http://thefinsiders.com/podcasts/2012/wayne-larrivee-discusses-joe-philbin He was fired up about Philbin and couldn't stop talking about him even as they were going off the air.
The Packers's offense was a machine. That's why you could swap out a great piece like Rodgers with a lesser piece like Flynn and as long as he held up, the machine still ran smoothly. I hope Philbin can turn our franchise into a machine.
I like that Philbin had been putting together a binder 1-2" thick on his philosophies about being a Head Coach since 2009. Talk about a great way to be impressive in a 1st interview. Ross: What makes you think you will be a successful HC? Philbin: (Whips out the binder)...Where would you like me to begin? Leadership, plays, building character, etc...
I certainly want Philbin to be a huge success. I just am not going to buy into any hype until I actually see the man coach a game in the NFL. He appears to be very intelligent and comes across as very professional. Hopefully he will also be able to get the players to buy into what he is selling and he will become one of those few coordinators who become a quality HC in the NFL. The reality of the situation is that most assistant coaches who become head coaches, fail. For the most part they are back serving as assistant coaches within four years or less. So while I am certainly happy that the GB announcer is gaga over Philbin. I will wait until I see him lead the Dolphins to the playoffs before I will jump on the Philbin bandwagon.
I am going to go gaga and buy into the hype. Mostly because it is more fun. It makes the wins more satisfying for me and the losses more disappointing. I am not a fan of a football team because I do not want to be on an emotional roller coaster. If I wanted to be sane and logical I would be spending my time learning about investing instead of a football board.
You can say that about any newly hired head coach. Most coaches, no matter where they came from or what previous position they held are fired after 4 years as an assistant coach. I guess I don't understand who we should have gone after in your eyes... It's not like we can hire HC from other teams.
That is incredible, foreward thinking, and intelligent. It should be a welcome change on the sidelines this year.
Had to do a little digging, but was able to find the transcript of that 1st interview with Philbin, Ross and Ireland: Ross: Thanks for coming, Joe. It's a pleasure to meet you. Philbin: Thanks Mr. Ross. And Jeff, glad to finally meet you both. *The men shake hands* Ireland: Alrighty, Joe. Let's get down to it. Why don't you start off by going over your personal philosophy of the game, and Steve and I will interject if we have any questions. Philbin: That sounds great. I'm glad you started with that question, because my philosophy is very simple, It's-- Ireland: Sorry to cut you off, Joe...but...no, it's fine. Continue. Philbin: Is everything alright? Ireland: It's just that...your head. Philbin: What about it? Ireland: The glare. It's KILLING me. You know how when you're driving and someone has their brights on? The glare from your head is like that expect the beams of lights are a thousand times brighter than a solar flare. Philbin: I uh... Ireland: Were I wearing my glasses, the magnification probably would've burned my retinas. Ross: You'll have to excuse Jeff, Joe. Please continue. Philbin: ...Right. Well, my personal philosophy is that-- Ireland: *hands Philbin a hat* Ross: Jeff! Ireland: What?! Ireland: Just gonna leave it here on the desk. You take it if your head gets a little cold. Ross: Again, sorry about him. It's kinda what he does. Philbin: It's fine. If there's one thing I've learned in my time in the NFL, it's that you have to learn how to deal with adversity. There have been many times in my life, personally and professionally, where I've had to overcome things. Ireland: *under breath* And probably duck under things, too. Philbin: What's that? Ireland: Huh. Nothing. What about the QB position? I signed Matt Moore last year, which was an awesome pickup by me, but I still think we need to upgrade the position. What are your thoughts? Philbin: Well, of course. You should always be looking to upgrade at every position. Even at positions of great depth, there's always room fo-- Ireland: *draws blinds to darken room* Uh huh. Keep going. Philbin: ...for improvement...and..you know what, no. I don't have to take this. I understand what you're trying to do. I heard what you asked Dez Bryant. Despicable. I'm a man of great integrity. I conduct myself in a professional manner and treat others with respect, just as I expect them to treat me with respect in return. Ireland: Your mom's a whore. Philbin: YOUR MOM'S A WHORE, YOU LITTLE McBASTARD. HOW DO YA LIKE THEM APPLES?! *Stands up* Philbin: Mr. Ross, I thank you again. It was indeed an honor. *Leaves* Ross: Well Jeff, what do you have to say for yourself? Ireland: Let's hire him.
