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somerandomdude wrote:I think his only mistake the past few years was not firing Spoelstra, a guy who has underachieved for all but one or two years of his entire career. I've elaborated on this when the season ended, so I won't bother getting into the details. I'll also add that, the last few years, we haven't had a real offense outside of 4 chuckers on the court at all times, and his teams are terrible at executing plays out of a timeout with the game on the line.

As far as the contracts go, I think the context matters: we still had Wade and Bosh, so we signed Dragic and Hassan. Go back a few years and that's a good team to contend with in the East. Of course, as well all know, Bosh gets injured and Wade leaves. **** happens.

Anyway, this really should've been Spo's do-or-die season to prove he can get his teams to at least meet expectations, but he couldn't even do that. Despite another disappointing season, Riley kept him on board. I think Riley deserves criticism for that, but I'm not in favor of forcing Riley out. I remember when Dolphins fans wanted Shula out and the franchise has been cursed ever since, so be careful of what you wish for...

You think this team underachieved?

Grumpy Heat Fan wrote:

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somerandomdude wrote:I think his only mistake the past few years was not firing Spoelstra, a guy who has underachieved for all but one or two years of his entire career. I've elaborated on this when the season ended, so I won't bother getting into the details. I'll also add that, the last few years, we haven't had a real offense outside of 4 chuckers on the court at all times, and his teams are terrible at executing plays out of a timeout with the game on the line.

As far as the contracts go, I think the context matters: we still had Wade and Bosh, so we signed Dragic and Hassan. Go back a few years and that's a good team to contend with in the East. Of course, as well all know, Bosh gets injured and Wade leaves. **** happens.

Anyway, this really should've been Spo's do-or-die season to prove he can get his teams to at least meet expectations, but he couldn't even do that. Despite another disappointing season, Riley kept him on board. I think Riley deserves criticism for that, but I'm not in favor of forcing Riley out. I remember when Dolphins fans wanted Shula out and the franchise has been cursed ever since, so be careful of what you wish for.

Also, I really don't know much about this draft, but from the comments, it seems that expectations were pretty high for the 13th pick. Was there a good player available? Obviously there must've been, because people are upset with Riley. Either way, it's the 13th pick, so it's not like this is a pick that would make or break the next 5 years of our franchise.

Dude... Shula pissed away Marino's career. Dan Marino is the GOAT QB to ever play in the NFL. Anyone who knows football knows this. It's a tragedy that he never won even a single Super Bowl. That blame lies directly on Don Shula.

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For a big chunk of Dan Marino's PRIME.... Shula kept the worst defensive coordinator in the history of the NFL... Tom Olivadotti.

Olivadotti joined the Dolphins as the Defensive Coordinator in 1987. For the next nine years, the team was christened the "Olfans", because they had no "D". For 7 years of his 9 year tenure, Olivadotti led a defense that was ranked in the bottom half of the NFL. What makes this even more painful is the knowledge that these years coincided with Marino's prime. The Dolphins consistently put up big numbers. Unfortunately, so did every team they played. It's nauseating to think of how far the Dolphins might have been able to go with even an average defense.

Ironically, Olivadotti's best season statistically was also his last. Jimmy Johnson fired Olivadotti after a humiliating 37 - 22 defeat to the Buffalo Bills in the playoffs. More significant than the big points total, was the AFC record 341 yards that Buffalo gained on the ground. What made this a particularly unacceptable beating was the fact that Miami had lost to this same Bills team only 2 weeks earlier when the Bills totaled over 200 yards rushing. Olivadotti's game plan was not adjusted in the slightest.


Yeah I'm still upset about Marino.

Heat_team02 wrote:If you are a big name free agent that cares about stats, this is not the destination for you.

Head Coach: Spo
Asst Coach: Dan Craig (Coached Skyforce for 1 season)
Asst Coach": Malik Allen
Asst Coach": Chris Quinn
Asst Coach": Anthony Carter (Got booed playing here & cheered when he forgot to Opt In by 12Am)
Asst Coach: Octavio De La Grana (Assistant Coach Skyforce (2013-16)

Who does coach turn to during timeouts for advice?

rickyt31 wrote:I'm giving him and Spo this season before I make a decision. We don't have a star player others want to join and we never seem to have draft picks to build through the draft. There are a few options he may have to get rid of some of these bad contracts and or bring in someone with potential. So I'm going to wait. Everything doesn't have to happen this year, but I need to see one out of these three. 1. Free up some cap space for next offseason. 2. Acquire some draft picks 3. Pull in a star player or one with star potential.

Maroko wrote:"OP still not banned yet"

Dr_Heat wrote:OP deserves more than a ban for not believing Riley . How does that crow taste? lol

Dr_Heat wrote:OP deserves more than a ban for not believing Riley . How does that crow taste? lol

contract wrote:

Dr_Heat wrote:OP deserves more than a ban for not believing Riley . How does that crow taste? lol

I can't speak for the OP, but I don't believe in him, and haven't tasted any crow yet.
Every time Pat does ANYTHING, people rush to praise him, but we're no closer to a championship today than we were last week.