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As the Dolphins went through the offseason program, Joseph proceeded to demonstrate the attributes — the take-charge personality, the attention to detail, the high standards he set — that had led everyone to that conclusion.

“VJ is brilliant,” linebacker Jelani Jenkins said. “That’s the one thing I can say. He’s brilliant and he’s passionate and you can feel it. I think he commands the defense and when he’s in front of the room, everyone’s listening. He has a great track record and he obviously knows what he’s talking about. I think we’re learning a lot and understanding just the why behind why we do things. I think he’s definitely the right guy for the job.”

Joseph joined the Dolphins coaching staff this offseason after spending the past 10 seasons as a defensive backs coach, first with the San Francisco 49ers and then with the Houston Texans and the Cincinnati Bengals.

Gase first crossed paths with Joseph when he was an offensive assistant with the 49ers in 2008, which was Joseph’s third season as DB coach in San Francisco.

New Dolphins defensive tackle Chris Jones also has history with Joseph from their time together in Houston.

“I think he’s great,” Jones said. “He’s very straightforward with us as a defense, very realistic (with) what he has in store for us. I think what he expects out of us is (for) us to be great. That’s the thing you need in defensive coordinators. They need to have high expectations, and he has those. I think he does a great job of pushing us every day.”

Joseph also managed to make a quick impression on those Dolphins players who had never played under him.

“Great coach,” defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh said. “Great personality. (I) enjoy being around him (and) love talking to him. I’m learning a lot from what he has and brings to the table.”

“Man, it’s great,” safety Michael Thomas said. “He just wants guys that are going out there and compete. He holds everybody to a high standard and he’s not afraid to tell you the truth. That’s great when you’ve got guys trying to prove themselves.”

As a longtime defensive backs coach, Joseph said that was the first area he checked out during practice before moving over to the linebackers.

Joseph said he didn’t spend much time with the defensive line, in large part because of the presence of veteran assistant coaches Terrell Williams (defensive line coach) and Jim Washburn (senior defensive assistant/pass rush specialist).

Wherever he was, though, Joseph was consistent with his enthusiasm and his constant communication.

“High energy,” Gase said. “I know those guys are being held accountable, for sure. You look at the effort and the energy that the defense is playing with, especially up front, the way these guys are running the ball, the way that they’re coaching this thing, seeing these guys move every day, it’s impressive.”
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I hope he doesn't look for a HC job next year if he turns this around
 
you would be amazed at the hot coordinators in the past few seasons. we hired one, actually a couple
 
Its his first gig as a dc, I think it'll take a few years to earn the next step but it could happen.
 
Tannchise said:
I hope he doesn't look for a HC job next year if he turns this around
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Only teams silly enough to hire off a year sample size are set at coaches for next few years(Us aka Miami, Browns, and Raiders of the past). With that said, if our D is something amazing, I could see him landing at one spot but the perfect stars would need to align for it... If our D is top notch, Bengals fall apart again & Marvin Lewis is fired(that guy hangs on for dear life year after year somehow), I could see VJ being looked at by Bengals based on his past relationship with team and more so, the players. Lots of "ifs" for it to happen but it could, even though I don't see so for next year. With that said, I would love to reach the point again where teams are picking from our staff, that means we are showing signs of being good in areas for once.
 
His genius will be tested in 2 months. Hope everyone figures it out and Miami can have a good year.
 
Coordinators have been the pipeline for new hires because of the sheer fact these re-treaded Head Coaches seem to be predictable.
 
I heard all this same stuff about Coyle, who was also the Bengals much ballyhooed secondaries coach, I'll just wait to see how it all shakes out.
 
Tannchise said:
man, we will know in first two games
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Actually we won't know if you expect a New DC to be at his best first two weeks in my opinion you're expecting too much. If he still pulls it out then ya we will know more but if he has a rough time doesn't tell us much.
 
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