Comments on: Dolphins struggling to keep season-ticket base at 30,000

By: thehawg

thehawg — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:20:18 +0000

The seats are to far from the field.

By: mmcdan133

mmcdan133 — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:58:17 +0000

Priorities are different there. Martinis are 30 dollars, sunglasses are 400, mani/pedi 120, acting lessons 150/wk. How are they supposed to afford dolphins tickets?

By: goblock0

goblock0 — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:29:18 +0000

If you had a grand or two, who would you want to watch…the Fins or the Miami Heat.

It’s not even close.

By: swagger52

swagger52 — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:05:41 +0000

Rex Ryan was almost right…Can somebody in the weak AFC East beat New England besides them…oh wait..not even them.

By: dirtierwater

dirtierwater — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:04:46 +0000

Bah, I don’t see that this franchise is doing wrong. They’re building through the draft, ie, not blowing their cap on driftwood. Sticking to defensive principles, and are more often then not, pain-in-the-butts to beat. An impact player on offense would equate to immediate wins (and seats), imo.

By: foreigncarnut

foreigncarnut — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:21:32 +0000

SOme of the NFL rules are self-defeating. Not letting the games be broadcast locally if the seats are not filled just propagates less interest. If fans can’t watch them on TV, they’ll do something else on Sundays. Then the more Sundays they do something else, the less football is on their mind and the less inclined they are to watch when they are on TV.

Trying to punish fans for lack of interest does not work. To create interest, supply an interesting product.

So far ownership seems clueless to this.

By: brianbosworthisstonecold

brianbosworthisstonecold — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:28:36 +0000

Miami needs movie magic to fill the stands. ILM could do it.

By: FinFan68

FinFan68 — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:27:13 +0000

wannstache says:
Apr 22, 2012 7:52 PM
To FinFan68:

Give us an example of Ross actually spending big on either players or coaches. And not him SAYING he’s willing to spend big, but him actually spending big. Stories leaked to the media by the organization about his willingness to spend don’t count.
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OK, how about two? Dansby, Marshall…I’m sure there are probably more examples but these guys were/are paid towards the high end for their respective positions and a legitimate argument can be made that they were paid too much when they were acquired. As for the coaches, it was widely reported and confirmed by Harbaugh that Ross made a huge contract offer. Stop buying in to the negative media hype and think about things for yourself rather than relying on the consensus opinion that is often wrong.

By: db105

db105 — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:16:04 +0000

Are there any season ticket holders that have had any luck with seat relocations in recent years?

By: db105

db105 — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:56:52 +0000

Might help if the Phins ticket office would do a credible job in relocating season ticket holders to better locations. Most season ticket holders that I know are always told that better seat loocations are not available.

By: getsome99

getsome99 — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:51:58 +0000

This is typical of the Miami fans. The Cowboys have been mediocre for 16 years, but have a much better fan base who supports them through thick and thin. Even with an owner like Jerry Jones who makes horrible personnel decisions. When Miami starts winning, they will pick up a new generation of fans and hopefully the fans who are giving up their season tickets don’t come back. They can go reminisce about the glory years of Dan Marino and the ZERO Lombardi trophy’s that he brought to South Beach.

By: doob187

doob187 — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:09:12 +0000

I am a Dolphins fan in California, and I have been one for decades through the good times and the bad… but how long do we haft put up with the bad times. Ross needs to retrieve the 1%’s of the team from the minority owners… ditch the orange carpet, fire Jeff Ireland, get a football minded GM, get a QB for ****s sake, and restore this once proud franchise to what it once was. It’s time to climb out of the clown car Ross… If you build it they will come

By: 305fan

305fan — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:05:23 +0000

To all posters suggesting the team be moved, go f*#k yourself. Lots of teams have slumps yet they stay put, only to improve in time and become winners like the Pats, Jets, and lions. The problem here is our idiot owner and moron GM. Change that and things will improve.

By: ghjjf

ghjjf — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:02:17 +0000

Miami is the ultimate bandwagon town. Wins is the only thing that will fill up the seats, and that’s assuming those “fans” have nothing better to do.

By: 1972wasalongtimeago

1972wasalongtimeago — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:32:10 +0000

Everyone wants everyone else to buy tickets so they can watch the game on TV, with AC, in Hi Def. But the thing is, all those other people want the same thing.

Why pay $200 for corner end zone seats and parking when $150 will get you Red Zone Channel? And if that means you don’t see the Matt Moore/David Garrard led Dolphins? Oh well.

Of course, I’m still an idiot because I have season tickets. Forever. And it hasn’t been easy. I’d love to bail, bit I go with my son and it’s a bonding experience. If not for him, I’d have given up a ling time ago. Probably 2004.

By: alonestartexan

alonestartexan — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:20:24 +0000

dolphan22 says:
Apr 22, 2012 6:32 PM
Where is the negative press for teams that’s actually picking in the top 5??

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Well…

The Colts have won about 8/10 of their division championships the past ten years..

The Redskins are pretty inept, I’ll give you that.

The Vikings were in the NFC Championship Game a couple seasons ago..

The Browns, I’ll also give you, they’re inept but atleast their fanbase buys tickets.

The Bucs, well.. they went from Super Bowl Champions to inept to Youngry to inept again, but they’ve won a Super Bowl in the last 30 years.

