You have got to be kidding me, that guy isnt making the team! Who just gave up on the tackle?

Nice hold CLEAR AS DAY, yet no call hmmm go figure.

Nolan Carroll toasted again

LOL wow we just got robbed by the refs, f,cking unbelievable. Wow I can't believe that a game is decided by 5 horrible calls.

These commentators stink...just gabbin away like they are sitting in the living room...not announcing who made the tackle...sometimes letting 3 plays go by without even saying anything about it.

Don't they know the only people watching are die hard fans that want to know how the lower level guys are doing....pathetic.

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“I'm here" You're welcome!" - Kenny Powers

Oh well...good thing the game didn't count.


Cowboy's kicker is automatic

WQAM post-game show should be pretty good tonight

No that crap needs to go get checked out, and they need to be fined BIG TIME, that will keep them from making horrible phantom calls.

I hope we got our big mistakes out of our system this preseason.

And I also hope the refs got their bull crap calls out of their system.

I dont mind losing if we played our hearts out, and blah blah, but when the game is won because of a bs call, and then not calling a CLEAR AS DAY hold, it get's on my nerves.


Oh well Get ready for week one baby!!! Time to saddle up fellas!! Here is to the CUTS and who makes the team!!

If your not watching Pitt-Utah on VERSUS, turn it on now.

Game is amazing!

Sean Smith is fighting with fans on Twitter less than an hour after the game. Sean is immature, showing up late, now this. Unless this is another case of his "twitter" being hacked. Then nevermind.

Hope he turns his play around. That Benny Sapp trade might turn out to be a bigger deal than we all thought it was when it was made.

what is the deal with LONG?

chatafkup Wrote:
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> what is the deal with LONG?


Seems to be fine, I posted updates in the other thread.

Oh my god this Sean Smith twitter thing is too funny.

I'm guessing he will be taking most of these tweets down soon. Or the Dolphins will have them taken down.

An hour after a game and he is fighting with fans on twitter about whether he is a good player or not. This kid cannot be this immature!!

MikeO Wrote:
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> berkeley223 Wrote:
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>
> >
> > what are the mia radio guys saying about the
> team?
>
>
> 110% negative. Mandich and Rose in paticular are
> killing the coaches and players. Never heard any
> Miami radio team be this negative about the
> home-team

And they should be mike. This is the first time ever i seen this happen. Last pre season game and you have starters in there 4 or 5 series into the game. Sparasno is gonna get the dumbcoach of the year award.

I believe some teams dont even play their starters in that last game of pre season.....Or just one series or whatever.

100% correct Samsam. Sparano isn't a big-time coach. The stunt he pulled last night. The 2pt conversion screw up in the Jets game last year. The timeout debacle vs the Saints last year. The guy has now proven on more than one occasion to not be a big-time head coach. Nobody is perfect but there are too many errors to ignore

Sparano just has a different philosophy, injuries, they believe are the players problem not the coaches. That is how this FO has been since taking over. He also feels that, he wanted the team to show him something and play well. If you cant take the ball down the field against the number 2's and score a TD, what real value do you have to the team and organization in the real season anyways. SParano isnt going to blow smoke up these players ass's. He wants these guys to play like professionals, if they dont play like professionals, why treat them like it. He is a tough coach, just cause you disagree with his Philosophy doesnt mean he is not a big time Coach. Belichick has the same philosophy and treated the final preseason game and his starters with the same attitude. Had our first team marched down the field and scored a TD, he would have pulled them, immediately after the first drive IMO.

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> Sparano just has a different philosophy, injuries,
> they believe are the players problem not the
> coaches. That is how this FO has been since taking
> over. He also feels that, he wanted the team to
> show him something and play well. If you cant take
> the ball down the field against the number 2's and
> score a TD, what real value do you have to the
> team and organization in the real season anyways.
> SParano isnt going to blow smoke up these players
> ass's. He wants these guys to play like
> professionals, if they dont play like
> professionals, why treat them like it. He is a
> tough coach, just cause you disagree with his
> Philosophy doesnt mean he is not a big time Coach.
> Belichick has the same philosophy and treated the
> final preseason game and his starters with the
> same attitude. Had our first team marched down the
> field and scored a TD, he would have pulled them,
> immediately after the first drive IMO.


