Comments on: With Dolphins closing in on Harbaugh, Dolphins coaches start to pack boxes http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Fri, 24 May 2013 01:00:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: cantonbound13 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904988 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:59:01 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904988 We will never win unless we get a quarterback in the first round! The Dolphins haven’t drafted one in the first round since Marino! That’s the longest amount of time any franchise has gone without doing so.
Just look at some of the best teams, why are they so good, look where their qbs were drafted:
1. Atlanta: Matt Ryan 3rd overall
2. Chicago: Jay Cutler 11th overall
3. Philadelphia: Michael Vick 1st overall
4. Green Bay: Aaron Rodgers 24th overall
5. Indianapolis: Peyton Manning 1st overall
6. Pittsburgh: Ben Rothisberger 11th overall
7. NY Jets: Mark Sanchez 5th overall
8. Baltimore: Joe Flacco 18th overall

(Phillip Rivers would have made this list if Norv Turner could actually coach). Drew Breese was the second qb taken in the draft with the first pick in the second round!
Brady & Cassell are the only qbs that are successful and weren’t drafted in the first round. (Bill Belicheck’s magic rubbed off on them)

The bottom line is Jeff Ireland needs to grow a pair and move up in the draft like Mike Tannenbaum did with the Jets & finally draft a franchise quarterback!

]]> By: cantonbound13 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904952 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:39:13 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904952 I heard Dan Henning couldn’t find the boxes he packed. Somebody put them in the end zone at Sunlife Stadium.

]]> By: joshnr2 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904840 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:24:28 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904840 Echos of BB bailing on Woody Johnson
umm he didnt own the jets when that happened so no echo there fact maven, huh ckl?
typical pats fan..

]]> By: moneymetalcakesfan http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904801 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:02:13 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904801 @jcjets – Coughlin coached Boston College from 1991-1993, going 21-13-1, then took the Jaguars job their first year in the league.

jcjets says: Jan 6, 2011 2:15 PM

@shackdelrio coughlin wasn’t a college coach..he coached the jaguars back in the day (to an AFC title game) THEN went to college, then came back. he was also a long time assistant in the NFL.

]]> By: punish22 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904784 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:52:43 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904784 Listen up! Shoola knows all. Sign Harbaugh now and cut Henne immediately also. Le the “new” Phins come in and Punish their oppents next year! We have plenty of man power but don’t have a man at the helm that is worth chit! Henne has no pocket presence, scrambling ability to make BIG plays or even the intelligence to read a defense. He hands pick sixes out like they’re Halloween candy! You blow Henne! If you had any class Henne, you would have benched your azz and not put soo much heat on Saprano! Actually surprised Tony didn’t send Pauly, Chris, Bobby or Uncle June over to take care of the situation. Shoola knows all!

]]> By: FinFan68 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904734 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:33:19 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904734 I liked Sparano initially but his inability to step up and fix mistakes his OC was making on a daily basis, his lack of understanding about the basics of a 2-minute drill and his penchant for striving for field goals have made him a liability to the team. That being said, the way he has been treated lately is one of the most classless acts any owner has done to their HC. The only one I can readily think of that comes close to this is the way the Al Davis/Lane Kiffin fiasco was handled. The owner should have been professional and he has been nothing close. Harbaugh could be good, but then again, he might suck. There is nothing that says he is worth what he is being sought for. As long as Nolan is retained (and at this point I hope he still wants to) it doesn’t really matter who the HC is. A stud OC is still the more pressing concern

]]> By: hnicgm http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904723 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:25:14 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904723 Maybe Vince Young will find a new home with Harbaugh at the helm….

]]> By: thehighhat http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904706 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:13:16 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904706 The Dolphins are the new laughing stock of dysfunction in the NFL. Al Davis is pointing and laughing at them!

]]> By: ruggerlad http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904616 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 20:35:17 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904616 A Pats fan feels bad for Sporano or hopes Ross keeps Sporano? Sporano has no business being a HC due to a lack of general football knowledge. I like him but he is an o-line coach in the NFL. The only worse HC would be a kicking coach. Dan Henning and QB coach David Lee were also both horriblebut a good HC would have stepped in and done something about it.

