Can I get a “Fire Dan Henning” now, or is that too much? Baby steps then.

Play calling like that deserves to get you fired

Yes, we do have 5 games left to play in the season. But we have had some real crap luck this year. I’m not making excuses we should come out and play and should have won today. But losing key guys absolutely crippled this team. I really hope this is a lesson learned on all parties, especially the coaches part. I was watching a show about the early 90’s cowboys on nfl network and all of the players indicated that “They were afraid to lose, wondering what Jimmy Johnson would do if they did” I can only hope this is true on the plane ride home. Times have changed of course. But I could only hope Sparano chewed them up big time! and the plane ride home wasnt comfortable at all. We have alot to look forward to in the next coming years. We havent had this many prospects since well Jimmy was here. Let’s hope they turn out..

we are not a contender and making the playoffs only hinders our growth in terms of the players(young/drafted) that we still need. Both cordinators DH and PP need to be replaced at seasons end like the team we need young blood in those spots

i had little problems with the play-calling. i understand what henning was doing, the fact that it didn’t work is unfortunate, but this is the dolphins were talking about here. the real problem that i took from this game, was the fact that when the offense struggled, the defense did too. if the offense took a 3 and out, the defense let them drive down the field. i was happy for the most part with our WR, they seemed to have remembered how to catch a football and near the end the offensive line failed to protect Henne. playoffs are stil not out of the picture, but im looking forward to next year.

http://www.thephinsider.com/2009/11/30/1178788/the-doghouse-playoffs

Henning has been in this business for 30 years and while his philosophy may have been cutting edge 20 years ago it is killing us time after time after time. I’ve said a million times his ass needs to be fired YESTERDAY because I dont care who the FO brings in he will still find a way to kill any and all momentum that our team has fought to build with his “exotic” play calling like bringing in White and going 3 and out or leaving us with 3rd and long and expecting Henne to bail us out,calling end arounds at the worst possible times like BEFORE you’ve loosened up the D,calling draws when the box is stacked and then when you’ve managed to FUBAR call play action on 3rd and a mile etc.etc.etc.!

David Lee and the WC saved our asses last year,we needed it and I loved it because our OL hadn’t gelled yet,we couldn’t stretch the field and Hennings vanilla schemes were laughable BUT we can now run the ball effectively because of the chemistry and the new OL Coach, Henne can stretch the field so the base WC should ONLY be used when we are struggling to move the ball or in goaline situations IMO but oh hell no Henning has to start thinking and thats when an epic fail is looming.

I hope they opt for a younger and/or more inventive OC next year that is content with doing something until it’s stopped and maybe even make LB’s cover with multiple receiver sets instead of just allowing them to pen their ears back and kill your QB and/or force INT’s and since The Phinsiders very own Little Nicky is young and has Coaching experience I nominate him because he couldn’t do any bit worse seeing as how Henning could F-up a County Fair.

Anthony Fasason…welcom back!

The play call on the Ricky INT was definitely bad, but don’t assume everything else would have played out the same way.

And who is to say that if the Dolphins get off to a 14-0 lead when Brian Hartline scores his touchdown that the Bills just don’t begin to collapse?

Who is to say that if the Dolphins score a TD instead throwing the pick, that the Bills don’t run the ensuing kickoff back for a TD? Seems unlikely, I know, but the point is that you can’t selectively change one play in the game and keep the rest. It’s like “The Butterfly Effect”, if you will.

You’re right that the Dolphins should not have called that play. Some people were saying that “at least now defenses have to think about Ricky throwing out of the Wildcat.” That’s like wearing a disguise to fool a blind man.

…any team that is playing without its starting QB, starting RB, starting NT, starting CB and (basically, due to demotion) its starting WR is going to lose some games they should win.

This isn’t the Dolphins year, so I don’t feel too bad. But it IS a tough loss.

Nothing shocking happened yesterday. When the season began I figures a split with the Bill. They always play us hard, or we lay down, regularly in Buffalo.

He can call plays really well, and he is a good coach – just not a head coach…

Henning is starting to get senile or something! You need to gadget when you play a team that is better than you. Pasqualloni(I guess that’s how it’s spelled) called a crap game too. Fitzpatrick’s run was ridiculous. They did not plan for him to scramble and he killed us. He kept their drives going all day. Crowder looked SLOW!!!!!!!!!!

Matty, you pointed out several ridiculous play calls, but I have been complaining now for several games about this stupid insertion of Pat White in critical situations. Why in the fhwaulk would you put Pat White in with 3 minutes to go just after CH07 completed an 18 yard pass to Tony Fasano ??? From CH07’s point of view he is excited – he just completed a very critical pass on his way to COMING BACK (?) and in comes Pat White with a Running Play for 2 yards ??

