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Miami Dolphins Hire Joe Philbin as Head Coach

The Miami Dolphins ended their head coach search today, hiring former Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin to take the reins of the team. Philbin beat out the Dolphins' interim head coach Todd Bowles and Denver Broncos offensive coordinator Mike McCoy for the position.

The hiring of Philbin has been reported by ESPN's Adam Schefter and Fox's Jay Glazer.

Philbin began his coaching career with Tulane as a graduate assistant in 1984. In 1986, he moved to the Worcester Polytechnic Institute as the offensive line coach. Two years later, he took the same position with the United States Merchant Marine Academy.

From 1990-1993, Philbin was the offensive line coach and coordinator for Allegheny College before spending 1994 with Ohio University as their offensive line coach. The next two years saw Philbin serve as the offensive line coach and coordinator for Northeastern, before moving to the same job with Harvard for the 1997-1998 seasons. He concluded his college coaching career at Oowa, where he was the offensive line coach from 1999-2002.

In 2003, Philbin was hired by the Green Bay Packers as an assistant offensive line coach. From 2004-2005, he added the tight ends coach to his job title, before taking over as the offensive line coach in 2006. Since 2007, Philbin has served as the offensive coordinator for the Packers.

During his time as the Packers offensive coordinator, Philbin has seen the Packers offense ranked in the top ten of the league every year.

Philbin first interviewed with the Dolphins on January 7th, only to have his 21-year-old son, Michael, go missing in the early morning hours on the 8th. On Monday, January 9th, Michael's body was recovered from the Fox River in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Philbin is the tenth head coach in Miami Dolphins history.

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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice

Now go get Flynn and Clements too!

Don't leave out Finley
doubt we have the cap room for finley AND flynn

Unless they come cheap to be with their former OC.

Hey, it could happen
No to Flynn!!!
I would only consider it since Philbin is here

nFlynn has been studying Phil’s offense. IF Phil think he has “it” I’m open to the idea. Not my first choice though

I believe Philbin will bring him in if he feels the kid is for real
He might, but it will be expensive

We would be better served to use our FA moneys elsewhere.

We would be better served to use our FA moneys elsewhere.

And what other “elsewhere” would you be preferring that is money would be served instead of the most important position on the field?

The money is best served on the most important position on the field IMO. And that is QB. If we swing and miss with FLynn, fine. It isn’t like we haven’t wasted money on other positions that missed. Its about time we take a chance wither with money or draft picks on the most important position on the field. There is no other position that needs to be fixd on this team more.

I absolutely agree with this:
Its about time we take a chance wither with money or draft picks on the most important position on the field.

Key word: draft picks. We can get plenty of key players in free agency and use our picks to get our QB. I think it’s silly to tie up a huge amount of money on a player with two starts.

I think it’s silly to tie up a huge amount of money on a player with two starts.

Maybe, but we’ve done more crazier things, and this one could work.

If we can get him cheap (5M a year), then it couldn't hurt

but we still need to draft a QB fairly early. If we did go the Flynn route, getting a guy like B.J. Coleman in the 5th round wouldn’t be a terrible option.

If we did go the Flynn route, getting a guy like B.J. Coleman in the 5th round wouldn’t be a terrible option.

I wouldn’t mind this. And I do understand your concern about the money, but its just like, for too many years we’ve being doing patch work. Not really taking a “real chance” with the most important position on the field. Real chance = like paying a QB REAL money or spendin a 1st rounder a “franchise qb”.

For the love of God lets take a chance. Get Flynn or RG3, I’d be happy with either, just TAKE A CHANCE.

I understand completely

I’m just not a fan of the free agent route. I’d rather go the 1st round route. But if we do sign Flynn and he becomes a franchise QB, I’ll be the first to admit I was wrong about him… happily.

Flynn

If Philbin thinks that Flynn is the player to have then I believe him…

We have tried crazier things except draft a QB in the 1st in nearly 30 years:)
They'll weigh the ROI

and make a decision

Penny Wise, Dollar Foolish

It makes no sense to cheap out on a qb if we’ve got the real deal in reach. Better than anyone on this board or on the Miami staff, Philbin is going to know if Flynn is worth the money we’ll have to spend. It makes no sense to let anyone else make the call on Flynn.

Was listening to The Ticket 790 with Ben Volin

and they reported it………

Great hire, hope he doesn’t bring Flynn

Completely agree
Completely disgree
Completely indifferent
The shocking story of the day! :P
Completely agree

No Flynn. Lets see what Moore can do and re-sign Henne for one more year to compete.

That is almost as bad as bringing in Flynn

I will be ok with them bringing Flynn in only because Philbin will know him better than anyone. Flynn won’t sell out the stadium though, RG3 will.

Moore showed us what he can do, he is a stop-gap/ solid backup at best.

Moore showed us what he can do, he is a stop-gap/ solid backup at best.

