Miami Dolphins head coach Joe Philbin fired after loss to Jets

[JarOfMayo51]

As nice as he seems to be, there is something just seriously wrong with him. One son is dead, the other is a trainwreck.

People love to heap hate on Incognito for what he did in Miami without understanding that that was the culture in the locker room, and furthermore a culture that Philbin never bothered to correct or rein in. Philbin strikes me as being someone either very incompetent or completely out of touch with certain things in life.

FYI, Incognito, ever since he has been in Buffalo, we've heard hardly a peep out of him. He has been nothing short of outstanding at LG and hasn't committed a penalty.

Incognito has been good for them, but he had a lot of penalties yesterday in the game against the Giants... one was a horrible chop block wayyy away from the play that was so unnecessary and it negated a huge touchdown play

 

[Bill Lee]

Mike Tannenbaum has sabotaged this franchise and they'll suffer for another decade as a result, just like he destroyed the Jets. How is he still employed?

MIA sure excels at hiring bums for their front office!

 

[fnordcircle]

Who would want to inherit either of those messes?

Yeah - you've got to think that McDaniels realizes that only a few coaches get a 2nd shot let alone a 3rd. He needs to make sure his 2nd gig is the right gig in a place with a chance to succeed. Miami is not that place.

Tannehill is serviceable but not a top 10 guy and their ownership likes to bring in $100m underwhelming big-name players like Suh and Wallace.

 

[shmessy]

What's sad about the Miami situation is that it's what's easily possible to happen in about 23-28 cities. The league is so QB-centric now that not having a top 5 (or so) QB, or at least a QB that absolutely goes off in the playoffs, is almost a guarantee that you're on the outside looking in. And, since teams don't want to risk becoming completely irrelevant, they'll overpay for the QBs who make them even remotely competitive.

I think this partly explains the the hot mess we just witnessed this weekend.

More than 20 teams in the NFL are quite simply hot messes with no strategy of plan. Many of them are just operating day-to-day regarding their outlook.

The Balt-Pitt, NYJ-Mia, J'ville-Indy were particularly unwatchable, mistake fests. The Bills look like they believe getting a penalty is a GOOD thing.

There's New England and Green Bay. And then there's everybody else.

Goodell's dreams of parity are dead.

 

[Deus Irae]

I think this partly explains the the hot mess we just witnessed this weekend.

More than 20 teams in the NFL are quite simply hot messes with no strategy of plan. Many of them are just operating day-to-day regarding their outlook.

The Balt-Pitt, NYJ-Mia, J'ville-Indy were particularly unwatchable, mistake fests. The Bills look like they believe getting a penalty is a GOOD thing.

There's New England and Green Bay. And then there's everybody else.

Goodell's dreams of parity are dead.

They sacrificed parity on the altar of offensive scoring.

 

[IcyPatriot]

Owners who are driven to win vs owners who make a casual attempt at it.
The casual attempt owners have virtually the same team from year to year.

 

[Tony2046]

People were so enamored with the Suh signing this offseason to notice that they really gutted this team in the offseason and replaced some of their better talent with substandard replacements (replaced Charles Clay with Jordan Cameron, replaced Mike Wallace with Kenny Stills). Even on this board when I brought it up, there were people who attacked me because the party line was that the Dolphins were getting rid of underperformers. In reality, they were getting rid of salary to afford Suh and Tannehill.

I don't remember what I said but I do remember thinking that Miami would be a serious competitor this year. I thought they had looked decent last year etc.....

How wrong I was. Wow.

 

[rochrist]

Spoosedly, Tannehill has been throwing fits whenever the practice D makes a play on him and making cracks like 'Enjoy your practice squad salary!'

 

[shmessy]

Spoosedly, Tannehill has been throwing fits whenever the practice D makes a play on him and making cracks like 'Enjoy your practice squad salary!'

For a starting QB in the NFL to need to say something like simply exposes his raging insecurity.

 

[Ivan]

There's only one move that makes sense, bring the dolphins back to greatness, bring back Don Shula. It's the right time, he's the right man. Glory days............

