Miami Dolphins: Anything but special
by LeftCoastFinFan on Oct 6, 2010 5:00 AM EDT
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PrintWell, it's now Tuesday evening and I am still shell shocked.
Last season, we saw games lost in the 4th quarter... games that we could have won - SHOULD have won, but for a 4th quarter defensive meltdown. Those were heartbreaking and disappointing.
And for the defensive losses, Defensive Coordinator Paul Pasqualoni was fired.
Last week, we saw a solid performance against a good football team, with the outcome in question until the last 34 seconds. While the loss was heartbreaking, the game was solid and the team played pretty well. There was one major Special Teams gaff that resulted in a blocked punt.
For missing the block that allowed the defender to get through and block the punt, Linebacker Erik Walden was cut.
Last night, I saw a game that was won in the first half on both the Offensive and Defensive sides of the ball. The Dolphins went into the locker room at the half with a 1 point lead. But largely due to a complete Special Teams collapse that set NFL records in Special Teams incompetence, the Miami Dolphins lost the lead and the game in the second half.
And for THAT, Special Teams coach John Bonamego got sacked today!
Was it deserved? Absolutely. I have seen some opinions stating that it is the players that were at fault for poor execution - and this is true. But ultimately, he was the guy responsible for building a successful Special Teams unit, and judging by last night's performance, he failed.
But the bigger, more relevant questions are:
- Other than sending a message to the fans, what will firing Bonamego actually accomplish?
- How much of the failures on Special Teams can be attributed to the coaching?
Or is there a more fundamental problem?
Special Teams has been anything BUT.
It has been a weak link in some facet of its game for a few years now. Sure, we got lucky against the Jets last season with Ginn's two run backs, but that was the exception, not the norm. However, most of the flaws with our STs units generally revolved around field position - we were not getting good yardage on run backs, and we were giving up too much to the other teams' return men.
Sometimes this can be the result of poor coaching. Other times it is lack of talent. Or both. But the breakdowns that resulted in the blocked kicks? Those were vanilla formations. The should be almost automatic. The proof is in the scarcity of actually SEEING a blocked field goal, or punt. I mean, it hardly ever happens! So can you point to the coach and say, "He isn't getting them prepared well enough"? Really? This has to be STs class 101.
I am starting to believe that it has more to do with the talent level of the players. I know they got rid of Nate Jones, who was the Fins' top STs tackler, and wouldn't he look better out there at the nickle corner spot than Benny Sapp? And newcomer Bobby Carpenter, who was good enough to be cut from the St. Louis Rams, just looks lost.
But the questions of talent evaluation go beyond just STs. The O-line, with Joe Berger and Richie Incognito, do not seem to be getting anywhere near the same push or opening holes as well as Jake Grove and Justin Smiley did last year. Charles Grant, who played so well for New Orleans last year, and the Dolphins in preseason this year, was cut and could have been re-signed up until yesterday, and boy could the Fins use his help right about now!
And I hate to bring it up, but is there really any question now that Jason Taylor would help the pass rush? Of course he would.
Now before anyone goes and starts spouting "CLS, CLS!" (Chicken Little Syndrome), let me state three things:
- First, I am saying that most of the Dolphins' issues are in lack of depth - which tends to have a bigger impact on STs. I like most of the starters.
- Second, we have had some unexpected, and significant injuries that have highlighted the depth problems. Some of those, like Jared Odrick (and hopefully John Jerry and Channing Crowder) will return and shore up those positions.
- And Third, the only thing worse than CLS is HiTSS - Head in The Sand Syndrome! There are some serious challenges facing the Miami Dolphins, and simply firing Bonamego won't fix them.
But hopefully, it's a good start.
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Great write up
but I just don’t have anything left to say. Completely disappointed in this team, honestly there are few players I’m NOT disappointed in.
this was a hard week to write.
i felt the same way.