^^ This

Great News

for once

I'll be damned

Maybe Ross has two functioning brain cells after all!

he's made the right decisions when it comes to coaching picks

Harbaugh would’ve been a good pick-up.

Picks, yes

but the company clown-car isn’t a good tactical move

glad its all over

But after looking at everything, I have a feeling a few years down the road we may end up regretting this. OC from the electric Green Bay Packers sounds great but the fact that he is an offensive line guy who didn’t controll the playcalling its a huge warning sign. Hopefully they know better than I do but I’m not gonna lie I’m worried a bit. Prove me wrong Philbin.

Play calling doesn't mean anything

usually a HC doesn’t call the plays anyways.

Yep

He’ll have an OC who will call the plays.

Clements?
It will be interesting to see.
Or maybe its his time to start calling them...

Everybody who’s good at it must have started at some point without any experience…

Truthfully, we would find some area of concern with any hire

So lets see how it pans out

oh yeah im excited

Hopefully he can take this super talented underperforming team we have and propell us back to greatness and I will give him an oportunity to see everything he brings, just have a feeling this may be one of those things that turns sour. Though I hope I’m completely wrong.

azchad68

Who made up the plan that coach McCarthy called the plays from? The man, in question, has called these plays 1000’s of times over and over and over in his head as they go out. Dude has it, hes got it. Pre-season to get adjusted, 1 or 2 games live, MIAMI is a contender.

What’s to stop him from trying to bring in the guy from GB who was calling the plays and making him the OC?

McCarthy, their HC, called the plays.

And GB could block Miami from bringing any of their assistants. The only moves teams can’t deny is the right for an assistant to land a HC position.

Are you sure? I thought the rule was that they could bring them in if they were getting promoted.

http://www.windycitygridiron.com/2009/11/25/1173920/rules-on-hiring-nfl-coaches

What I’m reading there contradicts what you said.

Here is an article that discusses about the Bears blocking such a move.

Sorry, but Windy City Gridiron is wrong. You can’t hire a QB Coach away to be OC without permission from the other team.

http://espn.go.com/chicago/nfl/story/_/id/7473785/source-chicago-bears-coordinator-mike-tice-interview-oakland-raiders-head-coach-job

I'm sure.

It’s not necessarily a promotion thing. You may think going from a QB Coach to an OC is a promotion, but teams can, and have blocked the moves. The only moves that can’t be blocked are coaches going from position/assistant/coordinator positions to HC.

I stand corrected. Thanks for the info.

woah! finally!

Glad to see this pick. Even though either mcCoy or Philbin would have been good picks

BTW good job getting this up quickly Mosul

This was up at the same time I heard it on the radio. Crazy. lol

I have to guess you had this prepped just in case ;)

yeah, he probably had three pre-written

One for philbin, one for McCoy and one for Bowles. He just posted the philbin one with a few adjustments.

I don't know what you are talking about.
lmao

Its the only way you can get them up that fast without any typos

Maybe now we can cut the ties to all the Cowboys' rejects and refuse
Does that mean Tom Clements is coming?

Or is he going to take the OC job at GB?

Wow WTF ......well I'm surprised....but I'll get behind him!
SWEET

now lets get RG3.

^This^
DO IT!

Do it NOW!

.... how lol?
Fuel up Phin Phorce 1

and go to his house and get him. Screw a draft, we’re the Phins. We do what we wanna! Ross, make it happen!

Look lower down the page
Looking...
Nice Hire

Just what we needed now let’s get the rest of the staff together and start scouting.

for the rest of the coaching staff

It will either be daboll or clements at OC. At DC it will be someone like spagnuolo or del rio or bowles.

Spagnuolo was hired as NO DC already
aww :(
Keep

Bowles, keep Daboll, pick up RGIII, and call Fish-who on the phone and say “Fuck you, see you in South Beach when we whoop that ass, BITCH!”

Enter

Terry Tate with a flying tackle!

Great Hire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is wonderful news, curious if Ross or any of his associates looked at local polls to guage which canidate would be best recieved in Miami?

yes!

…and he’s going to try to hire bowles as dc per #insideslant

YES, YES, YES!

And my sig’s streak continues.

OK can you now put one up about RG3 coming to town?
WOW!!!!!!

And we thought it was Mccoy!!!

But I’m still WOW!!! This is awesome!!!

Flynn here we come. No QB in the first round.

Flynn here we come. No QB in the first round.

Why does everyone assume that? Ireland is still in charge of personnel.

I assumed that even before this hire
Do we bring in Kevin Greene as DC?

Look at what he has done with Hawk and Matthews in GB. Imagine what he might be able to do with Dansby and Wake.

doesnt look like it

Look a few comments up, he is trying to get bowles as DC.

I think that's a good possibility.

It will either be Greene or Bowles.

Isn't Bowles a "leading canidate" for the Oakland job?
Just like McCoy was the leading candidate in Miami? :)
OUCH!

