Advantages of New Coaching Staff = ?

[Perfect72]

What do you feel are the advantages of the additions to this year's coaching staff. (e.g. Capers & Mularky)

Obviously, Mularky has excellent knowledge of the Bills and Capers has the same of the Texans. That's inside knowledge for 3 games (~19%) of our schedule.

These coaches know the weaknesses of many of the players on their former teams, as well as their strengths.

What do you believe will be the impact on our W-L record from having this knowledge? :hmmm:

Could this be the difference in getting into the playoffs and/or possibly winning the division?ray:

Go Dolphins! :hail: :rawk: :dolphins:

 

[Dolphins12thMan]

What do you feel are the advantages of the additions to this year's coaching staff. (e.g. Capers & Mularky)

Obviously, Mularky has excellent knowledge of the Bills and Capers has the same of the Texans. That's inside knowledge for 3 games (~19%) of our schedule.

These coaches know the weaknesses of many of the players on their former teams, as well as their strengths.

What do you believe will be the impact on our W-L record from having this knowledge? :hmmm:

Could this be the difference in getting into the playoffs and/or possibly winning the division?ray:

Go Dolphins! :hail: :rawk: :dolphins:

Those are "winnable" games w/o Capers and Mularky. Anything can happen....Any given Sunday!

 

[Bjorn]

What do you feel are the advantages of the additions to this year's coaching staff. (e.g. Capers & Mularky)

Obviously, Mularky has excellent knowledge of the Bills and Capers has the same of the Texans. That's inside knowledge for 3 games (~19%) of our schedule.

These coaches know the weaknesses of many of the players on their former teams, as well as their strengths.

What do you believe will be the impact on our W-L record from having this knowledge? :hmmm:

Could this be the difference in getting into the playoffs and/or possibly winning the division?ray:

Go Dolphins! :hail: :rawk: :dolphins:

It won't hurt. IMO don't start Willis in any fantasy leagues when he plays Miami.:wink:

 

[CitizenSnips]

well, the main advantage is that other teams can't just watch tape on the dolphins from last season, being that there's new coordinators on both sides of the ball.

 

[Fin Fan in Cali]

I think with Dom on defense you will probably see more 3-4 schemes. Dom is great at mixing up the D. I think Mularky brings more gadget plays so the defense so to speak will have to play us more carefully for the fact they don't know what maybe coming next. These two gentlemen will take a lot of pressure off of Nick. I say with the addition of these two coaches and the additions on the team, I will say 11-5.

 

[Bjorn]

I think with Dom on defense you will probably see more 3-4 schemes. Dom is great at mixing up the D. I think Mularky brings more gadget plays so the defense so to speak will have to play us more carefully for the fact they don't know what maybe coming next. These two gentlemen will take a lot of pressure off of Nick. I say with the addition of these two coaches and the additions on the team, I will say 11-5.

I just hope we don't start running reverses every game like we did last year.:shakeno:

 

[phinfanfrommd]

It won't hurt. IMO don't start Willis in any fantasy leagues when he plays Miami.:wink:

yeah you saw what the phins D did to LT last year...

 

[Fin Fan in Cali]

I just hope we don't start running reverses every game like we did last year.:shakeno:

You and me both bro. That drove me nuts. There were some that were successful, but I think it was over used so the defenses were ready for it.

 

[Fin Fan in Cali]

yeah you saw what the phins D did to LT last year...

They did a good job, but watching that game in person Marty S. was making some crazy play calling also. LT was banged up some as well. The D did come up and play though.

 

[LarryFinFan]

Mularkey has the same philosophy as Saban when it comes to offense. He likes to use every player he can who has a 'special' skill of some kind. He didn't have that luxury in Buffalo because of the struggling QB-go-round that was going on and porous OL. Here he's got a steady at the very worst and improving at the best OL, more versatile athletes with guys like CC, RM, Beasley and several different kinds of potential #3 WRs (Campbell a burner, WW more of a short possession guy, Hagan a bigger target), a FB that can catch, a RB that is as fast as most WRs but much bigger and possibly, just possibly at this point, a Vick type of athlete that might be able to do some things...all players capable of pulling off the so-call trick plays that he seems to like. Additionally, he is a power-run game type of OC. The Steelers thrived on it under him and we will too with Brown and co. in the backfield. There's going to be some fun times watching this offense mature under him. The key, as with any offense is the continued improvement of the OL under HH. Incidentally, this is really a better fit (Mularkey) than Linehan was under Saban. If you look at the LSU offenses under Saban...they were power run type offenses, utilizing a variety of different players at the skill positions in situational roles with gadget plays thrown in once in a while...(remember some of those Florida games...).

On D, Capers is acknowledged as the master of the 34 schemes. While we are somewhat lacking, at this point in time, in a playmaking SOLB, we have 2 guys that are former starters and a situational guy in Hodge. Each has their own strengths that Capers will use. He can develop the guys we have at LB into a better group on the field. He also is a proponent of the zone-blitz D that Saban likes and that fits well with Saban's secondary schemes (they have a history together as coaches in the same D as well). They will mesh together well IMHO...

Overall, Capers and Mularkey are much better fits to Saban-Ball than last years coaches...

 

[KTOWNFINFAN]

What do you feel are the advantages of the additions to this year's coaching staff. (e.g. Capers & Mularky)

Obviously, Mularky has excellent knowledge of the Bills and Capers has the same of the Texans. That's inside knowledge for 3 games (~19%) of our schedule.

These coaches know the weaknesses of many of the players on their former teams, as well as their strengths.

What do you believe will be the impact on our W-L record from having this knowledge? :hmmm:

Could this be the difference in getting into the playoffs and/or possibly winning the division?ray:

Go Dolphins! :hail: :rawk: :dolphins:

I think bringing in a OC that has been coaching in the division for the last few years does more than give us inside info on the Bills. He also has first hand experience as to how to attack the other two teams in the division, from another perspective, as well as some new insight as to things about our team that maybe we had not seen. I am sure that had a little to do with the decision as to who to hire. It probably wasn't a BIG factor but could have been a tie breaker. Only time will tell if it was worth it.
I for one am not a big fan of Murlarky. He has had good years and some bad ones. Not sure what to expect from him. I can remember when pitt fans got rid of him it was like when we got rid of wanny. They were overjoyed to get him out of there. Said he was TOO conservative. With all the weapons we have now, he better not try that crap here.

 

[KTOWNFINFAN]

You and me both bro. That drove me nuts. There were some that were successful, but I think it was over used so the defenses were ready for it.

Yeah well that is the exact reason you run reverses. You run them as much for making the D play honest as you do for the value of the play. If you see defenses leaving their responsibilities and overpursuing, you take advantage of that by running a reverse. It doesn't have to gain 10 yards for it to be successful in the bigger picture.
It works like a screen works when defenses blitz too much.

 

[PhinFan0202]

With the addition of Dom Capers as DC we will have alot more blitzing schemes designed to confuse and fustrate the QB. Malarkey will bring a power running game to Miami not seen since the days of Csonka. He will use the power run game to set up the pass and when defenses don't know what to do he will run one of his many gadget plays. He actually earned the nick name "Inspector Gadget" for having so many of these types of plays. Anyone remember the direct snap to Bettis? The end around to Randle El who than throws it to Hines Ward? I could easily see Booker running that play.