What was our offense like under Chan Gailey? Productive AND adaptable. CK posted a very good arguement for Gailey in the VIP, I have taken a few snippets from his arguement that are on the topic of "the Miami Dolphins offense" with Gailey running it...
2000: He was the first coordinator in decades to get an 1,100 yard rusher out of Miami and he did it with Lamar Smith, running behind a mediocre offensive line. Our top recievers in 2000? Leslie Shephard and Oronde Gadsden. Our QB? Jay Fiedler. Our tight ends? Hunter Goodwin and Jed Weaver.
I don't know about you guys but in my opinion, that is not exactly a stellar set of skill position players.
Yet we ranked #16 in the NFL in points scored in 2000. We went 11-5 and won the division.
2001: The offensive line collapsed. We had Spencer Folau at left tackle, Todd Wade suffered a sophomore slump, and Lamar Smith turned back into a pumpkin.
We had no running game in 2001, so what did we do? We passed the ball out of 3-WR sets constantly, using Chris Chambers in the slot (his best position), and with Jay Fiedler throwing the ball, we ranked #8 in the NFL on offense in points scored. We passed the ball 55% of the time that year, ran only 45% of the time.
As an NFL offensive coordinator his teams have gone 93 - 56 (that includes 17 playoff games).
His record as a head coach (at 2 levels of college football, the World League and the NFL) is 91 - 56 - 1.
His teams record (while he has been either a position coach, coordinator or head coach) is 212 - 128.
Just thought I'd let some of you "Gailey would be the worst choice" guys see what some of the people who think he would be a pretty good choice are thinking about.
It's a good arguement. Thanks to CK for the facts and stats.
