Why are we here?

why are we here? good question. i think like minded people tend to gravitate towords each other. passion for the dolphins is a big part of that. i dont usually turn away from the games to join in the game threads, but it’s cool to read people’s thoughts afterwords.

It’s all things Dolphins, from the zany to the informative. And,….by the fans. Another thing, as I travel a bit and could find myself at games at different locations it has led me to meeting other Dol-Fans/Phinsiders at said games. NJ and MrMedic come to mind, but there have been others too. In my mind, that is pretty cool.

I find the game threads take too much work,….it’s hard for me to relax and enjoy the game while reading and typing between plays and in commercials.
All in all, I love the Phinsider…

for the information, and because I have alot of free time on my hands. I also enjoy controversy and arguments and watching other people blow up on each other.

Well clearly there aren’t as many, reasons that is, to be here…hence far less time spent on the site.

After a time, you more or less start to see the same material/antics repeated and it goes quite stale.

Although, all too often I come here and receive a bit too much JEST prattle(yawn), thephinsider.com is the best site for Dolphins related information and I love spending time here :D

keep up the good work Matty as well as all the contributors here.

a lot of us grew up without this kind of close range chat, and i’m always impressed with others’ knowledge. i hope this passes the ‘count rugen test.’

The news, the opinions, and the interaction.
I love a good debate (obviously)….. but I also learn more about the game, the players, and everything in between more than anywhere else…

As I don’t think my plans have panned out, is Court Jester available?

I’m here because my thoughts should preserved forever in print, media, and video whenever possible….

living and dying with every run, pass, interception, win, loss…in the early 70s

There I was in my early twenties, and instead of being obsessed with job or boyfriend or whatever, the Fins were my obsession, and I don’t even know how I got so obsessed with them, but I did. And I’ve said it before on here that when Csonka and the others jumped to the WFL I actually contemplated suicide. It was at that point when I forced myself to end my obsession with them and try to get on with life. Yet I was still a bit obsessed with them, but not in a life or death way.

Prior to the mid-2000s (when our son became a football fan and wanted to watch games), the last Fins game I watched was Supe 19 and the empty feeling of Montana wiping out Marino and the Fins was too much. I couldn’t go back to that point again, and the following NFL season we were without TV, so I basically stopped following them. In the meantime, I had kids, became committed to Christ, taught in school and homeschooled, etc., until mid-2005, when I saw the Fins win something like 6 in a row…except every now and then I looked in over the net at what the Fins were doing. And I couldn’t believe how far the Fins had fallen, and then 2006 and 2007. But when Parcells took over, I KNEW the Fins would get back to where they should be, and that is happening now. That’s why I’m here, but good or bad I’ll be a Fins fan regardless, just not obsessed with them. when they lose I can now sleep at night….and when they win I can now sleep at night!

I write fan posts because I love to write, and I write here (instead of, say, Bleacher Report) because the Phinsider is perhaps the best Fins fan site on the internet, and commenting is fairly easy, and most folks here know what they are talking about.

I come here first for the news and opinion. I think many of the people here could write better and more knowledgeable articles about the Phins and football in general than virtually any of the writers at MH, SS & PBP. Articles and other info on the Phins is posted here (FanShots) from so many sources that I never knew existed nor that I would be willing to pay to join. It is a fast compact easy way to get the latest updates. I have learned so much about the game as well as various players and the team as a whole over the last 2 years that I would not know where to begin describing it.

Second, I enjoy the banter with a number of like-minded folks that comment regularly here. Yes, I know that at times we get off-subject, but when have you EVER been in a conversation FTF that did not get off-subject at times? That makes it fun to read because it is more like FTF real life.

Yes I am tired of the 10,000 bust on PW posts and the 100,000 bust on Jest posts, but hey, this is still probably THE most active board on SBN, so things like that are bound to happen. I have noticed that the 10,000 bust on Teddy G have virtually stopped! this is a good thing. But hey, sometimes you have to take the bad with the good. Natalya, I just don’t read the posts about which I am tired of seeing. That way I do not have the same bad taste left behind that you must.

There are a great many people here who comment regularly comment who are very knowledgeable and I appreciate their sharing of said knowledge (you included Nats). There are a few trolls here as well and for the most part I just ignore their comments.

Thank you Matty, Lefty, Mosul, Medic for your posts all stand head and shoulders above the rest in my mind. DolphDallas has some of the wackiest ideas, but they ARE fun to read as well. I have read a huge number of posts by others over the last year that had much information as well as opinion in them as well, its just that the first 4 have made the most that stood out, were timely and well written.

Thank you all.

So this is the only way I can tell if my opinions on our team sync up with most other fans. I’m just interested in what we as a fanbase think, and it’s fun to read other fans’ opinions.

I go to other sites for my other sports teams. None have as good a cast of characters or community as this one.

I hate all this complaining about Chicken Little Syndrome – we’re very reasoned and intelligent on here for the most part, and we need to recognise that and feel good about it.

To without a doubt vent. And hopefully find some information on my team. Mostly vent about our miscues tho lol

& also inendated with 12-16 year old’s once school’s were let out!

• “THX VFF13” for the mention" **********************************