]]> By: jackleone http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904423 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:16:26 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904423 VY Miami QB

]]> By: jcjets http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904421 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:15:46 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904421 @shackdelrio coughlin wasn’t a college coach..he coached the jaguars back in the day (to an AFC title game) THEN went to college, then came back. he was also a long time assistant in the NFL.

]]> By: coleton1 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904417 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:13:16 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904417 thegreatwhitemidget says:
Jan 6, 2011 12:48 PM
I’m gonna laugh when harbaugh sucks

+1

]]> By: godofwine330 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904386 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:00:08 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904386 I said last year that th eBrowns should have included something like this is the Sanchez trade to get an extra #1 or at least #2, but they didn’t. All they got were a bunch of “Mangini’s guys” who were probably going to get cut anyway, and now they are about to be cut again because the guy whose guy they are is no longer the guy in Cleveland.

]]> By: mistrezzrachael http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904369 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:53:28 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904369 xpensivewinos says:
Jan 6, 2011 1:16 PM
Question #1: How did Ireland keep his job?

Question #2: Is Harbaugh bringing his current offensive coordinator?

Question #3: Even without the dopey story line of the “Michigan Connection,” does Henne come back with a legit shot to be the starter?

Question #4: Did Ireland ask Harbaugh if his mother was a prostitute?

Good one on #4..best line of day.

Least Ross could have done is offer Dez Bryants mom a job in the in stadium disco…All the silicone you can handle, thats why theres no tables..Just lay your drink on the biggest hunk of plastic you can find.

This guy Ross is one very serious fool..What a loser

]]> By: hobartbaker http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904366 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:52:13 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904366 Once the coaches had all their possessions in the boxes, Tony Sparano came along and stuffed their bodies on top. Then nailed the lids shut.

]]> By: Panda Claus http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904351 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:45:03 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904351 @brasho, do you really think Josh Johnson would cost as much as a #2? That seems high, but maybe you’re right.

]]> By: jaybeehere http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904349 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:44:03 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904349 Its about time. Sorry but any coach that pumps their fist after a 35 yard field goal should not be running a team. With the offensive knowledge he has and what nolan brings to the defense(if he stays) this should be beautiful. But what about this bill parcells guy i keep hearing about?

in all seriousness, parcells has turned into the father thats never home. sell out!

]]> By: 8man http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904343 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:41:44 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904343 I don’t feel bad for anyone, but $7 million per year for a guy who’s never coached a pro game? And you know it’s at least a three year deal, which means a total of $21 million.

I don’t see it.

I wonder how many existing coaches with Super Bowl wins are going to raise their eye brows.

]]> By: shackdelrio http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904326 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:36:30 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904326 “godofwine330 says:
Jan 6, 2011 1:12 PM
When will teams learn that no college coach has come in and been successful since Jimmy Johnson (no I don’t count Barry Switzer).”

Tom Coughlin

]]> By: riverhorsey http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904325 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:36:28 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904325 no offense but if you’re paying a guy like harbaugh 7 mil a year you have totally lost it and you have way to much money. Mainly because you’re stealing from the fans.

just looking at harbaughs sideline antics makes him look pretty immature for a head job in the NFL.

]]> By: gatorgabe http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904321 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:35:46 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904321 Personally, I think it’s VERY ignorant to assume that Sparano wasn’t told by Ross in their year-end meeting that the team was going to upgrade the HC position if the right candidate is courted and accepts the job. Ross is a very intelligent guy, so why would he not? Sparano is a lame duck head coach anyway you look at it, and you’d be stupid to assume Ross knew nothing about his micro managing ways that suddenly “came to light”. Like most Fins fans I love Sparano, but I would take Harbough over Sparano in a heart beat, and apparently most of the players would too! Football is big business with no room for crybabies and sensitive egos, so get over it and write Harbough the check already. And Sparano: I love ya big guy, but don’t let the door hit ya on the way out!

]]> By: pukey60 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904309 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:31:16 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904309 Prediction:

.500 during Harbaughs tenure – at best. Can’t change the culture dude, sorry.

]]> By: carreramia http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904308 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:30:19 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904308 I am Fins fan and for those who have posted defending or supporting Sparano I have news for you: the guy had to go, he was in over his head, not qualified as head coach in the NFL, overmatched in gametime decisions and basically a puppet placed there by the Mercenary (Bill Parcells), who hightailed it out of town soon as he realized what a butcher job he had done in player acqusition. Yeah, it’s too bad Sparano is being made to look a fool because it is the the Mercenary who deserves the public’s scolding in this disaster of a situation that we see today unfolding in Dolphins land. Also, for those not entirely up on Dolphins happenings over these 3 forgettable years what Sparano is going through now is in many respects akin to getting a taste of his own medicine. The Trifecta as they were known had a pathetic record of dealing with players and assistant coaches, much worse with the media in So. Fla. Jason Taylor and Zach Thomas were kicked to the curb, publicly ignored and embarrased. Matt Roth, Justin Smiley, Ernest Wilford, among others were kept around, hibernating not knowing their playing status. Assistants were fired as scapegoats for the front office’s miserable record of talent acquisiton. So, don’t feel too bad about what’s happening here, payback can be a bitc*!.

]]> By: bleedaqua13 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904297 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:27:13 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904297 Harbaugh makes perfect sense while keeping mike Nolan. He inherits a top 3 defense which will only get better. He inherits Marshall and Bess and Jake long and some good young linemen.

All he has to do is concentrate on his side of the ball.
Draft Ingram or Mikel Leshoure to add some punch to the run game.
Install his system with a veteran like Orton, while drafting a Mallett, gabbert or Andy dalton and the Fins are well on their way, No rebuilding here.

]]> By: wanstache http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904291 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:25:13 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904291 1-7 at home inexcusable. Parcells made this team relevant..haaaaa, are you kidding me? We lose at home to Cleveland Detroit and Buffalo consecutively. Parcells is lazy and sits in his little golf cart during practice and he ran with the money, he couldnt stick around to face the music and threw his staff under the bus. The season was doomed from the beginning when he left. Parcells is getting jobs based off hype from when 1990, come on way overrated.

]]> By: hoodiebill http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904290 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:24:23 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904290 “Miami would reportedly go above $8 million per year if the 49ers upped their offer.”

Are you kidding. That would make him the highest paid coach in the NFL. Not bad for someone that is unproven in the NFL. Nick Saban worked out well…..

]]> By: basexc9 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904289 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:24:06 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904289 Ross is not an idiot, he obviously told Tony he was going to search for new coaches. He probably told him straight up we’re looking at so-and-so to take over, but if we can’t get them, you’re still in. Tony probably was fine with that, as there’s no way he makes more next year somewhere else than if he remained the Dolphins head coach.

A recent article said Parcells was responsible for passing on Matt Ryan for Jake Long, and for drafting Pat White. Ireland’s recommendation was to draft Ryan and pass on White. I like Ireland more after that. We have still had some very solid drafts with him around.

]]> By: chazzmon http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904282 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:20:52 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904282 Unless Harbaugh can bring Luck with him (Andrew that is) then he’s going to have the same problem Sparano had. Maybe the “Michigan Man” can turn Henne into a better QB than he was or Henne is now.

]]> By: xpensivewinos http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904281 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:20:50 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904281 That would be second worst Special Teams in NFL history. That prize goes to the Chargers this year. Five blocked punts, numerous kicks returned for touchdowns, etc….

Miami was awful………..the Chargers were video game awful.

]]> By: prior0knowledge http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/06/with-dolphins-closing-in-on-harbaugh-coaches-start-to-pack-boxes/#comment-904278 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 18:18:20 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=102188#comment-904278 There are two things you can’t overspend on – A Good QB and a Good Head Coach.

You can be all the foolish you want to be if in the end you corral one or both of those.

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