Well, 2018 wasn’t a great season for the Miami Dolphins. I believe to most of us, a change was more than welcome, and the Miami Dolphins owner Steve Ross did not disappoint. Apparently, he’s as displeased with the teams performance as we are, and change was a necessity. The Adam Gase era is now over, lasting only 3 seasons in Miami. The offensive minded coach was expected to bring the Dolphins to new heights, but instead it was new lows. The Dolphins offense finished the season ranked #31 of 32 teams in total yards per game at just under 299 yards per game. #26 in scoring at 19.9 PPG. At 7-9, the Dolphins ended up with a -114 point differential. It’s kind of amazing that we were 7-9 considering how awful and inept we were on both sides of the ball.
The good news – Not only is Adam Gase removed as HC, Dowell Loggains is gone as OC, and Matt Burke also gone as DC.
More good news – Mike Tannenbaum is demoted from VP of Football Operations, and GM Chris Grier now absorbs that title.
GM Chris Grier has already begun the search for a new Head Coach. Rumors are flying around, and it’s difficult to really believe a lot of what is said, so take caution in what you start to fall for. Is John Harbaugh really going to leave the Baltimore Ravens? Is Jim Harbaugh going to leave the college ranks and leave Michigan to break his back again working 20 hour days during the NFL season? Is foot-loving Rex Ryan going to land feet first in Miami? We don’t really know, but it sure is fun to speculate.
The thing that makes me most happy about this transition is Chris Grier is speaking music to my ears. He says he wants to build a team, not try for the quick fix. (Check!)
Grier says we will not be big spenders in Free Agency, especially on veteran players, it would only be on young players, and no overspending. (Check!)
Really, that’s all I can ask for. A plan that can bring the Miami Dolphins to a point where winning is sustainable and consistent. Of course, it’s just a plan, and as we know the plan still has to be executed, and executed well. Regardless, I’m happy, very happy with the entire philosophy. It’s precisely where I think this team should be heading.
As of the moment, we do know the Miami Dolphins have asked the Bears permission to interview their DC Vic Fangio. Fangio is a long time NFL defensive coach, since 1995, first with the Carolina Panthers, the Indianapolis Colts, The Houston Texans, San Francisco 49ers and then of course the Chicago Bears. The Bears lead the NFL allowing only 17.7 PPG, astounding in this new era of high scoring affairs. Personnel always has something to do with it, and the Bears trading for Khalil Mack had a huge impact on the defense.
Other names that will be bandied about are Mike McCarthy, Bruce Arians, Urban Meyer, Eric Bieniemy, Mike Munchak, Rex Ryan and more . . .
When Chris Grier makes his decision, I hope that the Head Coach chosen share many of the same philosophies and visions for the team, and then are able to fill out their staff with qualified coordinators. I truly hope that ST’s coordinator Darren Rizzi is still part of our team. Special teams has been an excellent unit here, and that’s all due to Rizzi, so I hope he’s being considered.
Here’s to hoping that we finally got this right, and Dolphins fans everywhere can enjoy competitive football for many years to come. As I’ve said in other articles, taking a step or two backwards is a necessary part of rebuilding, and I’m willing to take those lumps. A 3-13 or 4-12 season will bring better things for 2020, when some serious QB talent is expected to be available. That doesn’t mean I think we shouldn’t take one this season, I definitely hope we do. Doesn’t have to be early, but we need competition at the QB position, so somewhere in this draft I hope we find it.
Happy New Year!
Finsmob Unleashed 
Miami had the most starts missed by starters.
The Eagles had 48 different players start for them this year, had 2 running backs miss ten games each, were decimated at db and had injuries on their o-line to key guys. Injuries happen to all teams
The Eagles have Foles and Wentz
Is that the same Foles that everyone told me would be a bad pick back in 2012 over Tannehill?
Maybe we get John Harbaugh and Joe Flacco
Tannenbaum isn’t with the team anymore
I love the fact that people will poo poo the idea of an experienced head coach like Rex Ryan but will go all in on a guy who’s only experience is 8 yrs with the Miami Dolphins under a bunch of failed head coaching regimes. Let’s keep the tradition of mediocrity alive in Miami!!
if you’re Miami and you want to rebuild maybe winning now isn’t the prime objective, in fact losing is winning.
Get Rizzi
the team is teetering on the edge of having any credibility. they hire Rizzi and they lose what little they have remaining.
Dumping all the high priced FAs this year will ensure a top 5 pick in 2020, I hear Tannehill is on the trading block
this teams has sustained losing for 20+ years, if you’re going to lose anyway why not lose big, get early draft picks and clear the cap. lose big to win
I was hoping for Ross to finally trigger a complete blow up, but it looks like he’s half assed it again. Grier has the stench of failure about him. He wallowed in the cesspool of mediocrity and participated in the direction and decisions that have led us to this point. I refuse to believe the notion that Grier was just an innocent observer to the carnage. If he willingly accepted being shunted to the background and having all of his input disregarded, then he is a fool and a coward for remaining in his position. A man of honor would resign given such circumstances. As always with our hapless Fins, I hope for the best but expect the worst.