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by LeftCoastFinFan on Oct 6, 2010 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions
BOBBY CARPENTER NEEDS TO GO
am thrilled someone else noticed how bad bobby carpenter played – that guy needs to go!
no excuses
finfan every team has injuries! as far as depth: the pats started 14 1st and second year players yesterday! Crowder is a joke! he couldnt tackle Marino. After 3 seasons of Tuna, we are suppose to have an awesome ST!
Depth has been affeced
Dude Odrick,Merling,Jerry
Merling-sure hes not spectacular,but for a dlineman hes got 1-2 int’s.
Odrick-because hes out,starks has to move back to the exterior,at this point solai is playing his best football,but he doesnt get the pressure in the middle like starks.
Jerry-thanks to his injury,were using mcquitstan as a starter
Crowder-say what you want,if he was in the game last week,i bet the firm doesnt have so many yards against us.
All of these guys are STARTERS,every down players that affect our teams play. Not run of the mill second stringers,basically,we went into the season thinking we were going to be 2-2 anyways,and that was with these guys in the lineup,we were right,and now EVERYONE is downing our team.
How long did saints fans wait for a ring,the colts fans,the bills fans are STILL waiting,eagles fans still waiting,minny fans same thing,and several others still wait im not even going to mention the raiders.
Last three years our team has started 1-3 for the season. This year we are 2-2,& all of a sudden were garbage? Dude we havent even gotten into the second half of the season,yet most act like we’ve played our final game. We still have the chance to go 10-6,11-5 isnt too far off as well. Give the team a break and stop acting like eagles fans. WERE BETTER THAN THAT!!!!
by dolphinfan4lyfe on Oct 6, 2010 9:56 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
donald thomas?
agreed – mcquistan?? lets get donald thomas back, was shocked they cut him to begin with…
yup. i didn't mean it as an excuse.
i really just meant that we (hopefully) have some help on the way in terms of more talented personnel.
ja’know?
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by LeftCoastFinFan on Oct 6, 2010 11:40 AM EDT up reply actions
I just don't think we're as weak as this outing.
Sure, ST’s collapsed and it seeped into the rest of the team but it doesn’t necessarily portend a lack of depth. We may not yet see stellar ST play but I seriously doubt what happened Monday night will happen again.
We’ll win.
oh, by the way, do a Dolphins search on google and you article’s front paged, LC.
I’m on the side of true love…and a good running game.
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Blame the FO
I posted before that i don’t like the frequency we flip players. Those players in ST are generally on the brink, and they know it. When they see that Miami is one of the worst teams when it comes to flipping players, wouldn’t you get effected ? its human nature, if i feel more insecure, that it will effect my performance.
I said that having proper depth from early is key to both have players who know our formations and playbook well, as well as giving them a better “team” feeling – more security. I am not against flipping some players to find talent, but we simply abuse this.
Sorry, but 2 draft picks that couldn’t stick with the BROWNS, and suddenly we feel their starting material? bah
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I agree with this flipping issue
Obvously it affects Special Teams, and I think it causes especially our O-line to start off slow, unsettled and unbalanced (some must be unsure of themselves). “Churning the bottom of the roster”, “Looking for acorns”. Stop second guessing on some of these, make a decision, and give time to gel before the season.
There are starters
and then guys that don’t start, but are solid reserves and STs contributors. Even if you don’t churn any of those guys, you should still easily have half a dozen spots at the bottom of the roster to flip and see if you can find an “acorn”.
The problem (IMO) is more related to TWO different coaching/personnel practices:
First, I suggested earlier on (around the 3rd preseason game) that Sparano’s tendency to evaluate players in different critical roles right up to the start of the season might cause a “slow start” because of the lack of continuity. This was especially noticeable along the O-line, but was really seen in almost every unit – LBs, D-Line, DBs, and VERY much in STs. As a matter of fact, I think that maybe the skill positions on offense were the only units that had any real consistency through camp
Second, the STs unit has been viewed as a “Best Player Available” unit, based on whoever they have brought in to compete at other positions. Sparano at one time said he had no qualms about putting starters on STs. BUT, it doesn’t seem to have been viewed as a separate unit in terms of players assigned as their primary role, and serving as backups to the starters on O and D.