Agree to some extent. Players go a long way towards winning. Though I don't ever remember a Don Shula coached team calling a dumb TO (and that was when coaches weren't allowed to call them), and I always remember Don Shula teams being near the top of the list in least penalties. Shula's teams didn't always have as good of players - coaching can take the team a long, long way.

He isn't a big-time coach. Trying to "prove" something in a final preseason game where the outcome is meaningless and only a BAD thing can come from the game proves that.

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> I always remember Don Shula teams being near
> the top of the list in least penalties. Shula's
> teams didn't always have as good of players -
> coaching can take the team a long, long way.


I agree, SHulas team's were always one of the least penalized and well disciplined teams in the league. That is what we are missing. That is actually what I liked alot about the first year of this Regime. We played with few mistakes and alot of discipline and that is why we won the division and turned this franchise around. I actually think we went backwards last year in discipline. Which I guess can be expected with the amount of young players at critical positions or coaching. I think Sparanos knows our team needs more dscipline, and is trying to address the importance, however he can. Lets hope the sense of urgency for discipline among the team improves, now that it counts.

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> He isn't a big-time coach. Trying to "prove"
> something in a final preseason game where the
> outcome is meaningless and only a BAD thing can
> come from the game proves that.


Saying Sparano is not a big time coach for that is not fair. Do you think Parcells is a big time coach, well I guarantee, he gave approval for this. SO I guess in the Almighty opinion of you , Bill Parcells is also a fool and not in the status of Big Time Coaches....lol.... Vince Lombardi belonged merely coaching High School ball too, what fool gave him a shot...lol... come on. I know for some reason you dislike the FO, but this comment for this reason is just shallow IMO, and more about your dislike of the Regime then the issue at hand.

Croweder I really doubt Sporano gets or seeks the OK from Parcells when he makes lineup decisions. Even ones as dumb as this one.

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> Croweder I really doubt Sporano gets or seeks the
> OK from Parcells when he makes lineup decisions.
> Even ones as dumb as this one.


I promise you, there was discussion about how long the team and starters should be playng and why... You honestly think it was never discussed? I am not saying he calls him during the game or anything but yes I think they talk on almost a daily basis on just about everything that has to do with this team...

In year 3 if he still is running decisions like this by Parcells then I think we've got serious problems. What kind of HC is that?

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> berkeley223 Wrote:
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> > Croweder I really doubt Sporano gets or seeks
> the
> > OK from Parcells when he makes lineup
> decisions.
> > Even ones as dumb as this one.
>
>
> I promise you, there was discussion about how long
> the team and starters should be playng and why...
> You honestly think it was never discussed? I am
> not saying he calls him during the game or
> anything but yes I think they talk on almost a
> daily basis on just about everything that has to
> do with this team...


Considering Parcells has spent much of the last couple weeks in Saratoga, NY at the race-track, I doubt that very much.

parcells is a bigtime coach he won superbowls took the lowly jets from the bottom of the afc east to the top

Sparano hasnt done a thing.

cant mention sparano and parcells in the same sentence. Sorry!!!

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> Parcells won 2 super bowls, he was a big-time
> coach. What do you think Sparano calls Bill
> everyday asking for his approval on things?
> Please.
>
> I dislike the front office and their BAD drafts
> and free agent sigings like Pat White, Pat Turner,
> Sean Smith aint looking great these days, Phillip
> Merling, wanna go to free agency, Eric Green,
> Ernest Wilford, Gabril Wilson!!!
>
> If you wanna drink the Parcells Kool-Aid go for
> it. But from 1990 till the day he retired,
> Parcells won 3 playoff games and failed miserably
> in Dallas. 1990 was 20 years ago....Parcells
> golden touch and nobody can question him days are
> long gone!! What have you done for me latley...and
> with him ain't much!!


Mike, I agree the Regime has made mistakes as most you describe, we could debate a few but that is another discussion...
This Regime is the best thing to happen to the Dolphins since Shula. I believe in alot of what they are doing... As you know I think they have made mistakes but every single regime makes mistakes, this is the NFL, and it is no where near a perfect science. And so far I can take the bad with the good because the good far outweighs the bad and they have done a good job rebuilding a franchise in a relatively short time. You just seem so eager to bash.. Bashing the FO and what they have done for our franchise, just doesnt add up to me... Sure they are not perfect but they are pretty damn good and we are lucky to have them.. WHo would you suggest we hire? and what alternative are you suggesting. I know it is not Cam Cameron and Randy Mueller