Comments on: Dolphins dump Paul Pasqualoni

By: rockotica

rockotica — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:54:30 +0000

PP come back to Cuse

By: Asswipe Johnson (Pronounced Az-Wee-Pay)

Asswipe Johnson (Pronounced Az-Wee-Pay) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:16:40 +0000

Al Groh phone interview by Tim Graham last night:
Al Groh claimed he hasn’t been contacted by the Miami Dolphins about their suddenly-vacant defensive coordinator’s job, but he’d welcome the opportunity to work with old boss Bill Parcells again.
“I’ve done it five times,” Groh told me Monday night by phone. “Some people would say that I’m nuts. Some people would say that I’m fortunate. So, having done it five times already, yeah, obviously, there’s a track record there.
“I have a few things on the table right now that I’m interested in, and that might be one more to put on there.”
You could detect a low, rumbling chuckle as Groh said that.
Groh said he has learned the Dolphins had fired defensive coordinator Paul Pasqualoni about a half hour before I called him Monday night.
Groh and Parcells were defensive assistants together at Army in the late 1960s. Groh was an assistant on Parcells’ first staff at Air Force. Groh also worked under him with the New York Giants, New England Patriots and New York Jets.
Parcells handpicked Groh to succeed him as head coach of the Jets in 2000. Groh stepped down after on year to become head coach at his alma mater, the University of Virginia. He coached there nine seasons until getting fired in November.
“I have a criteria, and it starts with the people that are involved,” Groh said of choosing his next job. “Obviously, I’ve been very fortunate to have been associated with Bill Parcells for many years.”
Groh declared he definitely will coach in 2010 and indicated no preference of whether he stayed in college or returned to the NFL. But he added being a defensive coordinator would “be a prime fit” rather than searching for another head coaching job. He has been mentioned as possibly the next defensive coordinator at Georgia Tech.
“My No. 1 criteria at this stage of my career is when the game is over, walking out of the place with a smile on my face,” Groh said. “It’s all about winning, and that’s it. There’s nothing else involved.
“I’ve got a lot of energy and the ambition to achieve. Nothing has changed from 30 years ago.”

By: Asswipe Johnson (Pronounced Az-Wee-Pay)

Asswipe Johnson (Pronounced Az-Wee-Pay) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:14:27 +0000

Why don’t you try researching the guy (Groh) first and then opening your mouth…As opposed to doing it exactly the same way you did with Weis. When you made another ridiculous claim of “Weis only being good because of Brady”.
You’d think some people would learn the first time around…

By: texasPHINSfan

texasPHINSfan — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:01:07 +0000

Pasqualoni had to go. Even though we didn’t have a ton of talent on defense, there were very little (or NO) adjustments made throughout the year to compensate for deficiencies. After being gashed by every TE all year, at no point did we change schemes, coverages, or give any help to LB’s.
It isn’t so much the bad performance for me as it was the lack of adjusting to what he had.
All that said, I’m not sure Groh is better. He has a great football acumen, but that doesn’t mean he’s a good DC. I’m getting somewhat tired of this Parcells connection train. Just because Parcells knew them, doesn’t mean they were good.
Zimmer I don’t see coming. This team is committed to the 3-4, and does Zimmer run that? By all accounts he’s a 4-3 guy, which makes him a longshot, I would think.

By: laxcoach

laxcoach — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:24:34 +0000

Tuna inherited Zimmer. After 1 year, of letting Zimmer run the 4-3, Tuna switched to a 3-4.
Later, he explained that he left the D intact because it was rated highly. AND, he said it was one of the bigger coaching mistakes he’s ever made. He said that he should have put his defense in place immediately, and it forestalled the eventual rise of the team as a whole.
Zimmer? I highly doubt it. Ditto for Frazier with his Tampa-2. It’s Groh or Bowles. My paycheck would be placed on Groh.

By: NachoBidness

NachoBidness — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:16:03 +0000

Henning needs to be the one to get the axe

By: dolfaninjagscountry

dolfaninjagscountry — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:49:10 +0000

Lets hope The Tuna makes the right choice and gets a good DC. Not that Pasqualoni was bad but….Defense WINS Championships….

By: smilergrogan

smilergrogan — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:42:41 +0000

strange: love the godfather reference. hits the nail on the head. also thought parcells/zimmer was an uneasy marriage of expedience probably to keep jerry from paying zimmer not to coach, although those closer to the situation at that time in big d may know otherwise.

By: DonTerrelli

DonTerrelli — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:35:33 +0000

If Al Groh is anything like Wayne Groh, they should probably stay away from him.

By: Herbert S. Mojo

Herbert S. Mojo — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:17:35 +0000

no, crennel is poised to go to kc… i mean… poised to get another donut
AWESOME !

By: bake

bake — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:19:53 +0000

HEY FIN FAN, LIGHTEN UP!!!!!!!!!
You could be a redskins fan, ya know. You guys felt good, like you’re building a bright future. We were simply awaiting our doom all year.

By: FinFan

FinFan — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:52:42 +0000

Doesn’t matter who we get, how are you suppose to work magic with the crap we have on defense?!

By: Asswipe Johnson (Pronounced Az-Wee-Pay)

Asswipe Johnson (Pronounced Az-Wee-Pay) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:57:50 +0000

Mike Florio said:
“Our first reaction to the news was that the Dolphins possibly are jumping into the bidding for Romeo Crennel, who reportedly is heading to Kansas City. But we can’t imagine Parcells and his son-in-law, Chiefs G.M. Scott Pioli, getting into a tug-o-war over Crennel.”
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Why not, Florio? You think it’s all tea and crumpets at Parcells family outings? LOL.
No, Crennel has just agreed to contract terms with Kansas City in the past 20-30 minutes…so you can rule him out.
Now Al Groh on the other hand…well Al is one of Bill’s “5 guys he can count on with one hand” that he is closest too. Miami let’s go of basically their entire defensive staff with respects to the linebacker coaches. Groh is a linebacker coach extraordinaire…and a former Parcells pick as a DC and a HC.
So yeah, I think it’s fair to say Al Groh is the target here. Further evidence in that he didn’t accept the Ga Tech position…

By: SlimPickens

SlimPickens — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:59:10 +0000

i would imagine its Zimmer over Groh. Groh’s ties are with Tuna not Sparano and from I remember its Sparano who has the right to pick his own coaches. Tuna wouldnt mess with that since he didnt want any FO messing with him and who he wanted as coaches.
It could even be Dave Campo, DB coach of Dallas. Although I think he likes the Jones’ too much.

By: ickeywoods

ickeywoods — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:56:46 +0000

Zimmer’s contract is until the end of February, after next Sunday he is allowed to speak with other teams.

By: slipkid

slipkid — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:55:52 +0000

no, crennel is poised to go to kc… i mean… poised to get another donut.

By: Wannstache

Wannstache — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:47:06 +0000

He needed to go, but I am still suprised. Not sure why he refused to move the corners around to create better match-ups. Zimmer wasn’t any better down the stretch, and he had a more seasoned unit. I like Crennel, but agree with Desides that Bowles may be a sleeper. Don’t think Fraiser will make a lateral move.

By: Rex Ryan=Fat Twat

Rex Ryan=Fat Twat — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:28:52 +0000

too many missed tackles and too many blown assignments for him to stay. as long as peezy and gibril wilson are gone then the next guy should be fine.

By: dr.g

dr.g — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:21:30 +0000

According to NFL Network, Zimmer’s contract expires next Sunday.

By: Rex Ryan=Fat Twat

Rex Ryan=Fat Twat — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:12:35 +0000

I didnt see this coming since the dolphins are coaching in the senior bowl. this dude who commented above me makes ralph wilson look like a genius.

By: bobinpuertorico

bobinpuertorico — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:08:09 +0000

I have liked Pasqualoni since he was he head coach of Syracuse, but this should not be a surprise to anyone. The Miami defense was pathetic. They were 28th in the league in yards allowed per play. By comparison, the Bills finished 9th despite numerous injuries and the Jets finished first.

By: NFLWallpaperZone

NFLWallpaperZone — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:07:51 +0000

I think the reason they didn’t do this earlier was because they wanted to coach the SENIOR BOWL. The NFL wouldn’t have given the opportunity if they had an unstable coaching staff.

By: -RoNiN-

-RoNiN- — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:05:03 +0000

With all due respect, it was Parcells who ran Zimmer out of Dallas, and it wasn’t a very popular move! Zimmer was inherited by Parcells upon his arrival and was doing extremely well with his 4-3 defense, actually having the #1 defense in the NFL one season! However, Parcells insisted on implementing the 3-4 defense, and Zimmer was subsequebtly run out of town! That being said, I’d highly doubt that Zimmer is even being remotely considered for the vacant position.. but stranger things HAVE happened!

By: BEAR-A-HOLIC

BEAR-A-HOLIC — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:53:48 +0000

Imagine that…a VP of a football team who knows football stuff….CHICAGO !!!!

By: thomas23

thomas23 — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:42:27 +0000

I would say that the steelers linebackers coach has a good shot at landing that job since he knows the 3-4 defense very well and has worked with both joey porter and sporano.

By: Tikkanen

Tikkanen — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:41:47 +0000

Mike Zimmer had problems with the 3-4 in Dallas under Bill Parcells, specifically with blitz packages and making in-game adjustments, so I doubt that he would be the hire for Miami, which also runs the 3-4.

By: Doohickey

Doohickey — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:36:52 +0000

I doubt Parcells is going after Mike Zimmer since he’s the one that ran Zimmer out of Dallas.

By: speedy1383

speedy1383 — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:34:44 +0000

It would be great if the Phins got Zimmer. The D should have played a lot better than it did. The second half collapses early in the season and then 1st half breakdowns in the second half of the season spelled doom for him. The D was way too Jeckyl and Hyde.

By: Desides

Desides — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:32:09 +0000

Good riddance.
Florio, you missed another name: Fins assistant head coach/secondary Todd Bowles. Received some head coaching sniffs last season, nothing so far this season. Could be in line for a promotion.

By: CanadianVikingFan

CanadianVikingFan — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:28:33 +0000

Didn’t they say that Leslie Fraiser had a great interview? Could they be looking back into him?