Guess he shouldn’t have blown off that interview after all, huh?

He's under consideration.
Is Assistant Head coach a more valueable position than Defensive Coordinator?

Would Bowles want to come back to Miami to be the DC after he has been an Assistant Heach Coach and an Interim Heach Coach?

That's been all the speculation, since he has never been a DC.

And many teams are looking at him for DC positions right now too.

You could very easily make him DC and “Assistant HC” still.

One among many.

We haven’t settled on anyone yet. But Winston Moss is the most likely now that y’all got Philbin.

Let's go baby!!!! Yes yes yes!!!!!!
Glad they chose him from the group they reported to have been interviewing

Finally we can move on from the last 41,582 posts about who the next coach might be

WOOOOWWWW. Go Ross!!! Philbin means we go OLB first round
Probably still Riley Reiff in round 1

Ireland is still going to be the one making those calls.

I'm betting Oakland will be next to name a head coach

Now that the race is one to grab some Green Bay coaches

glad its not mccoy

woulda liked them to at least talk to carmichael jr…but in om board with philbin….now sign matt flynn….not into dolphins giving up this years draft for 1 player(rg3)

very cool, now we have a coach ! I guess we know who's the boss now ... take that ireland !
now comes the wait to see what staff he brings in, hint ,hint mosul. daily asst. coach watch now , lol
I guess Ross' "young Don Shula" phrase can now be lumped with "Henne can be Miami's greatest QB"

since he’s not young

Sure he is.

Shula’s 82. Philbin is younger.

We don’t know at what age Ross meant to compare a coach for the “young” part of that statement.

He said that would be the ideal hire

but he would look to get the right guy.

I like this move better than Fisher
This is great! Just the dude I wanted!

That was weird to type right next to my wife……

I feel soooo bad for McCoy

He turned down that Oakland offer cuz he was so sure he was gonna get the job. SMH, we could use a coordinator mr. McCoy :)

we would need permission from Denver

not gonna happen. Maybe Haley, Clements,

I don't really feel too bad.

As someone currently changing employment myself, I can tell you that you never turn down ANY offers until you have the contract you want in hand.

That's soemthing I'm interested in. The reports stated that he had turned down Oakland...

I hope he wasn’t mis-lead….and makes our FO look even worse with yet another black mark.

Not our fault

He hadn’t even had his second interview yet at that point.

yes

Is it possible that Ross finally made the right move

I think Philbin will give Belchick the biggest Chess match

McCoy will be a good coach too, but he was no match for Belchick as of now. Philbin gives us our best shot.

He comes to Miami from one of the best run organizations in professional sports

Let’s hope he brings a little of that with him.

Congrats to Coach Philbin. Here is to building a winner we all deserve.
hear, hear ! welcome coach!
PCJ

What happend to pete carmichael??
Never understood why he went of the radar

okay Ross!!!

I am very, very excited!!! I have one plea to all on here. After the tragedy to Coach Philbin and his family, can we please give him the support and benefit of some time before anyone puts him down for anything? I am so happy, and Ross did really well. Let’s rally behind our new leader, and mover forward together!! Phin Nation baby!!!

Well said!

Give him a week off with no duties, get him lined up with a place, Phin Phorce 1 for him and the family, and private beach access. Then, let him get to work.

phinomenol,

How’s the movie script coming along? Let’s get this rolling.

Oh it's on!

Writing it as the saga unfolds. It’s premiers the Thursday after the superbowl next year! Filming will be every Monday to chronicle the week leading up to the smackdown we just laid!

yessssss thank you jesus or tebows dad or what ever you by these days thank you
I am in no way trying to be negative

But what exactly has Philbin done that has everyone so excited?

hes helped built that packers offense
He can bring some successful coaches to our coaching staff

Bring a QB which will allow us to move down in the draft collecting more picks which will enable us to fill more needs

nothing…i just hope its not cam cam all over again

Always that chance taking a first time head coach

However, for all his faults Ross has been a decent evaluator of coaches.

I agree

I like Ireland’s talent evaluation, but I was hoping Ross trusted in himself and pulled rank on this one.

“Sit back Lil Jeffy, I got this one! "

Can he PLEASE bring in Tom Clements??? (Packers QB Coach)
^This^
This may have been one of the deciding factors!
Would it be as QB coach or OC?
Think he's still under contract with Packers

So in order to come here it would have to be a promotion to OC.

this X over 9000
Mando on nfl network
Eww
I get nervous whenever he's on the national spotlight

God knows that idiot can say something stupid

isnt that kinda like brown streaks inside ya shorts?

lol

“I just Mando’d my shorts!”

lmao

If there is one thing Fin fans do well…it’s make up names for players, coaches, and anyone associated with the team

i'm really pleased about this hire
Mr. Ross will be so happy , lol
what did he ask for in terms of control and GM?
I'm sure he's not going to get to much final say since he's a first time head coach and all
well he needs to have the opportunity to say what he wants and needs. Defense is pretty good, but i honestly hope we sign flynn
YESSSS

Welcome to South Beach, Joe. Super Bowl here we come!!