Lou – So you’re really going to go with Rizzi’s record as a HC at New Haven? Has there ever been a winning HC at New Haven? Why is it even relevant? He’s learned so much since then, it just doesn’t mean anything. Not every NFL HC was a big time college HC. Tannehill was undefeated in Pee Wee football, so there goes your theory!
The only place he’s coached in the NFL is with Miami with three mediocre coaching staffs. Is THAT what you’re going to base a decision to hire him on? No thanks. He doesn’t have the resume.
You’re only looking at the surface, you have no idea what his football knowledge is, what his philosophy on offense or defense is. You’re just stating superficial things. Tell me what his offensive philosophy is? Defense? You can’t, because you have no idea.
and neither do you. and who’s to say that philosophy even matters if you can’t pull it off. again, he doesn’t have the resume. 8 years in the Phins organization with three failed coaching staffs is enough for me to say “bye” before I say “hell yeah” to making him a head coach.
I can’t believe, that after all this time of seeing this team mired in mediocrity, anyone would even be slightly interested in entertaining the idea of wanting him as the new HC of this team.
Let’s keep the tradition of mediocrity alive in Miami!! Hell yeah!!
I just can’t ever seeing a Miami Dolphins fan base being excited about the prospects of going into a season with Darren Rizzi as the head coach. Even if they don’t go after a coach with experience, when you’ve got guys like Fangio and Richard on the list, to end up with Rizzi would be an epic fail.
We at least know RIzzi is a good special teams coach that was able to stick through like 3 coaches. And that the players love him, including ones who never played STs. That’s a start at least.
means nothing.
So you think it would be better if he’d been bounced out of every coaching job he had after one year and his players hated him? Not sure how you can say it means nothing.
So if we hire Fangio and we go 3-13 and 4-12, and then 4-12, will it matter how excited the fan base got when he was hired?
you think a team that was 7-9 with one of the worst defenses in the league and gave up the most yds in the history of the team is going to be worse with a HC who is 1000x better at coaching defense and calling defensive plays than Matt Burke? Okay.
Even if it’s a “rebuild” Fangio will have the D playing a lot better than you could ever hope for with Burke. Burke is a frickin panty waste
Two weeks away from Phins news and what a shocker to come back too. Thought Gase was a lock to get at least one more year no matter what happened in the last two games…. and wrong I was — even if sounds a key reason was him copping an attitude, including with Ross. Bad move.
But Santa gave a lot of you guys what you asked for. Gonna make for a real interesting off season.
Only Miami Dolphins fans could possibly back a coach from the Mediocrity Crew to be the next head coach of this team. Even giving the guy an interview “out of respect” is just plain wrong. The entire staff should have been dismissed. Keeping them around and looking for a new head coach just SCREAMS how inept this team is at getting things done.
Why are ANY of them still here?
Say NOOOOOO to Rex Ryan!! I remember that Buffalo team he took over, they had a good defense already. Those who think he would come in and take our defense to a higher level are GREATLY mistaken. Rex Ryan takes over and the Bills defense fell from 4th to 19th in total yards allowed and 1st to 31st in sacks after his first season. Ryan couldn’t improve those #’s the next year and was fired. Enough said!
Man do I not like Rexy, but he won’t be coming here. Not a Ross kind of guy.
Let’s not forget the last game Ryan coached was against a Matt Moore/Jay Ajayi led Miami offense in 2016 where the Bills got beat at home in late December and knocked out of wild card contention.
Enough said!
Lou – It doesn’t matter that I don’t know his philsophies, which I don’t, because I’m not the one who is just saying he’s not qualified by looking at the surface, you are.
He’s not! you wouldn’t take a guy with that resume in any type of business and bring him in to run things for you. You wouldn’t. 8 yrs with Miami as a st’s coach with failed coaching staffs says you get rid of him and let him go somewhere else. It doesn’t mean you interview him for a head coaching position. THIS is why this team sucks.
We disagree Lou. He had an excellent and prepared ST’s unit for years. He knows how to motivate his players, and he related to his players well. The Dolphins know more about him than you do, which is probably why it earned him an interview.
He isn’t qualified. Just like Gase wasn’t qualified. You talked yourself into it. That’s all there is to it. Rizzi is not the guy for the job.
No, it’s more like you talked yourself out of it. He hasn’t even been hired and you’re already flipping your shit.
Mike,
he doesn’t even deserve an interview. how do you even consider interviewing a guy for the HC of your team when the only thing he’s done is spend 8 yrs with YOUR team. the ONLY thing he’s been exposed to is the losing philosophies of Sparano, Philbin and Gase.
