Start Pennington but believe that Henne is still the future: is that possible?

I think so.. it just seems way too early to completely abandon the guy.

 

Henne is still the future..... and the competitor inside Chad will be enough to push him w/o needing to spend a high draft pick to do so.

Starting Penny might be the right move now to keep Henning & Sparano from destroying Henne's career any further this season. Let him regroup, get a new OC, possibly a new coach, and a surrounding cast better suited for his needs so he can come out of the gates running in 2011.

 

I personally would have rode it out, asked Henning to retire and move on. If after this year Henne hadn't improved coming down the stretch then so be it, you move on.

I just wonder if this has met with relief or consternation within the locker room. And, that maybe all else will determine if Henne comes back to be anything at all. If its relief, then he finished sad to say, at least here.

 

Be honest with you Conu, I'd describe it as "surprise" more than anything else.

Based on:

-Pennington not being in Davie when the move was made
-Hartline speaking in the present tense about Henne
-Beast remaining neutral, there was not a hint of a move taking place on Beast's Tuesday show on Irvin's show.

Disagree about moving forward with Henne this year as I value the Irish/Sparano regime far more highly than most do, we could go decades without a Regime that can mine gems the way that they can.

If that means Henne has his feelings injured I am fine with it.

 

All I know is that your yanking a Developing QB for a guy that is 35 years old and has a torn up shoulder that I would be suprized if he lasted 3 games.

You can say all you want about Henne having a to be metally strong and say that he shouldn't let this affect him, but if you are objective you will realize that it does hurt your confidence. There is no way that it can't, if you are giving everything you have and you get yanked its going to mess with you head. Hopefully he can pull it together enough, to do well his next start and maybe get his confidence back quick. Otherwise I'm thinking this could do some real damage.

 

How do none of you guys remember what just happened to Sean Smith?

I bet you guys were singing the same tune then.

"Oh no Smith is a bust! He isn't the future! blah blah blah."

 

I don't know what I would have answered before today. But after reading what Marshall said, and even what Henning said I think Henne can still be the future. Marshall obviously believes in him, and that says a lot to me. I don't think Henning (who i take to be pretty honest, if not to a fault), would have complimented the type of person Chad is as much as he did if he didn't think he could still be something.

Brandon Marshall says Miami Dolphins will make playoffs despite slow start - ESPN

Edit: not sure why it comes up as video, i linked what I thought was an article.

 

Not here, if anything people were not happy with Smith's tackling, most were really surprised that Jason Allen got the nod over Sean Smith but "bust" talk never really happened.

I do happen to believe Sean Smith is a better Safety prospect than a Corner Back.

As for Chad Henne, dude is tough, he'll be fine, he'll also learn that Competition never stops with Sparano.

 

Who exactly was that then?

 

He's probably referring to people ahem.. elsewhere

 

I think he still can be the future. The question to me is how much, if at all, does him sitting on the bench hinder his development?

 

I have no idea what he's referring to to be honest.

 

I believe we had a SRM-7 back in the day?

Ted Ginn OSU pic?

 

I'm not referring to the posters in this thread per se. I am referring to the people in the forum itself who were whining after Smith got benched that he wasn't the future and a waste of a pick.

 

Um Sean Smith is NOT a good safety prospect.

 

They put him at Safety regularly.

Put him inside on Te's as well, he looks like he added about 10 pds.

 

Hah nope, not me. Sounds familiar though

Maybe it was SR7, or something.

 

there ya go.

 

They put him at safety in pass defense packages. That doesn't mean hes a good safety prospect.

 

There was a lot of talk about Smith being a bust

 

"A lot"?

 

yes, a lot.

On this board at least.

 

Hmm, I recall a couple of posters saying that, not sure about a thread about it, could be wrong, but it was not a real strong sentiment here.

 

I won't say he's a bust, but I don't see him as a good option as a starting corner. His foot speed and short area quickness are weaknesses and his long speed is suspect as well. He's not physical enough to play safety and he's not a good ST player. Hopefully he'll develop a more aggressive attitude and stop all that damn tweeting.

 

Tweeting takes little time and barely any effort.

When players don't talk they are robots, when players do talk they are bafoons. How can these human beings win?!?!?

 

The answer is that we dont know, and I have no faith in this organizations ability to develop a QB.