West Coast offense combined with a solid defense = SUCESS!

nice to see some support for the team and the over all nice change of doom and gloom.

i am glad to.. i was hoping that this would be the guy to get.. he gets my support 100 perc cent.

as my great grand pappy use to say: only folks who look for silver linnings ever actually find them

My grand pappy always said

Fuck off you little shit. Ah memories

Out of what we were choosing from, I think this was the best choice.

Now, if he can bring in a talented staff and (hopefully) Flynn, a few impact players in the draft we should be good.

I pray right now this man knows what he is doing and in NO WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM is another Cam Cameron. In Jesus name, Amen.-)

Was that a positive post from Neo??????

Quick, someone check on the weather in Hell.

It's 6 foot deep in drift's

deamons are making snowmen as we speak

There you are Neo... I was waiting to read your thoughts bro. Happy? I am ecstatic!
I didn't want McCoy or Bowles

Best of the 3 IMO

Wonder how McCoy feels, cancelling the Oakland interview... lol
GG
Gang Green?
They are trying to poach

Daboll! Quick, someone text Rex a foot shot!

I sent one of Big Foot...
Woooooo

If you’ll excuse me, I’m going naked Tebowing through the streets!

Good Game

Cause he is screwed

I'm wondering the same thing,

The wind just got kicked from my sails a little bit…cause I was expecting McCoy…

Im glad thats over, great pick Ross, mighta had to give GB 2 williams sisters to make it happen
Guys

Despite everything, I’m just so happy. Lets all get behind Philbin. I think he’ll be fine.

So now….Merilius 1st round?

i like the fact that most people on this site are positive about this.

same.. it is a breath of fresh air actualy

Dude I'm thrilled

Can’t wait for free agency and the draft

i cant wait either. Lets be honest, wannstedt, cameron, saban and sparano have most people feeling a bit unsure, but philbin seems like the guy we can be successful with
You know what they say

3rd 4th 5th times a charm

lol........ yup. 5th time lucky
Call it a brief reprieve

I’m sure the draft and FA will bring everyone back to themselves lol

Me, too!

Think this is a good move, and can’t wait to see where it goes / grows from here.

Feels strange seeing this many Dolphin fans with a positive outlook

So either this was the right move, or none of us know what we’re talking about lol

Or it's both. lol
I read somewhere that although Philbin doesn't call plays

He creates the game plan

I'm excited about that

Take advantage of the opponent and not just

RUN! noo wait, run the other way. No wait, throw it to Marshall. Run between the tackles!

But coach, there are six guys there!

Just RUN!

Welcome

DolPhil

That's what the reports are saying.
I have to believe that Peterson played a major role in this decision as well

If so I say bravo Mr. King Carl

how so?
It was reported that both Ross and Peterson were high on Philbin
ok wasnt aware of that....... was peterson just part of the hiring process as i read?
not sure but I wouldn't be surprised if he accepts a full time position with team soon
in what capacity?
It was also reported that McCoy was all but a shoe in

So……… don’t believe it. There was not a thing reported from the Dolphins since they said they were interviewing McCoy. There wasn’t even a leak, everything was pure speculation on all the medias part.

Just saw this:
Confirmed that it’s Philbin. And a new era starts
Officially released from the Dolphins?
I love this!!!!!!!!!!!!!WINNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Finally, an offensive minded coach. hopefully he can get dabol fired up to make some offensive plays. Steps to make things happen:
1. Get a new RT
2. Pick up a QB in RGIII or commit to Moore
3. QB to Gates to open up the Running game
4. Commit Clay to TE or FB + pick up a TE in draft
5. Win games!!!

not move jerry to RT? thoughts?
if he pans out...

I would love to save the cap space and if he can play RT like he did LT for Long YES! Think of the splash can make if we don’t have to spend a fortune on a RT. I really like we only need a RT and our line is set, maybe even revert back to zone blocking instead of man blocking.

jerry

like to see jerry progress and earn the starting spot…but competiton breeds success..nothing wrong with a little o-line depth…i wouldnt mind reiff..hes a future pro bowler

NO....

Seriously, what team in the NFL has 4 first rd draft picks on the Oline? I like reiff but we can’t keep using picks on the O-line. At some point we need to make a O-line strategy change if it isn’t working. Please take a OLB or CB before another 1st round O-lineman

If we aren't taking a QB in the first, we have to take a player at a higher impact position

Like you said, a CB or pass rusher would be a better value.

^This^
HIGH IMPACT!!!

