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Sports Buzz: Dolphins need to address positions that should have already been solved

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Sports Buzz: Dolphins need to address positions that should have been solved

So the Denver Broncos today fire a coach who went 46-18 in four seasons. The Jets fire a coach who guided them to two AFC Championship game appearances.

The Dolphins? No, we’re good. Nothing to see here.

No need for staff changes, at least not now, not after another failed season makes it 23-25 in Joe Philbin’s three years and leaves Miami stuck on one winning season in the past nine.

There’s an undercurrent of irritation for Dolphins fans watching the Colts not only because Jeff Ireland deemed Michael Egnew the better choice in 2012 over the guy playing under his nose at FIU, T.Y. Hilton, (selected 14 spots later) but also because Joe Philbin couldn’t handle a gifted young player (Vontae Davis) who was immature but neither a thug nor a distraction.

His only crime? He behaved like a kid sometimes, needed bathroom breaks at practice.

And so we saw Davis do yesterday what no Dolphins defensive back could do in a similar situation Nov. 24 in Denver: (11-point lead entering the fourth quarter):

We saw him make exceptional plays on the ball, we saw him play the type of game the Dolphins haven’t witnessed at all from a cornerback playing opposite Brent Grimes all year.

To understand the extent of what the Dolphins prematurely gave up for a second-round pick (that turned into Jamar Taylor), consider: Quarterbacks had a remarkable 38.8 rating in Davis’ coverage area this season. He had four picks and didn’t allow touchdown.

The cornerbacks who played alongside or opposite Grimes for Miami?

Finnegan had a 102.1 quarterback passer rating in his coverage area. Jimmy Wilson, who played mostly in the slot, had a 129.1 rating against, excluding his snaps at safety.

Taylor was 93.6. Davis had the best of the group (73.9) before his knee injury. Grimes, who had another good season, was at 84.8.

But the bigger issue is this: With a handful of position, the Dolphins remain the hamster on the wheel, cyling through player after player but never fixing problems for very long, either because they procure a player who isn’t a longterm solution or add good players who have issues the Dolphins find problematic (attitude, injury, excessive bathroom breaks, too vocal, a bad habit of bullying teammates).
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Read more here: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/sports-buzz/#storylink=cpy
 
Barry…it is a fine time to give up on Dallas Thomas. I have seen enough!

So depressing. Ireland did such a bad job. However, Joe Philbin is part of the issue. Terrible management skills of talented, but somewhat troubled players. Not enough development either.
 
So the Denver Broncos today fire a coach who went 46-18 in four seasons. The Jets fire a coach who guided them to two AFC Championship game appearances.

The Dolphins? No, we’re good. Nothing to see here.

No need for staff changes, at least not now, not after another failed season makes it 23-25 in Joe Philbin’s three years and leaves Miami stuck on one winning season in the past nine.
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Reading this just wants me to go and strangle Stephen Ross. This man is just destroying this franchise. The best thing we can pray for is not a front office change, or a coaching change, but ROSS selling the team. That is only hope we have because this man is running this franchise into the ground.

Seriously, what owner gives an extension to Sparano, Ireland, and Philbin without accomplishing anything????? You guessed it: Stephen Ross.
 
This has been the case for a long time. Always filling holes, never having a foundation, relying too much on free agency and not drafting well enough or using those draft picks for unnecessary trades.
 
how does Mathews not get an opportunity? it pisses me off how this staff waste time on crappy players, and never play players with potential. this is sickening. things have got to change
 
datruth55 said:
This has been the case for a long time. Always filling holes, never having a foundation, relying too much on free agency and not drafting well enough or using those draft picks for unnecessary trades.
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Exactly
Instead of wasting two second rounders for Brandon Marshall, which lead to Ireland desperately trading down to recoup those picks.
You draft Demaryous Thomas. Problem solved.
 
First off, Fox was NOT fired. Now did Elway or Denver's owner decide it was time to change directions within the franchise (with the possible knowledge of Manning retirement :idk:) and gave Fox the benefit of accepting a mutual parting of ways? Seems quite plausible, but he was not fired.