You hear a lot about “coaching trees” and guys like Andy Reid and how a lot of coaches who coach under guys like Reid, Gibbs and Shanahan have done well in the NFL. And Rizzi was with those three guys. So what, exactly, has he learned from his time with them?
Seriously. Get real.
And it would be a different story if our st’s were fantastic but they weren’t. They were good but they weren’t great.
Wait, the guy isn’t qualified and doesn’t have the resume, buuut if our ST were fantastic instead of just really good he would suddenly be more qualified and have a better resume? lol
Your mediocrity argument doesn’t hold water either when you endorse a guy in Sexy Rexy that has a losing record and has been kicked out of every HC job he’s had because he lost the team.
I want an experienced HC too (not REXY!!), but you’re kind of just spraying arguments shotgun style right now.
Carry on.
I’m sorry but the entire coaching staff should have been let go. The TEAM didn’t do well and that’s on EVERYBODY. Hey, let me ask a question. What was Rizzi’s other title besides ST’s coach?
That’s right. Assistant head coach. So, if the team sucked and he’s Gase’s assistant then why would you even consider the guy? Rizzi isn’t qualified. End of story.
Now I’m rooting for Rizzi to be hired, I want to watch Lou lose his mind.
and there ya go. another fan who would rather be stuck in mediocrity than have a winning team.
Guess who turned 89 years old today?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DON SHULA!!!
Greatest HC in NFL history!!!
I don’t want Fangio coming in here and ruining everything by going 7-9, I want 3-13 at best so we get our QB.
“That’s right. Assistant head coach. So, if the team sucked and he’s Gase’s assistant then why would you even consider the guy?” …..Now this is a very good question.
Is it really? Just because he had a title? Like he was calling the plays on offense? Defense? Even had a say in who played where and when? No shot!
but it wasn’t just a title. and you know it
Mike .. If Asst HC is just a title, why have one?
Never thought about it, cared about, still don’t. It’s meaningless. Maybe it was a bump in pay, maybe it was a move to make sure he wasn’t hired elsewhere and the title made a lateral move impossible, maybe both.
I don’t think it matter who we flippin’ hire. It could be the ghost of Lombardi, and in 3 years we’ll still be asking ourselves WTF? I think part of Belicheat’s blowjob and handshake deal with the devil must include us being mired in mediocrity.
Kong – Perhaps Bat can lend his assistance and check the files on Belichick’s contract. lol
I’ll sacrifice a chicken to that…
Mike … To be honest, I’m not as down on Rizzi as Lou is. I just have a natural reservation about retaining anyone associated with the previous failures.
Lou,
I understand your desire for a retread and I agree that Rizzi isn’t my favorite pick either. I don’t agree about first timers. There is way too much evidence of their success to use the ‘it never worked in Miami’ excuse. Especially Andy Reid first timers. Andy Reid first timers, none who have ever done the play-calling for Andy and have still been wildly successful. Play-calling isn’t a necessary part of a HC resume.
I personally don’t care about anything beyond their philosophy, plan, and the coaches they bring with them. That’s probably all Grier cares about as well and no one knows the answers to those questions yet. I wouldn’t mind Rexy if he hadn’t failed so spectacularly over his last 6 years of coaching. He needed to get back into being a DC if he really wanted to be a HC again. Show us you still have it instead of being a talking head on TV.
and that’s why, if we’re going to hire a 1st timer, which is most likely what we’ll do Bieniemy would be one of they guys I’d like to see coaching the team. He’s got a track record beside just the one year as an OC with Reid.
Belicheat entered into a lifetime exchange of services contract with our organization. The terms of which are constantly subject to change at either parties discretion and depending on game situations, number of referees to be affected and total monies wagered among other considerations.
Oh well, I hope he got whole life insurance, a lifetime warranty, and his nutz fall off upon contract completion as well, lol.
I often wondered what Rizzi’s duties as Asst HC were. Gase didn’t have anything to do with the defense when they were on the field, as he was always on the bench drawing up the next bubble screen. Burke must have handled the team when the D was on the field. Gase ‘ran’ the offense when it was on the field. Not sure what that left for Rizzi outside his normal duties as ST coach.
I know one thing he did. He called the timeouts.
SMH, I am so glad Gase is gone.
Not one team has called Miami and requested to interview Rizzi for a head coaching vacancy. Yep. He’s gonna be a great one!!! 1-15, here we come!!! whoopie!!
and, by the way, I’m not flipping out about Rizzi. I’m just busting the balls of the members of the Mediocrity Gang who endorse him.
Ohhhh wait, Bat. it all makes sense. Did the contract also stipulate Brady had to marry that dude, Gabriel Butchin, or whatever his name is? Is that why he married that guy?
Steer clear of ALL Cheatriot assistants and coordinators. None of them have been, or are now, covered by Belicheats agreement with us.
