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Recently read article from Armando....I couldn't agree more
Word of advice: Ross should stop looking into Philbin’s eyes and look instead to the football field where the Dolphins look rudderless.
More advice: Instead of listening to his coach’s voice, he should listen to the fans who are saying, “If you are going to start over, Mr. Ross, start over from the ground up. Don’t offer half solutions.”
If Ross turns Ireland into his scapegoat after this season, he would be making basically the same mistake he made last year. Last year, Ross fired Tony Sparano and kept the general manager who had worked with the coach since 2008.
So Ross decided it was Sparano’s fault the Dolphins were failing and not Ireland’s. Now, if he lowers the guillotine on Ireland but spares Philbin and his staff, once again the Dolphins would be an uneven organization.
By that I mean the Dolphins wouldn’t be hiring a general manager and coach who are in synch. They would be hiring a general manager who has to accept the current coach, just like this time around they hired a coach who could accept working with Ireland.
And what might that mean? The general manager equivalent of Jeff Fisher or other experienced personnel men will decline the chance to come to Miami.
Ross on Monday spoke of two committees that will advise him on what to do next. I’m not on that committee. But here’s my advice:
Ask questions, sir.
Ask why Dion Jordan, your third overall draft pick, plays only sparingly.
Why your two high-round rookie corners don’t play but you trust Nolan Carroll, who the last coaching staff figured out was not good enough but is playing despite being not good enough.
Ask why this defense misses so many tackles. Still.
Ask why the offense has no identity. I mean, seriously, what are the Dolphins really good at doing offensively?
Do they use possession passing really well? No.
Do they run the football really well and stick with it? No.
Do they spread defenses out and use their deep threat Mike Wallace to strike fear? Well, that was the plan. But unfortunately, it was Ireland’s plan.
And the coaching staff apparently didn’t get the memo.
About the Dolphins coaching staff: Offensive coordinator Mike Sherman seemed out of tricks by the middle of the first half. His team was down 15-0 and the Bucs had figured out the Miami snap count, figured out your love of slant routes, and figured out your love of the wide receiver screen.
This is a terrible time for the Dolphins. And Ross seems prepared to address the terrible as well as possible. The hope is he doesn’t settle for incomplete fixes.
Read more here:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/11/12/3747622_p2/armando-salguero-miami-dolphins.html#storylink=cpy