I think all Fins Fans can relate to Success breeding more Success !! I just completed an 18 yard pass up to the 34 yard line – were on our way to coming back – Oops !! Let’s give Pat White a chance to give us a SPARK ?? Thanks for fhwaulking up the whole continuity of the Come Back Drive !!! Next play is an interception !!!

Maybe the answer is to fire Henning and be done with this asinine play calling once and for all !!

GO GATORS !! FHWAULK NICK SATAN !!

NO FHWAULKING WAY !!! I like guys who are “Lean Mean Fightin’ Machines” not Chubby Phat Asssesss who don’t know how to be a Head Coach for a College Team !!

As the Herd pointed out – maybe Charlie just doesn’t know how to recruit prospects for the Team, but I don’t want him – however; he did groom Brady !! Maybe Charlie is the answer, but I like the other suggestion of David Lee !!

Fire Dan Henning !!
Replace him with David Lee and sign CP10 to a contract making him the new QB Coach !! Whatcha think Fins Fans ??

i think last year’s success with Wildcat/ trick plays (not calling the Wildcat a gimmick here) kinda lent itself to Henning possibly getting a little too cute. i felt that way in the opener against Atlanta, and i felt the same way yesterday. RUN THE BALL DOWN THEIR THROATS!!!!!
but i don’t think i’m ready to fire Henning. he’s still a successful Off. Coordinator, has been to Super Bowl, had this offense clicking last year. though he tends to not stay in the same place too long. if he does get canned, i’d like to see David Lee get promoted. i’m not sure how old he is (someone above mentioned fresh young coordinator) but it’d be nice to keep things in house because the offense has progressed well from last season through to this year. injuries are killing us at this point, and our receiving corp is really hindering the potential of this offense.

The guy has been getting production out of a team with no wide receivers. The Phins have had to get cute with the running game in order to keep it fresh and make the defense adjust.

Henning will go back to his conservative, smash-mouth run first throw second once we get a top flight receiver in here.

This is not a playoff team. On the bright side we now know we have a real QB. Now we can go ahead and draft a top flight wide receiver or trade for one/sign a FA. Whatever the situation, the Phins can justifiably pursue a big player.

This team has had more dire needs the last decade. Now we can look to find that last piece or two.

So with that in mind…

Dez Bryant in the first round and Dan Williams in the second?

 Is it endurance, play calling, coverage or does other teams just know were going to blow it so they get a little more risky with there play calling in the fourth. WTF! There has to be an answer somewhere. BTW I’m all for Charlie Weis, maybe he could steal some hotdogs from Ryan for years to come.

I didn’t watch the game, I thought this one was a gimme. Guess that’s why they play the game. This season is really looking bad. Hope the Patriots lose tonight!

there was at least the fact that those 2 teams are 21-0 through 11 weeks of play. Having our undermanned, young team lose to the 2 best squads in the league was not a deal or season-breaker.

Losing to a dead team, playing for nothing and nobody, with a backup QB and a piecemeal offensive line, and giving up 24 points in the 4th quarter despite dominating all game long………….

Now that’s disappointing and inexcusable. It shows that this team just isn’t there yet in terms of having the mental/emotional makeup needed to close out teams and finish the game – things that real contenders do week in, week out.

That the playcalling was awful and Henne tranformed into clark kent in the 4th quarter were both big factors. But it should never have come to that.

For me, I think our playoff hopes were extinguished yesterday. If this team lost in the fashion it did to buffalo, an inferior squad by all rights, then we have no business thinking we can run the table, beat NE, Pittsburgh, maybe not even Tennessee!

That’s OK, the season isn’t loss because it truly wasn’t about making the playoffs – that will be next year (assuming we add the right pieces). THis year is about the young guys and getting them ready. I think yesterday they got a dose of some hard reality.

but what got me the most was Henne’s first interception, it looked as if he just threw it to the other team. It was a pathetic decision and make me question what the heck he was thinking. His other interceptions made me just want to leave, I know he isn’t Mark Sanchez but I’m used to being spoiled with mistake-free Pennington from last year. It just killed me to see that loss go down in person, it was way worse than ever seeing it on TV.

Another note, I actually liked this idea until he threw a pick.

It all begins, of course, with that atrocious decision to let Ricky Williams throw the ball on Miami’s first possession on a 1st & goal from Buffalo’s 3 yard line

…Why are we getting “cute” with our play-calling against inferior teams? One of the worst calls all season long. Had we pounded that ball in for the TD, it shuts the crowd up and it puts pressure on the Bills offense – and lets face it, that offense has caved under pressure all season long. I dare say if we pound that TD on the opening drive, we would have won the game.

