Life long Dolphin fan here.
I want to say a couple things to all of you and I say the same thing to fellow Dolphin fans as well.
1. Mercury Morris needs to tone it down and stop embarassing himself.
2. Shula did not say anything about an asterisk being put by thier name if you listen to the exact quote
3. The infamous champagne toast that everyone seems so offended by:
Are you going to tell me that it's inappropiate to be proud of and celebrate an accomplishment youve had and do it with your team mates. It's not the 72 Dolphins that make it a national event, it's the media that put cameras on it.
The media is too blame for alot of the animosity that is shared for them amongst nfl fans. They dont flaunt thier sucess and they celebrate it's endurance.
4. The idea that thier record would be less significant then yours if you should suceede in winning the superbowl is way off base. Miami experienced a blessed season in 72 just as the Pats are having one this year. You can talk about scheduel changes, bye weeks, more regular season games, salary caps, rule changes that now favor pass oriented offenses, and on and on I go. Point is this While both records are similiar they will never be the same, one is not better then the others just different. People are trying to compare apples and oranges.
5. Pat fans, not all of you but some of you should rethink how you present yourselves to the rest of america. Enjoy the sucesses of the records you have secured already, look forward to breaking the records ahead of you. Celebrate your teams season and show america you appriciate all the great things that you have done so far this season. I was with a very good friend of mine watching the Giants game and after you all had won I said to her "great job, you have alot to be happy about tonight" and she replied that she would not be happy until they won the SB. Thats the exact sentiment I hear from alot of you, and it really dosnt put a good face on your fan base. You all act like every game is buiness as ussaul and the wins really are not significant or the records broken along with those wins, It's all about the SB, but then you get upset when someone like Shula dosnt really acknowledge and fall all over your team with praises for thier current accomplishments but looks forward to the superbowl.
While I do agree that Mercury Morris has been very classless in his comments noone else has from the 72 Dolphins. Your hands are not entirely clean either reguarding acting classless. It was pretty rude to boo vinatiari last year. It was rude to down play the significance of defeating the current superbowl champs this year. Your team shows no humility for the blessings it has had this year. According to many of you it's an all or nothing season for you and if you should happen to not reach your goal then the entire season is meaningless.
Enjoy the year your having because as some of you remember there was a time when you had people like Pete Carrol coaching your team. Dont waste all these precious moments on obsessing about something that you may or may get. Enjoy all your sucesses to thier most.
With all that being said:
Congradulations to all you friggin Patsy's I hate you all for how badly you beat up my beloved Dolphins and stealing my boy Welker.
PS.... I was secretly hoping the Bills would of gotten the wildcard spot and knocked you all out of the playoffs in your first post season game.
