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Marino for President
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Many of us are not too exited about the idea of having Gailey or Mora in here.
Gailey was my pick of the two due to the offensive expertise we lack and a track record of success in the NFL. However, he was mearly Chan Gailey, nothing too exiting to look forward to until we see how it works out.
Mora, on the other hand did not do well in Atlanta his last 2 years and sometimes the things that he says reminds me of Bush. (George Jr that is)
I respect the fact that Mora does know the 3-4 D and he is a players coach.
Mike Shula on the other hand gives us at least a third option. I was beginning to think this was like a presidential election in which we get 2 choices of people who were not what we pictured, even if they are good or not.
I am a little worried that Shula has not been very successful in the NFL. But I must say he does give us one thing. LOYALTY TO THE DOLPHINS!!!!
He would break his back for this team and I think many will agree. Where else would he want to go? This would be an opprotunity for him to shine, and I think he would make the best of it.
Wish list
HC-Offensive Guru and motivated!
DC-Capers
OC-Jason Garrett
OLC-Houck
Lets see how this pans out, at the moment I still do not know much about Shula MO on offense and could not make a judgement, but Im glad we have other options out there.
If you had to choose one of the three, who would it be?
Go Phins.
Heres some info on Shula if you want it.
Mike Shula, 41, has made great strides in returning stability and leadership to the Crimson Tide football program.
Shula, who was named the 2005 Region Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association, has resurrected the tradition-laden Bama program back to the elite. He had the Tide ranked as high as third nationally in 2005 while collecting victories over then fifth-ranked Florida and 17th ranked Tennessee. The win over the Gators was the first Tide victory over a top five team in Bryant-Denny Stadium and the win over Tennessee was the first over the Vols in Tuscaloosa since 1930. Bama’s resurgence under Shula resulted in a No. 8 finish in the final ranking by both the AP and USA Today Coaches’ Poll.
Alabama finished the 2005 season 10-2 with a 13-10 win over Texas Tech in 2006 AT&T Cotton Bowl in Dallas. It was an NCAA record 28th time that the Crimson Tide had won 10 or more games in a season.
And Alabama fans have every reason to believe that with Shula at the helm, the future is just as bright. With the completion of a state-of-the-art lockerroom and weight training facility, he has a football complex to rival any in the nation. His team is also enjoying additional practice facilities, highlighted by an AstroPlay turf field.
Bryant Hall, the former athletic dormitory, came on line in the spring of 2005 to serve as one of the most modern academic centers in the nation. In addition, his student-athletes are getting the job done in the classroom, as 14 players who competed in the Cotton Bowl had earned their degrees prior to the game. In Shula’s 2004 Music City bowl appearance, 11 football players had earned their degrees by the time that game rolled around.
Shula is the fifth Alabama alumnus to become head coach, joining J.B. Whitworth (1955-57), Paul W. “Bear” Bryant (1958-82), Ray Perkins (1983-87) and Mike DuBose (1997-2000) as former players turned head coach.
For Shula, it has been a step-by-step progression that has infused stability and quality football players into the Tide program. After going 4-9 his first season, Shula led the Crimson Tide to a 6-6 mark in 2004 and its first post-season bowl appearance since 2001.
The 2005 season was a breakout year for Shula and the Alabama football program. By season’s end, Alabama and Virginia Tech were the only teams in the country to rank in the top nine in all five major defensive statistical categories. The Tide finished the season ranked first in scoring defense, second in total defense, fifth in pass defense and pass efficiency defense and ninth in rushing defense.
However, it’s not just the defense that has contributed to Alabama’s success, but all facets of the game. Senior-to-be running back Kenneth Darby finished ranked 27nd in the country and second in the SEC in rushing yards per game (103.5) last season. Quarterback Brodie Croyle broke nearly every school passing record, surpassing his head coach along the way in many of the categories.
And the accolades poured in for Shula, who was named a semi-finalist for the George Munger National Coach of the Year Award, and his staff and players. Assistant coach Joe Kines was named one of six finalists for the Broyles Award, signifying the nation’s top assistant coach, and a pair of Shula’s freshmen (Antoine Caldwell and Bobby Greenwood) were named Rivals.com Freshman All-America.
