Title: Father & Son coaching combo in Miami: Tony Sparano Jr. joins the team! Post by: jtex316 on January 26, 2011, 04:59:22 pm Wow.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/sfl-miami-dolphins-announce-change-01262011,0,1350755.story This is becoming laughable. Title: Re: Father & Son coaching combo in Miami: Tony Sparano Jr. joins the team! Post by: Frimp on January 26, 2011, 05:50:52 pm What's next? A former Dolphins groundskeeper to be the new assistant special teams coach?
Title: Re: Father & Son coaching combo in Miami: Tony Sparano Jr. joins the team! Post by: MikeO on January 26, 2011, 05:53:46 pm He is esentially the "GET BACK" guy on gameday. The guy who tells everyone to get back they are inching too close to the field. So it isn't like the guy has a big job.
But this just looks bad on every level. I think its safe to assume short of a minor miracle, we will be in the market for a new head coach next offseason. These coaching hires have been just head scratchers! Title: Re: Father & Son coaching combo in Miami: Tony Sparano Jr. joins the team! Post by: StL FinFan on January 26, 2011, 05:54:13 pm Former groundskeeper...Cinderella story...about to become the Masters Champion.
Title: Re: Father & Son coaching combo in Miami: Tony Sparano Jr. joins the team! Post by: Pappy13 on January 26, 2011, 06:12:48 pm Former groundskeeper...Cinderella story...about to become the Masters Champion. I LOL'd. Don't know how many others will even get this. :)Title: Re: Father & Son coaching combo in Miami: Tony Sparano Jr. joins the team! Post by: badger6 on January 26, 2011, 06:49:21 pm WTF is this shit about. Now I know why we are the laughing stock of the NFL !!! This reminds me of the change Obama was talking about.............
Title: Re: Father & Son coaching combo in Miami: Tony Sparano Jr. joins the team! Post by: MyGodWearsAHoodie on January 26, 2011, 08:22:39 pm I LOL'd. Don't know how many others will even get this. :) only those who never saw caddy shack. Title: Re: Father & Son coaching combo in Miami: Tony Sparano Jr. joins the team! Post by: Sunstroke on January 26, 2011, 08:44:01 pm I think a lot of folks are predisposed toward thinking the worst on pretty much any front office/coaching moves Miami makes right now. No one really knows a damned thing about Junior Sparano, but if you guys were my only source, I'd swear we just signed a clubfooted nazi pedophile with seeping acne or something. I LOL'd. Don't know how many others will even get this. :) I would hope that most of the board would catch that classic Caddyshack reference (even if StL got it a wee bit out of order<g>). ~ On a pop culture sidenote...can anyone name any line from any other movie that has spawned not one, but two popular cliches like that line from Caddyshack did? It starts out with the one noted here Cinderella story... ...and ends with the other. It's in the hole!" ;D Title: Re: Father & Son coaching combo in Miami: Tony Sparano Jr. joins the team! Post by: Brian Fein on January 26, 2011, 10:52:07 pm I think its safe to assume short of a minor miracle, we will be in the market for a new head coach next offseason. Not for anything but you said that about this season. Let's play a game or two before we fire the coach NEXT season, hmm?Title: Re: Father & Son coaching combo in Miami: Tony Sparano Jr. joins the team! Post by: MikeO on January 26, 2011, 10:54:05 pm Not for anything but you said that about this season. Let's play a game or two before we fire the coach NEXT season, hmm? WE WERE!! And when Harbuagh turned us down, we stayed with Sparano because Cowher and Gruden didn't want to work with Ireland. Title: Re: Father & Son coaching combo in Miami: Tony Sparano Jr. joins the team! Post by: Dolphster on January 27, 2011, 09:08:56 am Former groundskeeper...Cinderella story...about to become the Masters Champion. This was a true laugh out loud moment. Very well done by you! Title: Re: Father & Son coaching combo in Miami: Tony Sparano Jr. joins the team! Post by: MyGodWearsAHoodie on January 27, 2011, 09:22:21 am In case anybody hasn't seen the scene.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbQTXFJL8lo&feature=related Title: Re: Father & Son coaching combo in Miami: Tony Sparano Jr. joins the team! Post by: MyGodWearsAHoodie on January 27, 2011, 09:33:07 am BTW This is a bit of an overreaction.
Is it equally laughable that Kevin Gilbride Jr. as an offensive quality control coach for the Giants while his dad Kevin Gilbride Sr., offensive coordinator? Other notable coaches who started out as assistants to their dad: Bill Belichick, Rob Ryan, Rex Ryan, Wade Phillips, Mike Nolan. Title: Re: Father & Son coaching combo in Miami: Tony Sparano Jr. joins the team! Post by: Jim Gray on January 27, 2011, 09:46:41 am He is esentially the "GET BACK" guy on gameday. The guy who tells everyone to get back they are inching too close to the field. So it isn't like the guy has a big job. I thought that the strength and conditioning coach was the "get back" coach. From the little I've found on the responsibilities of the offensive quality control coach, it looks like they break down film and scout opponents a couple of weeks out, and help during practice. The roll varies from team to team. Title: Re: Father & Son coaching combo in Miami: Tony Sparano Jr. joins the team! Post by: MyGodWearsAHoodie on January 27, 2011, 10:48:06 am I thought that the strength and conditioning coach was the "get back" coach. My understanding was every team had to assign one person to be the "get back" coach and on the Jets assigned that role to their S&C coach, but it vary by team. Also I don't think you will too much uniformity for coaches responsibility. You will find similarity and those similarities might be stronger among some coaching trees, but very few absolutes on what exactly one title does and does not do. Title: Re: Father & Son coaching combo in Miami: Tony Sparano Jr. joins the team! Post by: masterfins on January 28, 2011, 12:49:42 pm Former groundskeeper...Cinderella story...about to become the Masters Champion. Nice!!! On a serious note, the nepotism creates a distraction, as minor as it might be. Something the Fins don't need at this point, if we were the Patriots or Steelers I'd say who cares. On the other hand maybe Sparano will be so busy micro-managing his son that he'll leave the other coaches alone to do their jobs. |