This started the downfall. Marino's retirement then just killed us. We have sucked since.

@stevep8445

6 жыл бұрын

They were hurting for a few years before the retirement. Poor drafting killed us... Marino was shot and a shell of himself the last couple years, his arm strength was gone. The fact that they never even TRIED to draft a replacement for him was ridiculous. His last season he played in 11 games and had a 4-6 record and had an 11/17 TD/INT ratio. Damon Huard saved the season by playing well and going 4-1.

This was a man of solid character and it was a joy to go to the Orange Bowl and watch a team that was so well prepared. Especially a NFL run in the early 70s where he coached the Dolphins to a 45 and 5 record, he has more class than cheating Bellichek ever will.

A sad day for the Dolphins and their fans. The Dolphins really haven't been consistently good since he left. It's like they never recovered from his retirement.

@WaitForYouu

5 жыл бұрын

fun fact they haven't been to a superbowl since joe robbie stadium was built

@reneep9972

5 жыл бұрын

@@WaitForYouu You are correct. The problem wasn't Shula and Jimmy Johnson gave them a much better chance at a return to glory at this point in time but Joe Robbie Stadium is a piece of shit that offers exactly NO homefield advantage. Both the Dolphins and Hurricanes have taken a huge nose dive after leaving the iconic Orange Bowl to play in this cesspool. Well, Joe Robbie Stadium or whatever the hell they call it now is over 30 years old and despite the "upgrades" it remains a shit hole. It's time to build a new stadium for both the Fins and Canes in the mold of the old Orange Bowl. And NAME IT The Orange Bowl. And Finman 1980, I have a great memory and this was NOT a sad day for Miami Dolphins fans. Don Shula was beloved but most Dolphins fans knew the game had passed him by at this point and they knew they'd get Jimmy Johnson as their coach.

@woodyhayes7402

5 жыл бұрын

@@reneep9972 - I was just telling a friend about this. The Orange Bowl had; character, winning tradition and was the face of Miami.

@CynicalCharlatan88

3 жыл бұрын

@@reneep9972 yeah it’s definitely playing in a modern day stadium instead of 25 years of terrible drafting and free agency mismanagement on why the dolphins have been a disaster

Sadly that was the end of the Phins…..Rip Coach Shula

RIP Mr Don Shula

Love the Maddog!

@frankrizzo4460

Жыл бұрын

Yes Rip Maddog, Shula, Neil Rogers,Jorge Rodriguez and Hank Goldberg thanks for all the great memories throughout the years 🙏

I always felt like the team would lose their unity that would build up in the latter parts of the season with Shula and Johnson.They would play good the fist half of the season and be unpredictable the second part of the season. And maybe should have kept Strock around as a assistant coach.I think Marino suffered in his absence.

This team really fell off a cliff after he left like REALLY luckily we got Brian Flores I know Shula is gone now which is too bad because we finally turned a corner for the first time in 20 years but he’s looking down from heaven.

Jimmy Johnson failed the Dolphins and he knew it. He built up that defense with some great talent in the Draft, but he never found his Emmitt Smith. He downgraded the offense and handicapped Marino from making audibles out of running plays. His last two seasons ended in embarrassing playoff loses.

@reneep9972

5 жыл бұрын

Bullshit. The only thing Jimmy failed the Dolphins at was being a quitter so soon when he should've stuck around 12-15 years. He was a vast upgrade over an old, over the hill, Don Shula. Miami had the best defense in the league under JJ. To be honest I'd take Johnson back in a heartbeat over the coaches they've had since and for that matter I'd take 89 year old Don Shula over the certain to be abject failure black head coach the Dolphins look like they will hire. Can you say Vance Joseph 2.0? My GOD how the Dolphins have turned absolutely irrelevant since the late 90's. I love them but I will also say they are the biggest dumpster fire in professional sports now that the Browns look to have a bright future.