Linebacker DeMeco Ryans was a consensus All-America selection and won the prestigious Lott Trophy.
The Crimson Tide finished the 2004 season ranked first in five SEC statistical categories (pass defense, kickoff returns, turnover margin, total defense and pass efficiency defense) and led the NCAA in pass defense. Alabama was second in scoring defense in the SEC and seventh in NCAA statistics.
Despite losing the entire starting offensive backfield during the course of the 2004 season, Alabama finished fourth in the SEC and 26th in the NCAA in rushing.
Prior to his return to Tuscaloosa, Shula spent two seasons as quarterback coach for the Miami Dolphins after being named to that position by head coach Dave Wannstedt on Feb. 7, 2000. It marked Shula’s second stint with the Dolphins after serving as a coaches’ assistant from 1991-92. It was also his second stint with Wannstedt after working as tight ends coach with the Chicago Bears’ organization from 1993-95.
In Shula’s two seasons as quarterbacks coach, Jay Fiedler led the Dolphins to a 21-10 record as a starter. In 2002, he completed 60.7 percent of his passes and threw for 3,290 yards and 20 touchdowns. He became just the second quarterback in club history to surpass the 3,000-yard passing mark in a season and the third to tally 20 touchdown passes. His completion percentage was the highest by a Dolphin with a minimum of 75 completions since 1995.
Shula re-joined the Dolphins organization after spending the previous four years (1996-99) as offensive coordinator with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Bucs qualified for the playoffs in two of Shula’s four seasons and in 1999 won the NFC Central Division and reached the NFC Championship game.
His initial NFL coaching post came in 1988 with the Bucs as an offensive assistant. He was promoted to quarterbacks coach in 1990 and spent one year in that position.
Shula was a three-year letterman (1984-86) as a quarterback for the Crimson Tide and finished his career with a 32-15-1 record, all under Ray Perkins. He was a starter in each of his final three seasons. Shula finished his Tide career completing 313 of 578 passes for 4,069 yards, 35 touchdowns and 30 interceptions.
He is best remembered for leading the Tide to a 20-16 win over Georgia in Athens on Sept. 2, 1985. It was the opening game of the season and the night game was carried nationally by ABC-TV. Down 16-13 with just 50 seconds remaining in the game, Shula marched the Tide 71 yards in five plays for the winning touchdown. He threw 17 yards to flanker Al Bell for the score, his second TD pass of the evening.
Another memorable victory for Shula was the 1985 Iron Bowl when he led the Tide on a six-play, 45-yard drive that led to Van Tiffin’s 52-yard game-winning FG for the final 25-23 score.
Perhaps his biggest wins were against Southern Cal (24-3) in the 1985 Aloha Bowl and in 1986 against Ohio State (16-10) in the Kickoff Classic, Notre Dame (28-10) and Washington (28-6) in the Sun Bowl.
Incidentally, his win over Notre Dame is the Tide’s only victory over the Fighting Irish.
He was an All-SEC selection as a junior and led the Crimson Tide to victories in the Aloha Bowl and Sun Bowl in his final two seasons. As a junior, he became only the second Alabama quarterback ever to throw for more than 2,000 yards in a season. As a senior, Shula was named recipient of the Paul W. Bryant Award, symbolic as the Tide’s top student-athlete and in 2005, Tide linebacker DeMeco Ryans earned that same award.
Shula earned his bachelor’s degree in Labor Relations from Alabama in 1987. He was a 12th round draft choice of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1987 and remained on the Bucs’ roster for part of that season.
He is the son of former Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula (1970-95), the winningest coach in NFL history and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Mike prepped at Miami’s Columbus High School where he was an all-state performer his senior season when he led the school to the state championship game. He also earned all-state accolades.
He was born June 3, 1965 in Baltimore, Md. Shula and his wife, Shari, have three daughters: Samantha, Brooke and Ryan Lucy, who was born on Feb. 1, 2006.
