[Mick]

This story has me really riled up.  The more I read about it, the more upset I get.

If I hear one more time someone criticizing Martin for backing down or walking away, I think I will blow a gasket.  Where to begin?  Incognito does not appear to be a sane, rational person.  If you come after him, it is very hard to predict how he will react.  I don't think he will be cowed.  I think it would actually make him more aggressive.  He really doesn't get it.  His only comment after all of this media frenzy is that he is waiting for the storm to pass.

More importantly, it wasn't just Incognito.  It was the entire team culture it appears like.  This team appointed Incognito to the six-member leadership council.  Other offensive linemen were in on the prank at the lunchroom table.  What is far worse is the report that alleges that the coaches had asked Incognito to toughen Martin up.  If that is true (and I have a strong hunch it is), where was Martin to turn here?  The entire organization appears corrupt.

And, by the way, I think the owner Stephen Ross suspects similar.  There is a reason he asked the NFL to get involved.  His alarm bells probably started ringing when he first heard of these reports and figured an internally prepared report wouldn't be objective as management has their own interests here.

I am fully 100% in Martin's camp here.  I hope he gets to play football again.  If these reports about Incognito being pushed into toughening up Martin by the coaches are true, I hope Martin sues the Dolphins.  And I want to see Ross clean house at the Dolphins organization.  Don't get me started on how they have had to backtrack their public statements over the weekend.  I don't see any way the coach survives this and I would think the GM's job is in jeopardy.

Based upon the cretins I've known over the years, this smells like management who told Incognito to straighten Martin out, Incognito is a complete loose cannon with many years of bad behavior in his past. 

And don't look now, but apparently the same happened at kal where the freshman walk on who was beaten into a major concussion was apparently late for practice, which forced the entire team to run additional sprints.  According to the article, the team was told to handle the frosh in the way that they saw fit, which apparently means giving him a major concussion.

[Mick]

This story has me really riled up.  The more I read about it, the more upset I get.

If I hear one more time someone criticizing Martin for backing down or walking away, I think I will blow a gasket.  Where to begin?  Incognito does not appear to be a sane, rational person.  If you come after him, it is very hard to predict how he will react.  I don't think he will be cowed.  I think it would actually make him more aggressive.  He really doesn't get it.  His only comment after all of this media frenzy is that he is waiting for the storm to pass.

More importantly, it wasn't just Incognito.  It was the entire team culture it appears like.  This team appointed Incognito to the six-member leadership council.  Other offensive linemen were in on the prank at the lunchroom table.  What is far worse is the report that alleges that the coaches had asked Incognito to toughen Martin up.  If that is true (and I have a strong hunch it is), where was Martin to turn here?  The entire organization appears corrupt.

And, by the way, I think the owner Stephen Ross suspects similar.  There is a reason he asked the NFL to get involved.  His alarm bells probably started ringing when he first heard of these reports and figured an internally prepared report wouldn't be objective as management has their own interests here.

I am fully 100% in Martin's camp here.  I hope he gets to play football again.  If these reports about Incognito being pushed into toughening up Martin by the coaches are true, I hope Martin sues the Dolphins.  And I want to see Ross clean house at the Dolphins organization.  Don't get me started on how they have had to backtrack their public statements over the weekend.  I don't see any way the coach survives this and I would think the GM's job is in jeopardy.

Based upon the cretins I've known over the years, this smells like management who told Incognito to straighten Martin out, Incognito is a complete loose cannon with many years of bad behavior in his past. 

And don't look now, but apparently the same happened at kal where the freshman walk on who was beaten into a major concussion was apparently late for practice, which forced the entire team to run additional sprints.  According to the article, the team was told to handle the frosh in the way that they saw fit, which apparently means giving him a major concussion.