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(Check the link and the video because NFL.com has pretty good discussion of Wallace and his impact-who would've known:idk: )
Mike Wallace is the first to admit that he wasn't a fan of Mike Sherman's stuck-in-the-mud offense last season in Miami.
"I didn't feel like I knew what was going on," the Dolphins wide receiver recently said of a scheme that failed to make the most of his unique deep-threat abilities.
The arrival of new offensive coordinator Bill Lazor offers hope.

Wallace confirmed to The Palm Beach Post this week that he's being used all over the field in a scheme that shares its DNA with Chip Kelly's high-octane Eagles attack.
"Nobody can ever key on me," Wallace said. "Last year, you kind of knew where I was every single play."
Miami's "Eagles South" approach is the primary reason we're predicting a juicy bounce-back campaign for Mr. Wallace.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap20...llace-no-one-can-key-on-me-in-dolphins-attack
 
Does it amaze the rest of you guys as much as me that Sherman was so set in his offensive vision that he either ignored or refused to put Wallace in motion to at least attempt to get him open more often?? In walks the new guy and Wallace is in motion. We'll have to see how this works out, but at the very least changes are being made in the offensive approach to take advantage of the skill sets of the players we have versus the players we need to have. That's coaching 101 folks. The offense will be improved under Lazor...question is going to be how much??
 
Wallace sucked last year. I don't care about lack of creativity or whatever, at times his effort was a joke. Go up and catch the ball.
 
Kencoboy said:
Does it amaze the rest of you guys as much as me that Sherman was so set in his offensive vision that he either ignored or refused to put Wallace in motion to at least attempt to get him open more often?? In walks the new guy and Wallace is in motion. We'll have to see how this works out, but at the very least changes are being made in the offensive approach to take advantage of the skill sets of the players we have versus the players we need to have. That's coaching 101 folks. The offense will be improved under Lazor...question is going to be how much??
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The more amazing thing to me was Wallace had his best games when we designed plays around him. Then Sherman totally threw those plays out and kept him in one spot the rest of the season. I mean...it wasnt something that was beyond us, it wasnt something that we didnt know would work out or not, we had it down pat...and consciously chose to stop.

Even more mind boggling is Sherman isnt the worst OC we've had in the last 5 years. :bobdole:

Sherman and Jim Turner are the reasons why ive completely and utterly lost faith in Joe Philbin as our coach. Not that he did much to inspire me during the season, but i could have dealt with some flaws here and there so long as he tried to improve. Fighting tooth and nail to keep Sherman was insane. No other word for it, insane.

All of that being said...

SQuinn17 said:
Wallace sucked last year. I don't care about lack of creativity or whatever, at times his effort was a joke. Go up and catch the ball.
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This. For as much blame as Sherman deserves, Wallace put the ball on the ground way to much and just didnt give a ****. After paying him $13 million a year, the lack of effort was inexcusable.
 
Spesh said:
The more amazing thing to me was Wallace had his best games when we designed plays around him. Then Sherman totally threw those plays out and kept him in one spot the rest of the season. I mean...it wasnt something that was beyond us, it wasnt something that we didnt know would work out or not, we had it down pat...and consciously chose to stop.

Even more mind boggling is Sherman isnt the worst OC we've had in the last 5 years. :bobdole:

Sherman and Jim Turner are the reasons why ive completely and utterly lost faith in Joe Philbin as our coach. Not that he did much to inspire me during the season, but i could have dealt with some flaws here and there so long as he tried to improve. Fighting tooth and nail to keep Sherman was insane. No other word for it, insane.

All of that being said...



This. For as much blame as Sherman deserves, Wallace put the ball on the ground way to much and just didnt give a ****. After paying him $13 million a year, the lack of effort was inexcusable.
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I agree, Sherman is one of the main reasons I do not like Philbin. Philbin is not an idiot... he sat there and watched Sherman call horrible game after horrible game and did absoolutely nothing about it because they are friends... He was forced to fire him this offseason if not we would would still have Sherman here as an OC.

