interesting, he really needs to hit the books.
the up-side:
if Daboll is as good an offensive coordinator as Nolan is on defense, Sparano may survive in spite of himself.

 

I wonder if he ever took the time to study Manning, or our rival Tom Brady. I wonder if he ever wondered who this Dan Marino guy is that has his name all over awards throughout Dolphins stadium. Probably spends too much time in the weight room perfecting his fist pump...

 

You guys are too much.

 

Have you?

 

Yeah, because no one tweets about it, it must mean Sparanos never studied it.

 

In related news, my studies last year yielded evidence to suggest that watching the Dolphins last year might have taken about 3 years off my own life expectancy.

 

Word about this leaked months ago, around the time Sparano gave his “please don’t fire me” presentation to Stephen Ross. This is why some people thought Vince Young was a legitimate option for the team, or that the Dolphins would draft Cam Newton (before his meteoric rise to a legitimate #1 overall pick).

 

well...if his GM thought his analysis was serious {old news}, he would of selected Colin Kaepernick...

 

Meh. He could still prove this by picking up *bleh* Vince Young.

 

Yes, every Sunday as they torch our ***.

 

How do you know if that is true?

 

That does not sound like much of a study

 

I think they would have taken kaepernick if the price was right.

 

I was reading through old posts and I came across one where you tell someone that their mock is the worst you've ever seen because he had Carolina taking Newton and Buffalo taking Dareus. Lol shows how much you know.....
Anyone can have an opinion on our current head coach and I understand the frustration with his conservative ideology.

Sparano has had success in Dallas and knows the game of football. He just needs to refine his approach. His work ethic and leadership abilities are way above average. I think it was more Henning holding us back.

 

Leadership? This is the guy who had his whole Offense in full revolt in the last game.

Leadership? Henning worked for Sparano; a good leader doesn't allow a bad employee to affect his entire team the way meathead did Henning all last season.

 

ok then..lets see what happens..If tony wants to run an offense with that type of skillset, then imo, they did fu#@ up by not taking that kid regardless if they go after Vince..

 

Parcells hired Henning, Sparano was stuck with him until he quit or got fired. Aside from Ricky's misunderstood comments, what evidence do you have that Sparano doesn't have complete respect of the locker room? Don't we hear how he has a great, personal relationship with the players? I see almost everyone giving Sparano a hard time, for what? His enthusiastic fist pumps and two 7-9 seasons???? That's it??? This team, as a whole, is 3 years old. They know football, they just need to refine their approach.

 

I don't, but it sure makes sense considering the guy was available, and had imo, the best playmaking skillset in the draft.

 

Thats a fair point Nabo...I agree that Sparano was stuck with that man until he wanted to leave..I also think the teams turmoil stemmed from him, not Sparano.

 

I wonder if he also understands that given a solid pocket for a Qb to step up into will buy his Qb time which in turn can create big plays..........

 

Vince Young..nuff said..:lol:

 

If that's true, which is doubtful (And how would you know? You have some deep inside view that the rest of us "non-believers" don't have?) then that says even more about Sparano's gutlessness; to take a job hamstrung like that...no wonder the weak sister took it out on Henne...it had to come out somewhere!

Yeah, it was a study done at THE UNIVERSITY OF MY EYES. I highly recommend its curriculum instead of choking down the kool-aid without even adding the water.

Yeah, you know...results. I'm funny like that.

 

Oz...to protect what? If there's no franchise passer to protect, your LT can be Walter Jones, All-World Left Tackle—without a championship.

 

And this...this is utter garbage.

I should lower my expectations of the team I support because in the third year of a three-year rebuild they still don't have their **** together? Because they made ridiculous draft picks and signed even more ridiculous free agents, and have a Head Coach too gutless to either fire his Offensive Coordinator or raise the expectation, and who coaches too scared to even go for touchdowns instead of field goals?

 

I will eat crow 110% for that. I was wrong, wrong, wrong about that.

