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DAVIE, Fla. -- To booth or not to booth? That is the question facing the Miami Dolphins' two coordinators.

New Miami Dolphins offensive coordinator Bill Lazor and third-year defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle are undecided where they will coach on game days in the regular season. Both coordinators are experimenting during the preseason by coaching on the sidelines.

Lazor and Coyle spent Friday's preseason opener on the field with their offensive and defensive players, respectively. Each coordinator had their assistants upstairs in the booth communicating to them on the field. They have three more exhibitions to make up their minds.

"I have not made a final decision yet," Lazor said. "It will be decisions based on our staff and how I think the communication works between upstairs and downstairs. Based on our players, I felt like I needed to [spend] the first game on the field to see our players as they came off the field. The look in their eyes, to see what the leadership looked like on the sideline, to see what the poise was on the sideline. I got a lot of questions answered Friday night. I was happy with a lot of what I saw."

Coyle has been a “booth coach” most of his career. But Coyle said there have been communication issues in the past on defense that might be resolved this season by calling plays from the sidelines.

"There are plusses and minuses to both obviously, but the thing I’m experimenting with right now is defensively the ability to get the calls in as fast as possible makes a big difference for our players," Coyle said. "They want to get the call so they can get turned around see the offense coming out, get lined up and play."

Coyle said he will coach from the sideline for the second straight week in Miami’s second preseason game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to feel things out.

Both Coyle and Lazor will consult with Dolphins head coach Joe Philbin before making their final decisions. Philbin was once in their shoes -- he was an offensive coordinator for five seasons with the Green Bay Packers.

Philbin said he preferred the booth as a coordinator, but he’s leaving that choice up to Coyle and Lazor.
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Coach on the field. Let people up in the booth shout some info into the headset to you if you need it.
 
SpurzN703 said:
Coach on the field. Let people up in the booth shout some info into the headset to you if you need it.
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Agreed. Enough with the damn hands-off crap.

On-field coaching is the way to go. The guys making the calls need to be immersed in the action, not above it.
 
Philbin might have preferred the booth, but he didn't call the plays soooo....
 
Would rather seem them on the field. Then they would be able to interact with the players and get a better grasp instead of having to speak over the phone. I have always felt coaching from the field has many more advantages.
 
Bumpus said:
The guys making the calls need to be immersed in the action, not above it.
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I didn't mind Sherman in the booth because it's not like he would fire up the guys on the field with his passion. Lazor's energy on the other hand needs to be down where the action is.
As far as Coyle they'll probably have a new guy calling the D on the field in Misi so he needs to be close at hand as well.
 
I'm torn. They both have big advantages and big disadvantages. You can see the field and the formations much better from up above but you lose out on being up close and personal. Idk
 
I say stay on the field with the players. That way they can interact with them and the players can let both coordinators know what they're seeing out on the field; and if needed, the coordinators can keep their guys fired up.
 
I've never been a proponent for the coordinators being in the booth. It's seems most of the successful coordinators coach from the sidelines.

They need to be as close to the action as possible.
 
In the past I would go with the sentiment that Coordinators had a better advantage in the booth for in-game information. Now a days, with high tech communication and these "toys" being available, I don't see any reason why the booth would provide an advantage.

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fishfanmiami said:
I didn't mind Sherman in the booth because it's not like he would fire up the guys on the field with his passion. Lazor's energy on the other hand needs to be down where the action is.
As far as Coyle they'll probably have a new guy calling the D on the field in Misi so he needs to be close at hand as well.
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:lol: Yeah, I'm gonna just counter with this:

[video=youtube_share;aZdp46Jen_w]http://youtu.be/aZdp46Jen_w[/video]


'Ya see ... It's not just a consideration of being able to fire them up or not (though, that'd f'in help!) it's a case of at least being able to look in their eyes to see who ****ing quit already. :bobdole: I swear, there were multiple times last year that I saw players straight mailing it in. You've gotta be ready to deal with disaster.

Coordinator on the field should be up close to notice that **** & sit 'em.
 
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