so here we go updates are welcome http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/...-camp-report-072911,0,6510918.story?track=rss -- WR Marlon Moore has caught my eye a couple of times because he's moving a lot faster than I remember. - Reggie Bush is in the house, but he's not allowed to practice -- OT Jake Long, DT Chris Baker, OG Garrett Chisolm are not working today.
Armando is doing one too, but he posts his updates in the comment section. Smart move, Armando.. Smart move.
My biggest concern for training camp this year is that player-injuries will be up due to the lockout (long break from conditioning and football drills for a lot of lazier players).
Andy Kent's live blog from the official website. A few pictures in there: http://www.miamidolphins.com/news/dolphins-training-camp-live-blog
this one is for padre.... -- Totally missed the fact Kory Sheets isn't on the roster, or the practice field. edit....ok padre relax.... -- Kory Sheets tweeted that's he hasn't been waived, and that he can't report to camp until 6 p.m. as an exclusive rights free agent
Annoying that our rookies aren't in camp yet. I'd like to see Pouncey start forming some time with the OL. He needs every bit of time he can get. Also, I'd like to see Daniel Thomas in there with Gates. Henne and Gates could use the time.
Based on what? Maybe Sparano being desperate means he will be willing to take more chances and takes his coaching to a whole new level
Based on what I've seen from a lot of coaches in similar positions over my years of watching NFL football. I guess it's theoretically possible. I suspect it's asking a cat to bark.
Almost all coaches are desperate coaches. It is rare for a coach to be in a position where he is comfortable that he will not be fired. And in todays NFL coaches generally retire when they are in that position.
There's certainly always the danger of getting fired if your season goes belly up, but looking at all 32 NFL coaches today, there's only one coach outside of Tony Sparano I could, without a doubt, see getting fired if he produced a 6-10 season: Gary Kubiack. There might certainly be more depending on how their season plays out, but outside of Kubiack, I don't see anyone who's necessarily damned to win or get axed. I think even Sexy Rexy would survive a losing season and they're in full blown SB mode.
Take away the rookie head coaches and the other head coaches who have teams that should be 6-10, however any coach who is in the top 16 teams have a six and ten season, there is a good chance they would be fired. The noose might be tighter around Sparano's neck, however the noose is on every coaches neck. This is a "what have you done for me lately" league. The only coaches in the last ten years that really have been given immunity were Cowher, Fisher and Shannahan. In the last two season two of them have been fired.
-- Marlon Moore is leaving practice early with a mild strut. I'm guessing cramps. It's hot out here. -- FS Reshad Jones just pulled in an interception during the final team period of practice - Rookie QB Pat Devlin just made a respectable 20-yard pass to Phillip Livas. Problem is he doesn't have 7 seconds to throw the ball.
Like, say, Tony Sparano? There's a reason the O/U at Vegas has us at 6.5. Sure, their lines aren't gospel and I've been critical of Sparano's game management in the past. But to expect the guy to win in the AFC East and with Chad Henne/Matt Moore at the helm is not just a tad bit unfair - it's asking a perfectly good Volvo to outrace a sports car. I fail to see the point in putting such pressure on a coach that has one of the youngest teams in the league, a new OC with little time to prepare, plays in one of the toughest divisions in football and has a question mark at quarterback. Yeah, maybe it'll make him risk more (though in my experience, conservative thinking people grow even more conservative if you turn the screws), but even 8-8 would be a success story this season.
Weird thing for an owner to say before the season starts. I guess we'll have to wait and see how it plays out.
Wish there was more behind that rumor that Miami was negotiating with Dashon Goldson. I'd love to see him brought in at FS, and I think you could move Jones to SS. You could axe Yeremiah Bell to save some more $ as well. As Dustin Keller would attest, Bell wasn't exactly spectacular last year.
thanks.... -- Karlos Dansby said he's going to be keeping an eye on Chad Henne. "Body language says a lot about a player."
I was gonna go to the Stadium monday night, I possibly may go tomorrow depending on how ****faced I get tonight.
come on bro, lol, don't get sh^% faced FF, if you go I'll ask the mods to give you a one day camp reporter badge, lol..
besides this one here...not one word - Decent pass from Chad Henne to Brandon Marshall in the middle of the field during 7-on-7. Nice to see him not check down.
Winning the job now isn't a question now that the Orton deal is dead. The question now is what is he going to do with it.
