He won't be here next year IMO.
That would be ranked #6 if it were the entire season which is pretty damn good. Miami is currently ranked #21 and last seasons the Dolphins were ranked #30.Miami's offense has averaged 25.4 points per game.
Consistently fails at red zone. That at any level of football will earn an F on the report card. If you look at our PF as of last week we were 3rd or dead last in every division. Besides that he is doing a great job.
DABOLL is EXACTLY what MIAMI has been looking for. He apparently knew what R BUSH could do, and how much to put on our Rookie HB. He apparently WANTS to go to MARSHALL, and to HARTLINE as well. MIAMI has a possession-like WR who's "sneaky fast" in HARTLINE, and he's getting thrown to now. DABOLL and MOORE have a rapport, which can't hurt. And DABOLL knows how to use TEs. In "PARCELLSBALL", TEs block, and occasionally run 8 yard patterns. That's like Gospel in PARCELLSVILLE. But DABOLL understands, or seems to understand, 21st Century NFL football.
I'd not only look to keep DABOLL: I'd extend his contract...for as long as HE wanted. Ditto, NOLAN. And if that means firing EVERYONE ELSE, so be it; and if it means NOT hiring a "name" Coach as HC, again, SO BE IT. And if ROSS saw fit to make either of DABOLL or NOLAN the HC, I'd be fine w/THAT, too. Retread Coaches, even ones who were once topshelf, aren't "new SHULAS": they are what they are and no more. And they aren't necessarily what they once WERE...especially where they predate the new rules of c. 2003-04, that transformed the NFL into a pass-first League. Need proof? BILL PARCELLS! It's a different universe now.
daboll has been solid of late...but it took him too long to figure out how to get the ball to bush in space...and if he does return next year for gods sakes stop running bush up the middle in short yardage...that makes no damn sense
i'm indifferent about daboll going forward...he could stay or he could go...i don't think he's a difficult upgrade
Since game 9, Miami's offense has averaged 25.4 points per game. Considering the lockout, the unstable QB situation, shaky O'Line, and the Coaching situation, is this guy doing better or worse than you expected?
Furthermore, do you believe that at this point he deserves to stay, or, would you prefer that Miami replace him?
In Daboll I see the average NFL OC. Better than some, not as good as some.
On the plus side, he's positive and aggressive. He knows his players strengths and he builds the offense around that. He has evolved his offense to take extra advantage of positives like Moore's efficiency and Bush's productivity in open space. We're multi-dimensional as an offense and therefore less predictable.
On the negative side, I don't see real innovation within a game to take advantage of an opponent's weakness. When I think back to how Belichick/O'Brien slayed us with the no-huddle as soon as they spotted that we were out of condition - that was true offensive strategy on the hoof. In my opinion, Daboll would never have made that call. That's the difference between good and great.
We need that 2-minute offense and I agree with everyone who thinks the redzone offense consists of an unsuccessful fade to Marshall or Reggie up the middle. No point in being unpredictable all the way up to the goalline only to keep repeating the same easy-to-defend plays when you get there.
So, He's a good, modern OC if not a mould-breaking alchemist. It's year 1 for him here, I'd expect him to raise the game up another level with another season's access to the squad and a full offseason inbetween, but I'm not sure he's going to get it.