Hey guys, I know that trying to predict who our next coach will be has been beaten to death by many of you on here, just like the Andrew Luck issue has, but I was thinking back at what people have been saying these last few days regarding possible coaches. As it stands, us fans, have been wondering whether we should promote a fresh face from a coordinator position or a proven veteran coach who has already won with a different team... and then, just like many of you, I saw this thread posted on here...
http://www.finheaven.com/forums/showthread.php?307127-Winning-Super-Bowls-with-Two-Different-Teams-An-Error-in-Logic
...which then started to make me think of which veteran coach, with a promosing past, could still be hungry to win and prove himself as an elite coach in the league, just like elite players who haven't won any rings want to win championships to move from elite to legendary status(Peyton Manning, LeBron James, and many others)...
Personally, I am tired of the Dolphins experimenting with 1st year coaches, whom most of the time are green to the point that they blunder easy calls like when to call timeouts, when to go for it on 4th down, when to challenge a play, and other basic duties like talent evaluation and roster merit...
As of right now, the best veteran coach who is professional, who knows what it takes to be a good football team and coach, has an incredible amount of football knowledge, and who would seem to still be hungry to win a superbowl is Jeff Fisher.
I know his name has been brought up before, but what I haven't heard been brought up about him, is his football know-how. I actually remember an NFL films documentary on how the word "hut" became the signal to snap the ball, where Fisher was called one of the most knowledgeable people on the subject of football, and it's history, in all of the football industry, and he was the only person in that documentary that was interviewed that knew the answer to that question and why it was chosen instead of any other word and was able to explain it scientifically.
Don't get me wrong... I'm not saying that Fisher knowing this peice of information makes him a football god or the next great Fins coach... but I am saying that Fisher is a proven coach, a respected coach, has a great grasp on how to coach a team and it's players, and loves the game of football so much that he knows dumb little things about it that most people in the industry of football don't even know...
That is the type of coach I want, I don't want a coach that will look like a good hire, I want a coach that will go to work every day and have his players be prepared not only physically but mentally to play for him... one that leads by example and motivates(like when he wore a Peyton Manning jersey to show his dissapproval of his team's poor play while he coached at Tenessee, a division rival of the Colts, and his team responded positively by going on a winning streak)...
I want the type of coach that knows what he is doing, one who has proven he can right a sinking ship, one who has gotten to the big dance, one that has been so close to winning it all that he could taste the champagne, only to have the bottle ripped from his hands at the last second, and have to live with the memory of it for the rest of his days, only making him hungrier and more determined than ever before to achieve his goal.
I thought Jeff Fisher was a logical replacement to Tony Sparano this last off-season... but now... I KNOW that he is what the Miami Dolphins need... not only to have a competent coach... but to have one who is just as desperate to win the Superbowl as our franchise is... we need Jeff Fisher just as much as he needs us.
I know what some of you are going to say... that his record in Tenessee isn't anything expectacular... he as a coach has more playoff wins than we do as a team in his span coaching... oh yeah... and at his last gig... he started in 1994 and left in 2011... that is 17 years of continuity... which is exactly what this franchise has been missing since Don Shula.
Yeah I want Andrew Luck... but even with Andrew Luck, if we have a coach like Tony Sporano who has no idea what he is doing and how to get Luck to achieve his potential, this team is doomed... I say regardless of whether we get Andrew Luck... our biggest target this offseason should 100% be Jeffrey "Michael" Fisher and then worry about Luck and the QB spot.
http://www.finheaven.com/forums/showthread.php?307127-Winning-Super-Bowls-with-Two-Different-Teams-An-Error-in-Logic
...which then started to make me think of which veteran coach, with a promosing past, could still be hungry to win and prove himself as an elite coach in the league, just like elite players who haven't won any rings want to win championships to move from elite to legendary status(Peyton Manning, LeBron James, and many others)...
Personally, I am tired of the Dolphins experimenting with 1st year coaches, whom most of the time are green to the point that they blunder easy calls like when to call timeouts, when to go for it on 4th down, when to challenge a play, and other basic duties like talent evaluation and roster merit...
As of right now, the best veteran coach who is professional, who knows what it takes to be a good football team and coach, has an incredible amount of football knowledge, and who would seem to still be hungry to win a superbowl is Jeff Fisher.
I know his name has been brought up before, but what I haven't heard been brought up about him, is his football know-how. I actually remember an NFL films documentary on how the word "hut" became the signal to snap the ball, where Fisher was called one of the most knowledgeable people on the subject of football, and it's history, in all of the football industry, and he was the only person in that documentary that was interviewed that knew the answer to that question and why it was chosen instead of any other word and was able to explain it scientifically.
Don't get me wrong... I'm not saying that Fisher knowing this peice of information makes him a football god or the next great Fins coach... but I am saying that Fisher is a proven coach, a respected coach, has a great grasp on how to coach a team and it's players, and loves the game of football so much that he knows dumb little things about it that most people in the industry of football don't even know...
That is the type of coach I want, I don't want a coach that will look like a good hire, I want a coach that will go to work every day and have his players be prepared not only physically but mentally to play for him... one that leads by example and motivates(like when he wore a Peyton Manning jersey to show his dissapproval of his team's poor play while he coached at Tenessee, a division rival of the Colts, and his team responded positively by going on a winning streak)...
I want the type of coach that knows what he is doing, one who has proven he can right a sinking ship, one who has gotten to the big dance, one that has been so close to winning it all that he could taste the champagne, only to have the bottle ripped from his hands at the last second, and have to live with the memory of it for the rest of his days, only making him hungrier and more determined than ever before to achieve his goal.
I thought Jeff Fisher was a logical replacement to Tony Sparano this last off-season... but now... I KNOW that he is what the Miami Dolphins need... not only to have a competent coach... but to have one who is just as desperate to win the Superbowl as our franchise is... we need Jeff Fisher just as much as he needs us.
I know what some of you are going to say... that his record in Tenessee isn't anything expectacular... he as a coach has more playoff wins than we do as a team in his span coaching... oh yeah... and at his last gig... he started in 1994 and left in 2011... that is 17 years of continuity... which is exactly what this franchise has been missing since Don Shula.
Yeah I want Andrew Luck... but even with Andrew Luck, if we have a coach like Tony Sporano who has no idea what he is doing and how to get Luck to achieve his potential, this team is doomed... I say regardless of whether we get Andrew Luck... our biggest target this offseason should 100% be Jeffrey "Michael" Fisher and then worry about Luck and the QB spot.