I seriously think we are going to stick with Moore at QB. Being committed to him and Devlin as our backup, we’ll probably get another project QB in the draft, whether a 2nd or UDFA like Moore out of Boise, so count one draft pick going to that. So with an offensive minded HC I say one Offense pick and one Offense FA then Def. SS Bell is great but older and can be cut as much as it pains me to say, A great OLB and CB are needed most. My honest 1st rd pick will be best TE or WR, then CB or OLB, then CB or OLB, then safety picks – O line err, LB, DBs. The Wr or TE bothers me most because we have sure handed Wrs most years with Hartline, Bess, Marshall but never utilized them or they had terrible drops/fumbles like this year. I’m now worried about or Def seeing as Nolan is gone.

Welcome aboard, Joe

You have to be better than the last four dumbasses

lmao

love the optimism

Packers Offensive Coordinator Joe Philbin addressed members of the media on Wednesday, January 26, to discuss the team’s Super Bowl XLV berth.

http://www.packers.com/media-center/videos/Offensive-Coordinator-Joe-Philbin-PC/fc368507-bb63-49c5-bffa-f70d2903eab2

this guy definately has an aura about him

I think the team will take to him very quickly

I doubt our cap space will allow for us to sign Flynn

since his contract would take up most of it.

whats it going to take to sign him in your opinion?
Flynn is going to get a Kevin Kolb-esque contract...

Which is a $65M contract with $20M in guarantees. As I saw on twitter:

Unless Flynn comes to #Dolphins on a discount because of Philbin, the Fins are going end up breaking the bank for a guy with 2 #NFL starts.

But I also saw this:

The Dolphins discussed Matt Flynn with Joe Philbin during the interview process as a fact-gathering exercise. No guarantees it happens.

I’m so surprised that everyone is so high on a guy with 2 career starts against two bad defenses.

Agreed

You don’t hire a coach so you might maybe get to pay a lot of money for a guy with a couple of big wins while driving an offensive juggernaut. We can’t assume Flynn is Rodgers Redux.

I'd rather spend the FA money on Carl Nicks or Mario Williams (read that he MIGHT be a free agent)

We can draft a QB and let Moore run things until the rookie is ready. Plus I think we will get outbid for Flynn anyway. So unless he does take the discount, he’ll be somewhere else.

From what I saw on tv the other day

It is gonna cost them a ridiculous amount to franchise Williams, so if he wants out then he can hit the open market in which case I would love to put him opposite of Wake, itd be a brutal tandem. Nicks would also be a good pick up. The main reason I would like to see Flynn land somewhere else is because it would take out one team from the running for RG3. Im hoping Shanahan feels the heat in his seat and takes Flynn. Us vs the Browns sounds like pretty good odds to me and would help down the price a bit.

Problem with Williams is he will very expensive

He will most likely end up in NE. As for here, he’s not a great fit in a 3-4, but we could move to a 4-3 and not have to resign Soliai.

Don't know about that
he’s not a great fit in a 3-4,

He had 5 sacks in 5 games as OLB in 2011

I think he's more effective as a 4-3 DE
Probably but he would amazing on the other side of Wake :)
He would indeed
He's going to be effective regardless

He’s just a freakish athlete. Averaging a sack per game playing a position that you’ve never played before is pretty impressive. Now he has some experience with it and an entire offseason to process that information. I’d take him no matter what defensive scheme we end up running.

Unfortunately I don't see Houston letting him test the UFA waters
They might not be able to prevent it actually

And there’s a few reasons its definitely plausible he makes it out, They not only have him but Arian Foster who would need to be signed and I see Foster being the top worry in their eyes. If they wanted to go the other way and franchise tag him, It would cost them a HUGE amount of money (Ive heard 20 mill!) and lastly the team really did not suffer a huge drop off when they lost him this year, combine the three and you may have the firestorm that just might land Williams in Aqua. One can dream cant they? lol

Arian Foster is a RFA though.

They can put the highest tender on him and franchise Mario. That is the most likely scenario if neither are signed before FA starts.

Agreed that this is most likely (just trying to convince myself we have a chance lol)

But Houston may look to go another direction considering that their defense remained strong without him. Of course they could always sign him and trade him on draft day to move up.

Definitely don't think that will happen.

If Houston resigned Mario, it’d be very expensive for them to trade him because of a cap hit. Houston’s D was strong without Mario, but I bet they think they can be elite with him. There’s just no chance they let him go.

The main reason I would like to see Flynn land somewhere else is because it would take out one team from the running for RG3.

So mortgage our draft picks for a QB that we don’t know is franchise either. DOn’t get me wrong I like RG3. But the facts are, we are gonna spend the money and its gonna hurt us in FA, or we are gonna spend the picks on the draft and hurt us in the draft. And none of the QB we will be getting shows no more promise than the other of being “elite”.

Would Williams be classified as LB or DE?

I am sure he would make the same argument Suggs did and win so the FT from NFL.com: Defensive end: $10.6 million (down from $13 million in 2011, $12.4 million in 2010); Jason Jones, Mario Williams*

I don't think Houston lets him go, but IMO, he will go to a 4-3 team where he can get a big contract

and play his more natural position.

