Remember when...the Miami Dolphins hired Cam Cameron?

Everything you wrote was true at the moment you wrote it….how could anyone see what was coming next?

Cameron was – and still is – one of the best offensive minds in the NFL. He just couldn’t run a team. I guess, like Dick LeBeau, you never find out if an assistant coach can be a head coach until he becomes a head coach.

But I remember wishing we could have taken Marty Schottenheimer instead. Oh well, SD had some wheels on offense so I guess Cam might work for the Phish. How little did I know….

I loved the hiring…. I loved the draft…. I wasn’t impressed with Brady Quinn after we didn’t pick him of course and while I had no idea before Miami made the pick who the guy was, after watching highlights I was sure this guy could light things up in Miami…. I was also glad when they picked a QB in the second round and was excited that they liked him better than they liked Brady Quinn. I also loved the Samson Satele pick, Paul Soliai, Reagan Maui’a(I still remember the video of that guy running through a wall), and Abraham Wright. But in retrospect how bad was that draft really? That kinda scares me about this season, even though I like to think I am smarter now than I was then… I know my one weakness is how much I love my Dolphins and how much I want next year to be the year. I think that is the only way I convince myself it is alright that we sucked this year….

I don’t wanna go there….

Didn’t know how his dad playing left tackle and his mom playing QB would work out.

I liked Cameron because he was successful running SD’s offense, but the moment he drafted Ginn and said “We drafted the Ginn family,” I believed we were going to have problems in the personnel department. I think Cameron, like other Coordinators such as Gregg Williams, is better suited for a coordinator position instead of Head Coach. Oddly enough, I think the only coordinator in the NFL capable of getting a 2nd shot as a HC is already in Miami… Mike Nolan.

That is why his season was so disappointing. CamCam did make 2008 more enjoyable!

we start off the week, by the world not ending and now this. You know you aren’t supposed to kick a man when he’s down. And it’s only Tuesday.

Like everyone else I would like to forget that we hired Cam Newton. But as much as I didn’t like this pick as our head coach (There wasn’t anyone else), I HATED the Nick Saban pick even more. Wayne Huizenga had to be one of the worst NFL owners at that time. I remember at the end of that season and he was giving a press conference and asked the Reporters, Yes the Reporters! Their suggestions on who he should hire as the next head coach. Ridiculous!!!! An organization starts with the owner and works it’s way down, thats why the Patriots and Steelers are so F’N good. Not to mention excellent FO’s and HC’s.

The circumstances of the ’07 season were a once in a lifetime occurance. That team had injuries all over the place. Green was playing well (not great) as a caretaker QB prior to his concussion. Ronnie was playing at an All Pro level prior to his injury. Dom Capers is an outstanding DC, every bit as good as Nolan. Injuries more than anything else doomed that season.

But if Cameron was still the HC, would this team have franchise QB? Would this team be a dynamic offense (where ever Cameron has been has had great offenses)? We look back at his year as a coach as a complete failure but was it?

There are still 7 players from that year that were starters for the Phins in ’10. Yes, Ginn was a bad draft pick, but Samson Satele is a starting C in the league (Oak), John Beck is a potential starting QB (Wash), Paul Soliai is the Phins franchise player at NT, and Brandon Fields is a real good punter. They were all picked in ’07.

The Phins would certainly look different if Cameron was still the HC. But I don’t know if they would be any better or worse. At some point, he will get another opportunity to be a HC. They all do, especially with his continued success with young QB’s.

that have been made over the years. I always thing “hey this has to be an upgrade, right?”. Funny how wrong that can be at times.

I admire you’re honesty Matty.

and to your defense, although Cameron was not a fit for a HC, he didn’t really have the best team in the world to work with either.

. I made it clear that I did not want Parcells anywhere near this franchise. I said he “hasn’t achieved anything outside of his work in New York with the Giants” and he "might be the most overrated head coach of all time.

unfortunately you’re still right.
 I liked the Cam at the time to. We needed to get better on offense and hired a offensive head coach. Seemed like a good idea. I contribute most of that season problems to bad luck. Cam had the right plan but it went to Hell with all the injuries. Bad leadership when everything went to Hell is what I held against him. Nothing else. Crazy his draft could still turn out to be good if beck solidify himself as a starter.

WHY DEAR GOD would you remind us?????

I thought he might bring in an offense here similar to the one in San D so I was like cool lets see what happens………then the draft came ohhh boy did my feelings for him take a complete 180 just after the first pick…then I heard him speak for the first time about the Ted Ginn pick and I said to myself we are doomed he is a moron.
But thing is when Bill cleaned house I was actually for him to offer Cam to step down into the role as our OC well that did not happen and we got stuck with Henning instead.

I like his thinking!

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=patcondell#p/a/u/0/JzD-rnmeiH8

I really HATE to think about this idiot and what he did to the dolphins ! But I must admit that I TOO was “on board” with this hire. And I too, was against bringing in Parcells – He didnt “save” the franchise either………Now, I can’t stand the sight of ole Cammy everytime the RAVENS pork us…
CAM does have a good offensive mind – head coach was over his head though… the DRAFT that year was a disaster… I Hated, Ginn & Beck, and also thought Samson would be a little too “weak” to play Center in the NFL (has mostly been true)… I would have taken Brady Quinn myself – and I am still not going to admit that Quinn might not turn it around…. (probably wrong though)… I would totally pick up Brady Q. (for Free) if he is cut loose.

There aren’t going to be any Saban flashbacks are there?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN3H6Gc3_SE

Ted Ginn’s Press Conference and the AWKWARDNESS that ensued was priceless.

Hey we need a thumb to go this direction… smh.

but I think you were as wrong about Parcells as you were about Cam. The Tuna takes a lot of shit around these parts but he has a built a tough, talented, young team here that only needs some decent QB play to be a consistent 10 win team for years to come. He might not have won a championship since the Giants, but look at what he did for many other teams, including the Cowboys. Frankly, I would love to have the kind of success that they have enjoyed since he rebuilt that team at the beginning of this decade. Rings should not be the only measure of success—it’s about being a consistent winner, and that’s potentially what Parcells has done for us (depending on the play of Henne or his replacement, of course)

As for Cam: yeah, I applauded that hiring too. Oops. fml.

Why have us relive this again?

ire-–noun
intense anger; wrath.

Remember when the Dolphins had great QBs? Oh yes, my apologies. Some aren’t old enough to remember those times…