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Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by Galant, Feb 9, 2018.

  1. Galant

    Galant Love - Unity - Sacrifice - Eternity

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    Biggest thing so far this off-season has been the change to the coaching staff.

    During the sessio we had:
    The Foerster scandal.
    The highlighting of a need for improvement from the coaches.

    Now during the off-season Gase has gone to lengths to rework his staff.

    This might be the biggest, most exciting off-season move this year - or at least the most significant.

    There are no guarantees, of course, but a wide-scale nice to improve the coaching could, if it goes well, really spell a turn around for the Dolphins both in performance and culture.

    We had a coach addicted to hard drugs, doing them on campus, falling down a home into prostitution etc. It's simply impossible for that not to have an effect on performance, culture and various interactions. And worse case, it could have been an indicator of the overall health of the organisation. Sick, even rotten in places.

    Clearing that out, turning it around, could be huge!

    So what do you guys think about the changes and what this might mean for the Dolphins?






     
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  2. Galant

    Galant Love - Unity - Sacrifice - Eternity

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  3. The_Dark_Knight

    The_Dark_Knight Defender of the Truth

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    Whether or not it pans out you must give Gase credit in this regard...

    He believes in responsibility from the TOP down and has replaced quite a bit of those responsible for coaching the players.
     
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  4. Dorfdad

    Dorfdad Well-Known Member

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    But role coaches I wanted a new OC and DC with experience neither happened.
     
  5. Fin D

    Fin D Sigh

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    That's not true.

    Dowell Loggains, is our new OC. He has experience as an OC.
     
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  6. muskrat21

    muskrat21 Well-Known Member

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    I like the new coaches. Also, this probably means gase is on a 2 year hotseat and he's doing what he can to get off (not that he tried to be there). These coaches generally have a 2 year contract. Gase isn't a lame duck/hotseat coach, yet, so he's able to pull in a good staff. If he were lameduck coach these coaches wouldn't be coming here. If team is still bad in 2 years, house will get cleaned and it'll be relatively easy.
     
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  7. jw3102

    jw3102 season ticket holder

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    While I do believe quality coaches can be a positive effect on players. The fact is that all these coaches came from teams where the head coaches were fired because the players didn’t perform at a satisfactory level on the field and therefore the head coach was fired, along with these assistants.

    This doesn’t mean that some of these coaches might not end up being better than the assistant they replaced. Unfortunately though, the main problem with the team is an over lack of talent throughout the roster and if they don’t start putting better overall talent on the field immediately, none of these coaches, including Gase will be in Miami in two years.
     
  8. Irishman

    Irishman Well-Known Member

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    I think that coach Gase is very consistent in giving the players and coaches that work for him a chance to succeed. They always know where they stand with him. I wouldn't be surprised if knowing he was being scrutinized by coach Gase added pressure to Chris Foerster, which in turn accelerated his dependency on drugs.

    When Coach Gase started with the Dolphins he didn't get all the coaches he wanted. No first year head coach does. He got of the ones he liked that were available, and kept those he couldn't replace. He gave them the same chance to prove themselves that he did with the players. After a good first year with a uneven group of players there really wasn't much of a reason to look at replacing any of the coaches, unless a vacancy occurred.

    Last year, having a previous years familiarity with their head coach and the playbook, there wasn't a good reason for any of the players not to know their assignments. Exceptions to this are those self absorbed players that no one was going to reach. When we found we had players whose playbook knowledge was demonstrably worse instead of better over the year, it was time to review both the coaching and the players. I believe that any non-rookie player that doesn't know the playbook "inside out", will be dropped from the team this year. This includes, but is not aimed at players like Landry. I doubt that he cares, with his upcoming free agency being his out.

    Our coaching changes do not look like a witch hunt, but more like an example of effective team building. Looking at the coaching changes that were made, I think its fair to say that we went for better coaching mostly in our lower tiers of coaching.

    We replaced our head Athletic Trainer. I didn't even know we had such a position, but seeing how injuries have been a serious problem the last two years, It was appropriate to look at that level of responsibility.

