Chad Johnson: Joe Philbin’s Approach on Hard Knocks Adds Insult to Injury

August 15, 2012   ·   Ian Hanford   ·   Jump to comments

Chad Johnson deserved to be cut from the Miami Dolphins in a respectful way, whether you like him or not, but that's not what viewers of HBO's Hard Knocks saw Tuesday evening.
This situation was a bit odd, because we knew what was coming, but we didn't know exactly how Dolphins head coach Joe Philbin handled the situation.
I don't care that Philbin was sad when he brought the 11-year veteran into his office. That was expected, but Philbin handled the situation in a really odd way. 
It was almost bizarre.
Philbin was awkward, failed to get to the point and dragged a painful process on much longer than it needed to go.
Both sides were aware of the situation when the meeting was called. Johnson knew what he did, and Philbin obviously knew how that meeting in his office was going to end. Why couldn't he just say "Chad, you know what you did. Sorry, this isn't going to work out"?
Instead he played it out like he was doing it for the cameras in the room. He...

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