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Out With the Old: Nick Saban (15-17 in two seasons) resigned to become head coach at University of Alabama Jan. 3rd.


In With the New: Cam Cameron, formerly offensive coordinator of the San Diego Chargers, was named head coach Jan. 19th. Cameron was offensive coordinator in San Diego from 2002 through 2006, and was also quarterbacks coach with the Redskins from 1994 through 1996. Cameron's only previous head coaching experience came at Indiana University, where he was 18-37 in five seasons (1997-2001) and never managed a winning record. Cameron began his coaching career as an assistant at Michigan (1984-93).


Coordinator/Staff Situation: Cameron did not name an offensive coordinator, and will call the plays himself. Former Bills head coach Mike Mularkey was demoted from OC to tight ends coach but will remain on the staff, and revered o-line coach Hudson Houck will also stick around. The defensive coordinator will once again be the highly-regarded Dom Capers, who was also in the running to become head coach. Other notables include two-time NFL interim head coach Terry Robiskie, who will tutor wide receivers, and ex-Rutgers head coach and Bears OC disaster Terry Shea, who will coach quarterbacks. Special teams coach Keith Armstrong will be back, and will be working under his fourth boss in seven years with Miami.


Personnel Situation: The elephant in the room concerns the quarterback situation - will it be Daunte Culpepper or somebody else? Conventional wisdom suggests that if Brady Quinn is available with the Dolphins' No. 9 pick, they'll grab him. Cameron also must decide what to do about prodigal son Ricky Williams, the offensive line has not improved a great deal since the Dave Wannstedt era, and Miami could use at least one more impact pass-catcher. Defense is the strength of the team, but principles Zach Thomas, Jason Taylor, and newcomer Joey Porter have all reached their 30th birthday and that situation will have to be addressed sooner rather than later.


Level of Expectation: Although they are known as some of the quietest fans in the league, Dolphins fans do get passionate about coaching changes (see Dave Wannstedt, Nick Saban), and two losing seasons in three years do not play well in a town accustomed to double-digit wins on an annual basis. Cameron will be expected to make immediate inroads on offense, where the team has moved in fits and starts since Dan Marino retired. In year one, a spot in the AFC East and/or Wild Card races would bode well for Cameron's staying power.


Prognosis for Tenure: As his tenure in Miami begins, there is some deserved skepticism about Cameron's coaching talents. Is he a guy that fattened his resume' on the backs of LaDainian Tomlinson, Antonio Gates, and (until last year) Drew Brees? Maybe. Should anything be read into his 12-28 Big Ten record while at Indiana? Perhaps, but that doesn't mean he won't be successful with the Dolphins. You should be able to win in Miami, and Saban was a bungled quarterback situation away from molding the Fins into a playoff team in his two years. If Cameron can identify his starting signal-caller in short order, he'll win some games immediately. Trouble looms down the road in regard to the aging defense, but finding reinforcements should never be a problem due to the siren song of south Florida and its impact on free agents. Expect Cameron to fall somewhere between Shula and Wannstedt in the pantheon of Dolphins head coaches.
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Hey Crypt, do you ever have a bad thread? It pisses me off man. I wanna be like the Keeper when I grow up.

Nice read as always dude. Keep em comin.
 
Expect Cameron to fall somewhere between Shula and Wannstedt in the pantheon of Dolphins head coaches.
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:lol: expect him to fall somewhere between the best and the worst. now there is a bold statement!
 
tyson22 said:
:lol: expect him to fall somewhere between the best and the worst. now there is a bold statement!
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You know, we all may hate the Stache as much as we want, and god knows I do, but the truth of it is he wasn't terrible. He was just terribly mediocre.

I'll easily rate he who I won't mention by name far worse a coach than Dave Wannstedt.
 
IluvJuMiami said:
You know, we all may hate the Stache as much as we want, and god knows I do, but the truth of it is he wasn't terrible. He was just terribly mediocre.

I'll easily rate he who I won't mention by name far worse a coach than Dave Wannstedt.
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:rolleyes: And miami fans arent sed to being medirocre..
 
You know, we all may hate the Stache as much as we want, and god knows I do, but the truth of it is he wasn't terrible. He was just terribly mediocre.

I'll easily rate he who I won't mention by name far worse a coach than Dave Wannstedt.
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you know who took wannstedts 4-12 team to 9-7. i like wanny better than the other guy, but face it he is the worst coach the dolphins franchise has had. the current state of the phins and the reason we are basically rebuilding right now is all wannys doing. heck go look at his history with the bears.
 
Are Dolphin fans really known as some of the most quiet in the league? I go to every game and can't fathom this to be true...kinda funny when you consider the Orange Bowl was known as one of the loudest stadium's (and still is) in all of sports.
 
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