Said another way, you have Jason Allen and Joe Berger going from primary STs guys, and backups at their roster positions of DB and C to starters on both units and primary STs players. I believe when you have guys whose primary role on game day is expected to be STs, they are more focused on their STs role. And when you are not rotating guys in and out, they have the opportunity to build continuity as a unit.
but, as always, that’s just my opinion…. i could be wrong. =)
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by LeftCoastFinFan on Oct 6, 2010 12:08 PM EDT up reply actions
100% correct
How can the players learn the finer nuances of the coach’s scheme if we’re constantly “churning” the bottom of the roster where our ST core players reside?
And, just out of curiosity, how many mulligans is Jason Allen going to get? One good game against a shaky Brett Favre does not erase basically giving the game to the Jets and playing like doodoo against the Patriots. Don’t get me wrong; I love 32 and the dedication he has shown to the Dolphins, even during the unrest in the front office and while they were jostling him from CB to safety and back. I just think he has been elevated a little too high for his skill set and that the front office went too far in trying to discipline Sean Smith. Smith has learned his lesson. Must we be punished as well? Bring back 24 already!
by LoveWingsHatePenguins on Oct 6, 2010 12:27 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
unfortunately, it is my belief that Allen is better than Smith
and that is not saying that Allen is good.
i have been watching smith closely and he wasn’t great last year, but he was good for a rookie. but everything i have seen from him this year makes me think he has regressed even from his last year play.
of course, i don’t have all the coaching film to look through. i just have to go by what i can see on TV.
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by LeftCoastFinFan on Oct 6, 2010 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Poor Coaching
the coaching has been poor all season. This game’s tone was set with a 3rd and 6 where Henning called a wildcat play that (once again) went nowhere.
What has happened to the D’s pressure? Only Wake gets any pressure on the QB and that’s only because he keeps going and going and going.
The Bills stink, the Vikings were horrible – the fins are not far behind.
Last year this coaching staff sent unprepared teams on the field time and time again. In the last 5 games I think we were down by a few touchdowns (like the Jet game) before we could get our second beer.
Come on guys. Suck it up – have a game plan – execute.
by Don't hate on Yeremiah on Oct 6, 2010 7:22 AM EDT reply actions
That 3rd and 6 Wildcat call was one of the worst I have seen.........
i really could not beleive i was watching that.
No question the Dolphins were outcoached in the New England and NY Jets games – and I will contend in the Buffalo game as well – Gailey just didn;t have the fire power to win that one but he was in it until the end with inferior talent.
by scrappy the wildcat on Oct 6, 2010 9:09 AM EDT up reply actions
Agreed
Probably the worst call all season
by chartsengrafs on Oct 6, 2010 9:17 AM EDT up reply actions
Absolutely
Enough already
by LoveWingsHatePenguins on Oct 6, 2010 12:29 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Dan Henning needs to go
The offensive play calling has been some of the worst I have ever seen. Henning should get on the next bus out of town.
On replay it looked like the Pats were stopped on the one inch line...
Kept waiting for that red flag tucked in Sparano’s butt. But NO. That play was worth a second look. C’mon coach.
yeah, that 3rd and 6...
still stix in my mind..thats where it all started to crumble..the players must have thought WTF?
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Agreed with everything stated in your post, LCFF
Depth and questionable personnel pickups and drops. Depth builds good special teams, vets mentors young talent, and coaches teaches fundamentals and schemes for perfect execution, while putting together the best 11 players possible. Charles Grant ,JT, Nate Jones,Grove,Smiley,Martin, and even Ginn would of upgraded this team and gave needed depth. All Ginn had to do was return KO and sprint down the field on fly patterns to open up the field on offense. JT and Wake would of been a pick your poison pass rushing tandem, and Grove was the lynchpin to our running game. WTH was our FO thinking or is BP suffering from being forced to make these moves thru ownership?
