The Dolphins' coaches overcame their inexperience with their players and each other. They overcame a lingering losing culture that swallowed good coaches that came before them -- Nick Saban chief among them.
This coaching staff even overcame issues more serious than football -- yes, there are some -- when linebackers coach Jim Reid missed part of the season recovering from heart disease.
The only hint we got last season suggesting Tony Sparano's assistants are not, in fact, miracle workers is that they couldn't make Jason Allen a contributor on defense.
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