Dolphins' view on Patrick Turner
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/dolp...he-miami-dolphins-view-on-patrick-turner.html
Coach Tony Sparano endorses Dolphins’ wide receving corps
http://blogs.palmbeachpost.com/thed...ps-but-might-have-left-the-door-open-a-crack/
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First, I remember Ginn being this great offensive threat when he came in the league and all the sudden NOTHING transferred to the NFL. There was so much hype with Turner in the offseason and again NOTHING transferred to the NFL. When do we start looking at the coaching? -
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Throw Camarillo in there who is also an UDFA and it appears as if the coach has done a pretty good job with mediocre talent.
I'd rather the coach that gets a lot out of medicore talent than the coach that can't get anything out of monster talent. That, to me, is an indication that it's the player(Ginn, Wilford, Turner) and not the coachRickyNeverInhaled likes this. -
It's starting to look and sound like we may have a bust on our hands. If we just didn't reach for him though, that's my only real gripe here. Many of the draft experts (Mayock comes to mind) said he was a 5th/6th round prospect, but we took him in the third? That's why I was so shocked by the pick last year. If he busts as a 6th rounder, you chalk it up to a mulligan and move on. But, man...it's startin' to look more and more like we wasted that third round pick last year. -
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Here is the link :
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Let me make it clear that I am trying to play devils advocate here. It is easy to praise the coach when players excel, but we hold the player responsible if he fails. Therefore, why can't we go the opposite route and say that the players (Bess, Hartline, Camarillo) are responsible for their success and the coaches are responsible for the failures of Ginn and Turner.
To me some players just understand and develop easier than others, but I believe its the coaches job to get those who have a difficult time understanding and developing to succeed and thats how I measure a coaches performance. I am still undecided on Turner as we have only given him one year. However, Ginn has had three and the coach still hasn't done anything with him; I would say he has failed with Ginn.adamprez2003 and Eop05 like this. -
about Patrick Turner:
2 or 3 years to develop a WR
should see something in 2010
also
the development of White @ WR
coupled w/Pruit & Grice-Mullenpadre31 likes this. -
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Because if he and the FO truly believe that we are ok with this group of WR's......then we have the wrong ppl in charge.bluehaze, SICK and BuckeyeKing like this. -
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& he failed in the conventional offense.
look to the Slot, WR, WildCat & SpecialTeams
for this exceptional athlete to be tested in 2010.
FrontOffice won't just give up on him
Pat White presents many other optionsCashInFist likes this. -
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What's funny is posters, especially the ones who do in constantly, threatening to lose hope in our FO if they don't trade the number one for Marshall or find a way to draft Dez Bryant.Xeticus likes this. -
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I agree our entire WR corps took a step back.
No matter your view of Ginn, his 2009 was MUCH worse than his 2008.
I thought Bess regressed quite a bit this past year as well. There were a lot of drops and I thought little things like his sideline awareness was weak. After the promise he showed in 2008 I thought this was disappointing.
Turner obviously never saw the field.
He wasn't given much talent, but the drops and inconsistent play weren't something we saw from these players just two years ago. Why did so many guys regress or, at minimum, not improve?jdang307 likes this. -
My beef with Sparano's handling of Turner is the same one I had about Cam Wake being inactive the first two games in 09, the same one about Ted Ginn not returning kickoffs, that is you have to let young players..play..
Sparano cut off Turner, Wake and Ginn at the knees, it took injuries and poor performance for any of those 3 to see playing time.
To me, Ireland finds some gems, Sparano is just to hesitant to turn them loose..Xeticus likes this. -
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We are in an era where the rules basically cater to passing offense. Cornerbacks are hamstrung, QB's are protected beyond any reasonable configuration and passing offense rule the roost. Miami has a qualified passer finally in Henne, but very few targets to pass to. At least deep.
Look no further than the Saints and Colts game, the two teams that were in the Superbowl had absolutely no reason to even be close to us in the score, let alone beating us. They did it mainly through the air. Yes, that is on the defense, but the mere fact that they had the ball for such little time yet were able to score so many points should not go unnoticed.