Damn the sheriff, Bring on MARSHALL LAW
As you know Lefty,
I have been unhappy with our depth, and also our “roster churn”, it seems like they just do it to do something, cutting players and bringing them back in favor of other players who they cut them for and so on.
But firing people every week because the overall coaching is bad ………………. that doesn’t look good, I mean I hope Walden was screwing up all the time and that this wasn’t an isolated incident, because it would be stupid to fire a guy for one mistake.
They can fire Pasqualoni, Bonemego and cut Walden, but who put them in their positions, they can cut Smiley and Grove and say they weren’t healthy, but they signed these guys with bad health histories.
The bad ST, the erratic offensive and defensive performances, the bad depth, ALL of these things are hung around the necks of Sparano and Ireland, and oh yea, lets not forget the big Tuna, these Miami Dolphins are their creation, they want to blame someone, they should look in the mirror.
At this point I believe they are playing for their jobs, if they can’t pull this team together they will both be canned, unlike Tuna (lol) who’s job was done here, right, lol
Good post Lefty.
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kind of agree finny
the roster churning seems to be pointless…. i know they aren’t getting rid of much most of the time (walden/carpenter) but i really do question how much is the FO and how much is Ross and his cash flow issues….
carpenter for anderson? no way that makes any football sense (especially when anderson was a core STer)
Dautson Z for Grant or douglas – no sense except on payroll are some of the prime ? WTF moves
that said… smiley for the invisible man was a good move both on the field and for payroll… smiley was highly overrated ….
grove – i just don’t know… even the coaching staff admitted before his last injury that he was the better option (when they made him the starter after the 3rd preseason game) and the running game has suffered badly since the carolina game last year…
yet AFAIK no team has picked him up… so maybe like martin last year he’s hurt worse then we know… cause it sure isn’t talent that is keeping him unemployed…. the man is a MAN…
so are the moves the FO inability to sit still or is it something else that is forcing them to make moves not in the best interest of a better team? we’ll never know for sure…
but if these guys give up on Henne as the starter at any point during THIS season – then i’ll be with you calling for their heads, cause i don’t like guys who can’t stick to a plan, nor when they make moves that obviously don’t improve the quality of the players on the field on sundays.
CLS??? CLS??? are you serious, I lived through Wanny, Saban, and Cam...and I know when the sky is falling.
by W NY Fins Fan on Oct 7, 2010 12:15 AM EDT up reply actions
I posted about the same thing....
My Fan POST addressed the exact same failures – so I totally agree with this.
specifically – the way we keep adding “cowboy castoffs” ! Like Bobby C., cory Proctor, and Pat Mcquistan – NONE HAVE BEEN UPGRADES…. I talked again and again about how well charles Grant played in preseason (better than Odrick) at DE but our fine FO cut him anyway (money I suppose) with Smiley getting traded (for nothing 7th?) Grove getting CUT, and Donald Thomas – CUT – The OLINE is much worse. How is Donald Thomas worse than Cory Proctor or Pat McQuistan ? Poor FO decision… !
Also, the O-Coord MUST BE FIRED at the seasons end…. He’s terrible.
Finster pointed out a few weeks ago that they have actualy cut their own choices in favor of another player only to bring back another guy …It was an unbelieveable FAILURE from this front office (Can you repost that Finster ?)
I am a realist – and this team has too much talent not to be better than monday night – so it HAS TO BE ON THE COACHES AND STAFF. HENNING is hurting Henne’s development with his bonehead play calling….
Plus WE NEED SPEED on defense at the DE & LB position. More BEEF at NT DT – how has the switch to NT been working out so far for STARKS – ANSWER NOT SO WELL… This 3-4 is weak vs the RUN………..We need real quickness on offense – a “scatback type” like Danny woodhead (Dave Meggatt anyone) Zach Thomas quickness – Parcells BIAS AGAINST shorter smaller players has hurt us…we look big and slow in most positions…..Bess’s quickness was the best part of monday night – we need that at MLB/OLB (Wake helped – but run DEF is still weak)
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Lou, we are in total alignment on a few things
I was also a huge fan of Grant and Douglas, and was astounded to see them cut (even with the discipline thing hanging over Grant’s head).
Also, Smiley and Grove. Tearing up the O-line every year and rebuilding is not going to get it done. There really should have been minimum time spent with that whole “Center competition”. Smiley and Grove were proven performers, with the injury bug being the only issue. You want to move on? Cut on, and replace him with a rookie, but not both. When Smiley was cut, the C job should have been Groves to lose. If Berger was so good that he blew away Grove, then there should not have been much “competition” and if it was tight, keep Grove in until he got injured again – simply for continuity. And IMO, Berger is NO WHERE NEAR as good as Grove at blocking on an inside run at the point of attack. Anyone can see that just by watching the games.
Just for the record though, Randy Starks has not been playing the NT spot. He is back to DE, although he moves to DT on certain plays. I WAS one of the folks screaming really loud in the offseason about spending a high pick on the NT position however, and was really surprised that they did not address it in the draft.
I am also on board with you about the play calling and how it effects Henne. His play calling is erratic. I get trying to confuse the D, but when you have 3rd and 2, you either line em up and knock the other team off the ball, or go deep in hopes of a big play. What makes no send to me is a short out, or a swing pass, but Henning seems to find a reason to make such calls. Drives me nuts.
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by LeftCoastFinFan on Oct 6, 2010 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions
The Dolphins are who most unbiased observers thought they were.....
The 3rd best team in the AFC East.
I am still a Dolphin fan and will never give up on them – I just have to emotionally detach myself at this point and admit…………… they are not as good as I thought they were – i thought they were legitimate serious playoff contenders. I have seen enough to know better.
i really hope they get it turned around but i can’t get jacked up for the BIG games now – the letdown is too brutal.
Look with the schedule they have this is an 8-8 caliber team
I HATE predictions but I can look down a schedule and make reasonable assumptions
Sun 10/17 Green Bay Packers at Green Bay L
Sun 10/24 Pittsburgh Steelers Pittsburgh L
Sun 10/31 Cincinnati Bengals at Cincinnati L
Sun 11/7 Baltimore Ravens at Baltimore L
Sun 11/14 Tennessee Titans Tennessee W
Thu 11/18 Chicago Bears Chicago W
Sun 11/28 Oakland Raiders at Oakland W
Sun 12/5 Cleveland Browns Cleveland W
Sun 12/12 New York Jets at NY Jets L
Sun 12/19 Buffalo Bills Buffalo W
Sun 12/26 Detroit Lions Detroit W
Sun 1/2 New England Patriots at New England L
I know I don’t have them all right – they will probably win 1 or two that I have marked as losses but by the same token they will probably lose 1 or two I have marked as wins.
i think the 2-2 sample size is just about what this team really is a .500 ball club.
by scrappy the wildcat on Oct 6, 2010 9:23 AM EDT reply actions
Thats dead on scrappy
we are a .500 team. Sparano’s first season was an anomaly! wildcat caught teams of guard.
Still say we will win 3 out of the next 4 and 5-6 out of the last 8, with a win against N.E. and
/or the jets. Looking at 10-6 or 11-5. Call me crazy, but urgency from all facets of this organization is going to do wonders. Mark my word, the fire has been lit.
Damn the sheriff, Bring on MARSHALL LAW
by fin4three5yrs on Oct 6, 2010 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions
It better be effing lit
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They certainly played w/ fire in the first quarter on Monday
The D did not repeat the lackluster start like in the Jets game. So we know they can fire it up. But Belechik searched for and exploited a ST flaw. Hats off to his game planning cause before the melt-down we nullified their offense.