That being said I think it is stupid to "study" QBs and come to the conclusion moble QBs create the most big plays. Most NFL head coaches and GMs do not understand statistics by any means. Every single QB in the league is different (in terms of accuracy, Football IQ, arm strength, SYSTEM, coaching philosophy, etc), so to compare QBs does not make sense at all. The only statistics important would be a units statistics (like the OL) compared to a positions play (QB, WR, HB, etc); and other relationship based statistics and even these should be taken with a grain of salt. Statistics are variable influenced and there are far too many variables on the field to produce anything meaningful. Baseball on the other hand is completely different. If you are interested I'd recommend Billy Beane's Moneyball.

 

Yeah but I still think it could result to more big plays.

 

Problem with that study is the offense is not stocked with the players who would support it's conclusion, we were a power running team, unless they had Mike Vick who would they implement the thing?

I mean I like Thiggy more then most dolfans do, but unless he grows a howitzer arm he will roll right and throw right the same as Henne did, maybe he could run the ball out of that motion far better than Henne but still?

I semi kid about Vince Young but he also does not have a Elway like cannon arm though he can really run with the football.

 

Sparano is garbage folks, he nrings nothing to the table for our football team. Wanny was "respected" in the locker room so save that BS.

After we waste the efforts of a top 5 defense this year, ole fist pumper will get the axe and we can start to have high expectations for this team.

 

Who made more big plays than Dan Marino? We know he didn't win any championships.

That's what I mean about Sparano being a meathead; yeah, if you just want big plays, study what creates big plays. But he has no sense of the big picture—he has Coordinators who should be scouring the minutiae—he should have the 30,000-foot view, the vision.

You know the old saying, "you can't hit what you can't see"? Sparano can't see championships. He's a small mind in a huge job.

 

Eh, most dolfans did not like the hire in 08 anyway, now he has to reprove himself.

I think he will, clearly you do not.

 

So your answer to my question

is a resounding NO.... lol

 

I can honestly say that I do get a little worried when you say that about Sparano, I say that out of the respect I have for your opinion..I'am gonna go against you on this one Nob's, I don't have much to go on, except that I think coaching has more to do with getting players to be their best then x's and o's, and I do believe in his philosophy of building a team and gameplanning..The fact that we have controlled the LOS on both sides, controlled the time of possession in inordinate fashion, but have come up short in the win column, is more due to where we started this whole thing 3 years ago..I think those litttle things that lost games for us when we dominated the opponent will eventually come around after more scheme familiarity, and more talent is added..I also tend to believe in the mans character..

 

:lol: It's cool that we disagree; you like ranch, I like honey mustard. It's all good.

Unless you were to tell me that there's something wrong with me for liking honey mustard instead of ranch, and that furthermore, you think everyone who likes honey mustard is inferior and doesn't know anything about food.*

That's where I develop posting Tourette.

Not to mention...no drive-thru for you.

*This message brought to you by: Carl's Jr...where food can be an analogy for everything.

 

I like assorted mustards :shifty:

 

Is that really true? I thought Parcells brought Henning out of retirement and basically gave him carte blanche with regards to the offense. I don't know if Henning was someone Sparano "could" get rid of. Also with everything else going on already having fired one coach, would it be wise to fire another? Also the benching of Henne although not a directly correlated may have also made it difficult as their was turmoil involved with that too.

 

:lol: Like Henning was Parcells' son-in-law or something?

Henning was clearly a detriment to the team in many ways; if Sparano had a pair, he would have gone to Henning at some point and respectfully asked him to step down. You really think Henning would have refused?

And let's say in some crazy scenario that Henning did refuse; you think if Sparano walks into Parcells' office...or Ireland's, or Ross' office—whatever—and said "Him or me." You think anyone would go against the Head Coach saying that?

But that does require retention and current possession of one's grapes.

 

:chuckle: Five people will get that.

Maybe seven.

 

Hell Nabo he supported Henning all the way. Said as much in public through it all.
I'm not a fan of Sparano and his handling of things last season. Would have been real happy to see him walk but what do I know.
I was told today here that I should seek help from a mental health specialist, then govern myself accordingly...... :lol: