Call it whatever you’d like but I have to make a stipulation or correction. In my zest to kiss these rookies ass and to also welcome the vets who were brought in I referred to, in my previous post, our recent year’s Free Agency periods as “making a splash” and while true in most cases this simply cannot, nor will it be tolerated, include the signing of Ndamukong Suh. Bringing Suh to Miami was genius and will pay off in spades. Suh is a special talent. Suh is the bedrock of this team, the biggest meanest sumbitch in the league. 
Suh didn’t show up to voluntary camp, what a bad teammate, blah, blah, blah … wee wee wee
I don’t care if Suh only shows up on 16 Sunday’s (even though a gratis Friday walk thru would be nice, but whatever…) if whatever makes him so pissed off to have to leave where he is that he brings that anger on Sunday.
Is the 4-3 alright for you?
We can play something else if you want?
That kind of talent, don’t kid yourself.
So yes there is a Stipulation. You better believe it.
If you are Herman Cain then it’s “stip-a-lation”, no matter, I love Herman.
Alright Suh didn’t catapult the Fins into the playoffs last year and the Defense as a whole had it’s problems but I’m going to do with Suh what the Tannehill crowd does with him. I blame coaching and scheme, I blame lack of direction and stubbornness to adhere to a dismal plan. I expect Coach Gase and his staff to truly understand the player they have and to use him to their fullest advantage. Let the beast feed – feed the beast.
If I were the coaching staff I would intentionally piss Suh off every game day. Move his locker to a different spot every week. Don’t have his uniform ready and waiting for him. Perhaps a wet-willy, maybe a pink belly, noogie, tie his shoelaces together or the old hot foot.
Whatever it takes to get him to his utmost pissed-offness.
Suh is here, and so is a new coaching staff, everything is different now!!!
Finsmob Unleashed 
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING’S SEASON may have taken an irreversible hit when star goali Ben Bishop was removed on a stretcher with what sure looked like a devastating knee injury!–Tampa Bay led last year’s Final 2-1 over Chicago when Bishop sustained a torn groin muscle. Black Hawks won last 3 games and the Stanley Cup. NOW, fate has bit the Lightning again, this time on Friday the 13th!! Later in the period star forward of the Bolts (Tyler Johnson) also went down with what FFR correctly called a cheap shot. Looks like he may be done, too!
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Amazingly, Lightning leads 1-0 after one period. But I don’t expect that to last. Already down their top scorer and captain (Steven Stamkos), Lightning are now down their All-Star goalie and one of their best wingers. WHAT a Friday the 13th!!
PS: The doctor who helped get Ben Bishop on the stretcher is Dr. Ira Gutentag, local ace orthopedic surgeon who has performed two surgeries on my wife. The man is a brilliant surgeon. If any doctor can save Bishop’s career, it’s him!
Quick fly-by: how are y’all doing? I miss a great many of you since the “divorce”. Mike E and I have buried the hatchet and are good once again… many thanks to him for extending the olive branch firstly.
Son, nice write, my friend!
Who’s to say who is a good HC and who isn’t anyway. Look at what Lovie Smith did in CHI and look at what he did in Tampa. Was he a good coach in CHI and went to Tampa and sucked or was he lucky with the players he had in CHI and not with Tampa. Is Pagano a good coach? A lot of ppl credit Arians for Pagano’s first yr in Indy and making that team a contender.
What about Gruden? Did he do anything special in Tampa or did he ride the success of Dungy? Is Payton a good coach or is he lucky as shit to have Brees as his qb? When Brees is finished how good will Payton be then? Same goes for Belichick. Is it him or is it Brady? Will he be anywhere near as successful once Brady is finished.
Philbin came into MIA with the unenviable task of turning around a franchise that was in turmoil for years before he arrived and also had the unenviable task of working with Ireland for his first two years as a HC. Plus, pretty much just about everyone here, on Twitter and every other place where the Phins are discussed has been saying for four years that Tannehill hasn’t had an offensive line and the team hasn’t had the players on defense it needed to win games. When ppl defend Tannehill they keep saying you can’t win when the defense can’t stop anyone and the offensive line has been terrible at protecting the qb because of the injuries they’ve had. The coaches don’t draft the players and they also don’t sign the players brought in thru FA.
I believe Hickey got us headed in the right direction with the players he brought in but it still wasn’t enough. And, someone said earlier to not expect miracles from a new coaching staff this year, that next year is probably going to be the year when things start to look better.
So, when I look at it I’d say, yeah, some of it is on the coaching staff, some of it is on the front office for failing to support the coaching staff with the talent needed to win and some of it is on the players for not getting the job done too because coaches can’t make the plays.
professorloumiamidolphinsblog says:
May 13, 2016 at 9:21 pm
Who’s to say who is a good HC and who isn’t anyway.
i dont need stats to answer this. if one couldnt tell just by looking at how the team played no matter who the players were with cameron, sparano and philbin i cant really begin to know what they watch on sundays. i left saban out of that, because as much as a pussy he was and ran back to college one could tell he might of been a successful head coach. he is in college as we all know.
Oh, an expert I see. So tell me. How many years did you spend in the NFL as a GM?
so, you think it’s just easy for a coach and his staff to come in and turn things around quickly. most ppl looked at Ireland as a big douchebag who set the team back but I guess you didn’t?