Did he retire or was he given an ultimatum ( like i believe) and forced out

@reneep9972

5 жыл бұрын

Forced out. Jimmy Johnson, a vastly superior coach to Shula in every way, wanted the job and most Miami fans demanded it happen. Unfortunately they had a WAY over the hill QB in Marino and he was the only player JJ wasn't allowed to cut or trade. I think Johnson with an awesome defense and a young Jay Fiedler could've gone to the Super Bowl. It's sad Jimmy quit on the Dolphins so soon. They've been one of the biggest dumpster fires in professional sports ever since.

@ManticMenace

4 жыл бұрын

@@reneep9972 my dude just stop

I was one of the many who wanted Don Shula to step down and be replaced by Jimmy Johnson. I regret that decision now and will spend the rest of my life apologizing for Jimmy Johnson.

@addmarx7207

6 жыл бұрын

vccstudents me2

@reneep9972

5 жыл бұрын

Apologizing for what? Jimmy Johnson rebuilt the Dolphins defense to one of the best in the game and had them in the playoffs every year he was there. Had he been able to choose his own quarterback instead of a totally washed up Dan Marino, I believe JJ would have won a Super Bowl in Miami. The game had passed Shula by and they were going nowhere. Jimmy led them back to respectability. The only knock I have on JJ is that he quit on us WAY too soon. He should've been there 12-15 years since he says it was always his "dream job". But stop apologizing for Jimmy Johnson. There's absolutely no reason to do so, he was our last real head coach.

@DaveH-10

4 жыл бұрын

@@reneep9972 You are an idiot

@fritterfoof5146

Жыл бұрын

@@reneep9972 1996 NO playoffs .He did not get along with the OWNER Marino was his boy , he gave him stock in waste management , he told Johnson he would retire a dolphin .I agree Johnson rebuilt the Defense and they left the Offense up to Marino and like usual his Offense in the Postseason went down in Flames .Notice they always found money for Receivers by the end of his career he was a spoiled brat .

This was the rumor back when JJ took over. JJ wanted to trade Marino and do like he did in Dallas with Herschel Walker and create a bunch of draft picks. Marino would only accept a trade to the Steelers and the Steelers were and still are cheap and wouldn't give what JJ wanted. When that fell through, JJ was stuck with Marino. This is a rumor I had from a friend who would have known. Just sayin' The guy that told me, also mentioned it to a mutual buddy. This friend happens to go to a Yankee spring game in Lauderdale and low and behold he sees Dan Marino with his Wife. My buddy straight up asked Dan about this and Dan said; "I was born/raised in Pittsburgh" walks away....

@fritterfoof5146

Жыл бұрын

Sounds Plausible to me , Johnson and Marino went out 2 months apart , so the split was over something BIG .

Don Shula Record since Jan 1974 - 8 - 12 in the postseason , 10 seasons his teams failed to make the Playoffs ,1975 -1976 - 1977 - 1980 - 1986 - 1987 - 1988 - 1989 - 1991 - 1993 , Hard to believe since early 1970s Dominance going 65 - 15 - 1 from 1970 - 1974 including playoffs .

@brando7266

Жыл бұрын

U do know that in over 30 yrs without Shula ( 66-69,96-2022) the dolphins haven't even made a conference championship game,,and now ,we haven't won a playoff game in 22 yrs,,I say build another statue for Shula, without him, the dolphins r a joke,

@sethwexler6910

Ай бұрын

Thank you for finding the negative.. Id hate to live under your roof.

@mr.majestic3851

21 күн бұрын

@@sethwexler6910 That record would have got most coaches canned , Shula was getting a pass on his early success . After 1985 - 1995, Dolphins missed post season 6 out of 10 seasons , That is NEGATIVE .

Shula needed to go, whether he was forced out or not. From 1986 on they were a pedestrian 92-70. Their defense for the most part was a joke. Shula constantly got outcoached in the big games (Marv Levy owned him). I think he did a poor job in talent evaluation from the late 80s on... I am a lifelong died hard Miami fan but think Shula may be a tad overrated. Yes, he won the most games ever. But he was a mediocre 19-17 in the playoffs, including 2-4 in Super Bowls. From 1986 on he was 3-4 in the postseason. And actually, since the Dolphins won their last title in 1973, he was 8-9 in the postseason. Great coach, but the notion that he should have been retained as coach is silly...