By: mcjon22

mcjon22 — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:15:55 +0000

Unfortunently, the damage is done. The new ownership chased away the die hard fans with all the glitz and celebrities, orange carpet and night clubs. They made the game a side show in a circus and alienated the majority of the fan base. To just say its because they haven’t won is short sighted. Those Wannstedt years were terrible and they did go 1-15 remember, and still had at least 65 k in the stands. The problem is Stephen Ross and the fact fans dispize him. Unless they win BIG, nothing will change.

By: wannstache

wannstache — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:52:05 +0000

To FinFan68:

By: promickey

promickey — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:46:16 +0000

Stephen Ross and Jeff Ireland are certainly not to blame. Consider that a very elite billionaire Wayne Huizenga owned the Dolphins and gave
complete control to those esteemed coaches and VP of Operations that he hired. Actually three
coaches; Jimmy Johnson, Nick Saban and Bill Parcells who was in charge of getting some
talent. A former scout told me when Parcells was hired; How out of touch he was with today’s NFL
offenses, that he recruits big slow players and that he leaves an organization early. Well it all has
happened and now others take the blame. Moreover Jimmy Johnson and Nick Saban also left. All took the money and ran to leave the Miami Dolphins’ organization in chaos and without a definitive type of direction. Wayne Huizenga wanted to dress up the organization so he hired a guy like Bill Parcells who is known by NFL insiders and scouts as a very poor personnel guy. Parcells does not identify talent nor can he recruit skill position players. Do you need more proof than the drafting of Pat White and Chad Henne? So now the Dolphins must recover from the hiring of two big name coaches and another big name former coach who was hired by a desperate to sell owner. The Dolphins have fallen to the low they are today due to an owner who left the job to the very elite coaches who simply took the money and ran without finishing the job. I see things turning around with Joe Philbin as coach and mentor to Ross on how a team or organization should be built. He’s a different personality type from the money grabbing high esteemed coaches of the past. He will use the successful model from the Green Bay Packers and build his own reputation.

By: phinfan

phinfan — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:25:57 +0000

Did PFT turn into Professional Fins Trashing? Seems everyday we find a new way to put a negative spin on Miami..wtf pft

By: rajbais

rajbais — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:15:16 +0000

Serves them right!!!!

All they needed to do was fire Sparano AND Ireland after 2010 and not keep Carl Peterson and do the Harbaugh interview with NO vacancy!!!!

Stephen Ross (graduate of the most overrated school ever, University of Michigan) is the NFL’s worst owner!!!

It also serves him right to see J-LO divorce minority stake owner Marc Anthony because she can get away from him and the soon-to-be dreadful Fins!!!!

By: vetdana

vetdana — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:13:31 +0000

Poor Miami fans are facing 8 blackouts this year, no home games on TV.

and the NFL is idiotic to think that blackouts are going to drive fans …back into the stadium !!

Blackouts will only drive away..fan interest in the team !

By: MichaelEdits

MichaelEdits — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:04:37 +0000

Maybe they can use a second-rounder to draft some new season ticket holders.

By: fredmartin121

fredmartin121 — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 23:03:54 +0000

Phins have been relevant for seemingly a few minutes — Parcells’s first couple years before he bailed when the circus came to town — in the last decade.

By: kobra71

kobra71 — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:57:05 +0000

I am a die heart Dolphin fan! But I am not a season ticket holder nor go to games because I just cant stand the heat sitting out there for 3 1/2 hours plus I don’t walk so good. But I do support my team in every way other then going to games. But I have to say this team is a joke!!! We need to get rid of the owner and General Manager. Neither one has no clue what they are doing at all. I reserve judgement “right now” on are coaching staff till I see how he coaches this team. But I do wish are owner would fire the GM and sell the team to someone who actually knows the game!

By: upby3

upby3 — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:42:13 +0000

I am a Raiders fan so I totally understand the discontent of the Dolphins fan base.
Unfortunatley if you are a true fan, you live through the good times and bad. Like it or not.

By: sod61

sod61 — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:40:32 +0000

I am a 51 year old lifelong dolphin fan. i am ashamed to say we have the worst fans in the nfl. Miami should be thankful they have a team and continue to support it or risk losing it. last season was the best. after we lose to pats first game, 5o,000 “fill” the stands for the next game against houston. I can understand a crowd like that at the end of the season but not the 2nd game. not surprising though after years of watching any late season opponents fans being louder than ours or watching half the stadium leave midway thru the 3rd quarter if we are behind.

By: bostonhasrealhockey

bostonhasrealhockey — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:37:10 +0000

You were complete at dolphins struggling

By: dolphan22

dolphan22 — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:36:24 +0000

Throw a “what are rams gonna do about a defensive coordinator” or “why tebow chose jets over hometown team”,what about “who are the jets receiving options besides holmes” I’m just saying…there are 1000s of negative things you can say about other teams,but we are the only constant…I don’t get it.

By: dolphan22

dolphan22 — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:32:06 +0000

Where is the negative press for teams that’s actually picking in the top 5?? Yet I see a dolphins “negative” post everyday almost…maybe I’m crazy,but I realistically think the media does not like the dolphins at all..especially this site.