Dolphins get their man: Ravens Assistant HC and Dline Coach Anthony Weaver new DC
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StaleTacosforum_veteran"dolphin25 wrote:
He coached the DL, so does that mean Dolphins keep Wilkins now? Do they go after the Ravens DT who is a FA?
I'm pretty sure Wilkins is a goner. From what I've read, he's not taking a discount, and we don't have the cap space to compete.
They should tag and trade I think.
If he fails to get a deal done with Tua I'm joining the call for "Grier has to go". -cbrad
JJ_79forum_veteran"StaleTacos wrote:
I'm pretty sure Wilkins is a goner. From what I've read, he's not taking a discount, and we don't have the cap space to compete.
They should tag and trade I think.
I don’t think they’ll do that. Grier said that Wilkins deserved to test free agency just like Gesiki, at least that’s what I think he said…
StaleTacosforum_veteran"JJ_79 wrote:
I don’t think they’ll do that. Grier said that Wilkins deserved to test free agency just like Gesiki, at least that’s what I think he said…
Yeah, I heard that but I think the difference is the Dolphins would be OK if Wilkins played on the franchise tag, and they really didn't want Gesicki.
Wilkins is worth more in the league. I think he'd get a big multi-year contract if he was a FA, whereas Gesicki just got a small one year 3.5m guaranteed contract.
If he fails to get a deal done with Tua I'm joining the call for "Grier has to go". -cbrad
dolphin25forum_veteran"danmarino wrote:
He was also the Ravens assistant head coach. Take a look at the former defensive position coaches for the Ravens and see their trajectory. We obviously can’t be sure how well Weaver will do in Miami, but the Ravens have had a top defense for the better part of 20 years and Weaver was a part of last season’s #1 rated defense. And he was the DL coach and assistant head coach. He interviewed for 2 HC’ing positions this year. And by all accounts he’s a hell of a coach and person. I’m not going to sit here and pretend that he’s the next DC messiah, but I’m curious and excited to see what he can bring to the Dolphins.
That is fair. I just wonder why the Ravens did not hire him when their DC position became open this year.
Lord help us.
"dolphin25 wrote:
That is fair. I just wonder why the Ravens did not hire him when their DC position became open this year.
Who knows, but I doubt it’s because he’s not capable. And many other positional coaches there weren’t hired as their DC and went on to other teams and did great as their DC.
djphinfansubscriber"Fishhead wrote:
No, but I remember Boyer’s horrific play calling pretty clearly. Fangio was a huge upgrade over Boyer, even if he didn’t want to be here. He kept the D competitive after all the injuries, where Boyer would run the same schemes regardless of who was out there.
We were not competitive in way too many games defensively
djphinfansubscriberLooks like weavers first move is to fire Campinelle and hire Joe Barry from the packers
dolphin25forum_veteran"djphinfan wrote:
Looks like weavers first move is to fire Campinelle and hire Joe Barry from the packers
interesting move. Where did Campinelle come from? what was his title with us?
Lord help us.
"dolphin25 wrote:
interesting move. Where did Campinelle come from? what was his title with us?
He was our LB coach and he came from Michigan where he was their LB coach. I’m not sure what to think about the Barry hire. He’s also the run game coordinator now and the Packers, while he was there., were horrible in that department.
"dolphin25 wrote:
That is fair. I just wonder why the Ravens did not hire him when their DC position became open this year.
The Ravens play-by-play announcer goes into that and more on Weaver in this article:
Should be enough to generate some excitement, no?
Phil Hutchingsforum_veteran"Fishhead wrote:
It’s actually very easy to do worse - Josh Boyer ring a bell?
I thought that Fangio did a pretty decent job.
The defense improved considerably from the previous year.
dolphin25forum_veteran"Fishhead wrote:
The Ravens play-by-play announcer goes into that and more on Weaver in this article:
Should be enough to generate some excitement, no?
Sounds interesting. I still find it interesting he was not hired by the Ravens. Who does not hire the best person for the job? If he is your right hand man, do you let him walk for the same position with another team?
Lord help us.
dolphin25forum_veteran"Fishhead wrote:
The Ravens play-by-play announcer goes into that and more on Weaver in this article:
Should be enough to generate some excitement, no?
quite honestly as of today we do not have that much talent on defense. We have 2 injured DE's. We have one DT under contract. We have only one starting healthy linebacker under contract. We have one safety under contract.
Lord help us.
djphinfansubscriber"Fishhead wrote:
The Ravens play-by-play announcer goes into that and more on Weaver in this article:
Should be enough to generate some excitement, no?
“ And I've watched Anthony do that as a defensive line coach here in Baltimore. He has the ability to get guys to work 10 times harder than they wanted to work, and they're doing it on their own. And that's today's coach."
That’s 50
Percent of the battle
The other 50 is schematic design and playcalling
You don’t get that last 50 right it don’t matter
Fins add OLB coach:
https://dolphinstalk.com/2024/02/dolphins-hire-ryan-crow-as-olb-coach/
texanphinaticforum_veteran"danmarino wrote:
He was our LB coach and he came from Michigan where he was their LB coach. I’m not sure what to think about the Barry hire. He’s also the run game coordinator now and the Packers, while he was there., were horrible in that department.
Good positional coach that is overmatched as a coordinator. Imo it's probably a net neutral on most positional hires.
OwesOwn614forum_veteran"OwesOwn614 wrote:
Kind of a surprising hire, given that their pass defense was the Lions’ Achilles heel all season, and especially in the playoffs.