What if the new coaching staff goes 7-9 this season? What does that say? It says that a new coaching staff isn’t going to solve everything in one year. But, you look at what Hickey did over the past two yrs bringing in talent and look at what the team did this year and the new coaching staff has a better starting point than Philbin and his staff did.
I’ll admit that Philbin and his staff probably did some things wrong and maybe weren’t the best at what they did but there’s a lot of coaches who have great talent to work with who are considered great coaches. Is Pete Carroll a great coach or is he benefiting from the talent he has on his team?
lol, the lightning player has his stick grabbed and held by the pitt player and tampa gets a penalty for hooking. just amazing how bad this officiating is
professorloumiamidolphinsblog says:
May 13, 2016 at 9:40 pm
Oh, an expert I see. So tell me. How many years did you spend in the NFL as a GM?
i dont know what you are talking about. i am the only person on here who makes fun of his own lack football knowledge. from every aspect of the game.
you are one of the type on here always talking like you know it all. but if you couldnt tell how bad of coaches cameron, sparano and philbin where by just watching the games, maybe you should be a bit more humble like me.
who said anything about Cameron and Sparano. I’m talking specifically about the previous regime since that seems to be the people responsible for holding back the golden armed one.
‘most ppl looked at Ireland as a big douchebag who set the team back but I guess you didn’t?’
do you even read what people post of just make it up in your mind. who the hell was talking about ireland. and how in the world do you turn it into i didnt think he was awful. what topic are you on. it is like the luck convo earlier today, you werent even close to addressing the topic. just like now. i was responding to randy and his comment about the coaches and now all of a sudden you have gone into some realm of me not thinking ireland sucked.
dude, you’re responding to MY post about coaching and I’m responding to your comments. When it comes to the previous coaching staff and evaluating how well they did their job Ireland HAS to be part of the convo.
professorloumiamidolphinsblog says:
May 13, 2016 at 9:53 pm
who said anything about Cameron and Sparano. I’m talking specifically about the previous regime since that seems to be the people responsible for holding back the golden armed one.
ooohhhhhh. ok sorry lou, i got it now. first, i said about cam and tony, that was the topic. but ok i admit i am sorry, i was talking about coaching but like i said before your hatred of tanny makes you so blind with anger you cant have a rationale conversation about anything unless it is you trashing tanny. sorry but some of us on here can talk about other aspect of the team and life without having to turn it into a conversation about how bad tanny is. apparently you cant
yeah, ya got me.
professorloumiamidolphinsblog says:
May 13, 2016 at 10:04 pm
dude, you’re responding to MY post about coaching and I’m responding to your comments.
aaahhhh, no. i was responding to something randy said about the last decade of coaching vs the players. i just posted the last 4 coaches and how two were out of football and the other two are line coaches now. you are the one who turned this into something about ireland. trust me my thought process about football doesnt go that deep. i just posted where those for bad coaches were you are the one who turned it into something way way way more
no, you were responding to MY post when I made the comment about Ireland.
professorloumiamidolphinsblog says:
May 13, 2016 at 10:12 pm
no, you were responding to MY post when I made the comment about Ireland.
huh???? that was cause you responded to my post. here let me just finish this. make it easy for you. this whole damn organization has sucked for the last decade plus. just pick your poison who you want to blame
EVERYONE! I BLAME EVERYONE!!
I didn’t respond to any one post in particular. I wrote an entirely separate post on the subject of coaching that was being discussed in previous posts.
Hug it out guys.
https://giphy.com/embed/1YfXT6vtAgQKI
Mike, I’m at your triple A Mets game, these guys are small this year.
professorloumiamidolphinsblog says:
May 13, 2016 at 10:22 pm
EVERYONE! I BLAME EVERYONE!!
now we agree on something
what a game last night. Who would have thought they could compete by playing small ball.
New Age
As to my comment about our former HC’s, what I was saying is none of them are even at the rank of OC or DC. Never mind being a Head Coach elsewhere, none of them are any more than assistant or positional coaches. I think that says something. There are a couple of former DC’s that are still in that capacity, but considering how often coaches are recycled in the NFL, it’s pretty awful that none of those guys (former HC’s) are even coordinators. Just a thought.
Nor were they HC’s OC’s before they got to us.
Cam Cameron and Joe Philbin were both OC’s, although you can make a case that Philbin was an OC in name only, due to the fact that McCarthy was the play caller and designed the offense.
That’s my thinking with Phibin. I was referring to the last three. Wasn’t even thinking about Cameron because he was such a disaster.
Since this happened over a couple of owners, it means our owners are fucking clueless.This wouldn’t have happened under Joe Robbie.
Let’s just forget last year and start with a clean slate this year being that so much has changed in the personnel dept., coaching staff and a lot of new personnel. Let’s hope we got it right this time and Gase and staff can get this team on track. Reliving last season doesn’t change anything or help anything this season. At least that’s how I’m looking at it. We really don’t know what to expect. Hopefully we’ll enjoy it though. Go Phins!!!!
Well said. Even though I don’t have high expectations this year I’m excited for the season to start and see how these guys play and what the system looks like.
Thanks, I’m in wait and see mode too. But the one thing we can be excited about is we do have talent on this team in a lot of areas. It’s not like we’re a team with very little to work with. I think our depth will be better than last year when we were too green at too many positions.
