Miami Dolphins Week 13 Game Ball

The team looks really good!Except the last 7 minutes!They looked Very bad!
Why do they seem to lose it in the last moments of a game? They have done this lots this year!

It all depends on who is available and how the rest of the season shakes out. There should be some very desirable jobs opening up out there. San Diego is a championship caliber team and if somehow Reid does get fired the Eagles also have a strong team. I really like Chudzinski, but do we really want to take a chance on an unproven assistant if Tony S has figured out how to win. Look at Landry in Dallas. He was terrible to start, but finally got across to his players and dominated for decades. The thing I like most about Tony is that he isn’t afraid to change his style if it works. All too often a coach gets set in his ways and refuses to use the talent as it would be best used. Tony is a bit like Shula in that way. People could have said Shula was going against who he was when he opened it up and let Dan rip it, but he knew this was the best way to use the talent he had. One reason the hated Pats have been good for an extended period is that Bellichick has adapted to keep up with how to win in the NFL. I hope the Fins keep this up and Sparano gets a go at it again. I also like the assistants he has right now and would hate to lose Nolan if the drop Sparano.

I agree that Sparano has FINALLY changed his conservative ways. It seems he took a mid-season correspondence course from Swagg University… but it only seems to show up early in games. When the score is close, late in the game Tony reverts back to well, Tony Sparano (see Thanksgiving Day in Dallas).

Many of you here continue to compare Tony and Bellicheat’s stint with the Browns. I feel like the only reason most people REALLY want to hang on to Sparano is because of Daboll and Nolan.

Perhaps we have a coach already on staff that is ready to show that his second stint will be better than his first. I’m talking about Mike Nolan.

I think my perfect solution would be to promote Nolan to head coach, kept Daboll, and let Nolan continue to call the defense

Both got extended runs despite repeated 6-10 – 9-7 seasons, because they were doing a lot of good things, despite the playoff misses. Del Rio didn’t work out (although I think it’s tough to be in a “win or your out” season and forced to start a rookie QB!) however, Kubiak was given the time to keep loading up the talent and build a D to go with that O – result, quality team, capable of winning tough games with a 3rd string QB and take over the reigns from the declining Colts.

Question is, given more time, would Sparano be a Kubiak or a Del Rio?

Too early to confirm Sparano has “changed” completely and anyways, it’s never that black and white, hopefully he’s just growing into his own coaching style, taking the good stuff from ALL his experiences. Just need to put him in touch with a good game manager … . at the moment he’s in the Andy Reid school of clock management. As long as we have him I’ll be behind the sofa in the 4th qtr of close games.

Yeah we are winning some games….but at the end of the year we’re still no better than 8-8. That makes it 7-9, 7-9 and at best 8-8. Sorry but it’s not good enough. Just look at the close games. Ultra conservative towards the end on offense and defense. No first downs to close out a game and then soft defense to give up the losing TD. This has costs us the season. Browns, Broncos, Giants, Cowboys….all lost due to this strategy. Sorry guys but that’s on the coaches.

Congratulations Tony, you deserve it.

As for all this talk about who we are going to draft, who we should draft, who we should fire, and who we should hire…. You know my stance. So at the risk of sounding repetitive, I will now choose to refrain.

I am getting all worked up over something I have no control over. Meanwhile, missing the chance to acknowledge some really good football thats being played now.

Win or lose, i will still be a Dolphins fan, as will most. We have opinions sure, but they have 0 impact on whats going to happen this offseason. None.

Either way, good job Coach Spo, and thank you for everything you are doing and have done.

The more it looks like the lockout affected us more than a lot of teams. And I think the stated facts in the responses are why. NEW OFFENSIVE coordinator who is just figuring out how to use Reggie Bush, the offensive line has been tore up all year and the offensive line coach should have gotten consideration for the game ball this week, they were shuffling guys in and out all game. For some reason, if you look at our defense now compared to the first 7 weeks, they looked to all be on the same page, were in the first 7 weeks they looked like they were at 11 different parties.

If we keep playing this way, with the intensity they are showing, I think you have to keep him one more year, he is paid through next year. His he owed anything, no we are owed nothing in life, but I would hate for him to go somewhere else and be successful and we are left holding our dks with a Shanahan type coach cause one time 12 years ago he did something.

Game ball should go to our mlb’s KB and KD. KB was playing like an animal, and got a pick 6. KD also had a great game and should had an INT, if it wasn’t for the terrible illegal contact foul that negated it. Our mlb’s and front 7 were a big part in the raiders run game being shut down.