Miami Dolphins: The Sinking Ship has Sunk

The life of a Miami Dolphin fan has to be the most disappointing experience of the last two decades. They have been on a sinking ship for far too long. You could set a clock to how the team’s changes take place. The organization has followed the same path going on 20 years. Somehow, fans still hang on to their grasp of hope. 

Year 1:

Step 1. Hire big name up-and-coming HC (To fix all their problems).

Step 2. Overspend in Free Agency (assuming you can win, now).

Step 3. Draft a rookie Qb (you’ll throw to the wolves).

Step 4. Ignore holes in your roster (The more playmakers in prime positions helps).

Step 5. Have a debacle of a losing season (disappointing fans yet again).

Business as usual so far.

Year 2.

Step 1. Cut/Trade all dead weight (They were the last regime’s headaches).

Step 2. Make a splash in free agency (surely more big name stars turn you into winners).

Step 3. Fall in love with project players and trade up to draft them. (Trust us, this time he’s our guy.)

Step 4. Ignore holes in your roster again (Who needs LB, TE and OL anyway?).

Step 5. Improve by 1-2 wins and keep HC (More wins means the team improved, right?)

Right on schedule.

Year 3.

Step 1. Trade for/Sign the best available player. (Its only money/draft picks).

Step 2. Finally draft positions of need 2 rounds too late (He’s from a small school that’s why you’ve never heard of him).

Step 3. Star player starts a circus act (R. Williams, C. Johnson, and L.Timmons are stand up guys, what could go wrong?).

Step 4. Have a mediocre start to season causing team to quit on the coach (he lost the locker room, that’s why the team is bad).

Step 5. Fire coach at midseason or season’s end (He just wasn’t a good fit).

Step 6. Repeat Year’s 1 through 3.

That’s it. That’s the life of a Miami Dolphins fan. It has to be one of the most exhausting fan bases in the history of sports. Every year the team is mishandled, mismanaged, and underperforms. Every season another “this is the year” moment that keeps you clinging to a dusted off Marino jersey and singing praises of the lone bright spot player. If only the organization was horribly bad throughout history but it wasn’t. The Miami Dolphins are still one of the winningest teams in NFL history.

That’s where the frustration has to fester. How did this team fall so far from grace and how do they fix it? Fans have to be sick of the “wash, rinse, repeat” mantra this organization has been spewing off for two decades. The fans, the organization, and the legends that paved the way are owed better than the hot garbage express train that runs through South Florida season after season. It’s time for the Miami Dolphins to get it right this offseason, or lose a fan base forever. The ship has been sinking for far too long, its time to send out the salvage unit.