Here’s what I think is crap about a lot of posts here, saying I like the changes, I like this, I like that, but I’m going to wait and see. You may be saying that, but you really aren’t saying that to yourself. We’ve been beaten down over the last several years, so I get it, but it’s not how it really is.
Tim, you’re as much of a Homer as Rock and myself, why pretend you’re not?
For that matter, even Mike and OD are Homer’s on the inside. There’s a big facade being displayed on this site. Why so afraid to say how you really feel?
I’m glad we’re signing DE Jason Jones. He’s a solid vet player that will add depth and competition to the position. He can move inside as well on passing downs. Over 8 seasons he’s been pretty productive and consistent with 28 sacks, 10 FF, 24 PD, 19 tackles for losses and 2 blocked kicks. He gets his hands on the ball with his big frame. He should help us.
Oh and if they don’t get him any PT he plays ST, good depth move, something the previous regime didn’t know anything about.
Hickey was a little better than Ireland, but still clueless as to how to build a team.
Hickey only had 2 years and he had to spend a lot of resources to rebuild the OL quickly. Ireland left him with very little to work with. You cant rebuild an OL in 2 years. We all know chemistry is huge on the OL and this unit has yet to find it. Maybe we’re getting closer, hopefully! 🙂
Make Dating Great Again! Site from Canada looks to match people from Canada with Anti-Trump Americans who want to move to Canada if Trump wins:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxAyljxJsRk
Bye bye!!! I find this sort of thing so lame, I’m leaving the country. Whaaa… whaaa… get a grip. As if anyone cares. LOL
Someone just trying to take advantage of the situation to make a buck.
Let’s see how long those relationships last that just have Trump hate in common.
Steve, if you’re saying I root for my team and I hope for the best than sure I’m a homer. But I also look at it from a roster perspective and if I didn’t see enough talent I would say so. That is how I really feel.
We’ve never seen this team play before especially on defense where you’re going to see a lot of new players start and play significant roles. We could easily have 6 new starters and 2, 3 or 4 new role players in sub packages. That’s a pretty significant change in one year. This group has never played together so I can’t really say how it will look, but I do see potential to be a better defense. I’m just waiting to see it.
On offense we do have a lot of skill and to me Tunsil with Albert, Pouncey and James could turn this thing around on the OL. They need to stay on the field together though for more than a handful of games. I feel we have more talent, depth and competition on the OL so if those guys can hold down 4 spots we should be able to find one more respectable guard for the best 5 and then let the depth work itself out. But again, I’m waiting to see if it’s real.
No, I’m saying inside you really like this team, your posts scream that, and you’re excited about the season, but yet every post that you write the way you really feel, you end them with we’ ll wait and see, like you’re afraid someone is going to call you out about being a Homer.
Why worry about what they say they’re Homer’s too.
Let the inner Homer out people.
Do I believe the potential is there based on talent? Yes! But like many have discussed there is a difference in just adding talent and becoming a god team. That’s what I’m waiting to see. I thought we’d be a good team last year with only one reservation, I worried about our experience with our depth and it did come back to haunt us. But the entire team struggled to be consistent. Now some of those young players have more experience so you hope they can take the next step, and hopefully we find some impact players from the new draft class and maybe find a gem or two that was unexpected.
Thinking Fest my friends. Based on the democratic process (10 votes to 3), gonna be the Bills game on Oct 23 at one.
All you fly guys make your reservations. Earlier you do the cheaper the flight will be with all the snow birds and cruise folks coming to South Florida that time of year (they plan ahead).
The glorious Pig, Hulk, Brian NY, OD and me are already in as well as Chef Warren (who you don’t know unless you’ve been to the last Fests, but will appreciate as you eat).
Date is the first step. Next one is figuring out how many in order to get the ticket section together…..and the earlier we do that the better seats we get for the same price.
Best airfares can be had by making reservations on a Tuesday afternoon, with a flight on Tuesday, Wednesday or Saturday.
Is that for the Tuesday before the actual flight or for any given week? Interesting whatever your answer is.
In general the cheapest day of the week to buy airline tickets is Tuesday.
Thanks. ….great info. Will keep that mind.
I believe the Jones signing, that’s coming next week, is a result of the Suh effect. It’s not a coincidence vet D linemen want to play in Miami, to play on a line with a dominant force.
An article was written about Suh never being able to play up to his contract, that may be true, but the residual effect might say otherwise.
Suh is a top player in this league. He does his job, we need more players doing there’s.
Steve
I don’t know what the definition of ‘homer” is, and I’m sure it varies from different people’s interpretations, but if it just means no matter what, I want the Dolphins to be a great team, and I will root for them no matter what, then I’m a homer. If it requires that you think every move they made is great, because they made them, strike me down, I’m not a homer.
It just means you believe they have a chance to do really well this season. You don’t have to agree with everything they do, but you like what they’re doing and the direction they’re heading.
They trade up, you say argh, then ok, lets give them the benefit of the doubt, because even though Tannenbaum was here last year, Grier and Gase were not. It’s obvious that the FO is taking to heart what Gase wants, and most importantly Gase knows what he wants.
Since Christensen won’t be calling the plays does that make him not really our OC?
Philbin was never considered by most here to be an OC since McCarthey called the plays.
Thanks, Confused in Oviedo
If Christensen designs the offense, and makes the game plan, I suppose so. McCarthy did that in GB, so all Joe did was call the plays. Joe is now an OL coach, I would think if teams desired his great offensive mind, he would have been an OC by now.