I don’t think anyone here has endorsed Rizzi, but I don’t have enough information to shoot him down like some others here. I like Rizzi’s personality. I knew right away I didn’t like Philbin’s, and that didn’t mean he wasn’t going to be a good HC, but personality does matter, and Rizzi’s is the kind I would want here. I’ll let the guys who are doing the interviewing determine whether he’s qualified in all other areas. He looks like a competitor, unlike Gase with his goofy eyes, and Philbin with his milquetoast personality.
Cav …LOL .. That had nothing to do with us …It was true love.
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I’ve been tough on Raekwon, but man did he ever turn it on over the last 4 games of the season. He even caught my eye in breaking up a pass play with one heck of an athletic effort.
I feel he was late to sprout (even despite missing all of last year), but the kid has certainly made a positive impact.
I don’t know if they look at where he made those stops, but there was an awful of stops made at least 5 yards downfield as far as I remember. Very rarely were those tackles at or behind the LOS.
I don’t know for certain, but I think it’s run-stops in general, regardless of where on the field.
It’s still a very impressive stat! 8 more than any other LB is big.
He played much better in the 2nd half of the season. Burke praised him for his improvement saying things started to slow down for him and he started staying in his gaps more than jumping the gun and getting washed out. He should continue to get better.
Congrats, Desmond King!!!
Lou,
For me, HC is just like any form of upper management,..you are as good as your middle managers are. Whoever we get, and I really don’t care which guy it is, they need to have a strong OC, DC, etc coming with them. In those roles, I want that experience you mention. I want a guy like Fangio, or Kyle Shanahan, etc. The HC should have a vision of what he wants to do, a plan of how he will accomplish this, and who he will hire to implement his vision and why those guys are the best to do that.
With that said, experienced coaches usually do know more people and have that network that helps to provide this. At the same time, failures have a harder time finding people willing to jump on board because of history and how this may affect future prospects of lower level coaches. In this instance, a great OC may want to jump with a guy like Nagy because of his time with Reid and the positive history acquired. This may trump the experience a Rex Ryan has because he’s never been anything but an average coach with a very big mouth when it’s all said and done. He’s also fired a TON of coaches when his seat starts to heat up. That’s not a positive for a coordinator when they want to show their value to others in the league.
I like Bieniemy mainly because of Reid but I’m not attached to him. I dislike Rizzi because I don’t think he has a strong bond with good coaches but I could be wrong. I distrust Flores because of Bill’s tree being so bad over the years but that’s just a bias he has to overcome. I like Fangio because he’s a really good longtime DC who probably has some good connections built up. I hope we get the best guy in the end.
Like many of you, I don’t really have a horse in this HC race. I’m looking fondly upon Vic Fangio, Eric Bieniemy, and Darren Rizzi (in no particular order), but I’m a HELL NO to Rex Ryan.
I would go as far as getting Rex as our DC, but NOT as our HC.
Beer is on the way, dude!!! 🙂
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If it’s Mike Shanadouche, I give up on life.
Just to be clear, I am not “all in” on Rizzi but would much rather have him than Ryan. Ryan (w/T-baum) destroyed the Jets over 8 yrs and Ryan destroyed the Bills in an even shorter period. I also don’t understand why just because someone is a ST’s coach that they are not qualified to be an HC. If you just left it at you don’t think he has enough overall coaching experience then I would be somewhat in agreement with you. As some have pointed out, John Harbaugh was never an HC, OC or DC in college or NFL before getting the HC job at Balt.
For me, it just comes down to experience, ones ability to motivate players, game plan, and success. I think Rizzi is a great motivator. You do game plan as a ST coordinator, but how well would he do game planning for all three phases? I know the coordinators are a huge part of that. I don’t know about Rizzi in that area and for that reason, wouldn’t mind seeing someone with more experience in that area. I do think Rizzi is a very good coach.
That is where I agree on Bieniemy or my favs like Fangio and a few others.
Rizzi is a good coach. That by itself is not a reason to hire him, and neither is that we know him and a lot of players obviously like him. Same time, won’t be burning my jerseys if we do hire him. Gonna be a lot of questions no matter who we end up with. And sounding like going rebuilding with the wonder exactly how much.
Dennis Allen was a Texas A&M graduate assistant from 1996-99. He and Mike Sherman worked together.
Is Mike Sherman ‘shadow-advising’ our moves???
Seriously dude? LOL
There seems to be a recurring theme of landing coaches from either Texas A&M, Holy Cross, or New Haven. What’s up with that?
I agree with Bat
Stay away from Cheats assistants
They are probably just interviewing to spy on our facilities anyway…lol
My sources say: Urban Meyer
I was thinking about Meyer just yesterday. NOT for us, but that he’d be high on the list of others needing a HC.