    The Offense:

    We have brought in three new coaches, had two offensive coaching promotions from within our offensive coaching staff, had one lateral transfer from coaching to Player Personnel and added two additional coaching functions.

    We got a new Offensive Coordinator and kept our old Offensive Coordinator but put him in a new position as Director, Football and Player Development. We now have four people in positions of Player Development and Engagement, so they must have some value to the team. Considering how much we spend on players, if this helps them keep their heads on straight it will be worth it.

    We also got a new Offensive Line Coach and a new Running Backs Coach. There were two new Offensive Coaching positions added. One is the Assistant Head Coach/Offense and the other is the Run Game Coordinator. We promoted our Wide Receivers Coach to the new Assistant Head Coach/Offense and then promoted our Assistant Wide Receivers Coach to the Wide Receivers Coach position. The Assistant Wide Receivers Coach is now the only vacant coaching position we have left. Our new Running Backs Coach also serves as our Run Game Coordinator. These changes solidify the offensive coaching structure with some new coaches, some promoted coaches and one coach put in a non-coaching but player interactive position. I see this as team building.

    The Defense:

    We have brought in three new coaches and added a coaching function.

    We got a new Defensive Line Coach, a new Defensive Backs Coach and a new Assistant Defensive Backs Coach. Our Linebacker Coach was brought in last year and now has the added responsibility of being the Assistant Head Coach. Our current Defensive Coordinator was promoted from Linebackers Coach last year.

    These changes solidify the defensive coaching structure with some new coaches and some promoted coaches over the last two years. Again, I see this as team building.

    If these coaching changes pan out, I expect there will be fewer players not knowing their assignments and most of those will be rookies. I also expect to see better offensive execution and better defensive plays.
     
  9. danmarino

    danmarino Tua is H1M! Club Member

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    I disagree. In the NFL the talent difference between any two starters playing the same position is minuscule. Sure, some players are a lot better at one or maybe two things, but they typically lack in another area where someone else is a lot better. In other words, it evens out in the end and a coach needs to decide what attributes he needs/wants in order to fit his system.

    Coaching and continuity are the keys to success in the NFL. When you get too focused on talent you become Al Davis and that line of thinking rarely works in today's NFL where players are very evenly matched.
     
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  10. Fin D

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    I think you can say the same about coaching.

    I mean, logically, if there's not a lot of difference between talent, then there cannot be a lot of difference between coaching either.

    I think players need two things to succeed and coaches need two things to succeed and a team needs two things to succeed.

    Player:
    1. Physical ability
    2. Mental ability

    Coach:
    1. Strategy
    2. Motivate players/coaches

    Team:
    1. As many players with 1 & 2 as they can get in key spots.
    2. As many coaches with 1 & 2 as they can get in key spots.

    In each category, you can have more than than one than the other and still have success (examples are Marino vs. Pennington, Walsh vs JJ and 90's Cowboys vs. 70s Dolphins), but you still need both.
     
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  11. danmarino

    danmarino Tua is H1M! Club Member

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    I agree with the mental ability. However, jw was talking about physical ability.

    Player A can have the same exact physical abilities as Player B, but if "A" is more mentally prepared/stable etc he will be the better player.

    As for the coaching, the ability to motivate and get your players to buy in to your system is a huge part, but adjusting, game planning and the "little things" is what sets coaches apart. I mean, look at some of the HC's in the recent past. They had no business being the HC of a football team. However, and for the most part, ALL NFL starters have the athletic ability to succeed.

    IMO, coaching is 90% of winning in the NFL.
     
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  12. Surfs Up 99

    Surfs Up 99 Team Flores & Team Tua

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    IMO, for us to improve as a team, we need to have coaches and players that hold each other accountable. Last year we had guys who talked the talk, but didn't walk the walk. Coaches need to put players in position to succeed with outstanding schemes and teaching, and players need to know their playbook inside out and be ready to go when their number is called. I would also like to see each position group come up with a standard, for example, at UCF this year the WR corp. had a saying, "no block, no rock". I believe things like that can go along way with improving overall play because they are holding each other accountable.
     
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