I hope that clears it up
I thought Joe designed the offense and McCarthy called the plays.
I’ll call Christensen a Jr. OC, a real OC has his own ideas on how to implement his own scheme. A Jr. OC runs the HCs scheme, and is really just his lackey.
I buy that, same as what Philbin was in GB.
Even though I think the voting was handled by “community organizers”, I’ll still be at the Fest.
Watch out of ten votes 2 will show up while everyone else already went to the Pitt game the week before.
Great to hear you will be there….how would it be a Fest without you? Your know who is already locked in though. Plane tix with three of them…..and that is just the start.
If Oviedo had a heavy Jewish population, do you think people would call it Oy-Vey-Do?
LOL, that’s what I’ll be forever calling it now
Especially in traffic
LMAO
Son
I could be wrong, but that’s how I remember it. It was McCarthy’s offense.
It’s the same situation as we have here. Gase is to McCarthy as Philbin is/was to Christensen
Mike, one of the main roads through town here is called Mitchell Hammock Rd, that can become Mashugana Hammock.
So the lesson should be – Don’t hire Christensen as a HC.
No, he’s perfect for what Gase wants to do, and they have similar styles. At some point Gase said Christensen will be calling the plays, but the offense will still be Gase’s.
The fins first two hires as head coaches were very successful head coaches at the time. In fact GW gave Shula his first pro coaching gig.
The first 3 were good too bad JJ burned out.
very true. So all 3 had former championship experiences as head coaches.
jetsssuck — any chance we get you out to the Fest for either the night before or the tailgate? Enjoyed the talk last time around on that.
I know I can’t go to the Tailgate since I’m physically unable to but maybe the D&B the night before but I can’t promise since I do have family obligations as CEO and it’s on weekend where I’m the family taxi driver for the kids. We will see.
No problem JS…..would just be great to see you.
M13, I saw your post and put it through, good to see you man. Got some catching up to do.
m13 is a good man.
I think there’s a difference between the Miami fan in me, and the logical football observer assessing a situation with no homer bias. As a fan…I have illogical hopes for the team every year. I always start every year thinking 16-0 because who the hell gives up a game before you ever play it, right? Shit could happen…and the fan in me says why the hell not? Lol
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The logical part of my brain says 8-8 give or take a game or two. An initial transition phase that might be rough and, hopefully, a maturation of this team by the end of the year. An increase in scoring by around 4-5 points a game would be nice, and a defense that can stop the run, get a TO/big play here and there and be much more consistent. If I see that and we’re still 8-8 it’s gonna suck, but I’m still gonna feel good about the team if they play hard week in and week out.
My guess is Christensen will be in the booth with Gase calling the plays on the field. Clyde will help with the design of the offense and game planning. Philbin was in a similar role in GB. Does it really matter? If the team executes who cares who does what. I always felt too much was made of that. Most play calls are predetermined based on game situation and down and distance. It’s not like play callers call something nobody was aware of. LOL
You don’t really believe that do you? Of course it matters who calls the plays.
I think it’s overrated. Bill Parcells took over play calling on offense at times as a HC and he was a defensive guy. The formations and plays are already predetermined within the offense and game plan based on game situations. What do you think those color coded charts they use are? Game situation plays.
Yes can one guy be better at it than another of course, just like anything else. But it’s not rocket science. Execution rules the day. If you call a run play on 1st down and you lose 2 yards, was a it a bad play call?
Looking forward to the fest. Booked my time off from work and starting to look for airfare
set up a alert where they do all the work looking for you and then they can email you once at week or daily. I suggest daily since they get best deals and then they sell out very quickly. We had a couple of good deals because for them….
http://www.airfarewatchdog.com
M
Hey man, sorry I missed your post, I wasn’t on last night. Good to see you on here. Hope to catch ya here soon!
Where is his post?
About 9:15 or so last night
LOL @ Son
Found M’s post. Good to hear from him
5 of our draft choices were listed in the Top 100 draft choices of 2016 article. Considering there are 32 teams, many teams did not have 5 guys from their haul get picked.
Ours were Tunsil @ #16, Caroo, Drake, and Howard in the 60s- 70s, and @#99 Grant.
(From memory)
It will be nice if after 3-5 years, that still holds true.
Sorry Howard @ 64, then Caroo @ 70 then Drake at 78 to go with Tunsil @16 and Grant @ 99.
“Tim you’re as much of a Homer as Rock and myself, why pretend you’re not?
Admitted and unrepentant!!!!
HOMERAIDE GET YOUR ICE COLD HOMERAIDE HEEEEAAAAARRRRRRRYYAAAA!!! 150 proof!
“there is a difference in just adding talent and becoming a god team.”
Man, Tim really is a homer. I thought I was the worse one, but even I don’t think this team can reach levels of divinity! I’m kind of hoping for better than average! LOL
Rock — assuming you are in for the Fest. No need for the Homeraid though….but free country too. 🙂
The glorious Pig, Hulk, Brian NY, OD and me are already in as well as Chef Warren (who you don’t know unless you’ve been to the last Fests, but will appreciate as you eat).
I AM IN! Here’s to crying in the rain again! (with a cover over our heads this time!)
Cool dude, but hopefully it won’t rain. And Son is in too. On our way and we just started.
