Miami Dolphins Set To Hire Offensive and Defensive Coordinators
by Kevin Nogle on Jan 27, 2012 5:00 AM EST
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PrintMiami Dolphins head coach Joe Philbin has spent the first few days of this week reviewing the current staff, along with interviewing potential candidates for his staff. The team seems close to landing Philbin's top choices for both the offensive and defensive coordinator positions - bringing over 60 years of coaching experience to the staff.
The Dolphins are poised to bring former Green Bay Packers head coach Mike Sherman in as the team's offensive coordinator. Sherman has spent the last four seasons as the head coach at Texas A&M, where he coached potential draft prospect Ryan Tannehill. Sherman was the Green Bay head coach from 2000-2005, during which time he hired Philbin, who had been a student in his high school English class at Worcester Academy in Massachusetts, to be the team's assistant offensive line coach. Philbin and Sherman have remained friends ever since.
Sherman had been considered a finalist for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach position, only to see the position filled by former Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano. Sherman spent yesterday with Philbin in Miami, discussing the position.
Meanwhile, the team also appears ready to land Kevin Coyle as their defensive coordinator. Coyle has spent his entire coaching career with the Cincinnati Bengals, including the last nine as the team's defensive backs coach. Since Coyle took over as the team's secondary coach in 2003, the Bengals have snagged 150 interceptions, the fifth highest total in the NFL over that period.
Coyle has known Philbin for several years, and reportedly attended the funeral for Philbin's son, Michael, who drowned in the Fox River in Wisconsin earlier this month.
Speculation yesterday also stated that, if Coyle did land the Dolphins job, he would bring with him the Jacksonville Jaguars linebackers coach Mark Duffner. Duffner, who has spent time with both Philbin and Coyle during his coaching career, would be brought in as the Dolphins' linebackers coach and assistant head coach.
Although neither Sherman or Coyle had been named to the job as of last night, both hirings were considered imminent by multiple sources, barring any last minute breakdowns in talks. Now, it's just a matter of finalizing the details before two major vacancies in Philbin's staff are filled.
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I like Mike!
From Wikipedia
In his six-year head coaching career with the Packers from 2000–05, Sherman compiled a 57–39 regular season record and a 2–4 postseason record. Sherman had used the West Coast Offense offensive strategy at Green Bay.89
In 2000, Sherman became the head coach of the Green Bay Packers. He led the Packers to five consecutive winning seasons from 2000–04. From 2002–2004, he led the Packers to three consecutive NFC North Division titles. From 2000–04, he compiled a 53–27 record, and a .663 winning percentage, which was the second highest in Packers history, trailing that of Vince Lombardi’s, who is one of the most successful coaches in the history of football. Additionally, Green Bay and the Philadelphia Eagles were the only two teams to make the playoffs for four consecutive seasons from 2001–04.
An offensive-minded coach, Sherman led the Packers to break franchise records for rushing in 2003 and passing in 2004. In 2003, Packers quarterback Brett Favre led the NFL in touchdown passes, in addition to setting a franchise record for rushing yardage. The 2003 team also gained a total of 442 points, which is the fourth most in franchise history (560 in 2011, 461 in 2009, 456 in 1996, when the team won the Super Bowl).
Despite receiving a contract extension earlier in the 2005 season, Sherman was fired by the Packers on January 2, 2006, after compiling a 4–12 record — Green Bay’s first losing record since the 1991 season. The Packers had lost pro bowlers Javon Walker, Bubba Franks and Ahman Green to Injured Reserve early in the season.10
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Yea Coyle brings in the linebacker coach for the Jaguars...
But who the hell plays linebacker for the Jags?
by Goon305Boy10 on Jan 27, 2012 6:29 AM EST via mobile reply actions
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I will really like these hirings
Sherman likes to pass…knows Tannehill.
Coyle will help the secondary and have a killer DL with the 4-3.
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Like these hirings
Although Coyle won’t be as good as Nolan was in his first year, surely.
But we should improve massively on offense to compensate that.
I’m ready to dig in and give these guys the three years I gave Sparano before I decided he’d never be the guy.