I heard he retired from OSU for health reasons. I also heard Mike Francesa interview him awhile back and he seemed lukewarm about coaching in the pros. If he did want to coach in the NFL Cleveland would probably be the team being he’s from Ohio.
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VERY good coaching tree.
Keep it going X!
Pretty impressive, especially given the injury and our record.
Stanger, how was South Africa? Did you cage dive with great whites? 🙂
Was real cool. You would have done the shark cage dive, but when heard have to get picked up at 5AM and get back at 6 PM said no way (was a way away). Main thing came away with is Capetown is one special place. That and and elephant plopping down for a sleep in the middle of the road means you turn around, take the long way, and get to lunch like 45 minutes later. 🙂
I have no intention of cage diving with great whites. LOL
Glad you had a nice trip.
Not surprising, he was pissed off that he didn’t get the job in 2016.
How did Dennis Allen coach 36 games in 2 seasons?
Ahh, he coached 4 games in ’14, 0-4.
Lou – Who’s more qualified, Dennis Allen or Darren Rizzi? I think Rizzi has a better record as a HC. lol
That’s inaccurate, he was fired in his 3rd season after 4 straight losses to start the season.
Yeah, I said that
I posted before the refresh.
Derwin James got voted to the pro bowl! Well, what do ya know.
He had a great rookie season.
Oops, all pro, I meant. Wanted him.
Just think, if I was our GM, our defensive backfield would have Xavier Howard, Desmond King and Derwin James right now. Sign my ass up!
We’d also have 300+ lb linemen playing every other position on the field.
“Tunsil with a 7 step drop, 2 yd pass to Bushrod who has a full 5 seconds before he’s touched by a defender. 3 yd gain.”
That’s funny I posted this for Randy and Kong shows up. LOL
LOL, I have to save that gif.
Kong,
You say that like it’s a bad thing. Lol
LOL, not necessarily. I bet the enemy injury report would always be double the norm after playing us.
CavalierKong says:
January 4, 2019 at 11:06 am
I don’t think it matter who we flippin’ hire. It could be the ghost of Lombardi, and in 3 years we’ll still be asking ourselves WTF? I think part of Belicheat’s blowjob and handshake deal with the devil must include us being mired in mediocrity.
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That and his request that when the divisions re-aligned that they send the team that is 1200 miles NORTH of Miami to the AFC SOUTH and keep Miami in the East.
Yeah, that was a goofy realignment. It’s probably Ross’s fault.
I dont know if i think Rizzi is the best candidate for us but i like him more than Rex Ryan. I think that would be an awful choice. I like the other guys they have brought in, though i have concerns about Flores. I think if i had to rank them right now id do it like this.
Fangio
Bienemy
Rizzi/Allen (someone they just requested to interview)
Flores
If the Harbaughs are in play id probably have them ranked above Fangio
There may be some candidates that come up later ill like better but for what is reported for us, thats my list.
I read a tweet earlier and I loved it! If the Ravens want a couple of #1 draft picks from us for John Harbaugh, how about we do them one better: Tannehill, DeVante, and Charles Harris for Harbaugh!
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I want to get in on this
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Rizzi 2/1 eh? LOL
Seems like the same people who thought Adam Gase was a good head coach are the ones who like Rizzi for the job.
I like Rizzi
I hated Gase
Who cares? None of us make any of these decisions anyway. We just root.
Piggi – You hated Gase from the start, or now?
I pretty much soured from the time he benched Ajayi in game 1 of his first year
But when we get on a big run I began saying “well he must being doing something right
Then by next season I was souring again
Tim – Dammit, you’re responsible for it if they hire Rizzi because you didn’t rail against it! You have to outwardly campaign against it, or it’s all on you!
Yes it’s very hectic and difficult being a fan. LOL
Stanger
I could of helped out with your travel for lunch that day…..
LOL ER — should have got out of the truck, walked up and mentioned your name. Even if the pachyderm didn’t want to get up, least could have spread the word about your Toba League Championship…. and a big congrats on that.
All I know is I don’t want anyone associated with the losing ways of this franchise and Rizzi is one of them. Yeah, he might be good at what he does as a special teams coach and, yeah, maybe he deserves some credit but we aren’t moving forward by just bringing up a guy from a three losing coaching staffs and making him the new head coach.
You could also make the argument that just because we haven’t won that doesn’t mean Xavien Howard isn’t a really good player. Rizzi is good at what he does and because we didn’t win doesn’t mean he can’t be a good HC.
All I want from a HC is a guy who eventually has success with the team and it doesn’t matter who that guy is to me if he wins.
no, you can’t make that argument. it’s ridiculous.
https://www.sportingnews.com/au/nfl/news/nfl-trade-rumors-news-miami-dolphins-expected-to-explore-dealing-quarterback-ryan-tannehill/xxjwy7kw1y3d1v1rifvwi1ag3
But if Tanny isn’t our QB who is? Other options look like serious rebuild…..and may be what we are in for.
