Entering the long off-season it honestly felt like the Miami Dolphins lost their direction in 2017. Leadership in general came into question in early October when the video of Chris Foerster snorting the white stuff surfaced. It didn’t feel like it at the time, but those actions ran so deep, the season was probably done on that fateful day. As it turned out, it was…
We all know the tale, Chris Foerster filmed himself in his Miami Dolphin’s office prior to a team meeting. There’s no sense in rehashing the details, but what is worth writing about is the effect Foerster’s actions had on the Miami Dolphins. Kijuana Njie’s reason for leaking the video coupled perfectly with what NFL players were protesting, racial inequality in America.
Chris Foerster left Adam Gase hanging out to dry…
How does Gase insist on players being entirely focused on football when his assistant head coach has completely compromised his message? This wasn’t some seedy bar or strip joint, this was right in the very facility where players are expected to respect the code. How does Gase tell the players not to protest, or to remain united and stay out of trouble when his assistant head coach was sending videos to his snorting platter “girlfriend” from his office?
Shouldn’t someone in the Miami Dolphin’s organization have known about Foerster’s issue?
Pandora’s Box opens wider when the whole situation seemed to disappear with the disappearance of Kijuana Njie. One is left to wonder how wide Stephen Ross’ wallet opened to make her go away. There was obviously a price for her silence, but there is no price for the integrity of the Miami Dolphins, especially in the eyes of players believing there is racial inequality.
Like Kijuana Njie, Chris Foerster just went away. Money talks and makes bullshit walk…
There are reports that prior to his altercation, Rey Maualuga was regular on the late night party scene. “Why did Adam Gase allow this to go on? Where was the institutional control?” Well that answer is pretty simple, his assistant head coach was sending drug videos from his freaking office desk!
“Rey don’t you go out there and drink!”
Yeah, it all works really well together doesn’t it? Thank you Chris Foerster!
Adam Gase has been tight lipped about Foerster and Boss Ross certainly told him to never mention it again, but Gase must be stewing inside. Foerster was a supposedly a respected NFL coach and if we assume he hid these issues well enough, than this came as a complete blindside. How do you tell Laremy Tunsil to stay off the weed when Foerster is snorting in the other room?
How do you tell players to spend more time in their playbooks when your coach is in Las Vegas making a platter of his “girlfriend” because you’re stuck in LA during a hurricane?
Perhaps this is the problem on a grand-scale. There are distractions and illicit activities in every city in America, but Miami… Mix a few rich football players in with a few South Beach hotties looking for a good time and what does that equal? TROUBLE!
Mix a snorting coach in with the trouble and you got double-trouble…
The leader is leading the party!
Perhaps paying for this to go away is not the right approach to fixing the problem. The Miami Dolphins cannot ignore the issues inherent with where the team resides. This community has a seedy underside and if the Dolphins want players to avoid that side of the street they are going to have choose the players on this football team very wisely.
More importantly, the Miami Dolphins must choose their leaders wisely…
Chris Foerster left Adam Gase hanging out to dry…
Should Gase and his assistants submit to drug testing? Are NFL coaches’ drug tested or is this another example of racial inequality when the players must submit, but the hierarchy is exempt?
The web continues to tangle when Colt’s owner Jim Irsay's mistress, Kimberly Wundrum, overdosed and died in a house that Irsay controversially purchased with money belonging to the Indianapolis Colts. According to Indianapolis Star sports columnist Bob Kravitz, Irsay has an ongoing drug problem…
How does the NFL balance out team doctors giving pain killers to players so they can take the field on Sunday and then ask for a urine sample on Monday? Put all of these instances together and it seems clear the NFL has fostered a culture of drug abuse. It leads to the question, did Chris Foerster’s video get him caught publically for doing what was accepted privately?
Anyone who has ever worked 16 hours a day will tell you there was a lot of coffee involved…
It almost seems like this is a case of what goes on in the locker room stays in the locker room. In the long term, expecting locker room antics to stay contained in our social media connected world is probably foolish. Bad things happen when these antics go public, ask Richie Incognito. Choose wisely Miami, expecting 20 something rich kids to act like they’re responsible 60 somethings is asking a lot.
Oh wait, they're just acting like Chris Foerster and Jim Irsay…
Never mind… Never mind… Never mind…
Anyone have a carpet we can brush this under? We need a carpet over here…