 

[deters]

Spoosedly, Tannehill has been throwing fits whenever the practice D makes a play on him and making cracks like 'Enjoy your practice squad salary!'

Nothing worse than a douche who thinks hes better than you based on his wealth.

 

[woolster22]

As nice as he seems to be, there is something just seriously wrong with him. One son is dead, the other is a trainwreck.

People love to heap hate on Incognito for what he did in Miami without understanding that that was the culture in the locker room, and furthermore a culture that Philbin never bothered to correct or rein in. Philbin strikes me as being someone either very incompetent or completely out of touch with certain things in life.

FYI, Incognito, ever since he has been in Buffalo, we've heard hardly a peep out of him. He has been nothing short of outstanding at LG and hasn't committed a penalty.

He was flagged for the bone headed chop block, but your point still stands.

 

[RobertWeathers]

For a starting QB in the NFL to need to say something like simply exposes his raging insecurity.

Its like when Rudy tackles Vince Vaughn in practice. Primadonna sissy

 

[goheels22002]

Except for a chop block in the 4th quarter yesterday that wiped out a TD pass.

That was a huge play in that game. Tyrod Taylor was doing an excellent job in the hurry up offense and the TD cut the lead to one score. It was called back due to a completely unnecessary chop block by Incognito. Rex did nothing. Belichick would have pulled him and made him sit for the remainder of the game.

Same with that knucklehead MLB Preston Brown who lost it in the 4th quarter and cost the Bills a chance to come back with two blatant personal fouls.

The Bills are completely out of control, predictably.

The Jets actually have a great shot at a wild card if they stay focused.

 

[hwc]

You could see trainwreck for the Dolphins coming a mile away last offseason. Cap busting "big name" free agent signings never work out in the NFL, especially when you are killing your cap for proven turd like Suh. And, even if he were the highest character guy in the league, it's just stupid to pay a d-lineman that kind of money.

Owners like Stephen Ross think building a NFL team is just like their fantasy league and that's why their teams will always suck.

And, now they have a head coach who played TE in the NFL, had one year in Miami as a coaching intern, and four seasons as a TE position coach. Never been a coordinator. Never called a play. Never developed a game plan. Never cut a player. A green-around-the-gills position coach. And, this is supposed to make the Dolphins competitive in a division with Bill Belichick?

 

[shmessy]

That was a huge play in that game. Tyrod Taylor was doing an excellent job in the hurry up offense and the TD cut the lead to one score. It was called back due to a completely unnecessary chop block by Incognito. Rex did nothing. Belichick would have pulled him and made him sit for the remainder of the game.

Same with that knucklehead MLB Preston Brown who lost it in the 4th quarter and cost the Bills a chance to come back with two blatant personal fouls.

The Bills are completely out of control, predictably.

The Jets actually have a great shot at a wild card if they stay focused.

I'd pump the brakes on the Jets. They really haven't played anyone yet.

Beating Cleveland at home? Nope.

Beating Indy on the road? Eh.

Losing to a 1-3 eagles team at home? Definitely nope

Beating a pathetic disarray Miami on neutral? Nope

They are a paper 3-1.

 

[hwc]

As for Richie Incognito being on good behavior... didn't he work out all his aggression with a baseball bat on that Ferrari station wagon?

 

[KTMbi]

Excelent working environment down there!

 

[The Gr8est]

MIA sure excels at hiring bums for their front office!

They also excel at giving outlandish, paradigm shifting contracts, that they will later regret, in an effort to buy a winner.

This then makes it so much tougher for other teams to sign players based on the new higher precedent.

 

[Deus Irae]

That was a huge play in that game. Tyrod Taylor was doing an excellent job in the hurry up offense and the TD cut the lead to one score. It was called back due to a completely unnecessary chop block by Incognito. Rex did nothing. Belichick would have pulled him and made him sit for the remainder of the game.

Same with that knucklehead MLB Preston Brown who lost it in the 4th quarter and cost the Bills a chance to come back with two blatant personal fouls.

The Bills are completely out of control, predictably.

The Jets actually have a great shot at a wild card if they stay focused.

Incognito got the guy above the waist, not at the knees.