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Vince Lombardi once said "Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing-the result." He also said "Winning is not a sometime thing: it's an all the time thing. You don't win once in a while; you don't do the right thing once in a while; you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing." Dolfans these quotes should be ringing in our ears every second of the day. When I look at the organization of the Miami Dolphins, I have to do a double take. I have to make sure that what I see is really the Miami Dolphins. How has it come to all this? How have we gone from one of the most respected teams in the league, to the laughing stock of the league? Obviously that’s a loaded question but I definitely know the core reason. That reason is the attitude of those who run our team. I have said it before and I’ll say it again, we have lost the attitude of winning. But when…. When did this happen? Let’s take a look. In 1965 Joseph Robbie founded the Miami Dolphins. Within seven
years, the Dolphins went from an expansion team going (15-39-2)
in its first four years, to back to back superbowls in ’72
and ’73 including a perfect season in ’72. The first
four years we were coached by a man named George Wilson. He did
the best he could but was a classic case of having to coach an expansion
team. After four seasons, Don Shula took over. He is the man that
led us to our two superbowls and undefeated season. He gave us a
complete turnaround from George Wilson, and in his first four years
as head coach, we went (65-15-1). In 1993 Don Shula broke George
Halas’ record of 324 career victories. He retired after the
’95 season with 347 career victories, and a (.665) career
winning percentage. When Don Shula retired Jimmy Johnson took over
as head coach. After four seasons he resigned and the job was given
to Dave Wannstedt. This is where we went wrong. We’ve gone from a team with the best coach ever, coaching the best QB ever. To a coach who has lost his team, and all fan respect, coaching a QB who is as inconsistent of a QB as there has ever been. We now watch and grimes every time our QB throws the ball, and hope more for “no mistakes” than we do good plays. It’s a sad time for the Miami Dolphins, and things need to change. When I watch Dave Wannstedt on the sidelines its clear that he has no clue what to do, and when I look at Jay Fielder, he acts like he doesn’t even care. Ask yourself this question “when was the last time you saw Dave light somebody up for making a mistake?” I can’t remember a time. But what I can remember is watching the post game conference and hearing about how “we need to make more plays” and “mistakes are killing us”. He has had plenty of time to change those things, but has failed. I quoted Lombardi at the beginning of this article saying “Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing." For the first 34 years of our franchise our habits were winning ones, not they are losing habits. A change needs to be made, and its starts at the top. We have to judge Wanny just like everyone else is judged: by his results. It’s clear there are none. Please Wayne make the move, and help end the embarrassment of our
team.
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Attitude
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