And chances are that cover will be key for the shade. Should be ten degrees cooler.
m13 is here or was. now that can only be a good thing. always liked that crazy guy. welcome m13
How could you ever not welcome that guy? Old guard and good dude…..unlike you and me. 🙂
Philbin designed the offense in GB and McCarthy called the plays. That’s why everyone was making such a big deal about Philbin not even being an OC because he didn’t even call the plays in GB. But, he WAS the architect of the offense.
stangerx says:
May 14, 2016 at 12:01 pm
Thinking Fest my friends. Based on the democratic process (10 votes to 3), gonna be the Bills game on Oct 23 at one.
aawwww man, that is the only game i couldnt make. aaaawww shucks and here i couldnt wait to spend my money on this loser of a team.
“aawwww man, that is the only game i couldnt make.”
Sorry to hear that ffr. Maybe next year. You are one great and fun guy and everyone would love to see you, but understand it doesn’t always work out.
stangerx says:
May 14, 2016 at 4:37 pm
Cool dude, but hopefully it won’t rain. And Son is in too. On our way and we just started
Ok, it can be a clear sunny day. LOL Here’s to crying and laughing hysterically as the Dolphins dismantle the Bills in an astounding way! WHAT!!?? THEY SCORED AGAIN!?? I MISSED IT HIGH FIVING EVERYONE AROUND ME AFTER THE LAST SCORE!
Last year was the best Fest ever. Broke the Fest curse and the Houston Curse in one shot and did it in a way that was awesome to observe.
LOL — don’t count on that one again. That was like a movie moment game….over and over.
One thing guaranteed is good buds and a nice tailgate. Hope you can make the night before too.
professorloumiamidolphinsblog says:
May 14, 2016 at 4:38 pm
Philbin designed the offense in GB and McCarthy called the plays. That’s why everyone was making such a big deal about Philbin not even being an OC because he didn’t even call the plays in GB. But, he WAS the architect of the offense.
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Professor, I would say Philben was more the General Contractor of the offense rather than the Architect. My understanding of the relationship in Green Bay was this;
The offense was NOT Philben’s design. (meaning he did not design the playbook)
Philben put together the play calls for how they were going attack certain teams each week from the 1000 play play book and installed those plays into practice each week. (used the materials the Architect specified to build the house each week)
McCarthy, being Head Coach must certainly have input during the week’s install but Philben did the install.
McCarthy chose the specific play from the install that week during the game based upon game situation. (or sometimes may have gone totally off script with a another play that wasn’t installed that week but may have been practiced earlier in the year)
All that being said, I think Philben did lead the offensive install during the week and executed it in practices. (under McCarthy’s supervision as HC of course, just like the DC’s install) That makes him the OC, not a OC lite or anything.
Stanger, don’t you know me yet? LOL I dipped my toe into the oil slicked waters of the darkside last season, even burned the still at one point, but I am back now that the season is approaching and I count on our team dismantling every opponent this year is a similar manner! 19-0 Baby! Top ten in everything! LOL
Mike,
From earlier, I agree about the coaches. They weren’t very good for the most part but I don’t think they usually get a lot of chances anymore either. It really depends on their record of success and how well they sell themselves. Chip is on his 2nd and final chance. Pederson won’t get a 2nd if he bombs in Philly. Or look at Munchak. Too many good coaches out there to waste time on some guys. Philbin was a bad hire and so was Sparano. They just couldn’t make the move.
On to homer status, I like to look objectively no matter how much I love the team. If the move looks bad, I get disappointed. I still cheer for our team even when I see garbage like Fuckface and Giant Pussy from Stanford waste their talent and make our team worse.
Ken, I got something for you for the Fest. It will be loaded with Homeraide. When embarrass the Bills you will have no reason to be Hulk, but I thought this might make you more comfortable when you are being Bruce.
Please forgive the Patriots colors on the beer can in the above photo. They are America’s colors too.
I did not see M13’s post here but I’m glad he did. Cool stuff, brother. 🙂
MF-13; GOOD to see you on this site, too!! I, for one, have missed your insightful views on the draft and personnel issues of the day. Welcome back!
Which 3 classic Dolphin games should be added to YouTube?
http://www.thephinsider.com/2016/5/13/11671502/nfl-to-add-full-games-to-youtube-which-dolphins-games-should-they-add
San Diego Double overtime!
I know it’s a loss! But that was the best football game I have ever seen!!!!!!!!!
85 Bears!
Just got some awesome news from my better half (wife).
I explained to her the conundrum of not going to the Steelers game with our friends because I really want to go to the game with my buds I never see, and she suggested we go to FLA Saturday night for the Steelers game, and just stay the whole week. I’m so excited, going to BOTH games!
That’s pretty awesome!!!!!!
fake spike vs Jets
Mike E. says:
May 14, 2016 at 6:32 pm
Just got some awesome news from my better half (wife).
who the hell you trying to kid. most of us have met her and we all know she is way more then just your better half. more like your better 100%.
mike
and oh yeah that is pretty cool. a week in south florida and two football games, you definitely win
Rob
Can’t argue that she’s my better 100%, it’s just an expression.
Can you make either of those games? I’d love to see ya again
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Today we learned that pineapples can be stuffed with ribs and then wrapped in bacon. What is life?
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I never in a million years thought she would go that way. Can you make either game?
