Get Ready: Sparano is not a lock to be fired

[Brian Fein]

That list seemed to be 2 causes for 1 effect.

1 - no one wants to play for a losing coach

2 - no one wants to work hard

Belichick and Coughlin fall under #2.  Many others fall under #1.

Unfortunately, its difficult to not work hard and still not lose.

[Spider-Dan]

Well, Jim Caldwell didn't even get six votes.  Neither did Spagnuolo, Whisenhunt, Frazier, or Rivera.  So Sparano is obviously exceptional in that regard.

[Doc-phin]

If he runs the table, I would have no choice but to factor in two major things.

1st - The short off season and revised tackling rules in practice may have hampered the defense early on and kept us from getting new additions ready for the start of the season on offense.  Evidence shows this happened to many teams and it is possible our guys took it upon themselves to do less on their own during the lockout than other teams.  All of our soft tissue injuries show this is likely.

2nd - Henne did play better, but his lack of ability to score may have been holding back the team.  It is possible that Henne was more of the problem than Sparano.

With that in mind, I don't think you can fire Sparano at 8-8 or 9-7 (this year only). Next year, he would have a proper offseason and a second year with Daboll.  He would also have a QB that shows he can get it done and a chance to fix the right tackle situation.  It is enough to consider one more year.

I still think I would like to have Fisher over Sparano, but I really don't care much for Cower or an unknown if we really start cranking out wins in this kind of blow out fashion.

[suck for luck]

"It's baffling to me, it really is. I don't have an answer for it."

[Doc-phin]

"It's baffling to me, it really is. I don't have an answer for it."

What was the context?

[Cathal]

"It's baffling to me, it really is. I don't have an answer for it."

Was that something Sparano said why the team couldn't win a game?

[suck for luck]

http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/sports/Dolphins-Sparano-All-Out-of-Answers-130099718.html

Reading that 2nd paragraph now is really funny.... in a black hole soul-crushing sorta way.  

[Dave Gray]

Even if Sparano turns us around, he's still the one who steered up poorly to start with.  We got outcoached and lost games we shouldn't have for the first half of the season.

Little things, too: Reggie Bush -- we all knew how we needed to use the guy, but it took this team months to figure it out.

He also is still playing disgustingly conservatively.

[Landshark]

Well, Jim Caldwell didn't even get six votes.  Neither did Spagnuolo, Whisenhunt, Frazier, or Rivera.  So Sparano is obviously exceptional in that regard.

What shocked me is that less than 150 players voted when there are over 1600 in the league.  Do these guys know how to read or do they simply not care?

[MikeO]

God I love this website for the entertainment value it brings. I need a good laugh sometimes.  This goes beyond wins and losses. Nobody is going to the games because nobody has faith in the guy. Sparano is about to have his 3rd Losing Season In A Row!! Ross is losing money left and right needing to buy tickets for .35 on the dollar to avoid blackouts.

Short of making the playoffs (which won't/can't happen) Sparano isn't coming back. No way. No Chance in hell.

Ross wanted him gone last year and he had a near .500 team. Being a bottom level team this year that won't come near the 7 wins that he had last year he is dead.

[MikeO]

If he runs the table, I would have no choice but to factor in two major things.

1st - The short off season and revised tackling rules in practice may have hampered the defense early on and kept us from getting new additions ready for the start of the season on offense.  Evidence shows this happened to many teams and it is possible our guys took it upon themselves to do less on their own during the lockout than other teams.  All of our soft tissue injuries show this is likely.

2nd - Henne did play better, but his lack of ability to score may have been holding back the team.  It is possible that Henne was more of the problem than Sparano.

With that in mind, I don't think you can fire Sparano at 8-8 or 9-7 (this year only). Next year, he would have a proper offseason and a second year with Daboll.  He would also have a QB that shows he can get it done and a chance to fix the right tackle situation.  It is enough to consider one more year.

The offseason was short for everybody. Not just Miami. That  isn't an excuse!

[tubba marxxx]

The offseason was short for everybody. Not just Miami. That  isn't an excuse!

actually, it is an excuse..just a very weak one

[tubba marxxx]

This whole "argument" is proof that everyone in Miami is soft.  We're supposed to have sympathy because he was able to rattle off a few cheap victories?  Please.  The Sparano/Ireland regime is the symbol of mediocrity.  Call me crazy, but I'm pretty sure everyone was over being mediocre (rhyming not intentional, but feel free to make a cute catch phrase out of it like "Suck for Luck" or "Play like a Turd for Robert Griffin the third).


The ONLY way Sparano keeps his job (imo) is if he runs the table, makes the playoffs, AND wins a playoff game.  Someone tell me what the odds of that happening are?


EVERYONE said this is a make or break year for Sparano, saying that anything under 8 - 8 would be his doom.  Just because our front office doesn't have balls, doesn't mean our fan base has to as well.  Nice to know Tony, goodbye. 

[MikeO]

This whole "argument" is proof that everyone in Miami is soft.  We're supposed to have sympathy because he was able to rattle off a few cheap victories?  Please.  The Sparano/Ireland regime is the symbol of mediocrity.  Call me crazy, but I'm pretty sure everyone was over being mediocre (rhyming not intentional, but feel free to make a cute catch phrase out of it like "Suck for Luck" or "Play like a Turd for Robert Griffin the third).


The ONLY way Sparano keeps his job (imo) is if he runs the table, makes the playoffs, AND wins a playoff game.  Someone tell me what the odds of that happen are?


EVERYONE said this is a make or break year for Sparano, saying that anything under 8 - 8 would be his doom.  Just because our front office doesn't have balls, doesn't mean our fan base has to as well.  Nice to know Tony, goodbye. 

Very true. Preach on!

This notion that Sparano will have his 3rd losing season in a row this year and have the worst record of all his years in Miami and this is somehow "improvement" or "progress" is laughable.

This other notion that Henne was playing better until he got hurt? In which game? He led 1 TD drive vs a crappy Browns team and then failed in crunch time late when he was handed the ball on the 40 yard line. He led 1 TD drive vs Houston and was 12-30 with only 170 yards. And in the Pats game all he did was miss big throw after big throw after big throw in the redzone when we needed him. Aside from the opening drive on opening night vs NE, Henne was WORSE than he was last year.

[EKnight]

Which is it Mike, Henne can't throw or Marshall can't catch? Henne may have not been great this year, but he was light years ahead of last. Amd the New England game? 475 yards total offense and 3 TDs. I actually hope they resign Henne and keep Sparano- you're warped sense of football would be too entertaining to miss. -EK