Shula pushed very hard for the Dolphins to hire Marty when he retired/got fired. Marty is an unbelievable coach. 200-126-1

Worked previously with peterson


He is our guy. Bring in Brian to offset the Sparano hiring

Brian??? BARF!!

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jlyell13 Wrote:
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> Shula pushed very hard for the Dolphins to hire
> Marty when he retired/got fired. Marty is an
> unbelievable coach. 200-126-1
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> Worked previously with peterson
>
>
> He is our guy. Bring in Brian to offset the
> Sparano hiring


That projects to between a 9-7 and a 10-6 average record per season. Almost every division champ has to at least go 11-5.

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> That projects to between a 9-7 and a 10-6 average
> record per season. Almost every division champ
> has to at least go 11-5.


Jon Gruden had a career .540 winning percentage, which translates to between 8-8 and 9-7 on average.

Bill Cowher had a .623 winning percentage, which translates to almost exactly 10-6 every year.

Even Bill Belichik only wins on average just over 10 games per year (.643 winning percentage). Bill Walsh was even worse at .609.

By this rationale, none of these coaches are/were good enough since they didn't average at least 11 wins per year.

The important thing isn't that they win at least 11 games every year. Even the best coaches will have the occasional 9-7 or even (gasp) 8-8 season, which brings the average down.

Schottenheimer took over 3 bad teams (the Brown, Chiefs, and Chargers) and was able to build each of them into a playoff team within the first 3 years there. His last year with the Chargers they went 14-2 only to lose in the playoffs.

I wouldn't be opposed to bringing him in. He's not a long term solution being 68 years old, but I think he would be able to turn the team around and bring respectability to it. After 3 or 4 years, thank him for his services and bring in another younger coach to get the team over the final hump, like Tampa Bay did when they replaced Dungy with Gruden, and Indy did when they replace Mora with Dungy.

Might be a good option if we could grab RGIII.

10-6 is an upgrade! It will take a couple of years and solid drafts and FA signings to get to 11-13 wins