I do not respect Philbin at all as the leader of this team.. He is actually the complete opposite of a team leader.
Chubbs
 
Yeah Philbin was definetly more interested in loyalty than he was the performance of his team. Loyalty is a good quality but if the performance is lacking you have to make the right business decision which he is more than happy to do with players.

Wallace is a great offseason player. We haven't actually played a game yet so I'm not sure how he can prove his statement correct at this point. Your only as good as your last game. More than happy to have them all prove it to us after quiting last year.
 
Miami was 1-6 in games in which the Dolphins targeted Wallace 10 or more times. It seemed liked when Miami forced the ball to Wallace he would get his numbers, but the rest of the offense would be impacted.
 
Well hopefully moving him around helps but like posted above, he has to catch the ball. My coach in high school would always say if it hits your hands catch the ball. Not only that but try your hardest to get the ball too. Wallace isn't physical like we all know, but a little more effort would help enough.
 
Kencoboy said:
Does it amaze the rest of you guys as much as me that Sherman was so set in his offensive vision that he either ignored or refused to put Wallace in motion to at least attempt to get him open more often?? In walks the new guy and Wallace is in motion. We'll have to see how this works out, but at the very least changes are being made in the offensive approach to take advantage of the skill sets of the players we have versus the players we need to have. That's coaching 101 folks. The offense will be improved under Lazor...question is going to be how much??
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I believe at the time Sherman said he kept Wallace in one spot because he wanted Tannehill to always know where he was. Unfortunately the defenses also knew.
Also- as bad as the Turner and Sherman hires were, Philbin looks to have redeemed himself with their replacements
 
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I believe at the time Sherman said he kept Wallace in one spot because he wanted Tannehill to always know where he was. Unfortunately the defenses also knew.
Also- as bad as the Turner and Sherman hires were, Philbin looks to have redeemed himself with their replacements
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just unhappy that Zach Taylor is still "coaching" Tannehill (probably retained as a Philbin concession to Taylor's fired father in law). We can only hope that Lazor usurps that function and relegates the totally unqualified incumbent to a figurehead role. I would suspect this might happen because his first stint as an OC will largely be judged by RT17's ability to execute his playcalling :up:

 
Seeing that Tannehill improved from year one to year two I don't see what Zac Taylor did to get trashed?
 
Vaark said:
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just unhappy that Zach Taylor is still "coaching" Tannehill (probably retained as a Philbin concession to Taylor's fired father in law). We can only hope that Lazor usurps that function and relegates the totally unqualified incumbent to a figurehead role. I would suspect this might happen because his first stint as an OC will largely be judged by RT17's ability to execute his playcalling :up:
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From what I've read, Tannehill likes Taylor and wanted to keep him. He will probably change his mind the more time he spends with Lazor
 
Vaark said:
^^^^^^^^^^ this^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

just unhappy that Zach Taylor is still "coaching" Tannehill (probably retained as a Philbin concession to Taylor's fired father in law). We can only hope that Lazor usurps that function and relegates the totally unqualified incumbent to a figurehead role. I would suspect this might happen because his first stint as an OC will largely be judged by RT17's ability to execute his playcalling :up:
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The feedback I've received is that Zach Taylor is actually pretty good and he aspires to be an NFL Head Coach. He may have got his initial coaching opportunity through his father in law, but under Lazor's close inspection we will find out if he's any good. Tannehill made decent progress last year and theoretically that is partly a credit to his QB Coach. I would also expect that Taylor and Tannehill have a good working relationship.
Lazor, having immediately come from this role at the Eagles, will have certain expectations what the QB coach must be doing and holding him accountable. Bottom line Vaark, if Taylor doesn't have much substance and only held the position through Sherman, he will be exposed pretty quickly by Lazor and replaced, but if he's good, it's an opportunity to develop further as a coach.
 
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