1st year head coaches

[steveincolorado]

Here's the records for the Dolphins head coaches in their first season with the team.

George Wilson, 3-11 expansion team
Don Shula, 10-4 with a good crop of players from the George Wilson days
Jimmy Johnson, 8-8 with a 1,000 yard rusher for the first time in a very long time and starting ( I think) 7-8 rookies at one time
Dave Wannstedt, 11-5 AFC East Champions, without Dan Marino
Nick Saban, 9-7 with a new crop of players, returning only 4 D starters from 2004 and a new QB.

Which of these 5 coaches did the best in their 1st season? Most of us can't remember George Wilson or even Don Shula's first year, but as a 1st year head coach, which do you think did the best?

 

[burger13]

Shula without a doubt.......the Dolphins were 3-10-1 the year before he got there and had never had a winning record.

I'd put them in this order:

Shula
Saban
Wannstedt
Johnson
Wilson

I am on the fence about putting Wanny over JJ, but Wanny win the division and a playoff game....even if JJ had put together the personell....Wanny didn't F' it up.

 

[steveincolorado]

Looking at what they did in their first year and not after, Shula, Johnson, Wannstedt, and Saban did really well in their first year, in their own way.