Sparano did it give the fans and media what they wanted. No way he did it because he saw "the writings on the wall."

 

i think the coaching staff has done all it could with what it was given. still coaches careers live and die on the shoulders of their QBs. Fair or not. The decision to bypass Matt Ryan for Jake Long is starting to look like a complete failure. I have been patient with Henne and who knows maybe he gets his head out of his *** next year but he's starting to remind me of AJ Feeley. I never feel comfortable when he goes back to pass. I always feel will he throw an interception or wont he? Forget the picks, the guy's situational awareness and pocket presence is horrendous. If he gets a pass rush he immediately drops his eyes and starts to lurch around trying to find an extra yard or two. He never keeps his eyes down the field when he's moving. He has no sense when to play conservatively and when to get aggressive. He almost inexplicably does the opposite of what the game situation requires. Its not all his fault but three years into his career he's still playing like a rookie. Will the light ever turn on for him?

 

this is what bothers me, that and the lack of situational awareness. He has a horrible football IQ. Its as if he doesnt understand that the score, the field position, or the time left on the clock have any impact on how you make decisions. Case in point. On that pass to Ronnie. I understand the call. They are playing blanket deep coverage, throw it short if its there and have ronnie run for ten or so yards and get that much closer to the end zone so you can have a better chance at a decent throw on the last play or two. But if the guy is covered, throw the ****ing football away!!! Dont complete a three yard pass!!! Do you think Brady is trying to complete that pass? or is he throwing it into the dirt? hell is Jason Campbell trying to complete that pass?

There is a continued lack of situational awareness with henne that is just mind numbing after awhile.

 

Most fans wanted the move, very little criticized him, although I was one and still believe it was a dumb move.

 

See, I disagree with the call, also Ronnie was open, Marshall didn't block the guy and Ronnie did his little dance instead of booking right out of bounds.

That play call was horrible.

Look, Henne has had his problems, but I swear its Henning that does not know the situation half the time, some of the play calls are mind-boggling, like the 2nd and ten wildcat against the Bills late in the game, pure stupidity.

I have always been a Sparano backer, but I'm now off the bandwagon, its time for him and Henning to go.

 

Either Sparano or Ireland has to take the axe for Henne's play. Bottom line in any business is coming out ahead. In the NFL winning at home games is imperative, not only for your post-season chances, but also for the most important things, $$$ for the owner. He doesn't own the team to be charitible. This owner we have, may actually have overpaid for this franchise, so he is trying to recoup his investment. Home losses equates to less season & game tickets sold, which in turn leads to less concession sales. Ross will have to evaluate if changing the whole regime will help bring the fans back. Don't discount all of this as a factor when Ross has to make this very tough decision over the next couple of weeks.

If he screws this up, he may become so jaded that he sells the team, and then you never know what happens. There is supposedly a new stadium & facilities being built in Los Angeles, the stadium we have needs hundreds of millions of new investment $$$ to get it up to the level of the new stadiums, etc.

If you think thats out pf the realm of possibility, just ask the Cleveland Browns fans about it.

 

nothing wrong with that call. teams run that play all the time in those situations and the RB scampers for ten yards and runs out of bounds. the thing with that call is there cant be a defender near him. if there is a defender within five yards you dont throw it or you throw it away. even if he's supposed to get blocked. its a call based on having the defense leave the RB free and clear

 

Way to completely parrot the announcers from yesterday! The underlined/bolded is what they said, verbatim, about Henne yesterday.

The real facts are, this offense played pretty good yesterday. The defense gave up a few too many plays. And turnovers killed us. The pick-6 wasn't Henne's fault. The WR fell down. Why do our players always look as if they are about to fall? Or they always slip around? The 1st INT may have been his fault, but looked to me like the rookie TE Shuler stopped his route and Henne led him. Or, Henne could have just led him too far. Either way, it was a pass that was a mere inches off target.

Also, it's not like Henne has 48 games under his belt when you write "3 years". He has 26 starts. Yes, he needs to improve a lot on a few things, but it's still only 26 starts. I think the entire coaching staff, sans Henning, needs to be allowed to have one more year. I think Henne needs one more year in order to find out just what he is. One more off season to get in synch with his receivers. One more off season to work on his faults.

This off season, find a new OC, either bring in a guy like Kolb to compete with Henne or move up in the draft and try to get someone else to compete with Henne. Draft a speedy RB/WR and get some depth on the O-Line.

I think if the Dolphins can get those things accomplished this offseason we will be a legit playoff team next season.

Then again.... :(

 

true

 

I disagree, Marshall was watching instead of blocking, and Brown dances instead of running.

We will have to agree to disagree, to me it was a horrible call from the start.

This staff coaches not to lose, they don't coach to win