I think Henne will be good if not better for some time to come…but he looked nervous in the 4th yesterday. I don’t blame him, really. The playoffs potebtially on the line, the game on the line, and meanwhile the O-line is letting him take hits and his recievers rarely ever get open to effectively run a hurry-up.

Miami’s coaches may want to address the issue of a mobile QB with the defense. Fitzpatrick is barely a speck on the QB meter and we got some serious legs on the schedule ahead. He killed us as much with his legs as with any throw he made.

These guys all play hard, I know that. I dont ever suggest that nobody is trying. I’m not qualified to make that assessment…but Miami didn’t look too fired up yesterday. They looked game, sure…they didn’t look too fired up though. These guys need to get some damn enthusiam going and showing. I bet it wouldn’t hurt.

The Bills made us look like them. Pure and simple. We gave them hope, and they in return gave us despair.

breakin my heart

look at what the other wildcard teams did this week..many lost..we could have solidified our position for the remainder of the season,mentally anyways…instead, we are now reliant on other teams failures…..“winning,by the natural default of others, is no way of gaining position in a field where competition thrives”..said by me, for you all to use.

Possibilities of a wild card birth? C’MON MAN!
This team is too beat up, to win even 3 more games this season.
To lose to, albeit a motivated Bills team, is the sign of a team that is young, injured and at times, mis-coached.

 Dropped passes again on critical drives C’MON MAN!
 With 3:30 left in the 4th quarter and down by only 3 points, with two time-outs left….we needed more Ricky, or even Lex…the Bills, as inferior as they may be (and with injuries to the secondary)still lead the NFL in interceptions. Henning opted to not run at all, but go directly into the shotgun. C’MON MAN!
I disagree with everyone that is afraid to hand the ball to Ricky because he is 32. He is the best player on the offense at this point, of course we needed to feed the beast….yet when he was running well in the first half, Henning asks him to throw a pass in the endzone? Are you kidding me? C’MON MAN!
Running a reverse to Tedd Ginn, when Ricky is pounding away, are you kidding me? C’MON MAN! Call me a Monday morning QB, but shouldn’t some common sense prevail? Speaking of Tedd Ginn……where was he Sunday? Dropping critical passes on game winning drives and returning kicks to the 17 yard line? C’mon Man…
How do we only score 14 points against the Buffalo defense? C’MON MAN!
The Defense legitimately in my opinion gave up 17 points with the other 14 points on turnovers. That being said, how do you let Fitz run for 31 yards? C’MON MAN!
And yes, Vontae is a rookie….but how did he miss the pick 6 that was in his hands and would have been a game changer? C’MON MAN!
Did the Dolphins just lay an egg Offensively, Defensively, Special Teams and Coaching to an inferior team that just ended any real hope of making the playoffs, or is this a nightmare that we will all wake up from?
All I can think to say about this game is…. C’MON MAN!

I’m now starting the “Bring in Charlie Weis as OC” bandwagon

Good read, Matty. I feel your pain.

You were right , you should have won this game, but you did not. I have watched the phins for 50 years and have to be honest in saying that you Miami fans cry louder than anyone in football. Keeping in mind that two years ago you had 15 loses and have done a great job of moving up to your present state it is a shame to see you guys embarrass yourselves in this way. I wish that you could look at your loses as what they are, and quit trying to belittle the teams that beat you. After 50 years it is time for you to grow up

dont forget the strange times they decide to pull pat white out of their asses.

The Game is OVER !!
Every Fan can see why we lost; if it doesn’t get fixed then we have to go in another direction !! Everything comes in a 3 year plan package – every coaching staff should be given 3 years to get it turned around.. 1 – 15 to 11 – 5 to our current 5 – 6 !! Next year is Tony’s 3rd year and this should be the turn around year. We were in that HUMPS game up til the 3rd minute (14 – 17) before the whole thing fell apart.

CH07 makes an 18 yard completion to Fasano and I’m thinking “COMEBACK BABY” !! and in comes Pat White – has anyone ever seen this happen on any other NFL Team ?? Especially during the final Comeback Drive ?? After Pat White runs for 2 yards back comes CH07 who promptly throws and INT ??

Anyways, let’s get ready for the upcoming Patsies Game, and go kick their Asssses !!!

GO DOLPHINS !! RUN RICKY RUN !! and, BRADYCHEAT CAN SUCK MAH ORANGE & AQUA BALLS !!