Sparano: "Like night and day"

[DrConfident]

What's up Dolfans, just ran across a good article from profootballtalk.com on Coach Sparano's outlook for the team so far, very encouraging! Can't wait until training camp. I love it, we win the Division, go 11-5, and somehow people are still not convinced; all the while Coach Sparano's vision of the squad is in stark contrast to what we had at this time last year. Enjoy the read:


Sparano: "Like night and day"

In Miami Dolphins coach Tony Sparano’s opinion, it’s a stark contrast between the football team that he took over last year and this year’s edition.
One season removed from winning an AFC East crown after going 1-15 the previous year under Cam Cameron, the Dolphins are looking a lot different.
“Like night and day,” Sparano told reporters today in comments distributed by the team. “Last year at this time, watching the film at some times it didn’t really look much like football out there. A little bit of rugby, a little bit of other things going on in there, not a whole lot like football all the time.”
Sparano said he conducted a study of teams that won the division title over the past decade, an exercise that revealed that just 49 percent of those teams made it to the playoffs the following year.

“When you start to look at some of those kinds of numbers, it is hard to get overconfident about anything,” Sparano said. “I won’t let that happen. I think you got to put it out of your mind. So, nothing is owed to you. Nothing is guaranteed. You got to play in the now right now.”

Meawhile, Sparano had no interest in discussing the spicy verbal feud between New York Jets coach Rex Ryan and Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder.
“Guys, this is June,” Sparano said. “We are in June right now. I want to talk about what our team is doing.”
When Sparano was asked a second time if he was amused by the exchanges, he replied: “We are in June right now. I want to talk about what our team is doing. . . . You guys must be out of questions.”

As for hefty nose guard Paul Soliai, Sparano acknowledged that he needs to lose some more pounds.
“His weight is not where it needs to be,” Sparano said. “He has done a nice job and I have every confidence in that it will be right where it needs to be.”

 

[CashInFist]

Nice to see our coach taking the high road. Rex Ryan is in for a rude awakening this year when he sees his team staring at their 3-12 record going into week 17.

 

[Raoul Duke]

dude this is what i love about the organization now. completely professional. its awesome seeing the dolphins actually act and look like a successful organization. Sparano is a true professional.

 

[GoonBoss]

Well.....I will just say...Something happened to this team after the Zona Game. I was all over this staff after that game. I'll say it loud and proud. I was angry. TWO 12 men on the field penalties in ONE ****ing GAME?! I mean..Seriously...C'Mon.

The staff seemed to get in tune with the personnel and go after that game. I will say loud and proud, I was really pissed after the Zona game.

I will say I have faith...But, to this day.....I still wonder. Don't you?

 

[MarinoEqualsGod]

Well.....I will just say...Something happened to this team after the Zona Game. I was all over this staff after that game. I'll say it loud and proud. I was angry. TWO 12 men on the field penalties in ONE ****ing GAME?! I mean..Seriously...C'Mon.

The staff seemed to get in tune with the personnel and go after that game. I will say loud and proud, I was really pissed after the Zona game.

I will say I have faith...But, to this day.....I still wonder. Don't you?

Totally agree. Before last season, I thought the low-point of my fandom had come by suffering through that 1-15 season and starting 0-13. But I have to say, that Arizona game was worse. That was officially hitting rock bottom. I still wore my fins gear every game, but that's as close as I've come to questioning if I want to go through that every Sunday. Little did I know, the following game would be one of the greatest highs in my 20 years as a Dolphin fan.

 

[Pinkboy]

What's up Dolfans, just ran across a good article from profootballtalk.com on Coach Sparano's outlook for the team so far, very encouraging! Can't wait until training camp. I love it, we win the Division, go 11-5, and somehow people are still not convinced; all the while Coach Sparano's vision of the squad is in stark contrast to what we had at this time last year. Enjoy the read:


Sparano: "Like night and day"

In Miami Dolphins coach Tony Sparano’s opinion, it’s a stark contrast between the football team that he took over last year and this year’s edition.
One season removed from winning an AFC East crown after going 1-15 the previous year under Cam Cameron, the Dolphins are looking a lot different.
“Like night and day,” Sparano told reporters today in comments distributed by the team. “Last year at this time, watching the film at some times it didn’t really look much like football out there. A little bit of rugby, a little bit of other things going on in there, not a whole lot like football all the time.”
Sparano said he conducted a study of teams that won the division title over the past decade, an exercise that revealed that just 49 percent of those teams made it to the playoffs the following year.

“When you start to look at some of those kinds of numbers, it is hard to get overconfident about anything,” Sparano said. “I won’t let that happen. I think you got to put it out of your mind. So, nothing is owed to you. Nothing is guaranteed. You got to play in the now right now.”

Meawhile, Sparano had no interest in discussing the spicy verbal feud between New York Jets coach Rex Ryan and Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder.
“Guys, this is June,” Sparano said. “We are in June right now. I want to talk about what our team is doing.”
When Sparano was asked a second time if he was amused by the exchanges, he replied: “We are in June right now. I want to talk about what our team is doing. . . . You guys must be out of questions.”

As for hefty nose guard Paul Soliai, Sparano acknowledged that he needs to lose some more pounds.
“His weight is not where it needs to be,” Sparano said. “He has done a nice job and I have every confidence in that it will be right where it needs to be.”

Instead of going to Pro Football Talk, why not just go directly to his 22 minute video press conference yesterday and view it for yourself ?

http://www.miamidolphins.com/newsite/aquavision/aquavision.asp?category=1

Because all PFT did was extract what he said from that presser.. By the way, there is another 20 minute Sparano press conference that has just been put up from today's briefing.. Watch it now instead of just reading little bits about it on PFT or the sun-sentinel tomorrow.