You guys can all defend Saban's "Coaching prowress and Football IQ," but the fact is he was a failure in the NFL. Sparano by winning the division his first year has accomplished more than Saban has ever in the NFL. It doesn't matter what Saban has done in college, Sparano has done more for the Miami Dolphins than Saban ever had.
Well obviously it does matter... what he done in college is what made him the hottest coaching commodity every offseason. NFL teams were beating down his door every year to come to the NFL but he kept turning them down. Not to mention his track record as the defensive coordinator in the NFL several years ago. He declined Wayne Huizenga half a dozen times but Wayne wouldn't quit.
People like you can continuously point to that worthless division crown in 2008 with a last place schedule and Tom Brady being out for the season as a means to defend this current clown, but it won't work. He got blown out by Matt Cassell when he didn't have the Wildcat surprise to help him to another fluke win. Chad Pennington won that division title, not Tony Sparano.
Sparano is 14-19 in his last 33 games... with several embarrassing blowout losses, record setting performances by the opposition, and epic disasters re-occuring over and over on a national stage. Miami has won ONE home game in the last dozen games or so.
Eric Mangini went 10-6 his first season as a head coach and made the playoffs too... I would say he has an empty chair beside him for Sparano at ESPN, but I doubt they want anything to do with the trifecta either. Parcells is enough.
Jason Taylor knows Sparano is a dunce, Stephen Ross knows it, which is why he tried to replace him. Ricky Williams knew it. Jeff Ireland knew it. Bill Belichek knows it.
Saban had a .468 winning percentage in his last 32 games as head coach for the Dolphins... Tony Sparano has a .424 winning percentage in his last 33 games as head coach.
I don't think Tony Sparano has to worry about any Universities asking for his phone number to offer him $4 million a year to come be the head coach of their program once Miami finally puts the boot to his a**.