The World According to Gase

Antwan Staley wrote:As the Dolphins are in preparations for the game against the Jaguars, the Jacksonville media asked head coach Adam Gase about the team’s abysmal road record compared to their 6-1 record at home. Gase had a puzzling answer to why the Dolphins have struggled during their road outings.

“I think our away games we played some good teams,” Gase said. “We caught Cincinnati when they were first the division and one of the hottest offenses in football. We had opportunities in that game. New England is always a tough place to play. That’s probably why they have the best home record over the last three years. Indy was hot when we got them. Green Bay was still playing pretty good at the time. Houston, obviously, has continued playing well through the entire year. We got Minnesota probably at the wrong time where it was do-or-die for them. They make a coaching change, and their guys were pretty fired up to play. They’re a tough defense. We got caught on the wrong end of that one and played it poorly as a whole team and we got way behind on a team you can’t get behind on.”

Gase sounds like is making up excuses for why the Dolphins have been severally outplayed on the road this season. It is rare to hear any head coach say comments like this as his quotes are something a fan on Twitter would tweet defending his or her team.

Second, why wasn’t the game a “do-or-die” game for the Dolphins? Entering last weekend’s game, the Dolphins knew they needed to win to maintain a good chance to make the playoffs. Now with their 41-17 loss to the Vikings, the Dolphins will need a near miracle to make the postseason.

It seems like Gase has accepted the Dolphins are nothing more than a mediocre team. A head coach is supposed to be a leader of men and Gase’s actions, and comments recently are showing he is anything but a leader.

white1 wrote:I understand his point, and it's probably valid.

This is doing him no favors, though.  Not at all.  Hell, we were in position to WIN the Bengals and Colts games! And the Vikings game was one of the ugliest performances in recent history.  Oh, and I saw it in real-life and LIVE, and yes it was damn ugly.

The fans and beat writers don't want to hear this kind of talk from their head coach.  This is not a good look for him...

Degarmo wrote:Maybe he should go sit on the bench by himself some more and really think about what he's done.

DolFan 316 wrote:I really do think at this point Gase actually WANTS to be fired just to get away from the stench of this organization. When it happens it'll take him years to recover, if he ever does. It seems as if GMs who get fired from Miami do go on to be better elsewhere but coaches do not.