Jonathan Martin and the Miami Dolphins

It's hard to imagine Stanford as a "wimpy" school, especially since he played for someone who is considered a hardass.

It sounded like he was bullied at Westlake, but not at Stanford.

Like anything else, I know people who have come out of schools like Harvard Westlake who were completely coddled and you can tell and others who went to schools like that and they're every bit as gritty and driven as anyone else. I think it's more of a reflection of the way he was raised than the schools...

 

Hey, I'm just quoting him: I mostly blame the soft schools I went to…

 

I'm guessing if you listed teams with the most coaching changes in the last 10-15 years, Miami would be in the top 3... Never a good sign...

 

For someone who would seem to have everything going for him, how does someone like Martin become a bullying target in high school... If it was an older brother or parent, that would make more sense, but he definitely is not your typical HS bullying victim. In no way does that justify anything that Incognito or any of the other players did to him.

 

Well, the combined number of years since 1965 the Lions and the NFL franchise known as the Cleveland Browns have not sucked can pretty much be counted on your fingers.

But most current NFL fans vaguely remember times from the 1970s-1990s the Dolphins and Raiders were powerhouses and most have seen videos about the 17-0 'Phins of '72.

 

Agreed all the way.
It really is a shit show of an organization.
It seemed very unlikely to happen.

 

So, when do they announce suspensions for Jerry and Pouncey and/or reinstatement for Incognito?

 

And none of it has stuck to Bill Parcells who was in charge much of that time. Brought in Ireland.

 

We should remember how a model sports franchise handled a situation where a star player physically assaulted a team employee:

Boys will be boys.

 

That's right.
This is the one shit puddle Parcells left and doesn't get called out on.

 

The NFL is a breeding ground of toxic masculinity.

 

And Parcells didn't just leave. He ran away.