Gailey was my pick of the two due to the offensive expertise we lack and a track record of success in the NFL. However, he was mearly Chan Gailey, nothing too exiting to look forward to until we see how it works out.
Mora, on the other hand did not do well in Atlanta his last 2 years and sometimes the things that he says reminds me of Bush. (George Jr that is)
I respect the fact that Mora does know the 3-4 D and he is a players coach.
Mike Shula on the other hand gives us at least a third option. I was beginning to think this was like a presidential election in which we get 2 choices of people who were not what we pictured, even if they are good or not.
I am a little worried that Shula has not been very successful in the NFL. But I must say he does give us one thing. LOYALTY TO THE DOLPHINS!!!!
He would break his back for this team and I think many will agree. Where else would he want to go? This would be an opprotunity for him to shine, and I think he would make the best of it.
Wish list
HC-Offensive Guru and motivated!
DC-Capers
OC-Jason Garrett
OLC-Houck
Lets see how this pans out, at the moment I still do not know much about Shula MO on offense and could not make a judgement, but Im glad we have other options out there.
If you had to choose one of the three, who would it be?
Go Phins.
Heres some info on Shula if you want it.
Mike Shula, 41, has made great strides in returning stability and leadership to the Crimson Tide football program.
Shula, who was named the 2005 Region Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association, has resurrected the tradition-laden Bama program back to the elite. He had the Tide ranked as high as third nationally in 2005 while collecting victories over then fifth-ranked Florida and 17th ranked Tennessee. The win over the Gators was the first Tide victory over a top five team in Bryant-Denny Stadium and the win over Tennessee was the first over the Vols in Tuscaloosa since 1930. Bama’s resurgence under Shula resulted in a No. 8 finish in the final ranking by both the AP and USA Today Coaches’ Poll.
Alabama finished the 2005 season 10-2 with a 13-10 win over Texas Tech in 2006 AT&T Cotton Bowl in Dallas. It was an NCAA record 28th time that the Crimson Tide had won 10 or more games in a season.
And Alabama fans have every reason to believe that with Shula at the helm, the future is just as bright. With the completion of a state-of-the-art lockerroom and weight training facility, he has a football complex to rival any in the nation. His team is also enjoying additional practice facilities, highlighted by an AstroPlay turf field.
Bryant Hall, the former athletic dormitory, came on line in the spring of 2005 to serve as one of the most modern academic centers in the nation. In addition, his student-athletes are getting the job done in the classroom, as 14 players who competed in the Cotton Bowl had earned their degrees prior to the game. In Shula’s 2004 Music City bowl appearance, 11 football players had earned their degrees by the time that game rolled around.
Shula is the fifth Alabama alumnus to become head coach, joining J.B. Whitworth (1955-57), Paul W. “Bear” Bryant (1958-82), Ray Perkins (1983-87) and Mike DuBose (1997-2000) as former players turned head coach.
For Shula, it has been a step-by-step progression that has infused stability and quality football players into the Tide program. After going 4-9 his first season, Shula led the Crimson Tide to a 6-6 mark in 2004 and its first post-season bowl appearance since 2001.
The 2005 season was a breakout year for Shula and the Alabama football program. By season’s end, Alabama and Virginia Tech were the only teams in the country to rank in the top nine in all five major defensive statistical categories. The Tide finished the season ranked first in scoring defense, second in total defense, fifth in pass defense and pass efficiency defense and ninth in rushing defense.
However, it’s not just the defense that has contributed to Alabama’s success, but all facets of the game. Senior-to-be running back Kenneth Darby finished ranked 27nd in the country and second in the SEC in rushing yards per game (103.5) last season. Quarterback Brodie Croyle broke nearly every school passing record, surpassing his head coach along the way in many of the categories.
And the accolades poured in for Shula, who was named a semi-finalist for the George Munger National Coach of the Year Award, and his staff and players. Assistant coach Joe Kines was named one of six finalists for the Broyles Award, signifying the nation’s top assistant coach, and a pair of Shula’s freshmen (Antoine Caldwell and Bobby Greenwood) were named Rivals.com Freshman All-America.
