Ray R
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I am not Mach2.
I guess I'm just busting with excitement and responding without paying attention to the source. :shame:
Miami Dolphins Coaching Search: Players Endorse Darren Rizzi’s Candidacy
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I am not Mach2.
I guess I'm just busting with excitement and responding without paying attention to the source. :shame:
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How do you know whether Rizzi has new ideas or not? You are dismissing a possible good candidate just because. That makes absolutely no sense. Rizzi is NOT Gase. Associating failure with everyone within an organization is lazy. Do your due diligence and determine the who, what, when, how and why.
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Where on earth do you get the idea that Grier will be picking the coordinators?
I dont see that happening. Rizzi has been last man standing before. If he goes into the interview saying "well our DC did a great job so lets keep him" he'll be sent on mental health leave, not considered for a HC position.
I don’t hate the idea of Rizzi. He has been a respected ST coach for a long time. I would have more concern over who could be his coordinators and whether or not he can game plan. I have no doubt that he can coach players and that he has an intensity and love for the game.
Rizzi has had his stuff together year in, year out. When players make plays they can't wait to go see him on the sideline. When his players F up - Rizzi lets them know it and the players listen and respond. He gets in ref's ears when there is injustice. Above all, the dude is just about as passionate of a coach as you'll see in the NFL. I have no idea what his long term ideas are for offense or defense but I sure as hell hope he has some and that he can sell them to Ross / Grier et al. Because having watched Philbin and Gase's pedestrianism over the last few years, Rizzi is the type of guy I'd love to see succeed here.
Mine is an assumption but yours is fact because that's what you want to believe. Got it. Common sense says otherwise.
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If they truly want to tank for a few seasons then Rizzi is the guy...
HC stint in RI? He was .500 in back in 1999 so should fit right in HC job
https://newhavenchargers.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=131
HC stint in RI? He was .500 in back in 1999 so should fit right in HC job
https://newhavenchargers.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=131
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DefensiveEnd76
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Rizzi could very well be another Sparano. A guy who builds a team with physical players but can't assemble a good coaching staff.
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I think we all have a similar concern. What I would hope for is that since Rizzi was around he would know which coach is worth a **** and which ones need to go. He probably didn't concern himself about other coaches not doing a good job because that was on Gase, but he probably had thoughts on whether they are his type of coaches or not.
Rizzi is probably the most anti-fragile option out there, which is a pretty good fit for the situation the Fins are in. In other words, they would be wise to put themselves in a position to benefit from chaos. Rizzi is as boom or bust as you can get, and if your plan is to grab a QB in 2020 or 2021, you'll either have busted really bad and get great picks for a QB or you'll have a surprise winner at head coach who gets his players to grind day in day out...
Long story short, I dont see Rizzi going 8-8 with the Fins roster the next couple of years, and thats a great thing.
Long story short, I dont see Rizzi going 8-8 with the Fins roster the next couple of years, and thats a great thing.
Where is it written/said that grier will be hiring the assistants? That its a fact he will keep the current staff?
If this is so and i HIGHLY DOUBT IT, thats suicide for ANY coach to come here. Coaches like to have their OWN staff, and rightly so. I dont have a problem with this at if rizzo gets hired. There are a couple guys on the so called finz list of coaches i like but rizzo is loved and RESPECTED by the players and office, HIS teams are the only ones that have been good. He never called one single play for offense or defense or drafted/signed one single player so he is in NO WAY responsible for anny of this mess.
So looking at that, the only thing guys have against him is its not a "fun" pic. But any new coach coming in will have never hired/fired, drafted, signed one single player on this current team. His only handicap will be not knowing or having any relationship with the players. Rizzo already nows the lay of the land in miamiville and this, besides him being and excellent coach, is a wonderfull thing. This coach thing needs to be done FAST, like NOW fast!! There are 7 other coach openings and we are the bottom feeders. The assistants/coordinators will be scooped up fast and we to be out of the gate FIRST!!
If i was betting on this, i have thought from the beginning it will be between Kris Richard and Eric Bienemy. I dont want bienemy anywhere near this team. He is a figurhead coordinator that sees "see coach reid" on every page of his clipboard. He brings NOTHING to the table because he IS nothing!!! But, this is the ross era dolphins so expect bienemy to be griers pick. I like richard if were going young first timers, especially over future hall of failure, eric bienemy.
Not sure that keeps him from being successful going forward. What was the situation and circumstances? Tony Sparano was the HC at new haven before Rizzi and he went 5-5 in 1998 after going 12-2 the year before when they lost the Div II championship game. Did he lose a lot of players? You don't think he has learned anything or gotten better since he was 29 years old?
Pete Carroll was 32-31 as a head coach with NY and NE before he went back to the college ranks. Bill Belichick was 36-44 as HC before going to NE.
Eric Bienemy was the OC at Colorado for two years while the team went 4-21 with not much of an offense.
I have no idea how he would do as a pro HC but I have to admit, I am getting more and more curious. Especially looking at the other candidates. You have to admit, he would be entertaining.