If you listen between all the coaches speak they are telling they are problem. They have said from week to week they didn't have the team ready, they didn't adjust properly in either half, and much of the protection breakdowns were their failure to fix. Sherman, Coyle, and Philbin have all acknowledged fault. The problem is this is becoming a broken record.
I'm not. Go back and watch some PCs from the first 3 games. Reporters are trying to praise the Dolphins about the "half time" adjustments and they pretty much say what I'm saying. Simple fact of the matter is that adjustments are going on constantly. There's not this big pow wow brainstorming session at half time.
That established QB and dynamic offense were terrible last year and that is why the Chargers have a new HC this year. Of course McCoy actually called plays on game day as the offensive coordinator. He didn't just put the offensive game plan together during the week and end up having the head coach call all the plays during the actual game. I think this is the biggest advantage McCoy has over Philbin as head coaches in the NFL.
The Buffalo game was a pretty big indictment of the coaching staff imo. Less than 6 wins should be an auto firing for the staff. Six or more, let the new GM decide. 9+ maybe Ireland gets to stay, though frankly at this point it is hard to be positive about the pieces he has assembled. Some individual talent, but a poorly put together team. To many missteps, singles and bunts.
Exactly .which is all I was trying to say. I never insinuated that halftime is the perfect opportunity to re-write the playbook, I just stated that coaches take those few minutes and make subtle changes and adjustments based on what happened in the first half. Some coaches obviously do it better then others.
I know that, and I also never argued that fact. Subtle changes, minor adjustments, getting on the same page with the coordinators and players, BRIEFLY discussing the first half. Thats all I`m saying.
That happens constantly throughout the game. There is nothing inherently different about halftime that makes the "adjustments" there anything to say one team is better than the other over. Teams either make good adjustments or they don't, halftime has nothing to do with it.
Whats funny is how factually inaccurate the statement is. In seven games the opponent has outscored us in the second half 3 times.
I was hoping and being optimistic that Ireland knew what he was doing with the wholesale changes in free agency, but at this point, I think he'd have been better off to just resign all our own UFAs, or try to, and address positions like WR in the draft. Most of our own guys, he never made a serious offer to. The swap at LB was a waste of time. Really, the only UFA signing that has panned out well so far is Grimes.
3/7 as opposed to 4/7 one of which we got our asses kicked coming off a bye in the first half. Not that inaccurate.
I still believe youth and inexperience across the roster has a lot to do with the losing streak. Young teams often have trouble finishing games. Obviously, the coaching deserves some blame as well, but to think that this is ALL on coaching is complete BS. IMO, of course.
Agreed. It's not a talent issue, it's critical mistakes at key moments in games that are killing us. It's happened in 5 straight games but hey, people need their scapegoats.
I agree with most of this. I'd say though that Gibson was a good signing, injury notwithstanding. Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 4
Yep, typical dolphin fan reaction. Wayne started this turnstile mindset of changing staffs to the point where most here think every other Bull on the other side of the fence is better than the one we've got ... no wonder the divorce rate in this country keeps climbing. Relax folks, Rome wasn't built in a day and neither is a Super Bowl winning Foot Ball team, to properly grade Joe we need at least a couple more years. Y'all act as if 4 games is a life time, its only one month.
No one thinks we should win a Superbowl in Philbin and Tannehill's second year. They just think we should show improvement. We don't. Instead, we're regressing. That's not acceptable. And if you want to see instant improvement, you need look no further than the AFC West. Every single team in it has improved from last season, two of them because of new coaches, one because of a new QB. This "patience" shtick was old ten years ago and it's ludicrous in today's NFL. Patience with Sam Bradford is why the Rams are an also-ran. Patience with Tony Romo and a host of inadequate coaches (as well as bad decisions by the owner/GM) is why Dallas can't win a playoff game.
