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Miami Dolphins: Dan Henning speaks on Ricky play, Hartline's emergence

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  1. dolfan7171

    dolfan7171 Well-Known Member

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    http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sport...an-henning-and-brian-hartlines-emergence.html

     
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  2. CitizenSnips

    CitizenSnips hmm.

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    uhg. that ricky play was so stupid. bad call, bad execution, bad everything. Shame on henning for calling it, shame on ricky for not just tucking and running.
     
  3. Killerphins

    Killerphins The Finger

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    shame on Henning for calling it
    shame on Henning for that explanation
    best way to get into the end zone was a halfback pass
    you kiddin' me
    Henning is a joke
     
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  4. Vengeful Odin

    Vengeful Odin Norse Mod

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    That "joke" has managed to guide us to the 13th best production in the NFL in points per game, despite having no real WRs to speak of and the team only 22nd in the league in yards from scrimmage.

    Did I like the call? No, but I don't blame him for making it.
     
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  5. 54Fins

    54Fins "In Gase we trust"

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    over there
    We like him, he's making plays, he seems to show up very much like *** showed up in our training camp the first year we were here, and why he's still here,

    I like this part of the quote.Sounds like what we said about Henning last year except the old man "might" need to be sent out to pasture himself now.

    EDIT: I do admire him more than our 2nd half D and their adjustments.
     
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  6. Frumundah Finnatic

    Frumundah Finnatic U Mad Miami?

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    Just admit you made a mistake, just say "It was a bad call"
     
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  7. finserg

    finserg Well-Known Member

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    If ricky would of made that play i bet everyone would of said that was amazing,DAM IF YOU DO, DAM IF YOU DON'T
     
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  8. Killerphins

    Killerphins The Finger

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    if... is speculation
    fact is the pass was picked
    big momentum shift
    bad call
     
  9. BigDogsHunt

    BigDogsHunt Enough talk...prove it!

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    By this logic all calls that do not result in positive plays are bad calls?????

    At what point does EXECUTION get judged and not the call??
     
  10. Killerphins

    Killerphins The Finger

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    the offense EXECUTED all the way down the field
    Henning got cute
    run the football
     
  11. Gitrdone

    Gitrdone New Member

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    Execution or not, you don't have a player who up to that point has attempted how many NFL passes, throw the ball in that situation. Would have been better to just run it in there. Ricky is not a QB, we took a players strength and played away from it, that is a poor call no matter how you swing it. If it worked, its called luck. Let him pass it where the field is more wide open, not when people are bunched up in the endzone.
     
  12. BigDogsHunt

    BigDogsHunt Enough talk...prove it!

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    So all the plays down the field were good calls...but the call that was poorly executed is a bad call by default???
     
  13. BigDogsHunt

    BigDogsHunt Enough talk...prove it!

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    Gotcha...:shifty::wink2:

    For the record I despised the call for many of the reasons pointed out...but its execution that produced the RESULTS not the call. The call never produces the RESULTS.
     
  14. Gitrdone

    Gitrdone New Member

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    Basically having Ricky throw in that situation is dumb. You have your QB throw in that situation since he is use to reading the D. Ricky on the other hand is not, and we got to see the results of that. Let him throw it when there is more room. Not when they are all bunched up. Was it bad execution? Yes. But it was also a poor play call, putting Ricky in a position to have a greater chance of failure.
     
  15. Disgustipate

    Disgustipate Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Here here.

    Henning doesn't have to explain a god-damned thing, especially given the stuff presented in the article. Given how our offense has performed given the circumstances, our red zone efficiency, and Ricky Williams performance in practice, he was perfectly justified. Regardless of what backseat Madden offensive coordinators claim.
     
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  16. adamprez2003

    adamprez2003 Senior Member

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    the thing with henning is you know if he was coaching new england and their players he would be considered a genius because pasties players tend to execute their plays to perfection. we dont have the brightest bulbs necessarily. not stupid but not football geniuses either. his playcalling is complex and that leads to lots of mistakes and why many coaches prefer to KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid)
     
  17. krypto

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    When the call is a logical call. There was no need for a RUNNING BACK to try and attempt a pass, simple as that. Stop playing devil's advocate, its lame.
     
  18. Disgustipate

    Disgustipate Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    So the Dolphins probably should not have called all the other runningback passes that they've been successful with in the past?
     
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  19. MonstBlitz

    MonstBlitz Nobody's Fart Catcher

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    There is a huge difference between previous half back passes from this one. In each play call, you play the percentages. At mid field, or 20 yards out, or on your own 20 completing a half back pass versus running the ball for what would probably be 3-4 yards, the trade off is pretty good. A trade off that might make the risk acceptable. At the 3 yard line, the odds of completing a half back pass are far less then punching it in on the ground; therefore, the risk is foolish.

    There is a huge difference in the scenarios. Dan Henning should know that difference.
     
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  20. Gitrdone

    Gitrdone New Member

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    I don't care what anyone in our offense does in practice, cause for one thing, it's against our D and it has showed how well it can stop people or should i say can't stop people. Just because it was run well in practice doesn't mean it fits well in that very game situation. Henning got cute and it cost us 6, plain and simple.
     
