Philbin: I'm not worried about me

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So I asked Philbin about that when we met on Saturday and he said that is not the case at all. He insisted his job security is not on his mind. He said he's not thinking of winning for his own sake.

"It's more for everybody else's sake," he said. "For Steve Ross who's supported me throughout my tenure here, who's had patience, committed the resources that we need to build a successful football team, so for him. For the fans, for the people on the staff, for the people who work their tails off who care not only about winning but care about the organization itself.

"For everybody, I'd like us to reap the rewards of our labor. It's time for all of us. But I haven't really thought about playoff or bust for me."

I mentioned in the column what Philbin worries about when he thinks about his team.

"I want to see the quarterback and receiver corps, their timing and rhythm, the anticipation. That's something," he said. "Our sub defensive package in the secondary is something we have to get a feel for. I want to see some of those corners emerge and see the competition there. That's something that's going to be important. And probably the linebacker position shaking. Finally, the competition at guard. We're going to start gather information pretty soon. We're going to know a lot more a week from now."

So what makes Philbin confident about his team?

"I like the way they work," he said. "I like the chemistry so far. And it's early. We're going to learn more about our guys in the next five or six weeks in training camp and preseason but I like the way they work and their passion for the game."

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/dolp...-training-camps-here-in-the-past-but-obv.html

 

[Daytona Fin]

More from Philbin

“It feels like it’s about time to get started,” Philbin told Dolphins.com on Friday in the latest installment of the Coaches Corner segment. “We all had a great vacation. We had an outstanding offseason program. The attendance was excellent. The attention to detail was great. As you know, we have a lot of new players. That happens every single year. I thought the adjustment that the new guys made was excellent as well. It’s always good to kind of recharge your batteries, have a little bit of time off, spend some time with the family, but it’s time. Training camp is a great time.”

The first practice of camp is scheduled for Thursday at 8 a.m. Most of the practices will have that start time, keeping a trend that began last season.

“We spent a lot of time in the offseason thinking about our scheduling, how we’re going to run training camp, what adjustments (to make),” Philbin said. “Every year I keep notes from the previous year — these are the things I thought we did well, these are things we want to change. We really like the training camp format that we went to last year. We made a number of adjustments going into our third year and we thought it was really well run, it was smooth, it was a little bit more efficient. We got guys in the building, out of the building, which the players liked, a little bit earlier and changed some things up in terms of when we lift, how we meet, when we do our walk-through, those type of things.”

Philbin said there were a couple of reasons for scheduling the practices against the two-time defending NFC South champions.

“Number one, the way our schedule was set up, we have really nine days in between our first game against the Bears in Chicago (on Aug. 13) and then when we play Carolina. That’s an awful long time and I think with experience I would tell you that usually in between game one and game two it is really kind of the ‘dog days’ of training camp, so it really breaks up camp nice,” Philbin said. “They have a great setup down there. We’re going to stay at a hotel .7 miles from the practice field, so it’s going to be very easy, very convenient.

“They’re obviously a team that’s been to the playoffs the last two years and are an excellent team. Really, it kind of gives us an early benchmark as to where we are as a football team and mostly it’s for the competitive nature of the drills for two days. I think will be a real benefit to our team.”

On the competition at guard: “We have some really outstanding candidates. There’s some guys that have put in a lot of effort and energy into this season — Billy Turner, Dallas Thomas, Jamil Douglas, Jacques McClendon has done a nice job, Sam Brenner, J.D. Walton. We’ve got a lot of guys that have some versatility. They can play left, can play right. But we’re going of kind of have to let things sift out. It’s hard to really make a lot of concrete decisions based on the OTAs. We’re going to have some extremely competitive training camp practices against ourselves, we’re going to go practice against another team, we’re going to have four preseason games, so I feel like we’re going to have ample opportunity and a good database, a window to evaluate these guys and the best players get to play. That’s the way we’ve done it since day one. They’re going to have to earn it just like everybody else on the team.”

 “Branden is making excellent progress. Our medical staff has done a great job with him. Again, it’s going to be a matter of how quickly he can get back to playing football. Rehab is rehab and football is football. We’ll see how it goes on a daily basis. I think the most positive thing that we can take at this point and time is the attitude and the approach for Branden has been top shelf. He’s of the mind-set that he’s going to play and he’s going to get ready and going to do whatever it takes to play and contribute to the football team. So that’s been outstanding.”

http://www.miamidolphins.com/news/a...id=625309004755918849&adbpl=tw&adbpr=19853312

 

[Sons Of Shula]

Philbin is a good coach with an excellent mind for detail. We've obviously seen faults, but no head coach waltzes into the NFL without growing pains. Looking forward to this year and the team he has helped developed.

 

[Hc90]

Philbin is a good coach with an excellent mind for detail. We've obviously seen faults, but no head coach waltzes into the NFL without growing pains. Looking forward to this year and the team he has helped developed.

Yeap , I like Philbin . I think the Green Bay game last year and the fact he isn't a clown who screams all day or jumps out of planes make people dislike him .

I'm happy we have a coach that's focused on one thing . Football

 

[BigNastyFish]

Wow. Two peeps supporting Philbin. Big doins.

I watched the interview on the Dolphin site. He still sounds like a banquet coordinator to me. Lots of focus on planning practice activities, planning trips and planning schedules. We can only hope he actually leans how to make a difference game planning and especially in managing execution during the actual game!

I still cannot pin point one essential core competency Philbin brings to the table that creates a winning advantage -- something that tells me the team is BETTER because of his presence????

Bottom line -- Philbin has a LOT to prove this season.

I am highly skeptical he's up to the task.

But of course -- there's still a remote possibility he proves to be a real difference maker.

But I would not bet the farm on it.

BNF.

 

[Sons Of Shula]

Wow. Two peeps supporting Philbin. Big doins.

I watched the interview on the Dolphin site. He still sounds like a banquet coordinator to me. Lots of focus on planning practice activities, planning trips and planning schedules. We can only hope he actually leans how to make a difference game planning and especially in managing execution during the actual game.

What exactly do you think head coaches do?

And yes, Philbin needs more experience with time management and decision making in the closing minutes of the game, as does every coach. Even the most successful ones are challenged on a weekly basis in this aspect. As far as his game planning goes, I would be hard pressed to find anyone who wasn't slightly impressed with our second half adjustments last year. Those type of moves aren't made during the half but are discussed through out the week leading up to the game during their game planning.

 

[KTOWNFINFAN]

What exactly do you think head coaches do?

And yes, Philbin needs more experience with time management and decision making in the closing minutes of the game, as does every coach. Even the most successful ones are challenged on a weekly basis in this aspect. As far as his game planning goes, I would be hard pressed to find anyone who wasn't slightly impressed with our second half adjustments last year. Those type of moves aren't made during the half but are discussed through out the week leading up to the game during their game planning.

Here I am, I wasn't impressed in the slightest, actually just the opposite. I like Philbin I just don't like him as a HC. He plays not to lose rather than playing to win. He is not a natural leader and like BigNasty pointed out he is not a difference maker at the HC position. If he has superior talent at all positions he has a chance to win but he can not motivate a player to play above himself like a Shula or BB. He is not the worst ever but I don't think he is a natural HC he is a much better coordinator IMO. He is smart and the players like him (which isn't that important) but he is not the kind of coach that has players running through walls for him.

 

[Kornnut]

Break out year for Philbin????>.........

 

[Sons Of Shula]

Here I am, I wasn't impressed in the slightest, actually just the opposite. I like Philbin I just don't like him as a HC. He plays not to lose rather than playing to win. He is not a natural leader and like BigNasty pointed out he is not a difference maker at the HC position. If he has superior talent at all positions he has a chance to win but he can not motivate a player to play above himself like a Shula or BB. He is not the worst ever but I don't think he is a natural HC he is a much better coordinator IMO. He is smart and the players like him (which isn't that important) but he is not the kind of coach that has players running through walls for him.

Shula is a motivator.

Belichick is a strategist.

I should have known better than to assert, "anyone". It's very unusual for everyone to be right.

 

[Daytona Fin]

From Walker

"I came here to win championships. I didn't come here to be average and be 8-8," Philbin told ESPN.com on Sunday. "Steve Ross doesn't own the team to be average. Our fans don't want to be average. Our players don't want to be average. So that's what we're here for. That's why we invest and put the effort, the time into what we do."

Philbin is eager to shake the "average" label, which has been associated with him since he joined the Dolphins in 2011. Philbin is 23-25 as Miami's coach and has yet to post a winning season. The Dolphins also suffered a pair of collapses in December the past two years that kept the team out of the playoffs.

"There's three championships right now that are out there: There's the AFC East, there's the AFC and there's the NFL championship," Philbin said. "So nothing's been decided. I can honestly tell you sitting here we've had a couple of clunkers in three years. But we haven't had a ton of clunkers where we just got manhandled from start to finish. So I've gone into every game thinking we're going to win every game."

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13321925/joe-philbin-says-come-miami-dolphins-average

 

[67Stang]

I like Philbin, he was handed a mess when he took over. I still blame Ireland more than anyone and we are still paying for his ineptitude. I think Philbin has made a few clock management mistakes but so has every other coach. All in all I don't think the HC is the reason we did not make the playoffs last year, our defense was. As far as him being worried about his job, the guy lost his son right before taking this job. Unfortunate things like that really put life into perspective.....I really doubt the possibility of getting fired for not making the playoffs is as much pressure as some might think on him.

 

[Daytona Fin]

Abramson's interview with philbin

Other players said they’ve seen flashes of a passionate Philbin — like after he missed two days of practice last year for the death of his father. He was emotional when he returned and Miami responded with a 37-0 win against San Diego.

Philbin said there’s a time to show emotion but that his style has helped him move up the chain from a small-time college assistant to NFL head coach.

“I’ve had good relationships with people I’ve worked with whether it be coaches, administrators and the players that I’ve coached,” Philbin said Sunday in an interview with the Palm Beach Post. “I would say 95 percent of the players enjoyed being around me. But some didn’t and I probably didn’t enjoy being around some of them.

“I try to self-evaluate and improve in certain things, but I think if I change too much of who I am, there’s certain things over 28 years that got me to this particular point. I thought I was raised the right way by my parents. There’s certain things I believe in that I do, that are kind of me. And I’m going to continue to do.”

Philbin says he’s “very passionate” about his job.

“I may show it differently than some other guys,” he said. “If Mike Wallace is happier in that environment, that’s great. Good for him.”

Philbin wouldn’t say that he definitively has to make the playoffs this year to keep his job. But he understands the expectations.

“Every situation is different,” Philbin said. “You have to really look at the entire body of work and you’ve got to assess everything. What does the team look like when you watch them on film, when you go to games? Do they look well-coached? Do they look like they play hard? Are they sloppy, are they undisciplined? Do they not care?

“I know Steve’s been incredibly supportive resources wise, commitment wise and personally to me. He’s here to win. He’s in it to win championships and build something special and I want to do the same thing. At some point in time there has to be a level of confidence with me as the head coach that that’s where we’re going.”

“I do think it’s a better skill set to match (Tannehill),” he said of the new receivers, including Kenny Stills, Greg Jennings and rookie DeVante Parker.

Philbin said “there’s no book” on being a head coach. He’s learned a lot in the last three years, including last season when he refused to publicly back Tannehill as the team’s starting quarterback after a rocky first three weeks.

He admits it “might have been just semantics” — sticking to his strategy of keeping all players equal and not publicly naming starters. But the quarterback is the holy grail of a football roster and by not backing Tannehill, it turned in to a national story.

“It was just in terms of not wanting to treat that position a whole lot different than the other positions, as I said to him,” Philbin said. “It seemed like it was a huge deal. Maybe with the whole ball club, maybe I could’ve handled it a little bit better so it didn’t become such a big blown up event.”

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/s...ch-joe-philbin-passion-there-despite-w/nm6yq/

 

[Ruckus45]

What exactly do you think head coaches do?

And yes, Philbin needs more experience with time management and decision making in the closing minutes of the game, as does every coach. Even the most successful ones are challenged on a weekly basis in this aspect. As far as his game planning goes, I would be hard pressed to find anyone who wasn't slightly impressed with our second half adjustments last year. Those type of moves aren't made during the half but are discussed through out the week leading up to the game during their game planning.

Exactly. The role of the NFL coach is to devise a plan and work that plan. Watch Matt Lauer's interview of Pete Carrol after the Super Bowl. He discusses the plan and how practicing that plan prepares you for game day. I think Philbin has had a plan, and has worked on that each year being here. Now, with a more mature team at his disposal I think this plan will pay off.

Head coaching isn't about rah rah at this level. High school, sure. I'd rather a meticulous coach that works a plan and a process over some baffoon yelling on the sideline every Sunday.

 

[Austin Tatious]

Philbin has been a below average league coach, but we can all hope that he will turn the corner this year. Philbin has really struggled really in all aspects of coaching. You can't trust his team to be ready week to week. Look at how the Dolphins show up at home against the Chiefs or the Titans the previous year. Just got their clocks cleaned. His game planning is weak. Most importantly, his ability to handle pressure is catastrophic. The players sense it. Queasy uses cue cards to motivate. Bottom line, this is a guy that gives you a deficit on game day.

He's not lacking in intellect like Sparano is. If Philbin has self-awareness, and let's hope he does, he can learn and actually develop. He has a team this year with real expectations that can inflict damage and go deep. We all have to hope he turns the corner as a coachm because between him and the defensive coordinator, they are the weak links that could prevent a real run. Bill Lazor is the strength of the coaching staff.

 

[nick1]

If you are in the NFL and you need to be motivated to play well. You don't belong in the NFL