Tony Sparano sweats even smallest details

[DKphin]

"If he thinks it's important, he's going to be on top of it. Period," offensive coordinator Dan Henning said. "The amazing thing is there are many, many things he thinks are important."
Attention to detail? When Sparano sought to improve the coverage units, he revised the practice schedule to extend special-teams work from eight minutes to 12.
It wasn't a casual decision.
"Everyone in this league is up against it getting their team ready to go," he said. "The use of four minutes and how we use it, the use of two minutes and how we use it ... I'm a stickler for that."
Newly signed safety Gibril Wilson has seen the value of that approach. He won a Super Bowl in 2007 under New York Giants coach Tom Coughlin, a veritable drill sergeant. Wilson won only five games last season with the aimless Oakland Raiders.
"The Raiders, that's why they're where they're at and the Miami Dolphins are where we're at," Wilson said. "It's huge going from a place that's structured to a place that's not and coming back to a place that's structured."
To maintain that structure, Sparano keeps an ever-growing pile of information in the one place he knows it will be safe - his head.
After a recent media briefing, Sparano didn't hesitate when asked if he knew what his team would be doing at 9:28 a.m. three days later, when Miami would be preparing for its exhibition opener against Jacksonville on Monday at Land Shark Stadium.

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[spiketex]

Very interesting article. Methinks we have a damn good Head Coach, who knows precisely what he's doing. I sense that Coach Sparano's challenge is balancing the big picture to his natural aptitude to embrace the detail. I guess that is part of Bill Parcell's role - to help keep the big picture in perspective.
I'm really looking forward to this season.

 

[Kistner10]

I love it, Sparano is really getting the most out of this team and you can tell the players love playing for him. After going through Wanny, Saban, and than Cameron; Sparano is a god send. Great hire

 

[sharp]

God sent is right, never thought the day would come. Thanks Tony!!

 

[Roman529]

Coaching stability is just as important as making smart draft choices in building this team. We had 25 years of stability under Shula, and then one head coach after another, and numerous quarterbacks and others who were very average. Sparano, Parcells and Ireland have done a great job. We have a tougher schedule this year, but I think the team is prepared and heading in the right direction.

 

[CusePhinFan]

I've liked Sparano since the first interview he did after he was hired. Right to the point, no BS, etc. Remember Cam's interviews? Good lord he was like a PR guy spinning crap. He never made any sense to me. The players have bought into Sparano's genuine leadership as well, and it shows. We are lucky to have him.

 

[Cali Finfan]

That is good for us... Gotta admit I was not too sure about him when he was first hired but he has made me a beleiver...

 

[KTOWNFINFAN]

When he was hired I really felt like it was just a move by Parcells to have a "yes man". I really felt like TS was gonna be a spineless extention of what Parcells wanted. WOW was I wrong.

This is not Parcells team, this is Tony's team. It is great to have Bill in the background and I want to keep him as long as possible, but if Bill left tomorrow I wouldn't worry about it too much. Tony is his own man and does things HIS way. He is FAR from a yes man.

He reminds me so much of Belicheat. Not that he would sink to that level but that he doesn't care what the media or fans think of him or his methods. It is like he has had his ego surgically removed. He is only worried about being the best he can be and making his team the best they can be. The wins will take care of themself. All you can control is being the best you can be, the ball bounces the way it bounces and you can't control that.

I do want to see how he handles losing. Not one game but losing. The NFL is toughon coaches. I rememeber a couple years ago when Tenn was talking of getting rid of Fisher (who is my favorite NFL coach). They were in cap h*** and didn't have the talent to put of the field to win. It wasn't the coaches fault it was just the way things were. Now Fisher has them back on top. I hope TS has that kind of staying power. I feel the true test of a coach to see how they handle losing.

One thing that I loved and thought was a great sign was how they handled losing the first two games last year. No one turned on each other. Even though TS had yet to win a single game in the NFL they still believed in him, even when he decided to try a crazy idea like the Wildcat vs a team on a 20 game winning streak. They were still willing to follow his lead.

TS would make a great general. He is a natural leader. Many cordinators are great cordinators but lousy HCs. Cam, comes to mind. TS is the opposite, he was made to be a HC.

 

[utahphinsfan]

Agreed w/ Ktown about Jeff Fisher & The whole Parcells Yes man angle

TS like Belichick does sweat the details. Tony IMO could care less about his ego, Bill and *ick Sa*an are more about the ego. Bill not as much as NS. Why else would Nicky have quit & run off to Tuscaloosa??

 

[Fin #10]

Sparano certainly seems to know what he is doing. Let's hope that it translates to wins on the field again this season.

 

[BillParFan]

God sent is right, never thought the day would come. Thanks Tony!!

I don't know about "God sent" but we do owe thanks to Jerry Jones!

When Parcells got fed up with JJ, he still did Jerry the favor of advising him to consider two men as his replacement, Tony Sparano or Dan Henning.

Miami vs Dallas is my favorite Super Bowl scenario!:hump: