Thanks for the link. Hope he can shore up some of our O-line issues.....

 

He strikes me as a guy who's going into the locker room and schematically telling players what they did wrong. Their hips being too open, their break being too rounded, their read being off. Telling them the single high safety is susceptible to a back shoulder throw because he bites on pump fakes, etc. In contrast to Sparano who struck me as a guy who went in the locker room and said "You gotta work harder. Give 110%. Give more effort, be more aggressive."

 

Yeah, I think that was the case too.

Nice read.

 

I wholeheartedly agree. I think some of us (including me) were wondering a bit about him because his past was relatively unknown prior to his son's passing. This seems, and feels, like an all-around fantastic hire by Ross and Co. Philbin is making all of the right moves by my book.

Does anyone know how Iowa's O-line performed under him? Did they have a solid run-game or were they more pass-oriented? Or were they just pretty good all-around lines?

Thanks

 

The more I read and hear about & from him, the more I think he's like Bill Walsh, in his demeanor and approach. Hopefully they have similar minds and success.

 

Since there are only 32 positions as an NFL head coach, I would think that EVERY single one of these coaches would demand the absolute best and nothing less from their players. I just can't imagine that someone would be selected as a HC in the NFL if he demanded only that his players TRY to do their best.

While I am certainly willing to give Philbin the time to show what type of head coach he will be in the NFL. Right now I certainly have a huge question mark regarding his ability, if only because he has never actually been a head coach at any level of football.

When push comes to shove, it is all about the players he is provided with by Ireland. It is Ireland I do not trust to provide the better players in the draft and in free agency. Therefore I think being stuck with a below average GM is going to be the major issue Philbin will have to deal with as the head coach of the Dolphins.