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Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, all of us here in Central and Southern Florida have been die hard Dolphins fans for as long as we can remember. We put our heart, soul, and money into this team in an effort to support them and represent them as well as we possibly can. We love the Miami Dolphins with all of our hearts. We are greatly saddened by our failure to reach the playoffs for the second straight year. We supported this team through the good and bad in this roller coaster season, and we have been deeply disappointed once again.
This football team has a roster loaded with talent. There are currently eleven former or current players who have been selected to the Pro Bowl that don a Dolphins uniform. However, it seems week in and week out, most of the team is not very motivated. Many times in crucial situations there are players who are not in place to make a game-changing play. It seems most weeks our beloved team is getting out coached. The responsibility to have these things corrected falls squarely on the shoulders of the defendant, Dave Wannstedt.
The Miami Dolphins have regressed each year under Wannstedt. With a roster this talented, we were supposed to get better. We were supposed to challenge for a Super Bowl birth within the last two years. Ladies and gentlemen, because of the lack of good coaching on this team, sadly, we have gotten worse. Dave Wannstedt inherited Jimmy Johnson’s team.
In his first year, The Dolphins compiled an eleven and five record and a division championship. Of course, only to lose in the second round of the playoffs by means of a shutout at the hands of Oakland.
In year two of the Wannstedt era, we again achieved an eleven and five record. And then Baltimore came into Miami and embarrassed the Dolphins in their home stadium. The Dolphins were clearly out coached.
In Wannstedt’s third year, the team went nine and seven. Granted, there were injuries. However, the Dolphins were in first place in the conference and on the verge of home field advantage with two weeks to go in the regular season. The Dolphins proceeded to lose both games, with everyone healthy, because of horrible play-calling and no motivation, once again. The team missed the playoffs.
Now, this year, we find ourselves out of the playoffs with a full week to go in the regular season, because the team has greatly underachieved this season due to lack of guidance and discipline.
Ladies and gentlemen, Dave Wannstedt is a hard worker, and a blue collar human being. However, he DOES NOT have what it takes to lead this team, nor any other team. The Miami Dolphins need a leader, not a nice person. I wish he would have succeeded, but he has failed miserably. Dave Wannstedt must be fired
Enough with the speculation, let's get to some facts:
First, let us look at exhibit A: There aren’t many people who would argue that the Dolphins have a very talented roster. Most analysts and NFL pundits predicted for two years in a row now that the Dolphins would venture deep into the playoffs. The furthest we have gotten is a second round appearance, only to be obliterated.
Exhibit B: For the few positional cores that weren’t up to par with the rest of the talent on the team, the coaching staff and management failed to acquire a good player. With the exception of Junior Seau at outside linebacker, there have been numerous critical positions which have underachieved and have not been upgraded. The Dolphins have been looking for a left tackle for three years now. Our coaches relied on the oft-injured Mark Dixon and were comfortable backing him up with a third round pick who was only in his second year as a tackle. He ended up starting and gave up numerous sacks this year. Ever since Dan Marino retired, quarterback play has plagued this team with inconsistency. We all love Jay Fiedler’s toughness and leadership, but it was painfully obvious after the first two years of him starting that he can’t throw that well. However, Wannstedt stuck with him for four whole years because he is too loyal and doesn’t have the guts to make a change.
Exhibit C: The Miami Dolphins have been EXTREMELY too conservative in play calling the past four years. Due to this, and lack of motivation from the coaches, the Dolphins have given up fourth quarter leads throughout Wannstedt’s tenure. There have been numerous times the Dolphins have run the ball up the middle late in the game with a slim lead only to have to punt and watch the other teams score and take the lead. Or, in a situation where we have the lead and need to run out the clock (New England last year) we pass three consecutive plays inside our own five yard line in a game where we had great success running all day.
Exhibit D: Wannstedt has pulled several draft day blunders. In 2001, with the twenty sixth selection overall, he selected Jamar Fletcher, who has been a huge bust. There were several good players at positions of need available, but Wannstedt selected a position that the Dolphins already had two all-pros at. Granted, the Dolphins traded up to select Chris Chambers, but that was more because of Rick Spielman’s wheeling and dealing.
Before last year’s draft, Wannstedt trades the Dolphin’s second round pick in this upcoming draft to the Dolphin’s biggest foe, the Patriots. Wannstedt then proceeded to select Eddie Moore, an undersized linebacker who has been out all year, when there were explosive wide receivers available, which is a position the Dolphins sorely needed and still do.
Exhibit E: Lack of discipline. The Miami Dolphins have been in the top ten in the NFL the past two years in personal fouls committed. Every time the Dolphins are called for one, Wannstedt is shown on the sideline waiving his hand through his hair looking bewildered instead of getting in the face of the player who committed the dumb foul and hollering at him.
Exhibit F: Last but not least, Wannstedt is a loser in crunch time. He is 7-9 with Miami in December. What’s more, he predicted that the Dolphins would lead the league in rushing the second half of this season. The Dolphins aren’t even in the top ten.
