Philbin to the 'Phins

[pbmax]

dp

[Fosco33]

Dolphilbins

[Joemailman]

I suspect he will be tempted to keep the D coaches since that part of the endeavor there has been pretty productive (an even better situation than Bates would have been for McCarthy). Anyone know if they kept everyone but Sparano under contract or did they throw the whole group out the door?

EDIT: The Miami Herald reports that the Dolphins would like to offer Mike McCoy the DC job. But as he was a candidate for the Head Coaching job, that might be awkward. And I am not sure Philbin wants to hire Stephen Ross' second choice which would make him the natural lightning rod for all the inevitable replacement talk if they should struggle. A source close to McCoy supposedly said that it has not been broached, but it would make some sense for him. It would be a lateral move from DC to DC, but rather than run John Fox's defense, he would get to run his own.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/2...ame-green.html

The Dolphins have interest in having Bowles serve as defensive coordinator – which was vacated by Mike Nolan’s move to Atlanta - but had not made him an offer as of Friday evening. Philbin reportedly is receptive to the idea of keeping Bowles, who was the Dolphins’ secondary coach the past four years.

[MadtownPacker]

I'm pretty sure our offense will do just fine without Philbin.

+1

Yeah last weekend sure proved he wasnt that valuable.

How many fumbles and dropped passes did philbin have....i didn't see any.

Guess sarcasim dont translate well online.

I meant that Philbin must mean alot to the team because his loss affected the whole team, especially the offense. It's like it took their fire.

[sheepshead]

Ohh yes. Let's reduce it to what's relative. The consummate argument to serve any need to be correct or ignore an issue.

Lighten up man, really.

[pbmax]

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/2...ame-green.html

Reading comprehension failed me again. I thought the first mention was McCoy and Bowles was the alternative. Not that that makes sense either, as McCoy is the OC in Denver.

So Bowles would really be Bates, including a stint as interim HC of the Phins.

[ND72]

I've never been impressed with him, but I wish him well. Nfl network this morning said he has spoken to Tom Clements to become their OC, and Perry in being their DC.

[sheepshead]

Is Clements under consideration as our OC?

[Joemailman]

I don't see Clements going to Miami as their OC unless Miami agrees to a trade for Flynn.

[mraynrand]

Philbin was the Packers 'everything.' He was the synthetic Castrol oil in their engine case, the silicone ball bearings in their Accuride drawer slides, the vasoline up their -----. Now he's GONE! GONE! AHHHHHHHRRRRGGGH!

They can't possibly carry on without him. Oh, THE HUMANITY!

[ThunderDan]

Ohh yes. Let's reduce it to what's relative. The consummate argument to serve any need to be correct or ignore an issue.

What is that crap?!!!

TT and MM have built an increadible team and coaching staff. Other NFL teams are going to want our talent. Period.

Are you saying that Philbin shouldn't want the opportunity to be a head coach? Why wouldn't he leave when the opportunity comes? There are only 32 head coaching spots and GM spots in the NFL. Are McKenzie and Philbin supposed to wait until TT and MM retire before they get their shot?

The is only 1 OC and DC per team. Now we can protect one of our best position coach by moving him to OC from QB coach.

[Joemailman]

http://eye-on-football.blogs.cbsspor...75988/34494159

When Philbin flew home to Green Bay from Miami after interviewing for the first time with owner Stephen Ross and general manager Jeff Ireland about two weeks ago, he said he was “at 30,000 feet in the air and felt great about things.”

Then, his son died and “we had a beautiful service eight days ago,” Philbin said. “I can’t tell you how touched we were as a family by the tremendous outpouring from the community.” He coached in the Packers loss last week vs. the Giants, and afterward, he said he felt dejected with what had happened to his life.

“I came home Sunday night and the TV hadn’t been on for a week,” Philbin said. “I don’t know, maybe the Dolphins had already hired a head coach. I talked to my son, Tim, and he asked me what the Dolphins were doing.

Said Joe: “I have no idea what they’re doing.”

“You’re going to go after the job, aren’t you?”

“I don’t know what I’m going to do.”

“You’d better go after that job. Your son, Michael, would have wanted you to go after the job.”

And that immediately changed Joe Philbin’s perspective. Snapped him, for the time being at least, out of his funk. “That,” he said, “was the start of me getting back and getting moving again.”

[Bretsky]

It's pretty widely reported the Miami really liked some of its defensive coaches and Philbin was ok with keeping some of them on his staff and that factored into the decision. Maybe he won't purge our staff.

MM, you can name Clements the OC anytime now......plz

[Joemailman]

Post # 10,000!!!

I hope Clements stays, but I'm actually not that worried about it. He's already being interviewed for at least one HC job, so if the Packers don't lose him this year, there's a good chance they will next year. For all we know, MM has someone on his staff who he thinks would make as good an OC as Clements.

[Iron Mike]

Post # 10,000!!!

I hope Clements stays, but I'm actually not that worried about it. He's already being interviewed for at least one HC job, so if the Packers don't lose him this year, there's a good chance they will next year. For all we know, MM has someone on his staff who he thinks would make as good an OC as Clements.

McAdoo.