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Mike Smith won Coach of the Year, beating Sparano by one vote.
Any other year, either of these guys would've won. Both took teams everyone else had given up for dead, and brought them to the playoffs.
Aside from the rookie QB, and first time RB starter, Smith's job was made tough by the spotlight left by Vick, and his shadow that must've still been in the dressing room. I'm sure he still had a lot of friends on the team that were having trouble forgetting him. The franchise was a train wreck.
But I still like the job Sparano did better. The Dolphins went 1-15 last year. He gets a rookie LT, pulls a QB off the scrap head (Pennington was outright released), loses Jason Taylor and Zach Thomas...and goes to the playoffs? Coulda made some bucks in Vegas with that prediction, I tell ya.
Any other year, either of these guys would've won. Both took teams everyone else had given up for dead, and brought them to the playoffs.
Aside from the rookie QB, and first time RB starter, Smith's job was made tough by the spotlight left by Vick, and his shadow that must've still been in the dressing room. I'm sure he still had a lot of friends on the team that were having trouble forgetting him. The franchise was a train wreck.
But I still like the job Sparano did better. The Dolphins went 1-15 last year. He gets a rookie LT, pulls a QB off the scrap head (Pennington was outright released), loses Jason Taylor and Zach Thomas...and goes to the playoffs? Coulda made some bucks in Vegas with that prediction, I tell ya.
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