Mike E. says:
May 14, 2016 at 7:09 pm
Rob
Can’t argue that she’s my better 100%, it’s just an expression.
Can you make either of those games? I’d love to see ya again
i think i just got a woody. 🙂
and mike i cant. the buf game is my moms birthday weekend and the pitt game is the final weekend of tax returns. neither works for me but it would have been nice to catch up with you and others.
the monday night game against the bears in 85 was my favorite game of all time as well.
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Knowshon Moreno is reportedly keeping himself in shape in case he gets another opportunity. http://tw.nbcsports.com/zU8L
Mike E: SO-O-O-O glad you’re coming down to TWO Dolphins games this year!! –Looking forward to seeing you!!
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HERDFAN: MY votes for the 3 Dolphin games to put on YouTube are as follows:
#1) The Miami/San Diego overtime classic. The greatest game I’ve ever witnessed in person!–It had the unbelievable HOOK & LATERAL PLAY as the gun sounded at halftime–the GREATEST SINGLE DOLPHIN PLAY OF ALL TIME!! –IF the Chargers want to show it on their Top 3, I say “FINE.”
#2) The Bears-Dolphins Monday Night game in 1985!! Took both my future wife and my future oldest stepdaughter to a game NONE OF US will ever forget!!
#3) Dolphins-Patriots shootout on opening day, 1994. Fins win 39-35 on a 4th down bomb, Marino to Irving Fryar. Marino and Bledsoe combined for about 900 yards passing!! SEEING ALL 3 OF THESE GAMES IN PERSON makes me one of the luckiest guys on the planet!
YOUNG STANGER: GREAT talking to you this afternoon. Already looking forward to the home opener against the Brownies. Also looking forward to our get-together with what’s left of “My Boyz” at that game.
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EXTRA KUDOS ARE DUE TO YOUNG STANGER for his expert help with last year’s Fest. Getting all those tickets for about $40 a ticket was a hell of an accomplishment! And, of course, bringing Warren the Master Chef along was greatly appreciated. WHAT A COOK he is!! Hopefully, he’ll be serving “Buffalo Burgers” at the upcoming Fest.
Absolutely looking forward to the Browns, but don’t put the pressure on me about the tix….they were forty-something (forget the exact number). And don’t know can do the same this year with the variable pricing but can guarantee will get the best price I can manage. Hope you make some cash off your tix and sit with the crew.
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This made me laugh, which is a big task these days…
https://www.ncscooper.com/transgender-dog-unsure-which-tree-to-pee-on/#.Vyz1UUiUIts.facebook
Rock:
Looking forward to sharing in some of that homeraide.
One thing to look forward to is VJ has said we’ll be an aggressive defense that dictates and attacks, does not read and react and let the game come to them. The DL has been built that way. Big, physical press corners on the outside with the LBs and Safeties covering the middle.
Go Phins!!!
what a mean son of b1tch governor we have.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/classified/realestate/os-florida-foreclosure-prevention-lags-20160514-story.html
free money from feds and he refuses it. High speed train federal funding refused by florida governor. Citizens have tried for train for 35 years and was approved by citizens yet governor refused funding from federal government because it was coming from democratic administration. Crazy politicians…
Well speaking of crazy this one is from Trump. I think the guy has lost it and can’t distinguish between telling the truth and what is fantasy.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/paloma/the-daily-trail/2016/05/13/the-daily-trail-a-surprise-blast-from-donald-trump-s-past-knocks-him-off-message/57362416981b92a22d77f8bc/
On Friday, he did not. In a phone call to NBC’s “Today” program after this article appeared online, Trump denied that he was John Miller. “No, I don’t think it — I don’t know anything about it. You’re telling me about it for the first time and it doesn’t sound like my voice at all,” he said. “I have many, many people that are trying to imitate my voice and then you can imagine that, and this sounds like one of the scams, one of the many scams — doesn’t sound like me.” Later, he was more definitive: “It was not me on the phone. And it doesn’t sound like me on the phone, I will tell you that, and it was not me on the phone. And when was this? Twenty-five years ago?”
Trump has admitted in the past — including in court testimony — that he used the name “John Miller” to act as his own spokesman.
I’m sure John Miller is going to get high level cabinet position by Mr.Trumps team, maybe VP. LOL
A trump/miller ticket can work, since he wishes to surround himself with less successful people.
Your Donald Trump fake spokesman name generator is here
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/05/13/your-donald-trump-fake-spokesman-name-generator-is-here/?tid=hybrid_collaborative_2_na
ROBERT CHANCELLOR is my fake spokesman name
Mike E
October is already booked for me.
Don’t know how many more years Dad is going to be able to go to Salmon?
So I can’t miss any!
May go to the pre season game in Dallas with my Cowboys budy?
Coyle brought an attacking scheme, then when he was fired and his successor took over the same thing was said. All these reports and quotes are worthless.
The problem with Coyle is he took over a 3-4 defense and converted the players into a 4-3. He took over a defense that was ranked in the top 5 and took them down to mid 20’s…….
that wasn’t coyle’s problem
Yes, it was he made a huge mistake in fixing what wasn’t broke. Look at the new DC comments about why he is going with a 4-3 rather than a 3-4
“Both win,” Joseph told me. “And I’ve been a 3-4 guy most of my career. But when you come to a place like this and see the defensive personnel you’ve got, and, in my opinion, it’s not broken, you can’t all of a sudden go to 34 where you have to re-draft to a defense. That takes time. That takes too much time.