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  21. Clipse

    Clipse mediocrity sucks

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    Highly doubt that. Ricky was gashing the bills for 7 yards a carry on that drive. To have Ricky throw it on 1st and goal would of had me pissed even if he threw a TD. If anything, Chad Henne playaction, but a HB pass? :no:
     
  22. Fin-Omenal

    Fin-Omenal Initiated

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    For me the Henning problems run much deeper than the Ricky pass, his goalline playcalling has been a joke all year, and his LACK of ability to make halftime adjustments are basis for him to seek employment elsewhere imo.
     
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  23. BigDogsHunt

    BigDogsHunt Enough talk...prove it!

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    (Henning also noted that, in terms of getting the ball in the end zone from inside the 10, "we're the best at it in the NFL.")

    "We don't apologize," Henning said. "We lament like everybody else."
     
  24. Ricky Williams

    Ricky Williams New Member

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    Right when I think I'm getting over the Bills game, I have to be reminded by the play that IMO opinion cost us the game. That play killed our offensive mojo, and when your defense is guaranteed to fail you, you simply can't take those types of risks at that point in a ballgame. I'd say that there was a 99.9% chance of us scoring a TD by running the ball 3 straight times by any running back we have and that would have set a completely different tone for the whole game.
     
  25. BigDogsHunt

    BigDogsHunt Enough talk...prove it!

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    Totally agree with that.....:up:
     
  26. Killerphins

    Killerphins The Finger

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    I agree that Henning doesn't have to explain anything to the fans
    but he did
    therefore why not just say you made a bad call
    instead he tells us that play was the best way to get in the endzone
    Ricky was doing it well in practice
    what a monumental cop-out
    I think the explanation is as bad as the play call
     
  27. the 23rd

    the 23rd a.k.a. Rio

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    very bad play call
    unfortunately, only one of many
     
  28. jdang307

    jdang307 Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Not when you're on the 1 yard line with a RB who has not been practicing tossing the ball for the past two years (Ronnie). Ronnie's first TD was NOT on the 1 yard line last year and it was when we were blowing the crap out of NE.

    This is on the 1 yard line, at the beginning of the game, with the score 0-0. It's idiotic, and there is no defense of the call.
     
  29. djphinfan

    djphinfan Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Shall we do a list of positives and negatives of the play call?...nahhhhhhh..
     
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  30. jetssuck

    jetssuck I hear Mandich's voice...

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    Ist and goal at the 3, RW is running over them at will and is admittedly not comfortable throwing the football.

    I just can't see how that call can be defended..
     
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  31. BigDogsHunt

    BigDogsHunt Enough talk...prove it!

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    Sure, I will cover the positives.......


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    Ok, now you go....:lol:
     
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  32. Disgustipate

    Disgustipate Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    How does that work in any sense? They scored 17 points after that point, and didn't have alot of problems immediately after.

    Not even remotely close.


    Really? Because, you know, we haven't lost many games where we came out and scored quicky now have we? :no:
     
  33. Disgustipate

    Disgustipate Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    That's not correct, Ricky Williams attempted several passes last year that don't statistically count as such because he pulled it down and ran with it.

    So what? They did that this year-

    http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2009110805/2009/REG9/dolphins@patriots#tab:watch

    Did anyone say a damn thing then?
     
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  34. MonstBlitz

    MonstBlitz Nobody's Fart Catcher

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    While you can certainly make an argument that had we scored the TD on that play we still might have lost, it's really hard to argue the that the play didn't change the tone of the game. Because it is a fact. Teams play differently when they are ahead or behind or tied. Playcalling is different, confidence is different, the fan element is different, and I could go on and on.
     
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  35. Killerphins

    Killerphins The Finger

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    sparano said the team didn't play with emotion on Sunday
    that pick sucked the fire out of us
    you know it i know it sparano knows it
    every Dolphin fan knows it
    anyone who didn't scream what the hell are they doing when it happened is blind
    i can't imagine anyone would have said
    that was a nice play call
    we'll get in the end zone next time
     
  36. dolfan7171

    dolfan7171 Well-Known Member

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    You know I do appreciate the trick plays and the creative stuff here and there. At the same time you got to bring the bread and butter plays that is going to win us the game. We need to bring it whether they know it or not. It doesn't matter if they know its coming or not...bring. We just need to execute it better then they can execute their plan to stop it.
     
  37. Stringer Bell

    Stringer Bell Post Hard, Post Often Club Member

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    Yeah, and after that INT, we came back to go up 7-0. So I'm not sure about all this "killed our confidence" argument. It certainly cost us 7 points, but anything beyond that I'm not buying.
     
  38. Killerphins

    Killerphins The Finger

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    may i remind you we lost the football game
    sparano said we had no emotion
    stop defending it and
    do the math....
     
  39. Stringer Bell

    Stringer Bell Post Hard, Post Often Club Member

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    I'm not defending it, I said it cost us 7 points.

    But if we didn't play with emotion, it wasn't because of that playcall.
     
  40. HardKoreXXX

    HardKoreXXX Insensitive to the Touch

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    I was pissed at the call. Honestly, if it ain't broke you don't fix it. If it were 3rd and goal I probably wouldn't have been as upset, but you have to run it on 1st and Goal from the 1.

    That said, It's hard for me to blame Henning for any of the offensive woes. Look at the talent on this roster. Now consider he's lost his starting QB and starting (Pro-Bowl) running back.

    We're killing him over a handful of bad play calls over the course of 11 games, and not admiring the good things he's done over that span.
     
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