Before the season started, he made the bold statement that the Dolphins would “have one of the best passing games in the NFL this year.” The Dolphin’s passing game ranks 26th in the NFL
This football team has a roster loaded with talent. There are currently eleven former or current players who have been selected to the Pro Bowl that don a Dolphins uniform. However, it seems week in and week out, most of the team is not very motivated. Many times in crucial situations there are players who are not in place to make a game-changing play. It seems most weeks our beloved team is getting out coached. The responsibility to have these things corrected falls squarely on the shoulders of the defendant, Dave Wannstedt.
The Miami Dolphins have regressed each year under Wannstedt. With a roster this talented, we were supposed to get better. We were supposed to challenge for a Super Bowl birth within the last two years. Ladies and gentlemen, because of the lack of good coaching on this team, sadly, we have gotten worse. Dave Wannstedt inherited Jimmy Johnson’s team.
In his first year, The Dolphins compiled an eleven and five record and a division championship. Of course, only to lose in the second round of the playoffs by means of a shutout at the hands of Oakland.
In year two of the Wannstedt era, we again achieved an eleven and five record. And then Baltimore came into Miami and embarrassed the Dolphins in their home stadium. The Dolphins were clearly out coached.
In Wannstedt’s third year, the team went nine and seven. Granted, there were injuries. However, the Dolphins were in first place in the conference and on the verge of home field advantage with two weeks to go in the regular season. The Dolphins proceeded to lose both games, with everyone healthy, because of horrible play-calling and no motivation, once again. The team missed the playoffs.
Now, this year, we find ourselves out of the playoffs with a full week to go in the regular season, because the team has greatly underachieved this season due to lack of guidance and discipline.
Ladies and gentlemen, Dave Wannstedt is a hard worker, and a blue collar human being. However, he DOES NOT have what it takes to lead this team, nor any other team. The Miami Dolphins need a leader, not a nice person. I wish he would have succeeded, but he has failed miserably. Dave Wannstedt must be fired
Enough with the speculation, let's get to some facts:
First, let us look at exhibit A: There aren’t many people who would argue that the Dolphins have a very talented roster. Most analysts and NFL pundits predicted for two years in a row now that the Dolphins would venture deep into the playoffs. The furthest we have gotten is a second round appearance, only to be obliterated.
Exhibit B: For the few positional cores that weren’t up to par with the rest of the talent on the team, the coaching staff and management failed to acquire a good player. With the exception of Junior Seau at outside linebacker, there have been numerous critical positions which have underachieved and have not been upgraded. The Dolphins have been looking for a left tackle for three years now. Our coaches relied on the oft-injured Mark Dixon and were comfortable backing him up with a third round pick who was only in his second year as a tackle. He ended up starting and gave up numerous sacks this year. Ever since Dan Marino retired, quarterback play has plagued this team with inconsistency. We all love Jay Fiedler’s toughness and leadership, but it was painfully obvious after the first two years of him starting that he can’t throw that well. However, Wannstedt stuck with him for four whole years because he is too loyal and doesn’t have the guts to make a change.
Exhibit C: The Miami Dolphins have been EXTREMELY too conservative in play calling the past four years. Due to this, and lack of motivation from the coaches, the Dolphins have given up fourth quarter leads throughout Wannstedt’s tenure. There have been numerous times the Dolphins have run the ball up the middle late in the game with a slim lead only to have to punt and watch the other teams score and take the lead. Or, in a situation where we have the lead and need to run out the clock (New England last year) we pass three consecutive plays inside our own five yard line in a game where we had great success running all day.
Exhibit D: Wannstedt has pulled several draft day blunders. In 2001, with the twenty sixth selection overall, he selected Jamar Fletcher, who has been a huge bust. There were several good players at positions of need available, but Wannstedt selected a position that the Dolphins already had two all-pros at. Granted, the Dolphins traded up to select Chris Chambers, but that was more because of Rick Spielman’s wheeling and dealing.
Before last year’s draft, Wannstedt trades the Dolphin’s second round pick in this upcoming draft to the Dolphin’s biggest foe, the Patriots. Wannstedt then proceeded to select Eddie Moore, an undersized linebacker who has been out all year, when there were explosive wide receivers available, which is a position the Dolphins sorely needed and still do.
Exhibit E: Lack of discipline. The Miami Dolphins have been in the top ten in the NFL the past two years in personal fouls committed. Every time the Dolphins are called for one, Wannstedt is shown on the sideline waiving his hand through his hair looking bewildered instead of getting in the face of the player who committed the dumb foul and hollering at him.
Exhibit F: Last but not least, Wannstedt is a loser in crunch time. He is 7-9 with Miami in December. What’s more, he predicted that the Dolphins would lead the league in rushing the second half of this season. The Dolphins aren’t even in the top ten.
Before the season started, he made the bold statement that the Dolphins would “have one of the best passing games in the NFL this year.” The Dolphin’s passing game ranks 26th in the NFL
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