Everything points to starting over, going young and rebuilding from the ground up. Ross made it pretty clear he wants a new team built the right way and if it takes a few years so be it. He wants a team that is sustainable and competitive every year, not one good season then take a step back etc.
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2813952-dolphins-head-coach-rumors-interview-requested-with-saints-dc-dennis-allen
I’d inquire to San Fran about CJ Beathard.
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Talk about Groundhog Day… that would mean that Gase supplants Joe Philbin not once, but twice.
LOL @ TIM!!! WELL DONE!!! 😀
I agree with Tim’s sentiments. You can’t punish Rizzi who did his job well just because the rest of the team sucked. I don’t give a flying fuck what position was attached to his name, he was the ST’s coach, and his unit was always very good.
I totally agree, too. Can’t charge the man for failure in any way, shape, or form on his part.
And truth be told, we’ll never know how many times Rizzi — as assistant HC — bailed Gase out. But we DO know that Rizzi was the man in charge of taking time-outs and further assessments, while Gase was ‘doodling up’ a new play, alone on the bench.
The fact that so many players and former players who played for him speak so highly about him speaks volumes. Even Jordan Phillips who was glad to get out of Miami praised him.
he’s going to need A LOT of help from his OC and DC. who’s he got? what connections does he have after 8 yrs in Miami? Bowles? you good with that? if he reaches out to someone he doesn’t know they’ll probably turn him down because they don’t know him and never worked with him and if it’s a failure it goes against them on their resume. you think anyone wants any part of that? if I were a guy who was looking to move up I wouldn’t touch the Miami opportunity with Rizzi as the head coach. you’d have to be an idiot.
You really don’t understand how the NFL works do you? You put these people in bubbles as if they only know one area of the game and nothing else about football yet you do. He’s actually in the business and knows more people in the NFL and about the game than you could ever dream of. But keep pretending you’re on par with them or even better. LOL
I love it. I don’t understand how the NFL works but YOU do. That’s just great stuff there. You’re the one who even said, when Gase kept bringing in HIS guys from CHI, that’s what they do. They go with guys they’ve worked with before.
Yeah, it is!!! That’s what they do. Who the fuck has Rizzi worked with before!!?? Nobody but guys from Miami. That’s it!!
Do you think there’s guys on other teams who are saying “gee, if Rizzi gets that job in Miami I’d really like to go there and work with him” GTFOH!! Tim, sorry, but you’re the one who’s fucking clueless.
Did they fire Tannehill yet?
Once he’s gone we can’t help but get better.
I think you’re going to get your wish.
Nothing wrong with CJ Beathard as an option. Ppl poo pooed me in ’12 with Foles over Tannehil and, oh looky, some want Foles on Miami now. Funny how things work out. And he’s got the Eagles in the playoffs for the 2nd year in a row.
Beathard is a younger, cheaper, more mobile option who’s got a high football I.Q. and very good accuracy. Can read D’s well, goes thru progressions well and can run an NFL offense. Plus, he’s a hell of a lot better option than Teddy.
You really feel the need to be validated don’t you? No idea who you’re referring to from friggin 2012, but who wants Foles in Miami now? I haven’t seen one post about that. Not saying someone didn’t say it, but it surely isn’t often.
No, I don’t feel that need but ppl love to point out when you’re wrong about things because they don’t like it when you’re that good.
Beathard wouldn’t be a bad option but I bet the Ninets think they could get more for Mullens. Mullens has enough moxie to get it done until our rookie is ready this year or next. Brissett and Dobbs also on that list for me.
Rizzi should not even be a consideration. When you’re trying to move forward and establish a team that is going to be built to win consistently you don’t put a guy in charge of that rebuild who was part of the losing ways on the team. That would just put them on the same path. It means you, as team’s management, really just gave lip service to what you said you wanted to accomplish.
We also have two additional 7th rd picks from CLE and KC in trades.
Get ready for repeated posts about how Rizzi isn’t qualified. Never seen this sort of thing before. LOL
He’s not. Deal with it. Anyone here who thinks he is would be greatly mistaken.
LOL
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The players, old and new, all certainly seem to like Coach Rizzi, shit that’s half the battle right there.
Who knows, all of this will continue until Harbaugh is out of the playoffs. He’s waaay in play right now.
Like I said, ppl keep telling me they don’t want Rex. Well, guess what? His players LOVED playing for him. They said it over and over.
Welcome home Stanger nice to see you back.
Thanks Son….. Hope you and yours had a good holiday.
I’m sorry, but I’m actually saddened that nobody else has acknowledged Don Shula’s B-Day today on this board, other than me! WTF is that?!!
Omg,I missed it , oh crap. Sorry Coach
Much love and you know Coach that I still hold out hope that Mike should be our Coach. I think Dan would have targeted him if he were to have been in charge.