Linebacker DeMeco Ryans was a consensus All-America selection and won the prestigious Lott Trophy.
The Crimson Tide finished the 2004 season ranked first in five SEC statistical categories (pass defense, kickoff returns, turnover margin, total defense and pass efficiency defense) and led the NCAA in pass defense. Alabama was second in scoring defense in the SEC and seventh in NCAA statistics.
Despite losing the entire starting offensive backfield during the course of the 2004 season, Alabama finished fourth in the SEC and 26th in the NCAA in rushing.
Prior to his return to Tuscaloosa, Shula spent two seasons as quarterback coach for the Miami Dolphins after being named to that position by head coach Dave Wannstedt on Feb. 7, 2000. It marked Shula’s second stint with the Dolphins after serving as a coaches’ assistant from 1991-92. It was also his second stint with Wannstedt after working as tight ends coach with the Chicago Bears’ organization from 1993-95.
In Shula’s two seasons as quarterbacks coach, Jay Fiedler led the Dolphins to a 21-10 record as a starter. In 2002, he completed 60.7 percent of his passes and threw for 3,290 yards and 20 touchdowns. He became just the second quarterback in club history to surpass the 3,000-yard passing mark in a season and the third to tally 20 touchdown passes. His completion percentage was the highest by a Dolphin with a minimum of 75 completions since 1995.
Shula re-joined the Dolphins organization after spending the previous four years (1996-99) as offensive coordinator with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Bucs qualified for the playoffs in two of Shula’s four seasons and in 1999 won the NFC Central Division and reached the NFC Championship game.
His initial NFL coaching post came in 1988 with the Bucs as an offensive assistant. He was promoted to quarterbacks coach in 1990 and spent one year in that position.
Shula was a three-year letterman (1984-86) as a quarterback for the Crimson Tide and finished his career with a 32-15-1 record, all under Ray Perkins. He was a starter in each of his final three seasons. Shula finished his Tide career completing 313 of 578 passes for 4,069 yards, 35 touchdowns and 30 interceptions.
He is best remembered for leading the Tide to a 20-16 win over Georgia in Athens on Sept. 2, 1985. It was the opening game of the season and the night game was carried nationally by ABC-TV. Down 16-13 with just 50 seconds remaining in the game, Shula marched the Tide 71 yards in five plays for the winning touchdown. He threw 17 yards to flanker Al Bell for the score, his second TD pass of the evening.
Another memorable victory for Shula was the 1985 Iron Bowl when he led the Tide on a six-play, 45-yard drive that led to Van Tiffin’s 52-yard game-winning FG for the final 25-23 score.
Perhaps his biggest wins were against Southern Cal (24-3) in the 1985 Aloha Bowl and in 1986 against Ohio State (16-10) in the Kickoff Classic, Notre Dame (28-10) and Washington (28-6) in the Sun Bowl.
Incidentally, his win over Notre Dame is the Tide’s only victory over the Fighting Irish.
He was an All-SEC selection as a junior and led the Crimson Tide to victories in the Aloha Bowl and Sun Bowl in his final two seasons. As a junior, he became only the second Alabama quarterback ever to throw for more than 2,000 yards in a season. As a senior, Shula was named recipient of the Paul W. Bryant Award, symbolic as the Tide’s top student-athlete and in 2005, Tide linebacker DeMeco Ryans earned that same award.
Shula earned his bachelor’s degree in Labor Relations from Alabama in 1987. He was a 12th round draft choice of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1987 and remained on the Bucs’ roster for part of that season.
He is the son of former Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula (1970-95), the winningest coach in NFL history and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Mike prepped at Miami’s Columbus High School where he was an all-state performer his senior season when he led the school to the state championship game. He also earned all-state accolades.
He was born June 3, 1965 in Baltimore, Md. Shula and his wife, Shari, have three daughters: Samantha, Brooke and Ryan Lucy, who was born on Feb. 1, 2006.
