Hard Knocks - Miami

Originally Posted by Clyde

I was listening to Dan Patrick this morning and he raised a good question.

Why would a team let HBO in? What's in it for them?

IMO Miami needs leadership. This shows the innmates will not run the place there. Chad had/showed zero respect toward their leadership before this. Perfect scenario for Miami. If that were a J Taylor kind of guy I don't think it would have been filmed.

Originally Posted by stick1

IMO Miami needs leadership. This shows the innmates will not run the place there. Chad had/showed zero respect toward their leadership before this. Perfect scenario for Miami. If that were a J Taylor kind of guy I don't think it would have been filmed.

So your feeling is that the organization benefits because its fans see leadership?

Originally Posted by Clyde

Video of Philbin telling Chad he's been cut.

Joe Philbin Cutting Chad Johnson on Hard Knocks Was Great TV | The Big Lead

Makes me feel bad for him just a hair but he has no one to blame but himself.

Skip Bayless thinks it was a low blow to Chad and Philbin has been out to get Chad from the word go and make himself a star by running Chad out of town.

Originally Posted by theguru

Skip Bayless thinks it was a low blow to Chad and Philbin has been out to get Chad from the word go and make himself a star by running Chad out of town.

It's a low blow for ESPN to insult my intelligence by putting that clown on TV all the time. There is no way he believes half of the stupid things he says.

Originally Posted by HammerTime

It's a low blow for ESPN to insult my intelligence by putting that clown on TV all the time. There is no way he believes half of the stupid things he says.

I rarely watch that kind of TV (First Take) but thought I would turn it on today because The View was a re-run. I was shocked at Skip's take on the situation and like you I have a very hard time believing that Skip believes everything he had to say.

What may in the long run turn out to be the most damaging aspect of the Hard Knocks coverage for Chad is the degree to which his on the field skills have diminished. There were multiple clips of him being covered, ill prepared, unable to grasp the play, unable to sniff even a bit of daylight when running pass patterns, manhandled and dropping passes.

Originally Posted by theguru

I rarely watch that kind of TV (First Take) but thought I would turn it on today because The View was a re-run.

Hold on. I'm just taking this in.

Originally Posted by stick1

Anybody find a place to watch it online?

Yes. Believe it or not both episodes are on youtube.

Originally Posted by HammerTime

Makes me feel bad for him just a hair but he has no one to blame but himself.

He took a receipt for a box of condoms out of the store and left it out in the open in his vehicle. While still a newlywed. My man card won't allow me to feel the slightest bit bad for him. Big dummy.

Cashier: Would you like your receipt, sir?


Should have been Chad: Child please!!!!!

Originally Posted by theguru

Each Tuesday night at 10pm but you should be able to set your DVR up to catch re-runs.

What is this "D" "V" "R" you speak of ...

Originally Posted by Clyde

I'm curious to see if "Always Open" makes the 53.

You mean 7-11?

If Hard Knocks is not in Miami, I don't think Chad gets cut that soon if at all.

Originally Posted by I gotta go to work

If Hard Knocks is not in Miami, I don't think Chad gets cut that soon if at all.

Disagree.

For me, the jury is still out on Philbin as an NFL coach but he looks to be high character and a man of his word from what I can see and there were several issues with Chad and you know all that stuff was covered when the signed him.

Originally Posted by Clyde

So your feeling is that the organization benefits because its fans see leadership?

No I think the team benefits because it shows the leadership is not about one guy it's about doing what's best for the team. I think they didn't care about filming it because Chad had been a problem child leading up to the arrest with his Twitter antics etc.
I also don't know how HBO's contract is. They might not be able to keep them out on stuff like that don't really know.

I like Philbin more and more.

Originally Posted by Clyde

I like Philbin more and more.

I like him too but you can tell from his demeanor when he is "In Charge" and when he is giving some lip service. For example, with Steinbach, Philbin sat on the couch and you could tell he really like Eric and was engaged in the conversation. However, when the boyz came in to meet with Philbin over Chad he sat in the King's chair and his active listening skills were much different and forced. Philbin was obviously not thrilled about the conversation and in my opinion it showed. He ended that session my making those players think there were getting a voice in decisions in the future while not really committing to anything formal. If the players on the Dolphins study that episode and Philbin's demeanor they will gain a lot of insight on their new head coach.

On the wives note, Jake Locker's wife is hot and way out of his league.
Les Brown's girlfriend is former miss Utah.

Philbin is so inspiring, the tight end coach is probably better still than all his TE's, the GM already comes off as an arrogant jerk, and I love the Offensive Line coach.

For the people that don't have HBO it's on fastpasstv.ms