Happy Birthday 347 ❤️🎉🏈
He’s 89 years old today, my man!!!
LONG LIVE COACH SHULA!!!
He’s the greatest, God bless him
Yeah, I can just see all those other coaches around the league who are just chomping at the bit at the opportunity to go work with Darren Rizzi in Miami because they know him and just know it’s going to be a great gig for them.
LMFAO!! GTFOH!!
Maybe if they’re like you they’ll think they have a shot at his job in a year or maybe less, because he’s not qualified. Look at it from that angle
Lou – How is it that John Harbaugh is successful as a HC? He was a RB/OLB coach, then a ST’s coach for about 16 years. How is it he became a qualified HC?
He was NEVER a HC at any stop, whether in college or the pros. How did it happen? HOW????
However, NFL execs did not see special teams coaches as being qualified to be a head coach in the NFL back then. (from wiki) Harbaugh requested of Reid to become the Eagles db coach so he could have a better shot at becoming a head coach and Reid moved him into that position.
I think what many people fail to realize here to is he was with ANDY REID in Philly for 9 yrs as a special teams coach and 1 as their db’s coach. Andy Reid. Not Tony Sparano. Not Joe Philbin. Not Adam Gase. Andy Reid.
Darren Rizzi IS NOT QUALIFIED.
I never said a person isn’t qualified because they were a special teams coach.
That is such a thinly put together argument. Frankly, it’s total garbage. People are special on their own merit. How many Belichick disciples were total failures outside of NE? Just because you work for a winner, or are surrounded by winners, doesn’t make you a winner. Joe Philbin under Mike McCarthy, there are countless examples. What if Rizzi was able to identify the best qualities of each coach, and put all of them together. Each one of them had good qualities along with their bad ones. Maybe Rizzi is special and he needs his chance to show it. Yeah, I’m sure that Harbaugh being a DB coach really out him over the top, and he grew exponentially. Fucking please, do you even believe your own horseshit?
lol. okay.
You could say it that Rizzi surely knows how to do it wrong so maybe he’ll do it right. Who knows.
The Cauliflower ears bother me but beyond that I’m ok. Nothing is happening til Harbaugh is settled though.
Lou, ramble on as you wish. You enjoy being divisive and calling people out about anything that doesn’t fit your narrative. You also ignore what people are trying to say to continue an argument without really reading what they say. I’m going to root for any HC we hire and hope for the best for this team. That’s all any of us can do. I don’t consider myself an expert, I’m a fan. But I do listen to what people in the biz say about how things work. You come off as knowing more than most of them. Go get a job in the NFL and prove it. Good luck!
No Tim. YOU are the one who can’t stand when someone else is correct about something because it’s almost as if you feel it takes something away from you. And YOU are the one who keeps going after people when you don’t agree with what they say. In fact, I don’t remember the last time you’ve ever agreed with me on something and I’m not saying we all need to agree with one another on here but you always come off as though you’ve got some kind of special knowledge about the subject I don’t.
If any of us here were any good at this we wouldn’t be on here. I don’t go after people, shooting them down when they say something. I may disagree with them but I don’t do what YOU do.
But, you want to start shit and then you can’t take it when someone comes back at you. So, best of luck to you too.
LOL, okay.
Happy Birthday Don Shula! Not that he’ll read this. LOL
He’ll see it.
Wanna bet? LOL 😀
Okay, I didn’t think he blogged. LOL
Happy Birthday to the best NFL Coach in the history of the game, our own Miami Dolphin HOF Legend Don Shula! Best regards!
Awe, man! I sent the message to him just before you stated this!
Send another one! 🙂
Alright…
Coach doesn’t blog, he comes here for entertainment. 🙂
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Coach Shula is NOT a fan of the Ryan family I will say that.
Goes back to Buddy.
Lou – Sorry man – I got a little excited there, I apologize.
You did say “horseshit”, just saying
Good on you to apologize.
M – Thanks for including me there. Appreciate it!
MUCH RESPECT for you, my man!
Right back at you M!
Awesome
#AndMikeEtoocoachhelovesyou
YUP! I included Mike E as well in an attachment!
https://twitter.com/PFF_RyanSmith/status/1081340565411807233
Nice, good for him
So there’s hope?
Lots of hope, the biggest problem was Tannehill
#draftraekwondavis
Great player for our soon to be 3-4 Defense
So we’ve interviewed Flores and Bieniemy. Allen will be tomorrow and Rizzi on Monday. Fangio seems preoccupied with coaching at the moment and said he’s done zero prep for interviews.
Godchaux and Taylor are two good young DL moving forward. DT in a 4-3 and DE in a 3-4.
That’s what I’ve been sayin’, my Brother! All we would need is a FA NT, and to draft a NT this year… being NTs don’t grow on trees.
SEEMS LIKE I remember Piggy saying we also need an FART (Free Agent Right Tackle).
