we will see what happens in the near future

I agree with Keeping Sparano
Agree on David Lee being OC
I have no comment on the STs ( mainly since i really don’t know any coaches for that)
as for DC, PP has done OK, and its not only his fault that we collapse since there is blame to go around on the players but i think maybe one more year with better personnel could really make this decision easier

But I could live with Pasqualoni for one more year if I had to.

and hire Cowher

I would totally back the David Lee move for all the reasons you gave. It just feels right.

Although, I’d love to see Charlie Weis calling plays for the Dolphins next season. He’d be perfect.

However, If the Fins we’re to promote from within as you said and promote David Lee to Offensive Coordinator and if Chad Pennington does indeed retire, I really hope that the Dolphins will hire him as our new QB’s coach.

As for special teams, hire the Jets special teams coordinator. He’s the best in the buisness. He’s just wearing the wrong colors.

rec’d btw

ted ginn would not be leading the league in kickoff return yardage if the blocking was abysmal

The word in the street is that Parcells is loving how Pat White is developing and that Pennington has asked him for a shot at the starting job with an open competition on training camp. If Henne losses the rest of the games we have at hand this season, and White starts to show starter material, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Pennington back there again.

need to be replaced

and it was thought last year that henning was hired as his mentor.

I don’t know any other special teams coordinators, but there’s got to be plenty of guys better at this job, and I think we need to go get one of them.

To name the best: Mike Westhoff, who Wanstache shitcanned, he is now the STC for the Jests

I am tempted by the thought of bringing in Weiss but two thoughts in the back of my head make me weary

1) He had Tom Brady, creative scheming? or just a damn good QB?

2) Why have our young QB learn another new system? At least with Lee the offenbsive scheme would be similar, but its too much to ask for a young QB to have to learn a new system, although he is a smart dude.

as for our DC, I wouldnt mind Todd Bowles taking over, many believe he is the next bright young mind in the NFL and he did have a few HC interviews last year.

First of all, great post Nicky….even though you didnt mention any “3-namers” in there, LOL. As for Lee, we can all send him a X-Mas card thanking him for helping turn a bad looking 0-2 team into a 11-5 AFC Division Champs team. He helped CP10 to arguably his best season ever, and he mananged to talk us all down from the top of the building we were all getting ready to jump off of. Cant do any worse than Henning IMO.

Get him the hell outta here!

HELL LET’S MAKE CP THE OC! Anyone else agree?

So far in his tenure I think he has done a great job of coaching this team prior to gameday. I think his teams are well prepared at the start of the game. But what I am not convinced about is his actual game day decision making. Too many times over these first two years he has made questionable clock management decisions. He has burned TO’s at inappropriate times. Most NFL games can be won or lost in the last 2 minutes of the half or at the end of the game. And so far this coaching staff, specifically Sparano, has done a poor job of handling those situations.

though I wouldn’t mind someone like Jon David Gruden aka Chucky.

… don’t know enough of the ST dudes…

I agree in keeping Paul as the DC… I do not like the Romeo Crennel campaign. How about Marty Schottenheimer..? One that seems up and coming… how about Johnny Holland of the Texans..?

But what do I know???

We could easily be 8-3…. if we were, no one would be talking about our “needs” …Well at least not to the degree that we needs to clean house and begin replacing people etc… Sure no team is perfect and we did know that this would be a tough year looking at 7-9 to 10-6.

Our offense is not the Saints’ and our defense is not Baltimore (or take a pick) we’re a long way from being great on either side, so ask yourselves…"Why were we defending AFC East CHAMPIONS and why did we blow 3 games we should have won…

I have 3 real reasons:
1) Sparano is still green and with a mediocre team, you can’t afford to make so many little errors – they will become big errors- See Also Beliecheck with Cleveland…
2) Sure, our conservative nature on both offense and defense has produced the most from our players, but there is a time to open it up and we’re not doing it. Don’t be fooled- the “wildcat” is not a creative way to “open it up” but merely a way to throw off the scent of our vulnerbilities.
3) Probably the most critical… we’re not winning because our players do not believe we’re champions. I just don’t see it out there. Ricky and S Smith bust their buts, and Henne, Long and V Davis and Lanford play with extreme confidence,,,but I’m not seeing the team energy or individual swagger that comes with being a champion. We just don’t believe we’re that good . In this league, talent is a plenty- while teamwork and championship attitudes are a premium.

Good to see you on the FP again…finally….

Here’s how I view our coaching staff in order of who should go to who should stay:

1. PP. Our D has been our greatest area of disappointment. Heading into the season, I felt we had the talent to be a top-10 D. Wilson and Bell have flourished in other scenarios and have flourished when put into good situations this season. Crowder was much better under Saban. Has he regressed, or are we not using him properly? JT and JP are both getting old, but they’ve shown that they can play at a decent level. Wake isn’t getting enough playing time, and we have maybe the best set of DE’s in the entire NFL. Also, our rookie CB’s have played very well. I find most of our issues on D to be schematic.

2. Henning. I just don’t see how our current system can work for any team that wants to compete at a high level. Welcome to 1999, Mr. Henning. You have to create big plays. Granted, our WR’s are terrible, but we don’t generate ANY big plays, and Henne is a big play QB.

3. Bonamego. He should have been fired last year. Save for Ginn’s super-human game against the Jets and our kicking game, in two years, our ST’s have ranged from mediocre to terrible.

4. TS. He’s the only one I want to keep. He’s had his issues with game management, but he’s a great leader. He doesn’t impress me as an X’s and O’s type of coach, so we need our coordinators to fill that void. I want Romeo at DC and Joe Lombardi as our new OC.

I like Hennig… if you consider what he’s had to work with this year… the offense has done well… yeah they’ve gotten a little carried away with the Wildcat and the Pat Package (especially this one), and it drives me nuts that Henne will throw 2 good passes in a row, and in comes the “special stuff”…. but the offense runs pretty well without any playmakers out there, and they usually put up 20 points…and then couple that with the fact that you have a 2nd year QB who has gotten better with every start and hasn’t turned the ball over for the most part.

It’s the defense that is killing the team right now…. seriously, whomever has decided that leaving a young QB one on one with Moss the last two years is the right appoach, deserves to reevaluate their coaching careers.

My beef is with the return teams. There never seems to be any lanes open on punts or kickoffs, and even though we don’t have a good return man for either

are there lanes open or is it that the returner is just focused on the quickest lane to the sidelines???

but otherwise I agree… bono has to go… haven’t been pleased with the ST either year…. but to bono’s credit that have finished the both years with better ST then when they started….

But the fins should can Bono as soon as Bobby April gets canned by the new bills admin… the guy does wonders with chicken $%^&.

clausen, tate, and floyd just wing it and are able to make plays.

we definitely need to look at the leadership, there are questions that need answering.

I think they’ll all be back next year. 4 year contracts I think.

If CP10 is done and can’t go next year, they’ll find him a spot here.

How about Lee as OC and CP10 as QB coach?

would it not be a bad idea to look into Buffalo’s STC? Their entire coaching staff will likely be replaced at the end of the season and Special Teams has been Buffalo’s lone bright spot these past few seasons.