All I got was "KILLING. YOUR MOM'S A WHORE YOU LITTLE McBASTARD"............. mainly because that part was capitalized.
I have no problem with the hiring of Philbin. I just plan on taking a wait and see approach as to how the team does with him as the head coach. I certainly bought into the JJ hype and the Saban hype and most definitely I though Parcells was going to come in and turn the Dolphins into the next New England Patriots. In each of these hires the hype was far greater than the results. So no matter who the Dolphins had hired as their new head coach, I never had any intention of going crazy in regards to the new head coach. I am a fan, but I am also a realist who clearly understands that more head coaches fail in their first four years than succeed. I certainly will be rooting for Philbin to be a huge success, but I am not going to go overboard in my praise of him at this time, when he has yet to coach one game as a head coach at any level, much less in the NFL.
You need to relax more JW! There is absolutely nothing you, nor I can do about who they hire, fire or aquire. They don't need our money because where one falls off, another will fill in. If it all ends on a dead end road only then will their wallets hurt but seeing this out like your glass is more than half way empty is no way to enjoy being a football fan imo....
First of all, I am very relaxed. Your statement that they don't need our money is just not backed up by the facts. While Ross is certainly extremely wealthy in his own right, the reality is that season ticket sales for the Dolphins were 44,000 last season. This was the lowest season ticket level for the Dolphins since 1984. It was also down 17,000 fans from the number of season ticket sold in 2006. Season tickets have continued to decline yearly since Ross became the teams owner. I think his desire to go after a big name coach after firing Sparano was directly related to his desire to increase season ticket sales. If Fisher had signed as the head coach, I believe there would have been an increase in season ticket sales for next season. While Philbin may turn out to be a great hire eventually, I don't see a big surge in season ticket sales because of this hire. I think most fans thinking of purchasing season tickets will take a wait and see approach toward Philbin and will want to see how effective he will be before committing to the purchase of season tickets. I tend to think that season ticket sales will remain about where they were last season. I can see an increase in sales in 2013 if the Dolphins appear headed in the right direction under Philbin, but I think fans who gave up their season tickets over the past few years are going to be hesitant to jump right back in and purchase tickets again until they see what they are buying. Your statement that when, "one falls off, another will fill in", isn't backed up by the numbers. A loss of 17,000 season ticket holders over the last five seasons clearly shows that the Dolphins don't have the fan base in Miami to pick up season ticket sales when present season ticket holders fail to renew their season tickets. To me the glass is not half full or half empty. It merely is what it is.
Nothing will increase ticket sales as effectively as winning. Period. He may have went after Fisher because Fisher had a name, but ultimately Ross felt what Fisher wanted to come here would cost us wins. Ross is not an idiot. He knows wins is all we need to fix ticket sales and it is more lasting than hiring a name. When he first got here, he was locked in to Parcells and because of that he had little ability to help make the Dolphins a winner on the field, so he tried other methods of improving sales.
I agree 100% that winning, especially in the South Florida market, is the only thing which will bring fans back to the stadium. As far as your comment that Ross was locked into Parcells when he became the owner, this just isn't true. While Parcells certainly had a contract, Ross could have paid off that contract the day he took over majority ownership and sent Parcells on his way. He instead decided to keep Parcells, Sparano, and Ireland. This was his choice, it was not something he had to do. I realize Ross wanted to give Parcells the time to see how things worked out, but since he owned the team, he certainly didn't have to keep Parcells around if he didn't want to. All Dolphin fans really care about is the team and how they are doing on the field. As you stated, once Ross decided to keep Parcells and his regime, Ross seemed to forget about the product on the field and was more concerned with enticing celebrity part owners to buy into the team and building a dance club at the stadium. These moves were made in an attempt by Ross to draw more people to the stadium. These moves backfired and each year since he took over as majority owner, season ticket sales have decreased. While I am still not happy with the fact Ireland was retained as the teams GM. At least Ross now appears more interested in building a quality football team and less interested in all the side show elements which led to more and more fans staying home, instead of attending games at the stadium. Hopefully the hiring of Philbin will turn out to be a great hire and Ireland will turn out to be a much better GM than I think he is.
