Should the Miami Dolphins have fired Tony Sparano?

[Nublar7]

Article by Ben Volin:

http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/thed...d-the-miami-dolphins-have-fired-tony-sparano/

Dolphins owner Stephen Ross was asked on Friday if he still believes that firing Tony Sparano was the right move, and he didn’t hesitate with his answer: “Absolutely,” he said.

And it’s hard to blame him. The Dolphins’ fan base had grown weary of Sparano after three straight disappointing seasons, including an 0-7 start this year that kept paying customers at home instead of buying tickets to the games.

But it’s hard not to wonder if stability, and not yet another “instant-fix” coaching staff, would have been the best plan for the Dolphins to succeed in 2012.

 

[HarryBagpipe]

I think you know how this thread will wind up ending

 

[Casas9425]

If it were up to Ben Volin nothing would ever change.

 

[Clipse]

This is an obvious yes.

 

[houtz]

Yep, should've done it after the '10 season.

 

[Miamifinz]

11-5
7-9
7-9
4-9

What's the point of keeping stability in your coaching staff, when your team gets noticeably worse year after year. Tony Sparano could be a decent coach someday, but come on, his expertise is offensive line. Minimal experience in coaching an offense. We allowed the most sacks in franchise history last year - Tony had used 2 of our 4 fist rounds picks on linemen. And our line still sucked. More importantly, it became clear Tony and his staff was holding this team back. Chad Henne didn't get very far in four years with Tony did he? How do you have the wrong personnel on the field on the final drive in the cleveland game? Why were we content with a 1 point lead in Dallas on Thanksgiving? Where in God's name do our timeouts go? Why have we consistently taken a knee within 2 minutes of the first half? Players don't have a choice in those decisions - they have to go along with them.

Great players coach, but as for the X's and O's, he has a lot to learn, and this franchise can't afford him learning on the job.

 

[Ricky4Life]

Yes

 

[DeathStar]

After 10, he should have been canned.

 

[FinsFan74]

Um, absolutely. Too conservative, resulting in back to back 7-9 seasons and an 0-7 start.

 

[phinz8202]

that moment he got on his jet to try and get harbaugh last year shouldve been preceded by tonys dismissal.

 

[Vaark]

Tony was a great players coach, but he was never the sharpest knife in the drawer as evidenced by his repeating the same boneheaded mistakes time and again to a point of embarrassment. He was treated shabbily by Ross, but as a result is now probably set for life, so don't cry him a river either. It was time to move on, although I don't see the logic in terminating him before Black Monday. A nice byproduct of his dismissal is it was another very public repudiation of The Rancid Tuna as a "franchise builder"

 

[hoops]

is ben volin really this stupid???

 

[Rev Kev]

Sparano is a broken coach he starts brken and ends that much more broken what's broken is not going to be repaired in NY or anywhere else

He is a dinosaur - who knew this at the beginning?

 

[rent this space]

Stability is only good when you have a successful coach, no one wants to start 0-7 every year

 

[jvw]

The question should not be, should the Miami Dolphins have fired Tony Sparano but what is the plan after you fire Tony Sparao? Sparano was fired with 3 weeks left in the season and here we are 2 weeks after the season ended and it looks from the outside that their plan was to throw everything at the biggest name out there with no back up plan if the big name said no.....

To me the coaching search scares the hell out of me..... I get the feeling we will end up with the guy who can't get a HC job elsewhere and doesnt want to wait another yr, it seems like no one wants to coach here or play here and if that's the case it reflects poorly on the ownership and how he runs his team.


Hopefully we will get lucky and the guy turns out to be the next great HC......