Dolphins' Head Coach search

The Miami Dolphins are in talks with their first head coach search candidate as we speak, one day after concluding their season. The team is today meeting with former Atlanta Falcons head coach Mike Smith.

DolFan 316 wrote:It's going to be Shanahan, because he won a Super Bowl 18 years ago. And if he turns it down then Campbell will be re-hired because nobody else really wants the job.

Is Teryl Austin black BTW? I'm asking because I suspect he's only being interviewed to satisfy that Rooney Rule that every other team knows how to skirt except the Fins.

HalCHorn wrote:re: Austin.  Yes.  And that may well be, though he warrants an interview IMO.

finfanatic wrote:I will be shocked, SHOCKED I SAY....if Dan Campbell gets anything more than a token interview.

Hal makes a good point though.....Saban.

If he wins another title with Alabama, might his ego not want to come back to the place he FAILED, and prove all of us wrong about him?

I saw where he said if he had gotten Brees while in Miami, he would still be in the NFL??

And Saban is an arrogant terd, but I do think he knows what it takes to build a team, and this time, he knows that giving credence to the NFL "braintrust" might not be the best course of action, especially when it comes to personnel?

JMP wrote:Smith certainly had some success with Atlanta, before the wheels fell off.  I don't know...he's not a guy that excites me, but he is more qualified than most of the names being thrown around.    

Armando wrote:
The club is scheduled to interview former two-time Super Bowl winning coach Mike Shanahan, search point man Mike Tannenbaum said Monday. And Detroit Lions defensive coordinator Teryl Austin also is scheduled to interview.

The schedule the remainder of the week per multiple sources:

Buffalo Bills running back coach Anthony Lynn is scheduled to interview on Wednesday. Chicago Bears offensive coordinator Adam Gase is scheduled to interview on Thursday.

Dolphins interim coach Dan Campbell, who had a 5-7 record during his stint, is scheduled to interview on Friday.

That will round out a week that included former Atlanta Falcons head coach Mike Smith on Monday.

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Chip Kelly was vacationing in Key West recently. The Dolphins have shown no interest best I can figure.

Sean Payton has signaled he's ready to jump from New Orleans and the asking price is a No. 2 draft pick. The Dolphins, you'll remember, talked to me about giving up two No. 3s instead. But either Payton isn't interested in them or they aren't interested in him or both, based on what has transpired so far.

And I simply find it hard to believe Stephen Ross is going to be fine without at least making a pitch for a big-name talent. By the way, Ross is in New York. The Dolphins search committee is now in New York. What just happened in New York on Monday? What important NFL coaching story just shook Gotham?

Thinking ....

Oh yeah, Tom Coughlin stepped down as the New York Giants head coach at age 69. He didn't want to, folks. This was Coughlin seeing the writing on the wall (Book of Daniel in the Bible for you heathens) and beating a graceful retreat instead of waiting to be fired. But he still wants to coach. And far-fetched as this sounds, why wouldn't the Dolphins talk to the guy?

He's in New York. They're in New York. The Dolphins are all about New York!!!!

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This year's crop of coaching talent is "horrible," as one league source told me Sunday. Another called it, "weak." It is especially bad if Payton doesn't want to come to Miami (that's my guess of what this is about).

So here is a crazy, out-of-the-box idea: The Dolphins interview Coughlin. And they interview everyone else they are considering. And if Coughlin still has his fastball, I go with Coughlin.

As long as he lets Campbell be on his staff -- kind of as the coach in waiting. This will require Campbell to also nail his interview, by the way.

Anyway, you hire Coughlin, you know he's going to be able to put together a strong staff because he's Tom freakin' Coughlin. And putting together a strong staff is a major consideration for the Dolphins. And you know he's going to be able to give you that much-needed culture change Ross said Sunday was needed because you're letting him loose on a locker room that badly needs it for a couple of years. And Coughlin has worked all his Giants career with a strong GM so he's not going to moan about Tannenbaum having major say over personnel decisions.

And in a couple of years when Coughlin is ready to step away, the culture has been changed, and perhaps Campbell is ready ...

Voila!

Smooth transition.

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Sound far-fetched? No more far-fetched than considering Anthony Lynn a serious candidate.

JMP wrote:My problem with Coughlin is his age.  If the Phins were close to winning, I'd be all over Coughlin.  But IMHO this team is at least 2-3 years away from competing, and that's only if they suddenly figure out how to draft well and stop throwing tons of cash at overrated free agents.  Not sure a soon-to-be 70-year old head coach is the right fit.

The Dolphins asked permission to speak to three AFC East assistants (Patriots coordinators Josh McDaniels and Matt Patricia and Bills assistant head coach Anthony Lynn) and Tannenbaum said all coaches interviewed will be asked “theirs assessments on everything. We’re going to come out of this — and I have in the past — better for it. We’re going to learn a ton.

“We’re going to hear things we don’t want to hear. But that’s really, frankly, the only way we’re going to get better. That includes their assessment of our quarterback. And, you know, how do we win our division? What do you see as our perceived strengths? What are our weaknesses?”