European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 9, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse Win it All not Greg Stoda Palm Beach Fla Post it is according to the . Mileage Chart in my frayed and crumpled world Atlas Road map Magazine an imposing 2,348 Miles from Miami to Phoenix. The significance therein is that Phoenix of suburban Tempe is the 1996 site of super bowl xxx and the concluding episode to an nil season that is exactly one game old. Apparently however a new land Speed record was established labor Day weekend or Call the vehicle the Dolphan a when a bandwagon pulled out of the Joe Robbie stadium parking lot sunday night carrying 70,000something devotees dressed in various shades of Aqua Orange and White. Reports from Arizona confirm that a 4v5-month tailgate party began in Earnest during the wee hours of monday morning. The cause for such Celebration was nothing More than Miami a season opening 52-14 pounding of the new York jets which in context should have been taken As nothing More than business As usual. Instead a dreamy fog has clouded the minds of Many Dolphin fans during these Days shrouded in now or never dread. Reality is that quarterback Dan Marino a Long the dolphins meal ticket but a Man who has never Savoured a winners super bowl meal a Isnit going to be around forever. Reality is to that end the Miami brain Trust has constructed a mechanism that appears to be a top of the line Model. But those realities have somehow combined to produce a hallucinate be vision that fuels the Dolphan. Hey Check the dashboard. See the red warning Light blinking at you it s a Long Way to Phoenix a Tempe. And we re not talking Miles either. Here Are five reasons the dolphins will not win super bowl xxx 1. The san Francisco 49ers Are still members of the nil. A this is the team to beat which comes As no Surprise to anyone not Riding in the Dolphan. Sure the liners narrowly escaped sunday is. The saints 24-22but winning at new Orleans is hardly Ever a simple assignment. San Francisco still has Steve Young throwing the Ball Jerry Rice catching it and a defense a with or without Deion Sanders adaptable enough to handle most opponents. 2. The Dallas cowboys Are still members of the nil. The first guess is that the cowboys Are better than they were last year when they were the leagues second Best Tea simply because Barry Switzer Isnit tiptoeing his Way around and is actually assuming the posture of a head coach. The second guess is they la be healthier too. The versatility of the Dallas offence with Troy Aikman Emmitt Smith and Michael Irvin is what makes it so effective. And the defense a with or without Deion Sanders a is More than capable of standing up for itself. Dallas certainly stood up monday night stepping on the new York giants 35-0. 3. Defense. The dolphins were impressive in this phase sunday against the jets but that a the problem. It was against the jets. A better barometer will be provided sunday in game 2 at new England and perhaps again during a monday night Quot contest sept. 18 at hrs against Pittsburgh. But the primary checkpoints will come late in the season when the. Dolphins must Deal with new England san Francisco and a Road game at. Indianapolis on successive weeks. Miami has an assortment of big play defenders. A More intriguing question is whether the dolphins Are equipped to handle an offence that features a physical approach. 4. The Burden of history. Marino is remarkable. Fran Tarkenton became the first Qto Complete 3,000 passes. Dan is. Fran this season lamps Dan Marino could pass fran Tarkenton to rank first in four of the a Fly Stop All time passing categories the rundown category Tarkenton Marino it passing Yards 47,003 45,423 passing ads 342. 331 passes attempted 6,467 6,075 passes completed 3,686 3,620 Marino needs 1,581 12 393 87 a amp san Marino has never won bowl. He is remarkable far beyond the numbers that later this year will document his statistical supremacy As an nil quarterback. But while he is competitive to the Point of flamboyance on the Field Marino has muzzled himself with mantra like responses away from it. For Public consumption he allows Only that a super bowl championship would be a Nice capstone. He does not concede that the Lack of one would diminish his stature in the game. But it would. Whether that a fair is moot. Its True. Just ask fran Tarkenton whose most significant records Marino is about to erase. He retired without a super bowl Victory. 1 5. The expectations themselves. Maybe that a Marinous tactic. Using false voice in the Hope of slowing the Rush of hype surrounding his team. The dynamic of the situation in which the dolphins find themselves is maddening a any regular season a Triumph is Likely to be overblown and any regular season defeat is Likely to be. Unnecessarily assessed As an augur of doom. A the dolphins in trying to live up to the demands of others and themselves might find that the quickest path to ruin. A. The oldest geometry lesson is that the shortest distance Between two Points is a straight line. The oldest super bowl lesson is that nobody draws that line. Until january when pfc and acc champions Are determined. A put that in your Dolphan and Park it. Barry Switze Switzer swagger and Winsby Clay Latimer Rocky Mountain news two Days after his Dallas cowboys humiliated the new York giants on monday night food built coach Barry Switzer headed to the film room. He flicked on a tape of Dallas loss to san Francisco in last seasons pfc championship game. ,. A i Analysed that games critiqued it i see the reasons we lost that football game. And it made me sick a said Switzer whose team plays Host to the Denver Broncos on sunday. Barrys world has changed. Inhibition is out. Diplomatic restraint is out. And Jimmy Johnson Switzer a predecessor is Way out. During a passing Camp june Switzer caught his players with their. Guards Down. For 13 minutes he subjected them to a harrowing verbal caning. Quot this is my team now a he screamed furiously a a in a in charge that s the Day Switzer got Back his swagger a and authority. It appears the cowboys got his message at least if their 35-0 rout of the giants is any indication. No one beamed More than Switzer who might As Well have been in Norman for All the swaggering fun he was having. A Quot its like being Back when i was coaching at Oklahoma Quot he said. A i know them now. They know me. A there a More spontaneity. In a quicker to react to things say things do things you done to really do except around your wife except i done to have those. Quot but i enjoy life. I like to have a Good time. I done to have enough time left to have a bad time. A Quot Guys can coach football and still have fun. Ainu to nothing wrong with rest of its acting anyway. You reporters make Mem out to be More than they Are. Then they begin to believe it.�?�. V / a _ Switzer on other topics ,. A failing in Dallas Quot what can people do other than fire you you can fire me. And Send me Home with a couple million dollars. Quot but hey that ainu to going to happen. Jerry Jones club owner and 1 have a great relationship Here. I ainu to going to screw it a other nil chances Quot i was offered a head coaching Job in �?T76. I turned it Down because i had More first round draft choices at Oklahoma than they a coaches burnout Quot i m 58 next month. I feel Good in a healthy and in a single. And Dallas is a Good City. In a enjoying it. Its /. Scripps Howard nows Sor co. A september 9-15, 1995 beyond the game Page 7
