Joe Philbin Says He Liked 'Straight Outta Compton,' Didn't Know Who Dr. Dre Was

Miami Dolphins head coach Joe Philbin did an unexpected and decidedly chill thing last week, canceling a team walkthrough in South Carolina on Thursday afternoon to instead take the guys out to see a movie.

This is a thing 2014 Joe Philbin wouldn't have done, but as the Miami Herald's Armando Salguero writes, this is all part of his renewed effort to connect with players and bring the team together.

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Joe Philbin is different this year. I've repeated it and repeated it and repeated it since before training camp opened for the Miami Dolphins...He's made the point he want to forge a better bond with players...And today there was another example.

Philbin cancelled a scheduled team walk-thru in South Carolina and took his players to the movies. The Dolphins went to see Straight Outta Compton. 

Joe Philbin. 

Straight Outta Compton.

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Yep, Philbin went looking for the one they called Eazy but ended up unearthing a treat that had somehow eluded him nearly half his life: the one and only D.R.E.

Indeed, Philbin admitted during a presser Tuesday afternoon that before seeing Straight Outta Compton, he had no idea who Dr. Dre was. 

ESPN's James Walker and the Palm Beach Post's Andrew Abramson tweeted his admission. You learn something new every day:

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How Joe Philbin managed to pass the last two-and-a-half decades without at least accidentally encountering the existence of one of America's most influential living music-makers is something we may never know. That's a whole 30 for 30 unto itself.

What I do know is I would pay a king's ransom just for the privilege of watching Philbin come to terms with this revelation.

"But he's not a real doctor, right? He just makes the tunes?"

Philbin would definitely call beats "the tunes." You and I both know this.

To be fair, though, forgetting about Dre is way worse than not knowing he existed in the first place. There's no coming back from that.

Philbin would never forget Dre. Philbin is an O.G. He might not know what that means right now, but give it time. He's figuring it out.

Dan is on Twitter. Philbin has a little bit of gold and a pager. Definitely a pager.