Some Thoughts on Coaching

[SF Dolphin Fan]

I find it interesting that Stephen Ross went after Jim Harbaugh last season when Bill Cowher, Jeff Fisher and Jon Gruden were available. It could be Harbaugh's ties to Michigan, but maybe Ross also realizes that the best thing to do is find that up and coming young guy who can guide this team for years to come. That is the direction, in my opinion, that the club should take. I just don't know how much those veteran coaches have left. They have all coached for a long time and you have to wonder if the fire is still there. Who that young up and comer is I just don't know. Any ideas out there from the board?

 

[Built2Win]

Tony sparano jr he should be able to coach the dolphins for 30 years..

 

[MD]

Bill Cowher turned Ross down because he wouldn't fire Ireland. Sorry but that shoots your theory in the foot.

 

[Kdawg954]

I could see Jeff Fisher in Miami . . . don't really care much for Gruden/Cowher but it wouldn't surprise me. I also think Rob Ryan is in the picture as well. There are going to be coaches names popping up and down . . . and if Miami has a "top" pick, you can bet this is gonna be the hot job on the market.

 

[Built2Win]

hopefully we dont pick a coach based if they will work with ireland or not..
Ireland needs to GTFO IMO

 

[SF Dolphin Fan]

Bill Cowher turned Ross down because he wouldn't fire Ireland. Sorry but that shoots your theory in the foot.

Hey MadDog. That was the speculation, but it was after he pursued Harbaugh. To my knowledge, the Cowher thing was rumor and not theory. But hey who knows. Maybe Ross did offer the job to Cowher. If so, and Cowher turned it down, why wouldn't he then talk with Gruden or Fisher. Seems like Sparano was the fall back plan if Harbaugh didn't pan out.

 

[LANGER72]

The whole culture of Miami Dolphins football has been polluted. We need to hire Cowher to instill a new attitude and to lure a better class of football coaches onto the team. The PP guy can be his choice too. It makes perfect sense so that the entire franchise knows who is the boss and that they are all on the same page.
I am sick of the excuses...Ireland wanted this guy (but Parcells) and Sparano wanted that guy BS....it is just a circus

 

[dlockz]

wish we had been able to get Harnaugh , but the bad thing about it, Sparano got an extension because of it

 

[sleek]

It doesn't matter which coaches we have or which players we have. In order to win we need time, patience, and realistic expectations. Expecting Henne to throw for 900 yds per game,12 td's, and no interceptions forever until the end of time is not real. Expecting to throw money at a coach and expect him to take us to the superbowl in his first year is unrealistic. There are going to be ups and downs but sticking with something and having faith is what gives you the best chance at victory and it is what creates team chemistry and allows a team to gel. If we are going to put somebody in the guiolltine every time there is a mistake it will be like the french revolution.

 

[SF Dolphin Fan]

Well said. Look at guys like Cowher, Gruden and Fisher. They were all given the chance to turn the team around during down years. Heck, Sparano might not even be on the hook if Miami had drafted Aaron Rogers instead of Ronnie Brown back when Saban was coaching. I just don't know if this organization will be patient. I think whoever the new coach is will have two to three years to turn it around.

 

[Perfect23]

It's sad when you see the Cleveland Browns strating to get on the rise.

 

[trojanma]

My observations on the post Shula regimes.

JJ wasn't bad. He drafted the core of a hell of a defense with JT, Zach, Madison and Surtain. He tried so hard to recreate the power running/play action Dallas team that he ended up wiffing huge on his offensive draft picks. As a result, he could never reconcile with Marino. Eventually his heart wasn't it in and he quit. Its' too bad that Marino was ahead of his time b/c with the rules we have today oh boy.

Of course what JJ did next ruined Miami for decades.

Wannstadt/Spielman- I don't think you can ever summarize enough the degree that these two men ruined the Dolphins. Miami wasted the great D that was built by JJ. The team got worse every year.
Look at the Drafts. It is COMICAL! Pathetic.
In five years the only guy they drafted that had any impact in the NFL was Chris Chambers.
They wasted most of the picks they did have on idiotic trades.
I am glad that Ricky Williams flamed out because Miami bottomed out faster givings these to idiots the boot. Otherwise they may have stayed on longer.

Saban- Say what you will about Saban he is a hell of a coach. What he did to Miami was inexcusable, but I think if he would have stuck with Miami he would have eventually built a solid team. Then again he was surprisingly bad at drafting considering how familiar he was with the college landscape.

Cameron- This was clearly a mistake. This was also a wasted year compounded by the fact that Cam's Philosophy was completely different from the regimes that proceeded and followed him.

Parcells Era- At least Huizenga went after a guy who had a plan. I always appreciated that about the trifecta. The Parcells way. Build from the trenches. Unfortunately the NFL is a ever changing thing and the Parcells way simply doesnt work as well anymore.
The inability to get the o-line right despite an inordinate amount of resources is what ultimately doomed this regime.

So What Next.
I think the Dolphins need to focus on getting a top notch executive. Not necessarily an old guy like a Parcells type but someone understands the changing nature of the game.
What makes Belichick so good is he is always evolving.
Whomever takes over we need to give them time.
That is the one constant over all successful regimes in the NFL.

 

[Nublar7]

Cowher wouldn't talk because Ross wanted to keep Ireland. Gruden turned down a $7 million a year deal, and Fisher wasn't fired from Tennessee until way after the whole Harbaugh/Sparano ordeal.

 

[Buff]

Just wondering how many coaches who have left the game for what ever reason, have come back a few years later to try & turn around a franchise? And been successful?

My guess, is not too many.

 

[4THand10]

Just wondering how many coaches who have left the game for what ever reason, have come back a few years later to try & turn around a franchise? And been successful?

My guess, is not too many.

Not 1 single head coach has ever won 2 super bowls coaching different teams.A few have tried and all of them have failed.We even tried with J.Johnson and we all know how that worked out.

Lets forget Gruden and Cowher and hire a real GM who will hire his own coach.History has showin that the odds of Gruden or Cowher winning a super bowl coaching another teams are next to nil.