Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 22m22 minutes ago Dolphins. RT @PhilMcGeoghan: As a team we went Navy Seal Training. Players and coaches. Unreal experience. Seals are the real deal! Phil McGeoghan @PhilMcGeoghan As a team we went Navy Seal Training. Players and coaches. Unreal experience. Seals are the real deal! Now I have to get in the cold tub. Armando Salguero @ArmandoSalguero 19m19 minutes ago Many teams cancelled their final day of minicamp in lieu of team-building exercises. Training with Navy Seals would be up there as coolest. A.J. Francis @AJFrancis410 The Navy Seals team training we just did is the hardest thing Ive ever done. If youre a Navy Seal you are a better man than me, no question. man do I dig this.. Ive been wanting to talk about Philbin and i think this could be the right time.. My 2nd favorite coach in the league is Chip kelly...he believes this with everything inside...''Culture is how you win'' maybe its taking philbin this long to establish this culture and have players buy in, maybe he's got his type of guys now...idk..justa thought.
I preferred early don shula's philosophy....you will do everything my way or i will rip your heart out of your chest and feed it to the dogs
Most of you have probably seen the the Michael Strahan episode of "A Football Life" on NFL Network. That aired again recently and some of you may have watched it. I did. I was surprised how long they spent talking about Tom Coughlin and how bad his relationship with the team was when he first became the Giants HC. Apparently Strahan absolutely hated his guts as did most of the team. He was a total jerk and came off as totally inept to all the players. He was fining guys because they weren't early enough to meetings or because they wore the wrong socks. Strahan basically went toe-to-toe with him at one point and told him, 'you think we're stupid, you won't level with us and you're losing the team.' Everything about that story made me think of Philbin. It sounded exactly like Philbin. It actually sounded worse. We all know what happened there and Strahan wound up loving Tom Coughlin by the time the team was a contender. The fact they won the Super Bowl just solidified the mutual respect. If Tom Couglin and the Giants players can have that kind of a turn-around, I think anyone can.
It wouldn't be the first time a head coach got it right after a few years. In the end though, it's all about results. I hope Philbin is roaming our sidelines in 2016 because it would mean we had a successful 2015.
I think that's where many of us are... Philbin lost me as a fan last year, but I don't think he's hopeless...he's REALLY green as an HC, compounded by the fact he didn't call the offense as an OC IMO. The team has certainly been patient with him...let's just hope it pays off (I know I sure do).
It's better than taking the gang to see GI Joe ala Sparano. Still remember how Sean Smith was shaking his head about how he had to suffer through that. This seems legitimate and actually useful and interesting to players. Good job, Philbin...
Not feeling it myself, but to be fair, we did just witness something like that happen in Dallas this year. Several lukewarm milquetoast years of Jason "8-8" Garret. This was going to be his last year, until they went to the second round. That is what we can hope for.
He'll tell you it was a fantasy. Shula was terrified of Scott. Scott did whatever he wanted. Hell, most of those guys did. Zonk & Kiick weren't called Butch & Sundance because they behaved. We, as a group, have a very romanticized view of head coaches. They respected Shula because they knew he was a football genius, but they didn't fear him.
I'd rather the players actually practice. This is particularly important for the O line where execution is critical. Good execution only comes through practice.
IMO, the perception of Philbin will come down to the jobs done this year by Lazor and Coyle. If these two properly utilize their new weapons, it will translate to more wins and people will be much less uptight about Philbin.
Yes because the only two possibilities are a Clint Eastwood/Charles Bronson hybrid or a hippie......sigh.....
I've not seen the Strahan episode but I remember this. Dick Vermeil overcame a somewhat similar situation before his third season in St. Louis. Back then it was being described as a near mutiny. Ultimately, Coughlin mellowed out, Vermeil changed his ways and the rest is history. In Vermeil's case, it was new OC Mike Martz who was instrumental in persuading him to adjust. Sort of a parallel between that situation and Bill Lazor, bringing a new approach and fresh ideas as a catalyst for change.
Glad they've done this sort of event. I only wish it was longer, even just three days or so, because this sort of thing can have real value in building team sprit and identity, trust and cohesion. The greater the challenge, the greater the growth, which is why I wish it would have been longer. Sent from my XT1068 using Tapatalk
I hope Philbin has a good season. I imagine he knows at the point a large portion of the Miami fans would like to toss him in the swamp.