I wouldn't mind in this order for Head Coach
1.) Bill Cowher
2.) Lovie Smith
3.) Jon Gruden
4.) Jay Gruden
5.) Mike Shula
For GM I have one man in mind right now.
1.) Bill Polian
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How many more threads of this type are going to be made? There's already four of them.
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Don't see Cowher or Gruden leaving the booth either, my third choice is Lovie Smith, Bill Polian at GM would IMO be a dream.
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As many as it takes for us fans to vent!
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MrClean Inglourious Basterd Club Member
I'd be ok with Lovie Smith or Mike Shula.
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none of those guys are coming here with ire********er still in place
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The clear GM favorite should be McCloughan. But since he's fickle about where he lives and all that, Baalke should be pursued vigorously.
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Da 'Fins Season Ticket Holder Staff Member Club Member
No way on any of those. No Shula kid will ever win a SB. Period.
Second, re-tread coaches, even successful ones, just don't win the big game. It just doesn't happen. How many coaches win two SBs with different teams? They don't.
Lovie Smith is a possibility.
But, honestly, I think Philbin needs more than two years. He does need a new OC and a new OL coach. And, we have to have a new GM.
I would go with the guy from Baltimore who has been there for a long time under Ozzie Newsome - Eric DeCosta. I don't think you can judge him on the basis of previous Baltimore execs who were not fully developed there (it's a fallacious and anecdotal argument). DeCosta (unlike the others) has been fully developed in Baltimore. Pay him big bucks and get him control.
But, an alternative would be to try to keep Philbin and bring in a GM from a team that has a system that Philbin has been in and keep Philbin. -
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MrClean Inglourious Basterd Club Member
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I will agree with the earlier comments that Jon Gruden and Bill Cowher aren't going to be leaving their TV jobs to get back into coaching. They make more money than a HC in their present jobs and they don't have to work the long hours head coaches do in the NFL.
I would love to see Jay Gruden as the next HC. I think he would be a major upgrade over Philbin.
I loved Don Shula as the HC of the Dolphins but I'm not a big fan his son, Mike Shula as a head coaching prospect. I don't see him as an upgrade over Philbin.
Lovie Smith would be a candidate I could live with. I think he was a solid HC with the Bears and with the right GM, he would certainly be better than what we have right now.
What I would like to happen is that Ross hires a, "President of football operations" and he lets this individual decide who to hire for the positions of GM and HC.
I don't know who would be best suited for this position, but as the owner of the team, it is the responsibility of Ross to go out and hire the best available individual or individuals to run this organization. Hopefully he has reliable contacts within the NFL who can help him in the search for the best person for this job. -
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I like Ken Wisenhunt as a potential HC. He has done a fantastic job reviving Philip River's career and his biggest issue in Arizona was not being able to replace Warner after he left, which wouldn't be an issue with Tannehill on board. Strong pedigree with his Pittsburgh ties
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Offensive Coordinator : Gary Kubiak
General manager : Bill PolianP h i N s A N i T y likes this. -
Tom Heckert Jr. as GM, his fall DUI be damned. He has team ties, did a good job with the mess that were the Browns, and the Browns were idiotic to fire him.
Let him decide if Philbin stays or goes and if so let him pretty much pick the new guy.Clark Kent and Nappy Roots like this. -
Better question is who the heck would want to come try and fix this joke and mess of a franchise?
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I would be as well all for Ross hiring a Football guy who takes kind of over for him and responds to him. Tony Dungy might be a fit or Marino, doesnt matter. I just think it would be best to have one guy with knowledge of football to make all decisions alone.
I actually think a college coach would be maybe a good fit. Making things more creative and open minded. Would be all for Malzahn. -
Gus Malzahn
The greatest coach of our time. In thirty years it may become the Gus Malzahn trophy. Vince who? -
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Miami is an attractive destination for a lot of coaches IMO. The roster has a good bit of under-utilized talent. The thing that kept so many people away at the last hiring was Ross insisting on keeping Ireland. Let a HC bring in their own GM and you open up the pool of candidates significantly.
