Those are things a 0-12 season will do for you but if the 'find don't get a win in the next two games, it might prompt Wayne to rethink his position with Cameron. One thing is go 0-16 because we lack talent but the coach still is in command (JJ and his 1-15 season); another is a coach who goes 0-16 and doesn't have the respect of his players.
It sounds to me that players are questioning each other AND the coaches as much as the media and the fans are. How is Wayne going to handle this? Better said.. is Wayne finally going to hire a football mind a top of the organization (President) who can handle it?
No dissension, Dolphins coach says
Dolphins coach Cam Cameron said he doesn't sense any grumbling by players on his 0-12 team.
From the Miami Herald
BY JEFF DARLINGTON
The Dolphins' Jason Taylor walks off the field and reacts to another letdown by the defense following a Jets touchdown on Sunday. Miami lost its 12th game of the season.
Dolphins' Green involved on sideline
The team meeting ended without incident, the coach said.
It ended without any uproar from players. Without any dissension or mutiny. It ended without any of those nasty issues that could easily erupt at any moment within a team seemingly on the brink of unraveling.
''We'll just continue to pull together and get closer together,'' coach Cam Cameron said. ``If you were in [Monday's] meeting, everybody realizes we're all a part of this. We're going to remain a part of getting this thing going in the right direction.''
Suddenly, however, Cameron's standard voice of perseverance after another loss has started to sound more like something that could have been summed up in a much simpler way.
In other words: Nothing to see here, folks. Please move along.
Asked if he has seen any dissension from his players, Cameron said, ``I don't sense any of that.''
That might be true. Cameron might not yet sense it. But it certainly appears to be brewing -- and it was obvious for the first time in the locker room after Sunday's loss.
As if several comments from veterans like nose guard Keith Traylor, defensive tackle Vonnie Holliday or wide receiver Marty Booker weren't enough, team captain Jason Taylor also had some telling words for a reporter from ESPN.com after the game.
TAYLOR'S VIEW
Taylor pointed out that former coach Nick Saban went out of his way to develop a relationship with him, knowing he was respected by his teammates.
''He turned the team over to veterans, and we ended up rallying around him even when things went poorly,'' Taylor said.
And his relationship with Cameron?
''Our relationship is different,'' Taylor told the website. ``He's trying to establish his program and his way of doing things.''
Cameron's way of doing things obviously entails preaching the team-first mentality, a message he has persistently tried to deliver throughout this 0-12 season. And he believes he is still succeeding at getting his point across.
''We're in this thing together,'' said Cameron, explaining how he gets the sense that players are taking a unified approach. ``We have been. None of us want to be in this position, but there are some things we do have control over.
``You can't give in to the negativity.''
Whether Cameron wants to believe it or not, all of his players aren't buying into his message. In the locker room after Sunday's game, cornerback Will Allen made it clear that he doesn't.
'When it boils down to it, they say `team game, team game, team game,' but this really is an individual game,'' Allen said. ``I worry about myself. I don't worry about [Cameron's job security] much.''
The latest sentiments from several players isn't necessarily surprising when considering the state of misery that would plague any 0-12 team. But it's still slightly surprising from a locker room that has resisted any divide at all up until this point.
DRIVE QUESTIONED
Now, however, Cameron is on the brink of losing his locker room as at least two veteran players have even begun to question the drive of other players on the team.
''It definitely doesn't seem like we're all after the same thing,'' Traylor said, while Holliday noted that, ``it felt like the wheels fell off the wagon.''
In the meantime, Cameron has yet to acknowledge any of the same sentiment. He remained hopeful, even optimistic, that he would keep his team fighting for a victory rather than fighting one another.
Asked specifically about Traylor's comments, Cameron said he doesn't ``put too much into it.''
''Sometimes, especially after a game, after a disappointing loss, our emotions can get the best of us,'' Cameron said. ``I try not to read too much into that stuff.''
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