The Miami Dolphins Hall of Shame: 5 initial inductees

#3 Chris Foerster and his pre-meeting rituals

Again, Foerster didn’t land on here necessarily because of his job performance. He landed on here because he made poor decisions.

What did he do?

Foerster was on his second stint with the Miami Dolphins in 2017, having previously served as the offensive coordinator in 2004. Foerster had been working in the NFL since 1993, mostly as an offensive line coach. An organization shouldn’t have to worry about a coach with over 20 years of professional experience representing the organization properly, but here we are.

In 2017, a video surfaced of Foerster ingesting what appeared to be an illegal substance just prior to a team meeting. He had sent the video out to a romantic interest of his and she chose to share that video with the public. Foerster resigned from his position with the Dolphins shortly after.

Where is he now?

Foerster bounced back from his struggles with substance abuse and is currently the offensive line coach for the San Francisco 49ers. Following the controversial video, Foerster checked himself into a rehab clinic and came clean on his struggles with alcohol and drug use.

What lesson can be learned?

When you belong to an organization (like an NFL football team), you have to scrutinize your own actions because you now represent that organization. It’s the same reason that you’ll never see me have an argument with someone in the comments section, it would reflect poorly on FanSided. Foerster is lucky to have bounced back, but those kinds of poor decisions can sink careers.

This is also not a place to attack Foerster for having substance abuse issues. We all hit rough patches in life, if you’re struggling with something similar there are organizations that can help you.