Joe Philbin couldn’t handle a gifted young player (Vontae Davis) who was immature but neither a thug nor a distraction.
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Showing up drunk (hence, the bathroom breaks) hung over and out of shape to training camp is a distraction and was noticed coaches, teammates, fans and the millions of Hard Knocks viewers. Somehow this continues to get overlooked. That kind of behavior, along with quitting on your team (Wallace), is completely unacceptable. Majority of the time that's a quick ticket off the team.

And so we saw Davis do yesterday what no Dolphins defensive back could do in a similar situation Nov. 24 in Denver: (11-point lead entering the fourth quarter):
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That was not the same healthy Peyton Manning we faced. Nice try.
 
Sons of Shula said:
First off, Fox was NOT fired. Now did Elway or Denver's owner decide it was time to change directions within the franchise (with the possible knowledge of Manning retirement :idk:) and gave Fox the benefit of accepting a mutual parting of ways? Seems quite plausible, but he was not fired.




Showing up drunk (hence, the bathroom breaks) hung over and out of shape to training camp is a distraction and was noticed coaches, teammates, fans and the millions of Hard Knocks viewers. Somehow this continues to get overlooked. That kind of behavior, along with quitting on your team (Wallace), is completely unacceptable. Majority of the time that's a quick ticket off the team.



That was not the same healthy Peyton Manning we faced. Nice try.
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It helps to leave some important information out of the article, you know so this way he gets to 'drive home his message' regardless of the fact that he doesn't disclose all the information to the reader.
 
AEGBRG said:
Reading this just wants me to go and strangle Stephen Ross. This man is just destroying this franchise. The best thing we can pray for is not a front office change, or a coaching change, but ROSS selling the team. That is only hope we have because this man is running this franchise into the ground.

Seriously, what owner gives an extension to Sparano, Ireland, and Philbin without accomplishing anything????? You guessed it: Stephen Ross.
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Nick Saban would of never came to the Dolphins if Stephen Ross had been the owner at the time.
 
if anyone doesn't think Tannenbaum is already running the show, you're foolin' y'self.. he's just layin til FPA probe is done
 
I'm glad that hickey thinks Mathews has talent...get your head on kid...you got a golden opportunity in 2015 to make yourself some money and a name with all these other issues...

Walt aikens sounds like he doesn't give a damn...ehh whatever that's not high end talent anyways

Dallas Thomas is terrible...this staff would do everyone a solid losing that...
 
Sons of Shula said:
First off, Fox was NOT fired. Now did Elway or Denver's owner decide it was time to change directions within the franchise (with the possible knowledge of Manning retirement :idk:) and gave Fox the benefit of accepting a mutual parting of ways? Seems quite plausible, but he was not fired.



Showing up drunk (hence, the bathroom breaks) hung over and out of shape to training camp is a distraction and was noticed coaches, teammates, fans and the millions of Hard Knocks viewers. Somehow this continues to get overlooked. That kind of behavior, along with quitting on your team (Wallace), is completely unacceptable. Majority of the time that's a quick ticket off the team.



That was not the same healthy Peyton Manning we faced. Nice try.
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Great, Great post SOS!!

Saved me a lot of typing. Lots and lots of hind sight logic in this thread. Not one person thought vontae, and especially Sean Smith would ever play like that anywhere?

You can only make decisions on how a player performs on your team at that time. Coaches do not have a crystal ball!!! And Brandon Marshall, tons of fans here griped every week about him being a diva, week, wont fight for the ball, bad routes, a trouble maker.

Hmmmmm, where have we heard all that lately? Marshall went to a team that didn't have a chad henny and became all world again, unlike his 3 TD average here. He had 4 TD's in his last year in Miami and was MVP!! Why? He had real talent and coaching in the pro bowl he didn't have in Miami. He saw the writing on the wall, as many of us fans did and he got vocal about the losing and wanted out. Can't blame him!!

Ocho homey the clown Stinko and potato chip left tackle Jake Long sure did well after being booted huh? Those moves were justified as too their performance, attitude and maturity.

Will one of you bashers show us your crystal ball? You sure act like you have one.
 
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