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Thursday Morning Practice Reports: Dolphins Rumble

Sadly, today is the last day of these practice reports, as the following practices will be closed to fans and media.  But the ultimate highlight of the day was a big-time fight that broke out, which you can read about below:

PALM BEACH POST PRACTICE REPORT
Highlights include:

-Seems to be a lighter practice
-Brandon Fields, along with Dan Carpenter, is practicing onside kicks
-Vonnie Holliday not practicing with team, but is moving well doing during agility drills
-A fight breaks out at camp, with Will Allen on top of David Kircus, "wildly throwing punches"
-Pennington and Henne both throw interceptions during team drills
-After practice, Tony Sparano keeps pretty much everyone who was on the team last year on the field for an extra little talk

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SUN-SENTINEL FIGHT REPORT
This was the real talk of practice today, so let's talk more about it.  It's being reported that the fight started when Will Allen, who was covering David Kircus, threw a cheap-shot elbow at Kircus' chin.  The pass went out of bounds.  Allen then jumped on Kircus and began throwing punches.  Kircus didn't fight back.  The report goes on to say:

Then all heck broke loose as offensive players came to Kircus' rescue. Penalty flags were being thrown and coach's whistles were tweeting but to no avail as a 40-second brawl ensued.

It appeared as if the player who jumped in was TE Sean Ryan, but that's not definite because there were too many players on top of the pile. This was not your typical training camp fight when boys will be boys. There was anger and cheap shots being thrown. Fortunately, practice continued and Allen and Kircus were matched up against each other several more times without incident.

My thoughts?  I like the fire.  Nobody got hurt.  And I like how the offense defended the offense and the defense defended the defense.  The fact that Allen and Kircus were lined up together later in practice without incident tells me this is over.

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but I, like Sparano and crew, would prefer the ’tude targeting Jax et al.

by OntheGo on Aug 14, 2008 2:06 PM EDT reply actions  

I wonder what Kircus did to provoke Allen

and why Kirkus didn’t fight back. that hardly sounds like him.

-LCFF

by LeftCoastFinFan on Aug 14, 2008 2:41 PM EDT reply actions  

maybe..

he didnt fight back because he knows he has a strong chance of making the team. and didnt want to have fighting the starting CB counted against him. i mean what if he fought back and pulled a steve smith, and hurt allen, obv our best corner? like i read somewhere else kircus probably owed allen some money

by jwillis9 on Aug 14, 2008 2:50 PM EDT reply actions  

It is obvious, that this coaching staff have control!!

YEAH RIGHT!!!!! LOL
This is going to be a great year!!, for depresions LOL

I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)

by Aleta on Aug 14, 2008 4:02 PM EDT reply actions  

Sparano don't have control over this team!!

If you don’t see it, that is cool with me.
Read
“This was not your typical training camp fight when boys will be boys”
This is somthing that is not normal, so, basically, this team is out of control, WHO’s control? make the math!!

I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)

by Aleta on Aug 14, 2008 4:43 PM EDT reply actions  

Sparano...

Got asked about whether John Beck would be cut later today.

LOL. Where do they get this stuff?

www.thephinisher.com

by The Phinisher on Aug 14, 2008 5:01 PM EDT reply actions  

I didn't get anything..

i just read the part. The thing about a fight that was not a normal fight IS something to worry. That might make team chemistry to vanish or been non existance. That is what i’m worry about. If you guys don’t see it like that, that is find, but non of the less, it worry me.

I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)

by Aleta on Aug 14, 2008 9:21 PM EDT reply actions  

fights happen all the time in practice

And obviously nothing else happend afterwards, everone was cool with each other.
Lets save some of that fire for the Jets game

Why so serious?

by Patssuck456 on Aug 14, 2008 9:32 PM EDT up reply actions  

Are we serious???

Fights happen ALL the time in training camp. These guys are hitting each other and going after each other for several straight weeks now trying to impress and make this team. And because of a fight between the two we think Sparano doesn’t have control over this team? WOW….

Spend some time at training camp – especially this time of year as cut downs get closer. These things happen all the time.

Definition of Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results...

by azphinner on Aug 15, 2008 10:51 AM EDT up reply actions  

People!!

Im not saying that there are NOT fighting on TC
What worrys me is this not from the part

“This was not your typical training camp fight when boys will be boys. There was anger and cheap shots being thrown.”

This WAS NOT TOUR TYPICAL CAMP FIGHT….

That in particular is worrysome to my. That’s all.

I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)

by Aleta on Aug 15, 2008 6:15 PM EDT reply actions  

okay, but if you look at it differently, it's a good thing

The offenses and defenses were sticking together! Ryan jumped in for Kirk, and Joey jumped in for Allen. That shows some loyalty and team spirit. Also, these guys are PUMPED! they are ready to start beating the snot outta the other team. how cool is that after the meltdown and lack of intensity last year?

very cool!

-LCFF

by LeftCoastFinFan on Aug 15, 2008 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions  

I saw it that way

but the Dolphins know how to turn positive stuff into a disaster. Let’s hope this year is going to be diff. But definitly penniless will be in a short leash. I still think that we need to put Henne or Beck in there and make them or break them. Forget about forging qb’s in silk towells. Put then in there for one or two years, like every other team, and then make a decision.

I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)

by Aleta on Aug 15, 2008 11:04 PM EDT reply actions  

it's gonna be good this year, my friend.

maybe not great, and it might take a couple of years to get back to the playoffs, but I believe we are on our way up.

:)

-LCFF

by LeftCoastFinFan on Aug 16, 2008 1:50 AM EDT up reply actions  

I will vote for

PEDRO!!
Lets get it done!!
8-8 here we come.

I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)

by Aleta on Aug 16, 2008 4:25 PM EDT reply actions  

ROFL!!!

you just go from one extreme to the other, doncha?

Are you bipolar?

:)

-LCFF

by LeftCoastFinFan on Aug 16, 2008 6:25 PM EDT up reply actions  

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