The real Miami Miracle wasn’t Drake scoring it was Tannehill actually completing the pass.
Then our dazzling QB goes on to finish the seasons final 3 games with 2 at best scoring drives per game. You’re fired, fuck off.
We’re not that drunk we just need a Quarterback
Ted Larsen threw the key block.
DAMN RIGHT DON SHULA IS THE BEST HEAD COACH IN NFL HISTORY!!!!!
A few years ago Ken analyzed the top NFL coaches of all time and concluded that Shula was the best BECAUSE he took different teams with different styles and different quarterbacks to the Super Bowl AND, along the way, won the most games and completed the ONE AND ONLY PERFECT SEASON!!
Shula took a Colts team that, alternately, was quarterbacked by Unitas and Morrall to Super Bowl III; took a run-oriented squad led by Csonka, Kiick, Morris, Griese, Warfield and the “No Name Defense” to 3 straight Super Bowls, winning two of them.
Unbelievably, Shula took a team led by DAVID WOODLEY to Super Bowl XVII AND NEARLY WON IT!! Finally he rode a much different Dolphins team to Super Bowl XIX, led by Dan Marino and the Marks brothers. Don Shula molded his coaching to adapt to his talent. THAT’S WHY he was so successful!! Could Chuck Noll have won without Bradshaw? Could Bill Walsh have won without Montana? Could Belicheat have won without Brady? Maybe yes, maybe no! It’s debatable. But there’s NO DEBATE about the fact that many different kinds of teams were led to the Super Bowl by DON SHULA. THAT, as Ken suggested, makes DON SHULA the GREATEST HEAD COACH IN NFL HISTORY!!
THE HAPPIEST OF BIRTHDAYS TO THE ONE AND ONLY “DON” OF MIAMI!!!
I was wondering if you’d be here tonight to celebrate the “Don of Miami”!!!
HELL YEAH!!!
M13, as far as finding a NT if we switch to a 3-4, we may not find “the guy” in the first year. It might be a mid-tier guy and/or a backup to a starter but has the makeup to play the position. Then maybe we draft one at some point and sign two UDFAs and let them compete as we make the transition. We’re going to have some voids and growing pains in year one. But that doesn’t mean we can’t be competitive although we shouldn’t expect a lot of wins.
OD – I said we might need a FA RT. lol
Piggy just farted and agreed. 🙂
In a rebuild season we don’t need anything specific. Add as much talent as you can anywhere and go from there during the transition. Then start to mold the team in more detail in year two and keep doing that until you win the damn Super Bowl. LOL
HEY RIGEL: My ticket rep with the Fins called me at work to discuss my payment plan for next season (Ross demands his money A LOT EARLIER IN THE YEAR than prior owners did). I asked her “How much for the same seats this year?” “Exactly the same as this past season,” she replied. I had a smart-ass reply to that in my mind, but, in the spirit of the season, I spared her. “Put it all on my card and I’ll pay it all as once like I always do.” She thanked me and asked if their was anything else she could do. Her mistake.
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I went into about a 3 minute explanation about WHY Steve Ross should STOP hiring guys to be head coach who have no prior experience as a head coach. I also told her the history of the franchise is that ONLY head coaches of the Fins WITH PRIOR HEAD COACHING EXPERIENCE HAVE EVER WON A PLAYOFF GAME, and that those coaches with NO prior head coaching experience (such as the ones hired by Ross) have EVER WON A PLAYOFF GAME IN DOLPHINS HISTORY.
She asked me “How come you know all this?” I repied by inviting her to read “ABSOLUTE PERFECTION.” It took her less than 10 seconds on her device to find it! The first thing she noticed was that the name of the author matched the name on my season’s tickets. THAT’s truly amazing, Mr. Campbell,” she said. I then said, well if you think it’s amazing, show it to Mr. Ross and tell him to more strongly consider head coaching experience when choosing Miami’s next head coach!—She said she knew Mr. Ross’s secretary and would tell her the whole story this afternoon!
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SO, if my Dolphins tickets NEXT SEASON are in the top row of the upper deck, you’ll know why.
OD, you do realize that a lot of first time HCs have won championships, right?
Lombardi, Landry, Walsh, Gibbs, Ditka, Parcells, Johnson, Holmgren, Cowher, Tomlin, Payton, Pederson and I might be leaving some out. I don’t think first time HC has anything to do with it.
I forgot John Harbaugh.
McCarthy too.
McCarthy?
Flores?
TIM; I DISCUSSED THAT at length yesterday. GO BACK and read it if you care to. Let’s just say we disagree and I’ll leave it at that.
IF YOU want this team to remain shitty, keep hiring guys with no experience at the job they are applying for. Pay particular attention to my comments yesterday regarding which group of coaches (experienced or inexperienced) has won the most playoff games since the 2 leagues merged in 1970.
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OR, you can do the research yourself.
OUT.
Switzer