I’ll just say that at the time I didn’t like the Sparano hiring and thought it was a 3/10. This time I think the hiring is a 6/10. This one has a chance, I think. I see flaws, but we’ve got some potential here, and that’s all I want right now. Hope.
a 6 out of 10
Jeez that’s tough I would say an 8. These men have so much WINNING between them I couldn’t b happier. GO PHINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by PAPHIN4ever on Jan 27, 2012 8:59 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I don't think we'll have a bad defense.
Nolan did very well with the quick turnaround and he did so with new players, which is hard to do. While it normally would be difficult to change schemes with new personnel and there is often a transition period, I don’t think we’ll suffer much because we’ll go into 2012 with largely the same personnel. If we were converting to a 4-3 from a 3-4 and the players we had didn’t exactly fit the 4-3 scheme, I’d be a little worried.
As for Philbin’s hire, I think it worked out very well. Given the candidates available, I think Miami made a very good choice and I was always in favor of Philbin over Fisher. Gruden and Cowher were not on the market and the names most wanted were Philbin, Carmichael, or Chudzinski. All of them are very qualified assistants and I very much approve of the hire. The prospects of Coyle and Sherman coming on board make me excited as well because both have a history of success for what they’re being asked to do. Maybe the move doesn’t work out, maybe it does. But for what we saw available, I like it a lot. This didn’t leave me scratching my head like I did in 2008 and thinking “Tony Sparano? What? Why this guy?” I see solid reasoning for Philbin.
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Good Hires!
Philbin continues to make the right moves. Sherman will give philbin someone with lots of experience creating explosive offenses and coyle should keep miami with a top 10 defense. I just hope Philbin hires some young assistant coaches so Miami can promote from within when coordinators leave.
I really like how our offseason is turning out. The only thing I would say is that we should keep Rodgers our D line coach. But I’m not sure if he’s gone yet.
Draft a first round QB and then build around him.
Please do not insult other phin fans if you disagree with them.
by 54 on Jan 27, 2012 7:54 AM EST via mobile reply actions
I think I heard we were keeping Rodgers and Rizzi
So you got your wish there…
We had [Brady] down… but we didn’t kick him. We helped him up and gave him a PowerPuff Girls band-aid for his knee. What exactly did you expect would happen when we did that?
by Jason Scott_90 on Jan 27, 2012 8:11 AM EST up reply actions
Sweet deal
Draft a first round QB and then build around him.
Please do not insult other phin fans if you disagree with them.
by 54 on Jan 27, 2012 10:24 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Sherman may just turn out to be one of the most important signings for this year.
Philbin needs a guy that can call the offensive plays and really groom a QB. I’m all for Griffin but I’d be pleased with Coples and Tannehill.
What I'm glad about is........
A full offseason. No matter who we bring in they will have ample time to install what ever they want. 4-3, west coast offense our players will be able to learn it not like last year.
Tannehill would have been buried in the depth chart, and they wanted to give him playing time so they moved him to WR while he developed his passing skills
unfortunately, while it improved his arm and ability to read defenses, it killed any mechanics and footwork he had. If we get Tannehill, we will need to be comfortable starting Moore, Manning, Orton or someone else next year while the coaches fix his mechanics (think Aaron Rodgers). Best option would be Manning, who will also help Tannehill learn how to read defenses even better.
RGIII or flynn, whichever one helps us win
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Yes, it was. It worked out great.
Tannehill was competing with Stephon McGee and Jerrod Johnson for the starting QB position in 2008. After he finished third in the competition, Sherman moved him to WR because he saw enough athleticism and talent in the kid. Tannehill worked out great as a WR. He even posted freshman records for catches (12) and yards (210) in a single game.
After he lost the QB competition in 2009 to Jerrod Johnson, Sherman kept him at WR and Tannehill finished as A&M’s leading receiver.
He finally took the job in 2010 and the rest is history. If you think it was a poor move on Sherman’s part, I think he worked it out perfectly. I don’t think he could’ve done a better job handling Tannehill.
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good hires
Philbin is putting together a solid staff
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Need a reason for a change.
Need a reason to explain.
So turn it on again.
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