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Here is the thing, and I really hope people read this and reply to my comment because I want to know if I'm alone in this or just crazy......

This is an opinionated summation where Miami has come and where we currently stand.

First of all, unfortunately I think this is the right move. Its unfortunate because it is our only chance to have any success this year. As a college Qb, I was never the biggest or fastest guy or had the strongest arm but I had success and played at the D1a level because I was efficient and put my teams in a position to win and for this reason I really admire CP10 for what he has been able to do with his career. Henne has all the tools, he really does. But the window for young Qb's to sink or swim is small and unfortunately for Henne, it is near the end and it is because the offensive coaches. Primarily Henning and Sparano has monumentally failed this kid. In particular, Sparano's "I'm going to play not to lose" mentality and Henning's inept, uncreative, arrogant style of coaching. **By the way, if anyone has not already, please look up Henning's overall record as both a HC and OC in both the NFL & NCAA so you can see just how average (or slightly below) he is.

I rest a significantly greater amount of fault for the offense's troubles and Henne with Henning. Sparano's hyper-conservative mentality is grossly contagious. How is it that we are the only team in the NFL not to score30 points in a single game yet this season? Why is it that Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo (god damn buffalo), St. Louis can put up points quite consistently with so much less. We may not have the team right  now that can go to the Superbowl, but we should at the very least be able to score. Those other teams I mentioned do with so much less talent. I mean watch Ryan Fitz put up points with no name WR's (other than Lee Evans) and a porous offensive line. Watch a rookie Qb put up points with a team that either went winless last year or won one game. Guys, over the last 2 and a half years, and please correct me if I'm wrong, but I can only remember one single game that we won by more than one score, and that was against NE when we unleashed the Wildcat. How is it possible that over two an a half years, even when we do win, we squeak by or weather the storm? This is not a coincidence. When was the last time you were watching a game and felt calm and certain in the 4th quarter? I sure as hell cannot. Do you guys want to know how to figure out if a team has coaching issues? Look at second half and specifically 4th quarter stats. Thats where coaching comes in to play because thats when you make in game adjustments. We are getting outscored badly in the 4th quarter and second half of games because teams adjust to us and we cannot do the same. I hate the inconsistency of this team in all aspects. Our dumb ass head coach used the offensive line as his own personal science experiment. What were we 4th in the NFL in rushing last year? Then what does Sparano do? He spent all offseason and preseason churning & churning our OL then ultimately dismantles the interior OL just before the season starts. And for what? And more importantly for who? I'm ok with not wanting injury prone guys around, I get it. But be consistent. (Now you bring in Al Harris?) The OL is the most important part of an offense and maybe the team. If you are going to replace guys for dumb ass reasons, give them a chance to mesh instead of dicking around all preseason hoping they come together in season. And who are we drafting? I certainly realize that drafting players is a crap shoot, even the better NFL teams miss all the time. But Pat White? do you know who we could have drafted instead? P. Turner? Honestly, what is the best case scenario in drafting pat white? In the 2nd round? Im not even going to go through the FA busts. But it happens and I get it.

Ill finish off on Henning. Why are we running PAs when we need to go 70 yards in 90 secs? Why run the ball on 1st down when we need to go 45yds in 2 min? and vs. Pitt? How does Ronnie go 6 for 45 and a TD on the 1st drive then 3 more carries? How does BM have 5 catches for 30yds? (only running 5 yd routes). I can't tell if we are trying to get younger cheaper cause they chronically contradict themselves. I know that Henne is the one playing and everyone on the offense naturally must take responsibility, but this kid never had a chance with these coaches. We compare Henne to his young contemporaries such as Matt Ryan, Mark Sanchez, Joe Flacco, Sam Bradford, etc. You know what those guys have in common? Michael Turner, LT, Ray Rice, Steven Jackson, etc. the coaches do not rely on them they let the running game take the pressure off and utilize the young Qb's properly to their skill set as they adjust to the game. But again, our RB sucks because our OL sucks. Our OL sucks (and was great last year) because our coach let the interior go and completely downgraded the OL in general. And then we ask Henne to win us ball games while playing in Henning's garbage system. Again, not saying Henne has no responsibility in this, but the coaches failed him one hundred percent.

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 you are right, sir. i’ll agree with the coaches failing henne on this one. im still not clear on what direction we are headed. miami has been a qb carousel since marino left. henne is supposed to be the future, but henning and sparano hinder his progress with bullshit playcalling! this probably means we will be looking for a qb next year, another rebuilding project. im tired of the mediocre dolphins every year. they go get a big time receiver/playmaker and then not use him properly. but i guess you also need a legitimate deep threat to help out marshall. if only they had a #2 reciever worth a damn! i like bess and hartline(somewhat), but nobody fears these guys. i would like for them to strike fear in the defenses, but they never do. im not a big fan of al harris, but his age and health got me concerned. i thought they would upgrade our pass rush to help out wake, but i guess cb was the priority. well see what this next game brings us, hopefully randy moss doesnt tear us a new one, especially since he could have been our deep threat. all we can do is wonder!

by texphinphan on Nov 10, 2010 8:38 PM EST reply actions  

Totally agree...Henning is the issue & Sparano is not far behimd

I posted this yesterday
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It all starts with the running Game in our "conservative" approach. If we can not run the ball we are in trouble. Henning is so stubborn. He is trying to mold Henne into the Pennington Image that is he is enthralled with. They have forced him into this style that really does not fit his skill set. As long as you less then road grader type interior line play we will never get on tract offensively. We are running CP10 style.

by Bunker5 on Nov 9, 2010 7:03 PM EST

by Bunker5 on Nov 10, 2010 10:03 PM EST reply actions  

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