Winning cures everything. Signed, Every successful Ahole coach Cosigners Every coach who is an Ahole who quits winning
This post has many flaws and misconceptions in it... Please don't tell us what we want, your not the voice of the people..and you have no clue as to what Ross's intentions were back then..
It is true. When Ross took over, we were only one season removed from 11-5 under Parcell's stewardship. We are only talking about 4 seasons total for Sparano (and only 3 of those were full seasons), don't forget. He tried to make a change last offseason, but the only worthwhile candidate wasn't going anywhere but SF. People have to remember the timeline, Ross has only really been an owner for like 3 seasons.
D, I saw the video of Mike Dee talking, he obviously understands where Ive been coming from, for a long time..I hope something is done ASAP cause its only hurting our players and their performance.
Apparently, a first time owner of an NFL team was supposed to come in and fire everyone after a playoff season and then run an entire organization by himself.
He didn't try very hard. He could have done the right thing after that humiliating thrashing at the hands of New England's backups and fired Sparano last January instead of just this past December. Then he could have interviewed candidates and get this - it's conceivable that he could have very well ended up hiring the exact same man he just hired. Instead he decided that if he couldn't get the rock star candidate he would just stick with the lame duck and waste a season.
And then what? A brand new coach, with brand new assistants, with brand new play books, brought in to a lockout shortened off season? That would not be setting up the new guy with a whole lot of opportunity. Yes, it worked for Harbaugh, but again, Harbaugh was a solid hire, no one is debating that. It would seem after our last 7-9 season, the offense was mostly to blame. We did bring in a new OC that year too. So its not like no changes were made in Ross' first effing year of making football decisions.
Yes there was a lockout so might as well just waste a season with a coach who is clearly not that good. We brought in the OC from one of the few offenses that had actually been worse than ours. While our offense did improve some it wasn't enough to make a huge difference. Not to mention we had a more effective QB and RB playing in the offense in 2011 than in 2010. I'm not saying Steven Ross hasn't done anything right. Not moving on - Harbaugh or not - was a mistake though that I'm not just going to let him off the hook for. Hopefully he made the right hire this time. If he did make the right hire it doesn't change the fact that he made it a year too late. If we're chasing Super Bowl titles in a couple of seasons this will mean little.
All I'm saying is, if you admit to your father being a pimp, and you say that your mother worked for your father, what other logical conclusion is one supposed to draw other than the fact that your mother is a prostitute? People really need to get over that already.
\\ Once again you have no idea what you are talking about. If you actually think that fans care one bit about dance clubs at the stadium or celebrity owners, you obviously are nothing but a shill for Ross. Season ticket sales went from 61,000 in 2006 to 44,000 last season for one reason and one reason only. The product on the field. I have no idea how you can conclude that my post has flaws and misconceptions unless you happen to be an insider in the Dolphin organization and you are aware of why Ross has made every decision he has made since he became the owner of the team. If not, you are merely just like everyone else on this forum who expresses their opinion. I never said my opinion is any more valid than any other opinion on here. This is a forum to express views related to the Dolphins. I admit that my opinions are based on my experience as a season ticket holder for forty years and a fan of the Dolphins since 1966. I certainly don't have the inside information you seem to have to know about all the inner workings of the Dolphin organization. I know as a fan what I want from the team and it sure isn't dancing and celebrity owners. I also know many former season ticket holders who happen to feel exactly the same way I do about the organization and how it has been run since Ross took over as majority owner three years ago. We all hope that Ross is now committed to putting a winning product on the field, because it certainly didn't appear that he cared that much in his first three years. Since you seem to have a private pipeline to Ross, perhaps you can let all of us know why he seems to love Ireland so much.
In hindsight, a brand new coaching staff doesn't seem like it would have been a bad idea after all. The Dolphins were just 6-10 this past season and a new head coach, with a complete new coaching staff couldn't have started the season any worse than Sparano and his staff did. Also by bringing in a new head coach after the 2010 season, the team would already have a year in the new system.
