This is something of a hypothetical question or mental exercise.
What if you could bring in any non-football professional sports coach and have them be the Dolphins' new HC? Who would you choose and why?
(Obviously this comes with the proviso that the coach would somehow know, or could learn about football.)
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The Rock from Grid iron gang. Just to see what he's cooking on the sideline and that raised eyebrow stare at the opposing team.
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My first thought was Pat Riley as well, so I'll answer for him. He's a visionary that's built championship teams for multiple franchises as a coach and an executive. Everyone respects him and he draws in talent at "hometown discounts" like nobody I've ever seen- for example, he sold LeBron on bringing his talents to South Beach (for $10M less than others offered) and then brought in tons of aging vets for the league minimum because of LeBron, Bosh and Wade. Nobody had done that before, not like that, and it's created the "superteam" movement in the NBA.
So yeah- Pat Riley. And we don't even have to pretend he knows anything about football. Just bring him in as an executive and we'll somehow have Russell Wilson throwing to Bo Jackson and Deon Sanders next season. How? I have no freaking idea...it's just how it happens.Galant and Surfs Up 99 like this. -
Thanks Key! You took the words right out of my mouth. ;-) I wish I could have said it the way you have, but my reasoning would have been much more simplistic. LOL! All I can say is the guy gets it. Everybody knows it and therefore want to be a part of it. :DKeyFin likes this.
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Pat Riley as an executive makes sense, but at his age, I wouldn't want him to be coaching on the sidelines. I would bring in Pep Guardiola, current headcoach/manager of Manchester City. He has a 72.1 carreer win precentage and has won 13 major titles with his clubs. He's only 47 as well.
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What's Manchester City? A cricket club? ;-)
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This breaks it down pretty well: https://www.fourfourtwo.com/us/feat...-dominance-his-methods-management-and-tactics
To summarize though, he's an ingenious coach with a Belichekesque perfectionist streak. Everything from training sessions to his player's diets are important to him. He like to innovate and come up with new tactics. He also likes to take risks. No conservative playcalling. All of those are things that could help the Dolphins. -
Gregg Popovich, the BB of the basketball world.
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Walter Matthau from The Bad News Bears. Just seems appropriate.
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Easy... Henry V.
He'd do the greatest, most inspirational half time talks in the history of the game and his players would run through brick walls for him. Hell, I'd follow him up Pluto's arse, so I would...
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ME! I can get 5th and 6th grade girls to play volleyball at at least a 7th grader level. And they hardly ever cry.
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When you think you've come up with a decent thread idea and then....
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Hey, I gave a serious answer and you didn't even like it You opened the floodgates buddy. =)Surfs Up 99 likes this.
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Okay, done, I've liked it.
I think I read the post but didn't have time to respond and soon enough... well here we are.
Kudos to Texan, my call would be Popovich. The Spurs owner and GM would also help, but just in terms of coaching, Pop's focus on doing the right thing, the right way, and mastering the basics would go a long way.Surfs Up 99 and texanphinatic like this. -
I can't tell you how many times I started a thread and then forgot about it, only to see it go in a completely different direction. Sometimes that's part of the fun though!Surfs Up 99 likes this.