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Will Coaching Transform Dolphin Disappointments to Legit Players?

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This is the biggest question of this season and Phans here in Miami believe in McD & staff.

Our disappointments are many in OL Jackson, Liam and Hunt who much more was expected of. Tua, Noah and a few others to a lessor degree. This is the make or break 3rd year for all but Liam and it is time for them to make some noise or for us to move on. We are asking McD & Staff to save 4-5 players who can be of great importance to us,

How many of the 5 do you believe they will succeed with?

Will we see results opening day? a month? By the bye?
 
It's been a drastic change in how much coaching the team is getting from McDaniel and his staff. Flores appeared to only care about the defense and how it's players were taught. It's a very different vibe so far in 2022. Bringing in old pros like Madison and Surtain has made a difference for some of the db's and having Smith on offense has also seemingly helped improve some of the questionable players on offense.
 
dolfan91 said:
It's been a drastic change in how much coaching the team is getting from McDaniel and his staff. Flores appeared to only care about the defense and how it's players were taught. It's a very different vibe so far in 2022. Bringing in old pros like Madison and Surtain has made a difference for some of the db's and having Smith on offense has also seemingly helped improve some of the questionable players on offense.
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The simple action of increasing the size of our coaching staff for the Offense, the Defense and Special teams is likely to be an improvement by itself.

The actions taken in bringing in some of the offensive coaches who have finished their playing careers and are early in their coaching careers seems like a brilliant move to me.

The fact that some of those guys had been Dolphins at some point in their careers was a nice touch.

The fact that some of our OL seemed to regress last year tells me that the previous coaching staff was not working very well, to say the least.

This year we have also added some vets who are solid and one or two who may be spectacular.

With all this working in favor of an improved offense, I can't help but think it jumps up to the middle of the NFL and it may even get better if our play calling improves, which at this point with our new HC, I consider a given.

As to who steps up and who doesn't - I don't know. I suspect when we start to move players to get down to our 50+ man roster, some of our "rejects" may be so desirable to other teams we may get some trade action. If that happens, it will be a credit to the new coaching staff and the management team that brought them here.
 
So much of this narrative comes down to 2 players... 22 year old Noah Igbinoghene and 22 year old Austin Jackson.

If the Dolphins can be said to have made a mistake, it was in drafting two EXTREMELY young players who scouts said had really high ceilings, but were not ready... and needed some hands-on coaching... and then, not giving it to them.

20 year old draftees, one of them (Jackson) who plays a position where older players have a HUGE body advantage. Of course they've struggled. Hell... a lot of 23 and 24 year old rookies struggle.

Thank God we've finally brought in an actual group of qualified coaches.

Will it work?

Camp reports have been VERY positive, but it is really too early to say. That said, I'm optimistic here. Both players have the tools and the drive to succeed. Neither has been lazy, or a distraction... they just weren't ready yet.

One thing is for sure, if these guys make it... they'll make a great example for teaching patience to the more excitable fan.
 
So Be said:
This is the biggest question of this season and Phans here in Miami believe in McD & staff.

Our disappointments are many in OL Jackson, Liam and Hunt who much more was expected of. Tua, Noah and a few others to a lessor degree. This is the make or break 3rd year for all but Liam and it is time for them to make some noise or for us to move on. We are asking McD & Staff to save 4-5 players who can be of great importance to us,

How many of the 5 do you believe they will succeed with?

Will we see results opening day? a month? By the bye?
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Here is what we know. All those guys have the physical talent and have good coaching. IMO, if they don't progress enough to make significant contributions, it's the mental part
 
As I always say….We’ll see. While I’m encouraged about Iggy. I haven’t been so encouraged about AJ. I honestly don’t think either gets a 2nd contract with Miami. As for Eichenberg, the reports are decidedly negative so far. That’s concerning. This is why I’m so critical of Grier. His drafting really does leave a lot to be desired.
 
DZimmer000 said:
As I always say….We’ll see. While I’m encouraged about Iggy. I haven’t been so encouraged about AJ. I honestly don’t think either gets a 2nd contract with Miami. As for Eichenberg, the reports are decidedly negative so far. That’s concerning. This is why I’m so critical of Grier. His drafting really does leave a lot to be desired.
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Eich won the orange jersey a few days ago...that's not a negative. I don't expect any of these guys to be all of a sudden pro-bowlers...but marked, consistent improvement is something we should expect...especially considering the OL expertise brought in by McDaniel.
 
EasyRider said:
I thought Flores and staff coached up the defensive players pretty well. The offense, nope. But we already know that
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I don't even agree with this. They coached the players well in cover 0, yet any time we ran any other defensive sets we were bad despite having the player flexibility to run different looks.
 
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