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Is there a potential long-term plan for Lazor?

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It seems that Joe Philbin will be on the "hotseat" this next year. Is it probable that Bill Lazor after spending a year or two as the OC be groomed for the Head Coach position? He seems to be young enough with plenty of good ideas.

I would also recommend that he be the "voice" of the Dolphins as he is certainly more charismatic and well-spoken than Philbin.
 
claytonduper said:
It seems to Joe Philbin will be on the "hotseat" this next year. Is it probable that Bill Lazor after spending a year or two as the OC be groomed for the Head Coach position? He seems to be young enough with plenty of good ideas. I would also recommend that he be the "voice" of the Dolphins as he is certainly more charismatic and well-spoken than Philben.
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So experience as a HC or coordinator doesn't really count for much in your assessment of someone's ability to be a head coach? Hell, at this point you don't even know if he's going to be a good OC and you're already talking about him being the HC next year. smh
 
Just asking a question about our new coach. Certainly beats talking about the Broncos and Pats game this weekend.
 
claytonduper said:
Just asking a question about our new coach. Certainly beats talking about the Broncos and Pats game this weekend.
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So it didn't occur to you that you were starting a conversation about promoting a guy to head coach next year before you knew if he could even do the job for which he was just hired this year?
 
I don't think Philbin was thinking that when he hired him. Yeah I'm gunna hire someone who's gunna take over my job.
 
Considering that he was selected, interviewed, and hired by Joe Philbin, my guess is: No.
 
I actually think Philbin hired him, a guy with no NFL co-ordinator experience, to be his OC. If he hires someone like Kubiak, then there's always someone breathing down his neck. With Lazor, there is nowhere near the amount of pressure.
 
claytonduper said:
It seems that Joe Philbin will be on the "hotseat" this next year. Is it probable that Bill Lazor after spending a year or two as the OC be groomed for the Head Coach position? He seems to be young enough with plenty of good ideas.

I would also recommend that he be the "voice" of the Dolphins as he is certainly more charismatic and well-spoken than Philbin.
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The only equation right now is:

New OC Lazor = success

Everything else is dreaming, wishful thinking and speculation. If our O is successful under Lazor and we are successful as a team Philbin is here to stay. If we are not we start from 0 again.
At this point we have no clue how good Lazor will be as an OC. All we have is the hope.
 
utahphinsfan said:
Jimmy Johnson did it. ROFL!?
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Different scenario. Johnson resigned because he said he was burned out. The OP is envisioning a scenario whereby Philbin could be fired at the end of the year and Lazor promoted to HC. I see any way that can happen. If Lazor is successful then Philbin is successful and stays on as HC. If Lazor is unsuccessful, Philbin is fired and Lazor's resume is a qb coach with one unsuccessful year as an OC. In that case, Lazor's failure will have contributed to, and perhaps even be the prominent factor, in Philbin's removal. I don't see us rewarding that failure by giving him the HC job.
 
claytonduper said:
It seems that Joe Philbin will be on the "hotseat" this next year. Is it probable that Bill Lazor after spending a year or two as the OC be groomed for the Head Coach position? He seems to be young enough with plenty of good ideas.

I would also recommend that he be the "voice" of the Dolphins as he is certainly more charismatic and well-spoken than Philbin.
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You really shouldn't judge Philbin's speakablity or lack there of by what you see.If you do than judge Bill Bellichick's and he falls in a simular mold in front of the camera as Philbin,flat and un-charismatic up front but when you hear the behind the scene videos of Bellichick he's a different person.

As far as Lazor being groomed by the Phins as a future Head coach is probably wishfull thinking. But I'm sure Bill Lazor is grooming himself for a HC spot down the road with another team, say in the 3-10 year area.
 
claytonduper said:
It seems that Joe Philbin will be on the "hotseat" this next year. Is it probable that Bill Lazor after spending a year or two as the OC be groomed for the Head Coach position? He seems to be young enough with plenty of good ideas.

I would also recommend that he be the "voice" of the Dolphins as he is certainly more charismatic and well-spoken than Philbin.
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Your hypothesis is a bit premature. Lazor doesn't even know the players names yet and you have him succeeding Philbin in a few years.

A more likely scenario is that this team becomes a playoff team and Lazor becomes a highly sought out HC candidate for another team.
Philbin would stay and Lazor would go.
 
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