As I correctly told my readers, nothing happened in Miami.
The Miami Herald saw Stephen Ross quietly walk out of the stadium on Sunday and declared. that “change is coming.” Wrong. Nice try, Armando. Maybe you should create your own blog called Dolphin Lies.
ESPN reported that Matt Burke would soon be gone. Again, my readers know better.
Adam Gase has said, “We’ll correct that” for three straight years, but no changes or corrections have come.
The problem is NOT that the Dolphins are a mediocre team. No, the problem is that the mediocrity is accepted around here. You face no repercussions when you are bad, and you are praised when you are mediocre. It’s a backward culture, starting at the top with Stephen Ross, the King of the Acceptors.
In the backward-vision of Adam Gase, locker room comaraderie is more important than wins. All the men who question him are shipped off. If you are an All Pro, you’re shipped off even faster. But if you’re friends with Gase and simply keep quiet, you’re set for life. Non-contributors like David Fales cost us roster spaces. Clueless coordinators like Matt Burke get beat by some unknown bum with 4 days of experience running an offense. A retired announcer sitting at home with his Marlboros gets $10 million to come play QB. What do these bums have in common? Experience? Championships? Or friendships with Adam Gase?
Stephen Ross quietly accepts all of this. I don’t know who is advising him, and I don’t even know if he needs advice. But he does need someone to at least point these things out to him. I’d love to sit down with him for 15 minutes and show him all the game film of Gase mistakes. All the long bombs on third-and-inches. The lack of a simple QB sneak anywhere in the playbook. Highlight reels of Kenyan Drake, Frank Gore, Brandon Bolden, and now Kalen Ballage knifing through defenses…and then cut to reels of those same 4 guys on the bench while a game slips away from us. These are heart-stabbing tough losses that are Adam Gase’s fault, simply because he refuses to utilize the hot hand.
The local media accepts Gase’s lies at face value, and then they go out and foster their own lies. “Change is coming.” Really? When?
Dolphins defeated the NFC North Champs, Chicago Bears, but went 0-3 against the three other scrub teams in that division.
They beat playoff contender Tennessee, but lost to a horrible Bengal team.
The inconsistency that Gase brings to the table should be a fireable offense, but we all know Ross is about to reward him.
They beat the Bears for 1 reason-Albert Wilson had a career in 1 day. Mediocrity is accepted as is 5-7 wins every season and drafting between 14 & 18. Ross doesn’t care,no matter what he postulates. He doesn’t realize a winner is better all around for HIM! It’s a money-making hobby for him and all he cares about is Michigan.
2 reasons: Cody Parky missed a routine field goal in overtime! We shoulda lost!
Burke definitely won’t survive the offseason Miami’s defense is ranked 31st. Gase is 100% staying around for one more year, Ross gave Philbin and Sparano 4 years each, I don’t see Gase only getting 3. And even if everyone gets fired why do we think Ross will replace them with anyone competent. He hired Tannenbaum after he destroyed the jets, he hired Gase after watching him suck with every team that didn’t have Peyton freaking Manning, he allowed Burke to become defensive coordinator, I could go on and on. Odds are we end up with someone just as dumb as Gase, I’m not advocating for keeping Gase he sucks I’m just saying I don’t see Miami getting anyone better anytime soon.
Daydreaming about who Ross will hire next is a moot point, because he won’t fire Gase. And Burke is going nowhere. Even if Ross demands that Gase hire a new DC, he will say, “But it wasn’t Burke’s fault. It was the injuries.” And Ross will fall for it.
I’ll 100% bet on that, Gase has already thrown Burke under the bus a few times this year. Under Philbin coordinators got fired all the time, idk why your so sure Miami won’t fire Burke. And I wasn’t day dreaming I was just saying calling for Gase to be fired doesn’t guarantee Miami gets any better, in fact from Ross’s hiring history it will just get worse.
Rex Ryan or bust !
I don’t really like Rex as he’s a loudmouth but the players do like him, he knows D and he sure as hell knows how to run the ball especially in short yardage. That alone would give the Fins a few more wins that Gase leaves on the table…
Well, to be fair, Philbin replaced OC Mike Sherman with Bill Lazor, but kept DC Kevin Coyle the whole time (until interim Dan Campbell fired him).
So in 4+ years, Philbin fired one under-performing coach on a staff of 20 under-performing coaches.
That’s a fair point but I’ll be honest if Burke is still on the staff next year I might have to take a year off from football.
This still disturbs me to this day…F me philbum