“And I don’t want to be a guy who as a coordinator, I’m a 34 guy with 43 personnel driven team. I’m not going to say, ‘Well, let’s change it,’ and set us back two or three years. That’s not smart in my opinion. That’s not coordinating. If this team had 34 personnel, we’d be a 34 defense. I can do both. For me, it’s not a big deal to be a 34 or 43 defense, it’s just numbers. It would be a shame to come to a place that’s close to being good on defense and then flip it, then you’re three years away again. I didn’t want to do that.”
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/dolphins_in_depth/2016/05/vance-joseph.html
“Points Allowed” to rate a defense is only valid if non defense TDs are excluded and this isn’t cherry-picking stats. I do not know if defense rankings by points allowed is filtered or just figured by how many points were scored in the games, but INTs returned for TDs should definitely NOT be counted against the defense, nor should punts and KO returns for TDs nor should safeties against us, which in our case last year was a big deal. All of those are either on the Offense or Special teams. There are so few scores in football (just as in soccer or hockey) that even one or two TDs can skew a ranking by a few places.
Also a defense that comes in often after turnovers with a short field behind them would necessarily be more likely to be giving up more points.
This is why yardage allowed needs to be also figured in defensive rankings. Even that is suspect since a defense that comes in after a lot of 3 and outs by the offense is on the field much more than a defense that tends to come on mostly after an offensive scoring drive by their team.
So Time of Possession is also a very important stat.
These things all even out, but last year’s Dolphins defense is certainly one whose stats both against scoring and yards against were skewed by the offense’s inability to mount long drives.
To me the way defenses should be ranked is by a ratio of how many non-scoring drives they turned in versus scoring drives they allowed. A 10 and out is just as good as a 3 and out, because no points went on the scoreboard either way.
Sure there is field position, fatigue, getting the offense rusty, etc. etc. about longer drives against the defense, but none of that goes right up on the scoreboard.
A successful defense would be one that never gives up more than 3 scores in any game.
PS: a successful offense must therefore average at least 24 points a game, IMHO.
So we need 3 TDs and a FG per game, so that is 48 TDs in a season. Who needs to score those?
Landry 5
Parker 8
Cameron 5
Stills 3
Caroo 2
Grant 2
Tannehill 2
Ajayi 5/1=6
Drake 5/2=7
Sims 2
Defense 3
other offense 3 (Duarte? Tunsil? Pead?)
STs 1 (see Grant above)
That is a total of 48.
I am just saying that that is a doable amount of TDs for us with the current personnel. When we had some alignments in the past, I would’ve said 48 TDs was not possible given their skillset.
Tannehill has thrown 24 TDs in a season and even Tannehill defenders like me feel that he needs to throw 30 to get us into the playoffs. So if we look at that ledger above, we can see 30-32 passing TDs. Again for the first time since Marino Days, I can see the players on our team that are capable of getting those TDs in the passing game.
FEST is in the air.
Gonna be the Bills game on Oct 23 at one.
All you fly guys make your reservations. Earlier you do the cheaper the flight will be with all the snow birds and cruise folks coming to South Florida that time of year (they plan ahead).
Next step is figuring out how many in order to reserve in the group ticket section…..and the earlier we do that the better seats we get for the same price.
Already in
The Flying Pig
Hulk
Brian NY
OD (plus his lucky Penny?)
stanger
Chef Warren
Son (plus how many?)
Rock
Mike E (plus the better 100%….any kids?)
And we are just starting.
I just might make this one…..
Markeyh; If Gase trades for Chad Henne to be our back-up QB, would that increase the probability you’d attend??
LOL Chad is no longer a Dolphin I am on the Ryan Tannehill bandwagon…
You have to be at a Fest to understand how great it is….it ain’t even like the board…..everyone is nice to each other.
Well I live in Miami moved down here 3 years ago. Been to quite a few games. I should have no issues attending as long as work keeps up….
Mike E — your Mrs. is my heroine of the day. Did you tell her about Brian’s wife too. 🙂
Since you guys are going to be down that week maybe the four of us can get together for dinner. My better really liked your better….and seemed it was mutual.
Mike E and Brian doing both Steelers and Fest? That’s hard core
Yep — and both are doing the Steelers cause that is the game buddies are interested in…..not hard to spot solid sometimes.
KEN; I AGREE IT IS HARD CORE!! However, during the 16 years me and Mrs. OD lived in Ohio, we attended SEVERAL home and away games EVERY SEASON WITHOUT EXCEPTION! I think you and many on this board would be SURPRISED how many Fin Fans attended both home and away games during the Dan Marino era. On at least two occasions, Miami fans outnumbered Indy fans when my lucky PENNY and I traveled from Columbus to Indianapolis to see them in the old Hoosier Dome!
I attended a few in Foxboro and the Meadowlands back in the Marino days but never made it to Miami
YOUNG STANGER; Thanks for the update. As usual, you are doing yeoman’s work on behalf of the cause. As a suggestion, could Warren investigate the possibility of serving Buffalo Burgers??–CAN’T emphasize enough the need to reply early in order to get the best seats in the house for your money. GUARANTEE if Miami splits their first two games there will be a run on FINS TIX from the playoff starved local fans. ONE THING’s for sure: BUFFALO FANS will be present in large numbers. Last year’s home opener was about one-third JILLS’ fans in my section. By the end of the first quarter (17-0, Buffalo) over half the crowd still remaining were JILLS’ FANS. SOOO-O-O-O all you Kool-Aid consumers, let’s see you put your money up and support this team with MORE THAN WORDS!! Talk’s cheap–let’s see some action!
