The Phinsider
The Miami Dolphins fan base has much to complain about, some legitimate and some not so much, depending on who you ask. Over the years, one of the more common complaints has been that the team is not respected by the media, especially by the national press. With that in mind, I asked the following question:
Do you believe that the media constantly disrespects this item, or is at least doing so right now? If so, do you think the team deserves more respect than they are currently receiving, and why? If you believe that the team is disrespected, what are the underlying reasons beyond the fact that they failed to make the playoffs? Do you believe there is possibly a bias against the city of Miami as a whole when it comes to its sports teams?
Below are some of your thoughts and answers-
Spok507 believes a lot of the issues stem from ignorance.
I don’t think it’s so much disrespect and lack of information. It just seems like a lot of these media outlets are guessing as to what the Fins need or have instead of simply doing a little research and finding out. I mean, leading up to the draft, the media and ‘experts’ constantly pick players that the team just doesn’t need. It’s like they’re just assigning someone because they have to instead of actually making an informed choice. It seems to happen every year and just makes me scratch my head in confusion. It seems unless the analyst is a dedicated Dolphin fan, they just don’t put the work in to make an informed report. Do I think we should be ranked at the bottom? No. We have too many weapons on offense that — if they click — should allow us to score enough to win a lot of games. Our defense at this point is suspect, and that could be a factor as to why we’re being held to a lower standard, but in my opinion, this team is more of a question mark than an actual bad team on paper. While we shouldn’t be considered one of the top tier teams right now, we definitely shouldn’t be considered one of the bottom either. Until we see if things change and click, there’s really no way to determine what kind of a team they will be. So ranking the Dolphins somewhere in the middle makes perfect sense.
21Dave asks why?
Why should they respect us? What have we done to change the narrative? 2 years ago they said our name with more respect for the first part of the season, then we became the same old Dolphins backed into a Wildcard and and then went home . We showed them we are the same team we have been for years… avg!! We need to go out and earn the respect and beat some good teams and beat them well.
sdphinsfan believes that some of it, rightfully, comes from playing like...
