DOLPHINS: Dave George Eats Crow

[Kristoffer Shields]

I think Bruce's first question is right--who can say?.  Personally, though, while I'd rather hit myself in the head with a coffee mug than root for a team coached by either of them, if I had to choose, I'd rather have Wannstedt.  He was impressively bad at judging talent, but he did at least take the team he inherited (with Jay Fiedler at QB and Lamar Smith at RB) to an 11-5 record and a playoff win.  I don't have any faith that Cameron could do that.  And it took Wannstedt a few years to completely lose the locker room--it seems like Cameron accomplished that in about 4 days.  Wanny was obviously way too conservative, but at least he seemed to have a plan (even it if often wasn't a very good one).  It seemed like Cameron had no idea what he was even trying to do.  Only Herm Edwards can match Cameron as a poor game manager.
 
Maybe Cameron will learn from his mistakes and grow into being a pretty good head coach, which Wannstedt couldn't do.  I sure wouldn't want to be the team who took that chance, though.> Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 10:54:35 -0600> From: brucegb at realtime.net> To: dolphins-disc at phins.com> Subject: Re: DOLPHINS: Dave George Eats Crow> > On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 01:06:13AM -0600, J. Prescott wrote:> >> > All summarized, to begin the debate, I simply pose the following question:> > if cam had been the head coach at the time wanstead was, would he have done> > as well, better, or worse?> > > Who can say? You can't simply compare records, because that> ignores the neglect the Dolphins suffered from da 'broom and> Nicklouse.> > Clearly, his first attempt at a head coach was a failure. > But that does not prove much - Billicheat was a failure in his> first attempt at Cleveland.> > Da 'broom was a double failure - Chicago and Miami. That > sets a pattern. Clearly he could not identify talent - he did> not inherit much offensively, he coasted the defenseo (and > everything else) and he will never live down the "what can> Trent Green do that..." line.> > CannedCam had one lousy season with a poorly managed team.> However, there is one fact that can not be overlooked - Canned> Cam, for all the BS he spewed, never followed his own maxim -> "failing forward fast". CannedCam failed repeatedly at game> management, and never showed a glimmer of improvement. That,> given his all too brief (and long!) time on stage, has to be> a key indicator of his HC ability (or, more likely, inability).> > Bruce> -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------> "I like bad!" Bruce Burden Austin, TX.> - Thuganlitha> The Power and the Prophet> Robert Don Hughes> > _______________________________________________> Dolphins-disc mailing list> Dolphins-disc at phins.com> https://www.phins.com/mailman/listinfo/dolphins-disc
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