap up?
Did you guys know that Gary Moore went back a ways with Phil Lynott & they were in Thin Lizzy together.
Yes, they had a few different guitarists but always a cool guitar band.
On the suh discussion above. I have watched him specifically for the last 4 games and he has not given 100% effort in my opinion. He has been easily neutralized by the offenses. OFTEN single blocked out of plays. TOOFTENDAMNIT When he does get penetration the play is already past him. But I didn’t expect him to do much once he got here anyway. If you guys go back to the archives I was one of the few dead set against signing him as the highest paid defensive player ever and bemoaned the salary cap ramifications from the start. Getting him was a mistake.
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Not just a mistake but a huge blunder. This team sucks for a reason and it is not Suh,it’s a dead fish. It stinks from the head down.
You didn’t expect a 4 time all-pro in his prime to do anything here?
We are the land where big time free agents come to fade away into non productivity:
Suh, Wallace, Brandon Marshal…
No, I didn’t. Not to the level of his compensation at any rate. I KNEW we would not be a big difference make. HE IS A DT
Forgot Dansby
** HE would not be a big difference MAKER. Damn speech recognition on this phone.
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I know Suh can play better. I’ve seen him wreck OLs. So, maybe now that he’s gotten what he wanted he’ll start playing like he can again. But, he’s far from the only guy who’s gotta play better.
Its hard for me to believe that the players (like Suh) made a half ass effort to get Philbin and Coyle fired
and if they did they should be traded or cut immediately IMO TEAM FIRST
Ken, we traded for Brandon Marshall and he was productive here, but he was a headcase. Wallace was also productive here and then he quit. The jury is still out on Suh.
Tim but both had “Anti-big” plays in critical times. Stabby dropped more TD passed then he caught and Wallace had good #2 receiver stats, but didn’t track the ball or adjust to it well in the air. Wallace was good with Big Ben doing Big Ben’s thing scrambling around 15 yards behind the line of scrimmage and then chucking it up to Marchall who had by then turned around and was waiting for the ball.
Wallace not Marchall. WTF? LOL
Okay but I don’t blame the Dolphins for that. They are two players we should have never pursued but their performance is on them.
Piggy,
Why not? Players are more and more using their influence when they are superstars or highly paid players to get what they want from the team. I would bet it happens a lot more often than fans hear about. Players undermining coaches? It’s been going on for a long time in many sports.
Its just too much scheming to believe
what if a DT plays like shit
but the offense plays well – that’s out of the DT’s control
Its hard to manufactur the result
Wallace was productive here. 140 receptions…around 1800 yards and 15 TDs in two years. Working with a QB who couldn’t get him the ball and changing the way he played the game to adjust to the offense and do hat his coaches asked him to do. The quitting stuff blew, but he was productive.
How could he be productive if the QB didn’t get him the ball?
Piggy,
To each their own. I applaud your anti-skeptical viewpoint! Lol
I dont buy it because he is not that kind of guy. Look how dominant he was at Nebraska, how much effort to be the best he put forward. Look at the Lions and what he did there. I dont think that a guy who thrives on personal excellence just stops trying to be the best and is willing to make himself look bad for the sake of some vendetta. I dont think the way he was use was effective, plain and simple.Other teams schemed for him, Coyle didnt scheme to get him more involved as a counter-measure.
I’m rarely anti-skeptical
I just think in this case there are a lot of things to coordinate
It would have to be more than 1 player
it would porbably have to be many players
I have said it many time, for our team to look THIS bad, there would have to be multiple players playing bad on purpose. Individual player performance doesnt move the needle on the unit as a whole like bad scheming/play calling. Thats a more global effect and makes the whole unit look inept.