Here we go Phins fans, the collapse is clear again! Will Ross get it right this time?
Well, Sparano wasn’t good enough, so we went with Philbin, who wasn’t good enough, so we went with Gase, who wasn’t good enough, so we went with Flores, who wasn’t good enough, so we went with McDaniel. Now after the Dolphins fell to the Colts and 2-5 on the season, the question is now is McDaniel good enough?
I don’t think this is the most important question–although it is a question that must be asked. It’s just not the first one.
I know Chris Grier isn’t good enough–NO WAY IN HELL! But even Grier’s ability or lack thereof isn’t the number one question that must be asked and answered to end this endless Groundhog Day cycle.
The most important question is, is Stephen Ross good enough or can he become good enough for us to find the promised land? And by promised land I’m not even talking about a Super Bowl win; I’m talking about at least find functional consistency and lower tier success of even a single playoff win.
This question will be answered by how Ross responds to this complete debacle the Miami Dolphins franchise and their tired and weary and loyal fans find themselves in–again…
Will Ross clean house to the bare bones, find a GM to lead, and stay out of football business or will he sell us another lemon and have the powerful Dolphins media department spinning into a Maserati?
Repeating the same thing over & over again…
It feels like I’ve been doing this letdown dance since 1978. I guess in many ways I have.
The Shula and Marino era had some great high points that were legit moment of success and earned belief, but after that it’s been clearly downhill and gaining speed heading into the abyss faster and faster. This is truly the lowest spot considering the massive amount of draft capital we’ve had and how poorly we spent it. Shows you that it’s more about the buyer of the good than the amount you have to spend.
This was supposed to be ‘THE build’. Remember, we heard it over and over again in the media. Flores was the issue rang from every corner. Now, though you don’t need the best football software to know that whoever Flores was or wasn’t, the same issues of failure are still here, crippling this franchise and this ‘issue’ has been in the picture for quite some time.
I’ve been off the Grier train since 2021, but a piece of me was very interested in seeing how this wild build played out, until this offseason. The many issues I saw the prior two season appeared compounded. I’ve been wrong before and hoped I was this time. Like many of you, I now know it’s over 100% dead: finito, kaput.
How long is too long? Ask a Phin fan, they know!
I’m 53 years old and almost died a couple of years ago. Crazy but one of the first things I thought about was ‘man, I’ll never see the Dolphins win a Super Bowl’. Now I’m feeling like even if I live to a hundred, I still won’t see the ‘promised land’. But if there’s any hope in the near term, Stephen Ross must finally change his ways and do what’s right for the fans, not a rushed speed build, or for more money, even for his love of influence and control.
I remember Ross saying in 2019, ‘The definition of insanity is repeating the same thing over and over again and expecting different results’.
We were supposed to build slowly, through the draft, and Ross was going to be completely out of football affairs. Ross quickly interfered and in 2021 we went speed build like the ‘Return of Tuna’.
I don’t think Grier could have built right either way. He cedes too quickly to Ross, is a poor evaluator of talent, spends draft capital like a drunk sailor, among many other flaws. Grier isn’t the right man for the job, and he’s been a power player in the Dolphins organization for decades. Grier must go and the right GM must replace him, a man who will tell Ross to back off, be a football guy of character, and demand that full control to take the job… and then make mostly the right decisions.
If Ross decides to tinker or even worse bring back the crew for one more ride, then whip of the powerful Dolphins media machine to hype it up, then he clearly will never be the right owner.
This is his last shot to do what’s right. Remember in the movie Groundhog Day, Bill Murray kept on repeating his failures until he grew humble enough to change and do what’s right for others even at his own expense. I will believe Ross will finally get it right… this time. This is the last time though. Let’s pray we finally have the right man for the job. Go Phins!!!