LOL
you always know how to sum up the point. ;^)
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by LeftCoastFinFan on Oct 6, 2010 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions
well i cannot share your enthusiasm unfortunately
because realistically I look at the next 4 games
at Green Bay – SB Contender
Pittsburgh 3-1 With Roethlisberger Back
at Cincinnati – Somewhat Dissappointing .500 Start
at Baltimore – 3-1 Legit NFC North Front Runner
how do you get 3 of 4 W’s out of that?
I can see 3 of 4 L’s (potential win in CIN)
I think 2-2 in the next 4 game stretch is unlikely but I would be estatic if the pulled it off – but even if that would happen as unlikely as it appears to be? where would they be? 4-4 and a great view of the Jets taillights pulling away.
by scrappy the wildcat on Oct 6, 2010 1:47 PM EDT up reply actions
scrappy, the only response i have
is that we have the talent at many starting positions to be much better than we are today. In that respect, i lay a lot of this on the coaches. Ireland doesn’t make the best personnel moves either, but with better coaching we should have won the Jets game (the team didn’t even wake up until the second half. it is the coaches jobs to set the alarm clock, or throw a metal trash can across the lock room floor – wait, maybe that is just a boot camp thing…)
Anyways, better play calling on Offense and no big plays, but no mistakes either on STs would have won us the last two games. And neither one of those things seems like too much to ask.
And both of those things are Sparano’s responsibility.
IMO
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by LeftCoastFinFan on Oct 6, 2010 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh totally agree LCFF ..... the problem is.....
they have been outcoached in 3 of 4 games now. As I wrote earlier I feel like they have been outcoached by Buffalo / NY Jets / New England.
Its like the special teams or stopping TEs – they know the problem -
you are right so far this season the coaching staff is not getting the job done and that falls squarely on Sporano. But I can;t sit here and think that just beacuse the problems are diagnosed that they can find the remedy this season. I expect more of the same until i see a reason to think otherwise
by scrappy the wildcat on Oct 6, 2010 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions
The fans seem smarter than the coaches!!!!!!!!!
Another great post! It seems that the fans are smarter than the coaches!!! We can go back to the drafting of “The Ginn Family” but there is clearly some issues with the team.
1) Wildcat days are done!! It seems that whenever the team gets on a roll, they have been throwing in the Wildcat and they lose 3 – 5 yds.
2) IMHO, the beginning of the end Monday was the play after Ricky nearly broke one for a TD. We were running the ball well, they could stop us, and it was just under 3 minutes to the half and we were deep in NE side of the field. I am thinking THE ONE THING NOT TO DO NOW IS A TURNOVER!! Run once or twice, burn the Clock and get at least a field goal and go in 10- 3 at half time!
3) If you didn’t plan to throw the ball to Brandon Marshall, why did you sign him?
4) IMHO, I would have kept Teddy Bear. We could use him for KO and for an occasional long throw!
5) Is Dan Henning Senile??? His play calling seems to be designed for THE OTHER CHAD!!! No long plays to at least put them off guard!!
6) I still can’t believe they let go of JT!! The problem with the coaches is that they seem too arrogant to do things which may be best for the team!!
7) NOTSO special teams!
LOL
Is Dan Henning Senile??? His play calling seems to be designed for THE OTHER CHAD!!! No long plays to at least put them off guard!!
I just posted something like this above. Henning’s play calling is perfect for a CP10 QB.
=)
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by LeftCoastFinFan on Oct 6, 2010 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions
no no... i meant is was funny that we were thinking the same thing!
=)
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by LeftCoastFinFan on Oct 6, 2010 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions
BOBBY CARPENTER - FIRING #2 PLEASE??