@jrdurr2

6 жыл бұрын

I hear ya! And yet 22 seasons played after Shula, I'd take his mediocre playoff record of 19-17 in a heartbeat. And I'd take Miami's pedestrian 9.2 wins per season from 1986-1995. I'll even take Shula's last 4 years as Miami's coach - 41 wins, 2 Division titles, a Divisional Playoff win and an AFC title game appearance. That level of success has yet to be surpassed by any Miami coach since. And that 4-year stretch includes a season where they lost their franchise QB in the 5th game, won 9 games with 4 different quarterbacks and were in contention for a playoff berth to the end. And the critics at the end said the game had passed Shula by. You have a coach win 41 games in 4 years he practically gets a lifetime contract today and a bust in Canton. But for someone who guided teams to 6 Super Bowls previously in his career - and the only perfect season in history - that's not good enough. In my opinion, this was the problem with the Miami fans - including me - of the time. 'Just' making it to the playoffs, averaging 9 wins a season and being contenders wasn't good enough. Like I said, I'd take Shula's record any day, and twice on Sunday. And Marv Levy's Bills of the 90s owned just about everyone, not just Don Shula's Dolphins. Before Bill Polian put that team of HOFers together in Buffalo, Marv Levy was a sub-.500 coach. So having talent in Buffalo didn't hurt his chances! :)

@stevep8445

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed. The Johnson era, despite a few playoff appearances was a failure. He made some good picks on defense, but really made some awful draft choices. Jon Avery anyone? The past 25 years have been painful with some truly awful coaches and quarterbacks. I was spoiled as a youngster by this team and have been suffering as an adult.. lol

@chrisnoles812

5 жыл бұрын

Steve. I would like to pick your brain. I was only 11 in 95 . would like to hear your view of the dolphins years from 83 to 95. And also your thoughts and view about the J. Johnson issue in 98-99. Just trying to get some fan based view that really knows a behind the scenes version of those years.

@davanmani556

5 жыл бұрын

GM Joe Thomas leaving for the Colts started that. He was the architect of the Dolphins Super Bowl teams. But when Shula took the job, it was an understanding that Shula was going to get Thomas’s job.

@fritterfoof5146

Жыл бұрын

@@chrisnoles812 Pick mine , what do you want to know , Dolphins rebuilt their defense from early 1970s into the Killer Bees by 1978 and got a wild card home game , they lost 17 - 9 ,to Houston the next year , Csonka came back for 1979 and they got a Divisional game on road at Pittsburgh, they lost 31 - 14 , in 1980 for some reason they missed the playoffs and went 8 - 8, Bob Griese Retires . in 1981 they lost a divisional at home to Chargers- 41 - 38 OT , in 1982 a strike year 9 games played they went to SB - 17, They led at halftime and went scoreless second half and lost 27 - 17, in 1983 Marino makes his debut then host 9 - 7 Seattle at home in divisional and lose 27 - 20 in 1984 they play in SB - 19 and get blown out 38 - 16 going scoreless again second half, in 1985 they make it back to AFC Championship at home and get blown out by Patriots ,31 - 14 , then the slid started 1986 thru 1989 no playoffs , 1990 they play divisional game at buffalo and lose 34 - 44 , 1991 NP , 1992 back in the AFC Title game at home and get blown out 29 - 10, 1993 NP , 1994 lost Divisional at chargers 22 - 21 , 1995 lost divisional again at Buffalo 37 - 22 , SHULA RETIRES , 1996 NP , 1997, Johnson builds Defense they squeak into playoffs WC at patriots and lose 17 - 3 , 1998 their Defense is Ranked - 1 - 3 and they and they get blown out at Denver - 38 - 3 , 1999 they drop to 19 - 5 in defense and get blown out in Divisional at JAX - 62 - 7 , MARINO AND JOHNSON RETIRES IN DISGRACE 2 MONTHS APART, I could write a book , never mind I just did .