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SPEAKING of action, I’ve read NO OFFICIAL RESPONSE from Steve Ross on the concept of naming the currently nameless home of the Dolphins after the greatest coach by far in franchise history. DON SHULA STADIUM is now just a dream, while SOLDIER FIELD, LAMBEAU FIELD and PAUL BROWN STADIUM are a reality.
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The clock of life is ticking. And the Don of Miami sits in his wheel chair, waiting and wondering.
OD — I’ll ask Warren about Buffalo and would be great and funny, but not sure he’s worked with it before. Think all involved are better off with stuff he’s already mastered.
And one thing for sure is it won’t be burgers. Man has the cold serve process down to a science. He works like two days at home with his smoker and kitchen to get the meat, sides, sauces and everything just right. Then he rolls up unflolds the table and pops it all out for everyone to enjoy. No wait time on the grill involved. So maybe Buffalo tenderloin, but I’ll fight like anything against burgers.
UNDERSTOOD. But have you actually TRIED a Buffalo Burger??
Whatever is best for Warren we can come up with some good taunts for the Bills fans in attendance instead of burgers
I have. Flavor is real nice but problem for me is I love fat……and when they say it is more lean they tell the truth.
Getting psyched for the fest already. Any word if Herd is coming?
I actually had season tickets two years ago but decided to not renew them when they kept Philbin after year two…..
You coming to the fest?
Yes I will attend….
Awesome Markeyh — can’t think out of all the people whoever came over the years of a single one that didn’t have a blast.
Our first division game for the Fest, that should be fun. This will actually be my first division game in person.
Can’t we just get kielbasa, call it buffalo schlong, and chop it up with a clever?
LOL Son — feel bring, along with your sister-in-law’s tent of course.
No, I have a fancy new one of my own now.
Great! One less thing to worry about. You have other events where you need one?
Will put another thought in your mind — get an orange pass this year……really doesn’t cost that much more than cash parking and we’ll be able to set up more across.
We haven’t seen Manitoba in a while, I wonder if he’s planning to make it 3 in a row.
we were 29th in time of possession per offensive series and 30th in number of plays per offensive series. we had 16 less FG’s in ’15 vs ’14 which means the offense couldn’t get us in scoring position either. but, it was the defense that lost us games.
7, 12, 14, 14, 14, 14, 15, 17, 17. that’s what we scored in 9 of 16 games last season. how good does your D need to be to win the majority of those games. Only reason we averaged 19.4 ppg on offense last year was b/c of the HOU and TEN blowouts.
You just woke the dead, here they come.
It’s been my contention all along that the Defense had the life sucked out of it because every time they did keep us in a game the offense couldn’t even cross mid field, couldn’t sustain a drive, couldn’t even come close to imposing their will.
proflou — defense is the worry isn’t it? And especially after the draft. Not sure we can get better than average unless the O dominates, and time of possession it is not built for.
Hit on your name and saw your blog……a great one it is. Was laughing though that it became the keeper of the “Home Flame”…….guess it was the one place he could still post on.
“Great! One less thing to worry about. You have other events where you need one?”
No, using it at the fest will be its maiden usage more than likely unless I set it up once during the summer to get accustomed to it.
Makes you the Fest MVP of the day. 10 X 10? That the size of the one we had over the table last year and I believe you used to bring.
Yup 10×10 and Orange so it’s at least a fin color and not green like the other one.
Cool — we don’t have a flag or anything but orange should help spot.
Not on you necessarily, but something to think about. One thing that would help would be tailgate chairs for the shade tent. I don’t have any of those.
Who’s bringing the Styrofoam cooler?
Stanger
That would be great the 6 of us, maybe we can wrangle Son and his wife too
Are your buds staying with you through the week or did the six include Son and his lovely?
Long drive for Son.
We want to go up on Friday after work and stay until Monday. So Friday and Sat night, I’ll be partying.
Then maybe Fri night? You know what happens Sat…….whether D&B’s or somewhere else.
Why are you guys so excited for the fest to go watch this shit bag of a team with so many holes in it and no future draft picks? 😉
Whaddaya mean, all we have is this season, they freaking threw next year away already! 🙂
LOL
He doesn’t get it Tim, you exposed him, Homer alert 😛
I’m glad to see that more bloggers are beginning to let bygones be bygones between the two blogs. I see more cross blogging now, some are even wearing dresses. LOL
Yeah I went and pissed in the woman’s room over there
soon, we’ll see transgender blogging as well. lol
Stanger
No kids this time.
stanger,
even if we had a D that only gives up 21ppg how many of those games above do we win? the offense has to score pts and they didn’t. the lack of FG’s says we weren’t able to even be good between the 20’s
No doubt they put their cards down on the O getting better, but seems that might be cause that is what Gase worries about the most. And better work…..I’ll be shocked if the D is anything more than average.
It just means that’s how the draft fell, if there had been D players fall they would’ve drafted them.
Gotta run to mother-in-law’s house for Mothers day part II – Catch y’all later