DAVIE, Fla. (AP) -A year later, Tony Sparano can laugh about his first impression of the Miami Dolphins.
The team he took over in early 2008 was coming off a 1-15 season, the worst in franchise history. It showed when Sparano conducted offseason workouts.
``It sometimes didn't really look much like football out there,'' Sparano says with a smile. ``A little bit of rugby, a little bit of other things going on, but not a whole lot like football all the time.''
Then came a sudden transformation. The Dolphins went 11-6 in 2008, climbing from worst in the NFL to first in the AFC East. They ended a seven-year postseason drought and became the first team in league history to make the playoffs a year after winning only once.
Now the challenge is to continue the extraordinary progress of last season. As preparation for Year 2 of the Bill Parcells regime begins Sunday with the first training camp practice, coach Sparano isn't counting on much carry-over. Nothing is guaranteed to you in this league. That's not the kind of business that we're in. ...