Is it me, or was bobby carpenter near almost every defensive / special teams failure during the pats game? Can someone w/ access to film check the percentage of turnovers and 1st downs given where he was at fault? I bet it’s pretty damned high percentage.
Think he needs to go…..
agree ....tick tock........why is carpenter still on the roster?
this should have happened Tuesday morning – many people on the phinsider have pointed this out.
by scrappy the wildcat on Oct 6, 2010 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions
and anyone notice one of our castoffs, Rob Ninkovich, has two INTs for the Pats already?
poor personnel decisions
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by LeftCoastFinFan on Oct 6, 2010 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions
As mad as I am about the special teams play
it’s not the coaches fault, it’s the players mental mistakes.
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Kdog, last week against the Jets, I will say its the player's fault, but to happen repeatedly
in your next game, either the coach failed to remedy the problem or there’s a lack of respect from the players to go out and give him 100%. Got to go with the first reason becuz if you are at the bottom of the barrel on the roster, your mindset as a player should be 110%.
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by fin4three5yrs on Oct 6, 2010 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions
There has been no improvement since Bonamego took over.
That’s despite a substantial upgrade of our general talent level.
An occasional glitch is players making mistakes. Being bad week in and week out for years is a coach not putting players in position to succeed.
Fire Bonamego.
i'd agree with this
except for the fact that by the end of the last two season the phins STs were very good… which led me to believe that the guy given time could reach his players and teach them… it’s just that they started all 3 seasons as a disaster …. so i really don’t know if bono is to blame of the triad and their constant shuffling of the bottom 10 players on the roster…
CLS??? CLS??? are you serious, I lived through Wanny, Saban, and Cam...and I know when the sky is falling.
by W NY Fins Fan on Oct 7, 2010 8:37 PM EDT up reply actions
good point
great sig! ;^)
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by LeftCoastFinFan on Oct 8, 2010 11:52 AM EDT up reply actions
I LOVE
Watching Earl Thomas make play after play on the nfl sunday ticket every weekend….so glad we passed on him to pay less money to draft picks.
"I've got an appetite for destruction - but i scrape the plate."
Here
I think you dropped this
;^)
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by LeftCoastFinFan on Oct 6, 2010 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions
our special teams unit is "special" :(
however, the guys that kick the balls have a chance
jets suck!
you mean they ride to games on the short bus?
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by LeftCoastFinFan on Oct 6, 2010 6:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Bonamego Got Of Easy
This Is more like it!
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by wild zion beaver on Oct 6, 2010 8:15 PM EDT reply actions
we need to play every team like the colts and saints games last year....
clock management,first downs…..we know we can put points up,and we know we can stop the points,but can we do BOTH in same game?…..
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love DC$
but when we know that our ST is terrible, why don’t we do like some other teams and have a kickoff specialist? Look how many touchbacks the pats got Monday… You cant have a return TD if you don’t get a return. A kickoff specialist is gonna be more valuable than someone at the bottom of the barrel.
On another note, Bonamego has been bad since he got to the Fins. Kickoff returns have been terrible (save Ginn jr against the jets) and coverage has been shaky at best. 2 blocked punts in the preseason i can forgive, but it has to be a warning sign.
And Henning hasn’t been much better. Wildcat needs to stop. Thats one great thing about the game, after that 3rd and 6 call, I believe there was not a single wildcat call the whole time. I don’t believe in calling it a “gimmick” but just like anything else, if it doesn’t work, then don’t use it. Play calling in general just hasn’t been good. Game plane for the BEAST to get the ball. I love seeing him in the backfield, but work him from there instead of motioning him out every time. or motion flatter. Our o-line has been doing a good job at protecting Henne, he has time for marshall to fly out of the backfield.
But it all comes back to Sporano. Like him, but he needs to take some more control over the offense and needs to bear more responsibilities over bad coaching by his assistants.
well said
-LCFF
DotJPBW
(under protest)
by LeftCoastFinFan on Oct 7, 2010 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions
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