Me either

But he’ll make just as much money as a 3-4 OLB as a 4-3 DE. Money won’t be a factor it will be what he is more comfortable/ likes the best.

Gotta have faith

Nothing in the NFL is a sure thing, you gotta take a chance sometime. I don’t seen Flynn as a “Kolb”, I see him as a “Schaub”. Another backup QB not getting playing time because he is sitting behind a MVP.

yeah, but we're not talking about signing him to a $3-4M a year deal like some may think

It’s going to be $8-10M a year like Kolb’s contract, which will destroy most of our cap.

I don't care

We are gonna have to roll the ball sometime. Now is a better time than ever. Go for it!

Then let's go for it by trading up and taking Griffin

He will be cheaper and have just as much potential as Flynn.

Either RG3 or Flynn, I'd be happy

RG3 will be cheaper money wise, but he will cost us a ransom in draft picks, either way you are gonna pay and none of them are promised. Flynn comes in knowing the system and if he is gonna be good, its now in this system, no learning curve.

We will find a way!!!

Familiar with each other = success … + not needin
G a QB in the draft will be huge!

just ask him about the weather, he's ours.
i say that as its pissing down here in Australia and really cold for the middle of summer mind you
Well, when we are 8-8 again with yet another backup, what will fans say then?

especially when we can’t trade or cut him with his massive contract.

so u say no to flynn, stay with moore or henne and get barkley next year?
I'm not opposed to trading up for RG3

but I can also handle trading down and drafting Tannehill later. While Flynn would allow us to eschew drafting a QB again, he will also hurt our cap space. Plus it’s not like we can’t find another Flynn somewhere else.

No one knows what the cap is even going to be yet

The 2011 cap was actually less than 2009 and the players only accepted in the new CBA because it was suppose to go up significantly.

So,....he spent a year in Athens, Ohio @ Ohio University.

Although it’s not the Buckeyes,…I’ll take the Ohio/Dolphins connection anyway I can get them,….lol.
And FYI,….Ohio University is one hell of a party school so I’ve been told.

Needless to say, he has my full support ! Go get’em Joe !!!

You'll probably be photographed talking with him on the sidelines next season... LOL
last time I was on the sideline I bumped into the man with the money,....

<img src="http://Photobucket"/>

I'm not even surprised... LOL
FU*K!!

That’s jealousy anger.. lol

The question is....

Did you follow him picking up the $100 bills that have to be just falling out of his pockets?

... as his lips were glued to his ass.
I wish,.....

I got lucky on this pic. He was down on the field for some sort of pre-game activity. Once I spotted him, I positioned myself so he would have to walk right by me while he was leaving the sidelines. Dude was power walking and on a mission with an assistant and two very large guards with him in tow. So if there was money falling of his pockets, I was leaving that for his goons. I was just happy to get the picture ( as you can see ) !

wow
Hahaha... Hell yeah. Ohio is the man! Total access right there.
I'M WITH YA, BROTHER!

been an Ohio Dolphins fan for for over 40 years. It ain’t easy being us!

I was at Browns Stadium the game that Marino blew out his achilles. dressed in all my Dolphins garb, i watched Scott Mitchell win the game for us. One time before I die, I wish I could go to Miami & see a game there. These fair weather fans piss me off so bad sometimes.

Let’s ban together and watch this grow!

Dave

I was at that game too !

From Toledo, but now I travel with work. Been coming to Florida during the Winter for the last 5 seasons.
I was also at the game in Cleveland this year as well. About 20+ years ago I lived in Lakewood for a year,….

Know the feeling, finally made it to my first game in Miami last year.

Wasa lot of fun, would have been better with a win.

just because,....

fail,...2nd attempt

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Ball, ball, dick in the middle?

lol

So when does Miami play?
Welcome Joe!

I live in Ohio, and watch the agony of Browns fans every year. I have been a Die hard Dolphins fan since their 1st Superbowl, when the Cowboys beat “My team,” and I spouted off to my family: “You just wait, my team’s gonna kick everybody’s ass next year.” Ummmmm….. we went 17 – 0. Don Shula was my “wanna be dad,” and I have never wavered since. I Love this team, and Joe Philbin, I welcome you with open arms! Dave Howard is now your biggest fan. Sincere condolences to you & your family on your loss. God Bless & give you strength.

TO ALL DOLPHIN FANS: PLEASE, give this man’s regime time to BUILD A WINNER!!!!!!!! I am so damned sick of the “instant gratification” fans. It takes time & stability to build a dynasty. Just ask our Browns how they feel about firing bill B. when he didn’t INSTANTLY WIN, and let him go. If you want instant gratification, grab a bottle of lotion, som Kleenex, and go hide in the bedroom for 15 minutes!

