New plan for 2012

[MikeO]

Different circumstances warrant different evaluations. Do you seriously think that KC or Chicago will fire their head coaches if they lose out this year? By your logic they should- even though they are dealing with different circumstances than they started the year with. They both won their divisions last year, so any and all losses should be pinned on the head coach right? Never mind the fact that they have had a slew of injuries. Same applies to those last three losses last year. Different offense in every possible way- from coordinator to qb to rb's to injured receivers. It's not an apples to apples comparison to what happened the first seven games this year. You can't honestly be that blind can you? Or are you just so insecure about your own knowledge that you have to presume anyone who disagrees win you is wrong? -EK

Sparano didn't win his division last year. Nor the year before. Nor even make the playoffs. Nor have a .500 team. SO, little different, check that a lot different!

[MikeO]

My new plan for 2012 is to start talking with the Colts about acquiring Peyton Manning.  Given the Fins' recent win streak they are falling down the draft order, which means they probably won't be able to draft one of the top 4 QB's, and its probably a waste to use a #1 pick on a QB after that.  So, instead of trading away a bunch of picks to move up on an unknown, they should look at trading some picks to Indy for a healthy Manning.

Indy will draft Luck, that will piss off Manning, not to mention Indy won't want to pay millions to have one of them riding the pine.

A healthy Manning on the current team equals a deep playoff run.

There is nothing to talk with Indy about. Indy cuts him in late Feb/early March or they pay him a $28 mill roster bonus.  Peyton will be a FA. They can't trade him because the "league year" starts in early March and Peyton per language in his contract is due his roster bonus a week or more before that date. That's why his agent put it in there. So if something like this comes up he can be a FREE man and pick his team and not traded someplace he doesn't want.  Impossible to trade him. Miami can sign him for nothing.

[MikeO]

As happy as people are that this team is finally playing well, I must remind everyone that the Dolphins were all but out of the playoffs by week three!

How is this forgivable?  Our season was submarined three weeks in and he may get another shot? 

It's not forgivable considering he was coming off back to back 7-9 seasons. Plus the stadium is empty, nobody believes in Tony, the team, or the franchise as being legit. The lost revenue in ticket sales alone is why Tony will be gone. Missing the playoffs and the final record is just icing on the cake.

[Stinger24]

Seriously what is wrong with you people the head coach has a losing record over his time here. We did not win a game at home for over a year. We lost TEN times in a row when the team took the field over the last 2 seasons before finally winning a few against bad teams.  The stands are half empty see last weekend. If Field Goal Fistpump stays on the sideline for another year the team will wallow in mediocrity for another season and fan apathy will only get worse.

[MikeO]

Seriously what is wrong with you people the head coach has a losing record over his time here. We did not win a game at home for over a year. We lost TEN times in a row when the team took the field over the last 2 seasons before finally winning a few against bad teams.  The stands are half empty see last weekend. If Field Goal Fistpump stays on the sideline for another year the team will wallow in mediocrity for another season and fan apathy will only get worse.

Don't worry, Tony isn't coming back.  Best case scenario is you end up with a Gruden or Cowher. Worse case is Dawn Aponte get's her way in Miami and Eric Mangini is brought in as head coach. And there are a hundred other options in-between those 2 scenarios.

Either way, Tony is gone. Winning a bunch of meaningless December games won't change that.

[el diablo]

If this team goes 2-2 over the final 4 games, they would finish 6-3 over their final 9 overall. You know what you're not seeing anymore? Drive after drive of only 3 plays. Drives consistently stalling after a penalty. The inability to score more than 20 points. The defense having to consistently bail out the offense. Granted, the failed in Dallas. But Dallas had to work for it. Again, they dug a deep hole early. But they also have turned the corner. You are seeing an offense that can put points on the board. One more year isn't going to kill anybody.

[MikeO]

If this team goes 2-2 over the final 4 games, they would finish 6-3 over their final 9 overall. You know what you're not seeing anymore? Drive after drive of only 3 plays. Drives consistently stalling after a penalty. The inability to score more than 20 points. The defense having to consistently bail out the offense. Granted, the failed in Dallas. But Dallas had to work for it. Again, they dug a deep hole early. But they also have turned the corner. You are seeing an offense that can put points on the board. One more year isn't going to kill anybody.

You know what you are seeing though, a 3rd straight losing season and not sniffing the playoffs.

Sparano got his "one more year" this year. He failed. Time to move on.

[suck for luck]

The thing I don't see mentioned much if at all is the absolute embarassment of a cluster**** that last off season was. We are in holding mode here. It's like a wife caught her husband screwing her best friend but they're waiting till the kid heads off to college to move the bum out.

[MikeO]

The thing I don't see mentioned much if at all is the absolute embarassment of a cluster**** that last off season was. We are in holding mode here. It's like a wife caught her husband screwing her best friend but they're waiting till the kid heads off to college to move the bum out.

As bad as it was last offseason, I think Ross will run like a swiss watch this offseason. Fire Sparano on Monday (possibly Ireland too, still not sure about Jeff, he should go but everything I hear Ross loves him). Then promote Peterson in Parcells old role. And let King Carl run the show. And I have a feeling they got a short list of guys they want and will work there way through it in short order and within a week to 10 days have a new coach.