PFT: Shula the Seatholder for Coach Chin?

[Desides]

A reader has floated an intriguing theory regarding the possible motivations for the Dolphins' decision to secretly interview former Alabama coach Mike Shula for the head-coaching job in Miami.

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At a time when some assume that a guy like Georgia Tech coach Chan Gailey would be hired to keep the seat warm for Bill Cowher, maybe Shula is the guy who would serve as the head coach until Cowher comes to town.

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Then, Shula would move to offensive coordinator or quarterbacks coach and further refine his skills under Cowher. Or, alternatively, Shula would transition to a front-office or executive-level position, where he would be working with his good friend, team president Bryan Wiedmeier.

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In the short term, the Fins would likely sell plenty of tickets and re-energize a fan base still reeling from the rise and fall of the Nicktator. If/when Cowher comes aboard, no one would complain.

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It's all speculation, but it would help to explain why the pursuit of Shula has been guarded so closely by the team.

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Meanwhile, we've been tipped off to the existence of yet another plane with the "WH" initials at the conclusion of the tail number. Though we don't know for sure that it's a Huizenga-owned plane or whether it's being used in connection with the search for a new coach, it has been in Denver since Friday -- and it currently is on it's way back to Ft. Lauderdale. ​

 

[elite14eva]

no.

 

[DonShula84]

wow, they consider what people post on a msg board credible enough to post in the rumor section on their site?

 

[Shouright]

wow, they consider what people post on a msg board credible enough to post in the rumor section on their site?

Sure, because then the members of the message board visit the site and raise its "click count," and then it can charge its advertisers more. :D

 

[Dolfan_Noles]

I would love Cowher, but it's hard to think that this lack of consistency from year to year could ever lead to anything good. If we had someone as a placeholder this year, then Cowher next year, we would be on our 4th coach in 5 years...6 if you count Bates' interim stint.

 

[AggieFin21]

That's an insult to anyone, no matter how experienced or inexperienced they are. I just can't see any person going from HC to a coordinator position on the same team.

 

[Fresh]

How many ****ing times do those idiots at PFT change their story?

 

[marcodolphin]

ptf :shakeno::shakeno::shakeno:

 

[Cannonboy]

This is getting very interesting. Its like a Soap Opera How the Fin Turns.

 

[realdolphin]

that is impossible ....no head coach turns into an office job in the same team in consecutive years

 

[nighttrain76]

Okay, I posted about Pat Jones saying the same thing expect he said Chan instead of Mike being the fill in coach. They both are saying that Mike is likely to be a OC or QB coach.

 

[gator_sensation]

It makes no sense for Shula to become the HC only to become a coordinator. Has anyone else noticed that PFT has said they every coach candidate will only be here for a year to allow Cowher to return? No one would take the job knowing they will only be here for a year.

 

[shula_guy]

I think the big tuna should be the leader of the fish, and wayne can stop pretending he knows anything about football and sit back with a good video rented from that place he likes so much.

 

[WEEZEL]

I bet his source was "Bryan from Ohio"

 

[Caps]

This whole stop-gap theory is probably the stupidest thing I've heard all offseason.