Settle the F#*k down, and let this man build from the ground up.

Nuff sed,

GO DOLPHINS!
Woo Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!

Be right back... grabbing some lotion
LOL! Don't forget the kleenex!
Remeber fans

How many seasons it took for Bill Cowher, Brian Billick, and even Don Shula took to win a super bowl.

IT AIN’T GONNA HAPPEN NEXT YEAR! Get over it, be a fanatic, be a respectable sport & a class act, and give our new coach & his staff time to mold a dynasty.

Bring it back Joe! Been a die hard for over 40 years, (God, I’m getting old). Just get us a ring again before I die.

Right with you

I also became a fan that first superbowl year.

I'm 32 so I've never witnessed a Dolphins championship

Unfortunately, I remember getting beat by San Francisco far more clearly than I should considering that I was only 5 when it happened. I don’t care about instant gratification. I do care about the coach, GM, and owner having a clear cut plan to make this team better. This franchise has been without direction for far too long. I’m hopeful that Philbin, with his experience in a well run organization like Green Bay, can help resolve this issue. Ireland finally got it together last year, and if the two of them can work together effectively we should be successful fairly quickly. There’s a decent amount of talent on this team already.

let the photoshopping begin

Philbin in dolphin gear ! Go get ’em Joe !

I'm sure they gave him the keys to the pro-shop behind the practice field,...

or a care package fed ex’ed to his location upon sealing the deal,….

Good God....

I’m a diehard Rams fan…but I like the Dolphins. Can’t believe you guys couldn’t get any one better for HC. BTW….Jeff Fisher told me to tell you guys hello!!! Lol

Fish-who?
Jeff Fisher sits down to pee
LMFAO!!!!! HAHAHAHA OH SHIT

Tell Fisher to send us a postcard from Wembley, and LA.

Now that's funny
He can rotate....
Have fun with Shottenheimer "Sanchizing" Bradford for you!

Good luck with that…NOT

Fisher is only good for one thing....... MUSTACHE RIDES!!!!!
SERIOUSELY? U GODDA BE JOKING! LMFAO

Us not getting Jeff Fisher was the highlight of my year :) Have you ever even took a look at the porn ’stache’s record? Wow. god be with you.

First 4 seasons: LOSERS.

17 years as a head coach: SIX WINNING SEASONS :(

Incase you can’t do math, that amounts to ELEVEN losing seasons!

get real, I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO glad we didn’t get this guy.

I hope Sam Bradford has an insurance policy on his spine.

Good luck with this loser, my friend.

don't hold back, tell us how you really feel ! lol
Well.....................

I feel a woodie coming on. time to grab the lotion & Kleenex, and go upstairs. I LOVE this hire!

lmao

Can you use a monkey?

don't fall for it dave , it's a trap !!!!
"you see

it sounds better if you imagine me having a giant fish head while saying it"

just say no Dave
you dont want Alpha in your head or hands or anywhere near you
That actually doesn't equal eleven losing seasons.

Technically, he has six losing seasons.

Five of them were exactly .500.

Just to make your point technically correct.

Can’t believe you are going to be rooting for the LARams. Tell Jeff he’s going back to Cali.

What about the

Rhode Island Rams?

I will root for my team all the way to England lol
Laugh now...

Cry later!

Wikipedia Fail

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Dolphins#Head_coaches

Wikipedia put Mike McCoy as the Head Coach lol

oop's someone did a premature ecoachulation !
They're unblocked?
It was just a 24 hour thing :)
NOW they changed it

NVM lol

I'm loving it!
You walked to your computer?

lol

Just for you!
Special Agent Gimp...
Awesome!

We finally have a scheme that doesn’t take Marino to be successful in.

I still say they pumo Marino up with stem cells

Get him taking snaps

if only that was legal, lol
lmao and the media thought there were no coaches out there that would make Miami fans happy, Fools!

Half the fan base would be holding their breath with Fisher here. Great pick Ross! you got the biggest prize this off season IMO. It just goes to show patience pays off. I can’t wait to see the coaching staff Philbin brings with him.

Just keep Nolan
He's gone dude.

Atlanta hired him….

a like liar, freak boy
Nope. You'll see....
yeppers

Keep Bowles as DC

well damn, go shit in your hand Nolan!!!!!!!
That's more like it
and you to Alpha for wishing him away
Damn you Alpha
Just to piss you off....
better to be pissed off then pissed on
So the other half can continue to bitch
I dont mind shaking up the O , but the D is starting to jell, leave it be
Get us a replacement now

For Bell. And have him practice hitting with him.

Jones will be SS when Bell is done
Free Safety J Wilson?
Would be curious to see how he would do at FS
We'll see

With Nolan gone I’m sure their would be changes. But for the most part we have dam good players on our D. I think any decent coordinator can pick up where Nolan left off.

I'm so happy I could cry

best of Luck to Philbin…i look forward to watching your team for many years. Let’s make a dynasty.