Ginn's failue to be anything more than a role player at the wide out position should not go unnoticed. Bess and Camarillo's short yardage consistency but inability to be a constant threat downfield should not go unnoticed. Patrick Turner's inability to even suit up should not go unnoticed. Brian Hartline's striking resemblence to Luke Wilson should not go unnoticed.
Yet, the front office, to this point, has prety much done exactly that on every front. Now, this can all be a moot point if they trade for someone or sign someone or draft someone. But all indications kind of point to them being content to go into another season with the receiving corps we have and relying again on an oft injured tailback (Ronnie) and a guy who seemingly can't wait to retire (Ricky) as their main offensive weapons.
I don't know about you, but that would concern me as a fan. If things stay the same, I can tell you that I will expect similar results in terms of a win-loss record. And if that were to happen, I think you finally have to shine a big fat bright light on a front office that sat by and let things happen around them.FaninPatsyLand, SICK, brandon27 and 2 others like this. -
I'm hoping the QB switch was the biggest issue, after all, Ginn, Fasano and Bess were all used to Penny while Hartline, who performed well, was used to Henne.
I am still of the opinion that our playcalling is not putting our WR in situations to use their abilities. Every route seemed to either come back towards the QB or towards the sidelines. Rarely did we see slant routes or guys getting the ball in the open field. It seemed like we were trying to fit our players into a system rather than the system to our players.
Example -
WR YAC Avg 2008
Bess - 5.1
Cam - 3.5
Ginn - 3.6
Fasano - 4.4
WR YAC Avg 2009
Bess - 4.3
Cam - 2.4
Ginn - 1.3
Fasano 3.3
And I'm not calling you out personally on this, but just in general for the whole board, I don't understand why the QB switch had this huge impact on Bess but Fasano and Ginn are written off as being bums. It either affected everyone or no one. We cant pick or choose.The G Man likes this. -
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I just disagree with the notion that if they dont draft a WR this regime has failed us. That's just not true. What if Patrick Turner is the next Marques Colston?
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My view on our receivers still stands as is. They are a lot better than people give them credit for.
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And he had a bad ankle?
By the time Kory Sperry arrived he barely played, but played well when he did get into the game, and John Nalbone was supposedly a seam stretching te and he was waived and placed on the practice squad.
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The three consecutive posts (by Samphin, PhiNomina and Perfect Team) are a perfect example of why I am so proud to be a member of this board, not to mention a Miami Dolphan. Wow...great analysis guys, each and every one of you.
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I absolutely agree that dorrell is part of the issue. He has not coached up our wr's. Those who were already good at certain aspects of the game when they arrived here still are. Those who needed to get much better have not.
Hagan, London, Turner, even Wilford.
Bess and Camarillo already had good hands and routes. Ginn has not improved enough either. Hartline came is known for good routes and heady play with the ability to beat defenders and get behind them. Dorrell didn't give these skills to any of these guys.
We need a great WR coach.PhiNomina likes this. -
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I am to the point where I consider Bess a more of a RB. Comparing him to the rest of our WR isn't fair. He averages 4.3 YAC yet still averages a yard less per completion. I was running numbers the other day and I think it came out as Bess catches the ball an average of 5.6 yards down field - the next closest is Cam who averages over 8 yards down field. The rest were at, or over 10 yards per completion.
So what Bess is asked to do is completely different than our other WR.
So I see your point - but don't think receptions are an accurate representation based on roles.
(For the record I think Bess still had a decent year - just didn't see him take the next step I think he is capable of. While he had 76 receptions - I didn't think he showed much beyond what he did his rookie year. I was hoping to see some of that awareness and savvy that Welker has - assuming Welker is what we all hope Bess can become.)Anonymous likes this. -
Instead we seemed to use Ginn on the short / intermediate stuff, fail to get Bess in the open field to use his shiftiness and left Cam out of the plan all together.Rocky Raccoon and padre31 like this.
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