Del Rio, Gruden (either of them), Malzahn, and Shaw are on my short list. I love that offense Stanford runs. 7OL sets, single back, pound the rock over and over and over. Killer defense as well. -
Da 'Fins Season Ticket Holder Staff Member Club Member
Closest was Holmgren who was different because he went straight from the Packers (after he won in '96, lost in the SB in '97 - a game they probably should have won; and then, after '98, he went straight to Seattle). Holmgren was still in his prime as a coach and did not have a layoff from being a SB winner.
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I'm on the Heckert bandwagon for GM.
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MrClean Inglourious Basterd Club Member
Someone who has been to the SB and lost, but has gotten a second chance with a new team and won is what Shula did. If I were looking for a new head coach, Whisenhunt and Lovie would be among my top choices. -
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You know what Philbin said today in a PC with the reporters, when asked to evaluate the season? "Average," he said. Really, Joe? An 8-8 season, average? What a facetious, contentious, contemptuous piece of ****.
I'd give a lot for a HC who doesn't regard EVERYONE outside the organization—but especially the press, who are just working schlubs trying to make a living gathering information for dissemination to us, the fans—as the enemy.
But I digress; this is what I'd like to see unfold if and when Ross finally gets his Keebler elf courage up to actually act:
There are two big names out there with the knowledge, perspective, experience, wisdom and maturity to head up a football team from the top and bring it back to glory: Bill Cowher and Tony Dungy. Neither seems primed to get back into coaching, but present either with an opportunity to win another ring as an executive, and it might entice.
I'd like to see one of them become the head of football operations for the Dolphins; President, COO, VP...whatever we end up calling it. He hires a solid, respected and respectable personnel guru who is the polar opposite of Jeff Ireland in both skill and personality. Make him GM, VP of Personnel...whatever. This person would have the final word on all personnel moves, pro and college. He structures his staff; hires his own scouts, analysts, etc. as he needs and sees fit.
Hire a capologist; same thing, he puts his own team together.
The key is: all of these people are on the same page, work seamlessly together, meet every day to assess the previous 24 hours—waivers, free agents, draft, supplemental...cost/risk vs. reward.
They would all work together to hire a Head Coach. The choice would need to be unanimous because all of them would need to mesh. The President—say it's Dungy—would have final override in case the rest of the team is deadlocked and needs a nudge forward.
Now, here's a wild card: there's a third guy out there; a fan favorite, a brilliant Xs and Os mind. His name is Jon Gruden, and you can see that, unlike Cowher and Dungy, he's champing at the bit to get back into coaching.
Gruden would be both a solid choice and a sexy one for the franchise; the problem is, how do you get a guy with that ego to come on as a HC-only—input on personnel, but no say in any functional aspect. Because as brilliant as he is as a HC and Offensive mind, he is one of the most atrocious at picking his own personnel in the NFL.
Don't believe it? The Raiders team he won with was constructed by others. He then won with Tony Dungy's team, a massively talented bunch...and then proceeded to destroy it with laughable personnel moves, until he painted himself into a corner and had to be fired. He should never be allowed to buy his own groceries again.
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GM-Eric DeCosta
HC-Mike Pettine
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Da 'Fins Season Ticket Holder Staff Member Club Member
I don't think it has anything to do with jinxes. I think it has to do with retreading a former SB winning coach simply does not work. Now, if Miami hired John Harbaugh, I could be down with that in .002 seconds. But that is because he is still young, in his prime and right in there in coaching without having retired or dropped out of coaching; re-tread coaches who were out of the league for a year or more - who had won the SB already - just not going for it.
Certainly none of those guys. I don't think any would win a SB. -
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PhinFan1968 To 2020, and BEYOND! Club Member
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Here is link to an old story:
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/sports...-Firing-Sparano-Ireland-Source-112827059.html
Enjoy!