HELL YESSSSSSS !!!!!! PERFECT FIT BABY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO MIAMI !!!!
all right guys, answer honestly

What would you do if the dolphins won the SB next year, against the packers, with flynn (flynn vs. Rodgers, pupil vs. Master, padawan vs. Jedi, you get the point)? What would be your first thought.

but who's Princess Leia?
you pick
Jeff Fisher
Wouldn't he be the wrinkled old guy with a philosophy that's long since outdated and all but forgotten? As for Leia, take your pick of any of the 24 cheerleaders. I think I will go with the one whose name has a vowel in it.
Oh come on with that porn stashe of his

He would look great in a metal bikini

Btw someone photoshop that picture I’m begging you

I'd think I just woke up from fantasyland !

That or I smoked something reallllllllllly wicked. beam me up scotty ! somebody fluff the wookie please!

umm, i agree with the first part

Don’t even know how to respond to the 2nd part though.

sorry kiddo , i went into beaverland for a minute

won't happen again

Did they spank you with their tail?
don't imprint your fantasy on me , lol
They left imprints on your ass?!
and chew marks!!!
Ooooo, yeah, those front teeth elimiate a frontal attack... lol
Alpha is in charge of all fluffing duties I believe.
Mailing Fish-who a thank you card!
WELCOME COACH

LET’S DO THIS!!!

Even the trekkies are excited....

Flynn is a formality...

Expect a real good TE. Man..this offence will be exciting. I just hope Flynn delivers. He has to deliver. Philbin’s coaching career depends on it.

It is not a formality
You don't think? I hunk Flynn is on his way.
Have you ever heard of Dan Snyder?

He runs the Redskins. And if he’s in love with Flynnn he will throw Kolb money at him, maybe more …I don’t see us paying that …so it’s far from a given he’s here, we don’t even know who is interested innhim

It's possible, but not a given
Alpha would be interested to know

that you think Flynn is a hunk

MMMmmmm, I bet your Bahama is getting stiff
I'm back from work. What did I miss
Well, Daytona got spanked by beavers. A Ram's troll stopped by.

And Finhead chimed in using his wheelchair…

and earlier in another blog

Alpha got worn out working as a pivot man

Not's that true.

I didn’t wear out.

Philbin sounds happy to be here:
New Dolphins HC Joe Philbin calls hiring, "opportunity to become the head coach of one of the premier franchises in professional sports."
Joe Philbin: “The Dolphins have a strong nucleus to build around … I know that together we will return the team to its winning tradition.”
All I hear was that sound adults make on Charlie Brown

Whaa whaa whaa, whaa whaa

Let's do it

DolPhil
I’m with you dude, winning here we come!

KICKING THE ROCKS OVER IS OVER....

HC in place. Now it’s time to push forward and put this franchise back to its respectable position, at the top. Granted, it might take a year or so, but I see playoffs next year given all that is due to us fans. We’ve waited long and been true, us loyal fans. YOUNG GRASSHOPPER.

Sounds like he knows about us
Philbin: “I have seen how much the fans in So. Fl. care about the Dolphins, and that passion is 1 reason why I’m really excited to be here.”
maybe he's been secretly coming here?
nah... we're famous

or infamous… lol

YEAHHHH!!!!!

Now its time to translate your knowledge of how a winning org works to the dolphins brass!!!

OHHHH, HEEELLLLLLLL YYEEEAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!
Where you been man?
Dinner, Exercise, Shower.
After a long Friday, Dolphins fans finally learned their new head coach is........JOE PHILBIN!

IS ROSS TAKING CONTROL?????

By the looks of it, and buy all rights, the media and posts, blogs etc… had McCoy as our hc. NOTTTTTT.

There was nothing coming out from the Dolphins

The last actual Dolphin source used before this evening was Jeff Darlington said someone last Saturday was being interviewed (but no name) and the Dolphins said they were interviewing McCoy. Other than that all the information came from other areas (mostly from Denver) and was just speculation.

In fact the others like Jesse Agler, Ben Volin etc were commenting on how overly quiet it was. There was even little ramblings from Armando. No one knows how interviews went, who interviewed who, nothing. We may know more after the press conference tomorrow but I doubt it. After the Harbaugh incident Ross wanted to keep things internal as much as possible and it seems like he did a good job doing just that.

Classic ESPN report here

Gotta love how “Informed” John Clayton is when he says we chose Philbin over Mike McCoy “The defensive coordinator of the Dallas Cowboys.” Somebody break the news to ESPN that we are done with Cowboy castoffs.

Clayton is a buffoon of epic proportions
Hey guys I just heard we hired a head coach

I didn’t even know we were looking, if only there was a fansite that told us what was happening

Is that sarcasm? Cause it read like sarcasm... lol
Good sarcasm doesn't need the sarcasm font

not sure what your mean by that

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