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POLL: What is Your Assessment of Sparano so Far?
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hrpuffin
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I said best since Shuls. I think he has done alot with a little. The players love him! He needs to get them to come out of the gate the way they come out after the half. The injury bug hit use very badly this year and we were still in it in week 17 with one of the toughest schedules. I have said this before, but when teams go 1-15 it take many years to get things turned around, we already have. I wake up every sunday expecting to win. There are alot of teams that hope to win but dont expect it. We expect to win and anything less is unacceptable. We played the best teams in the league very well with alot less talent. Once we get this young team a few more players we are going to be a force to be reckoned with and Sparano has A LOT to do with that. He needs to work on his game management a bit, but there are alot of great coaches that are even worse than him, Reid comes to mind.
TheDon74
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I voted I am Satisfied with Sparano and he could climb to Best since Shula next year if he becomes a better game day coach, which I think he will. I think him never being a coordinator in the sense that he didn't really ever have to make quick game day decisions before has shown a few times but just like a young player he will learn from his mistakes and get better.
Mako
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After stomaching through the Dave Wannstedt and Nick Saban years; Sparano's a breath of fresh air..
After this and dealing with one miserable, nightmarish, hellacious year with Cam Cameron as coach, which at the time I swore set back the organization five years, Tony Sparano has been a ****ing Godsend..
Mind you, me thinking (at the time) Cameron's one year set the organization back five is saying a fair amount how pathetic things really were, because lets face it-- Wannstedt didn't exactly do this team any favors, nor did Saban, who acted like he was too smart for his own good.
Anyhow, I digress.. Tony Sparano inherited a 1-15 team that looked as bad of a team as you could find. In ONE SEASON, he led them to an AFC East title. In his first two, he led them to 18 wins.
Was some of this due to good personnel decisions that went right, smooth drafting and lucky bounces? Absolutely.. However, no matter how good drafts are, free agent signings are and how many breaks you get, if improperly coached, nothing makes a difference.
2009 was definitely a dissappointment. The team was ravaged by injuries to key players, and was extremely young in several key positions, and old in others.
I'm not going to completely give Tony a free ride here, he's made some questionable decisions as a head coach, or he's authorized his staff to make some questionable ones. I think they relied a little TOO heavily on the Wildcat at times, and others not enough. He's also made some decisions that left me wondering what the hell he was thinking.
That said, the guy's won 18 games in two years.. I'd say that he's done pretty damned good all facts considering. I think the guy's a good coach, who is only going to get better with time.
After this and dealing with one miserable, nightmarish, hellacious year with Cam Cameron as coach, which at the time I swore set back the organization five years, Tony Sparano has been a ****ing Godsend..
Mind you, me thinking (at the time) Cameron's one year set the organization back five is saying a fair amount how pathetic things really were, because lets face it-- Wannstedt didn't exactly do this team any favors, nor did Saban, who acted like he was too smart for his own good.
Anyhow, I digress.. Tony Sparano inherited a 1-15 team that looked as bad of a team as you could find. In ONE SEASON, he led them to an AFC East title. In his first two, he led them to 18 wins.
Was some of this due to good personnel decisions that went right, smooth drafting and lucky bounces? Absolutely.. However, no matter how good drafts are, free agent signings are and how many breaks you get, if improperly coached, nothing makes a difference.
2009 was definitely a dissappointment. The team was ravaged by injuries to key players, and was extremely young in several key positions, and old in others.
I'm not going to completely give Tony a free ride here, he's made some questionable decisions as a head coach, or he's authorized his staff to make some questionable ones. I think they relied a little TOO heavily on the Wildcat at times, and others not enough. He's also made some decisions that left me wondering what the hell he was thinking.
That said, the guy's won 18 games in two years.. I'd say that he's done pretty damned good all facts considering. I think the guy's a good coach, who is only going to get better with time.
hrpuffin
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Just curious who you think is the best since Shula if its not Sparano?
Mako
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I'm assuming it's Jimmy Johnson.
I voted "other". I'm not unhappy with him, but I do think there's a lot of room for improvement, especially in game management as well as personnel and game situation recognition. This is only his second season as a head coach, so I'm basically treating the situation like a player who has only played 2 seasons at this level: He's not a Hall of Fame calibur coach right now, but that doesn't mean he can't improve and become one. Let's see how season 3 pans out.
TheDon74
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Jimmy by a hair (no pun intended) and only because of his defensive picks. Like I said it won't be hard for Sparano to over take him.