DOLPHINS: MNF

[Kristoffer Shields]

I think you can definitely make the case that being a great player and being a great coach/analyst are two very different things (the flip side of that is that the networks shouldn't be hiring every star player who retires....which I think is one of the reason so many of us have stopped watching pre-game shows, but anyway).  But Millen is a slightly different situation.  What he talks about in his analyst role and what he was supposed to do as GM aren't all that much different.  When he criticizes a team for taking so-and-so in the draft, it's pretty hard not to think about the irony....

> From: richiewohlers at gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:35:49 -0700
> To: dolphins-disc at phins.com
> Subject: Re: DOLPHINS: MNF
> 
> Why?  How many successful GM's and coaches are also HOF players?  Very few -
> if any.  Most coaches and GM's are guys who had little success at the pro
> level as players.  Knowing how to do something, being able to evaluate
> others doing it and being able to do it yourself are all different things.
> 
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Greg Foster <GregFoster at optusnet.com.au>wrote:
> 
> > I have the same reaction when Trent Dilfer starts lecturing on what it
> > takes to be a great quarterback.
> > Some guys just never seem to appreciate the role of blind good luck in
> > their success.
> > I call this "The Bill Wyman Principle".
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Danny Nelson" <cheesefrog at usa.net>
> > To: "Miami Dolphins Discussion" <dolphins-disc at phins.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12:48 PM
> > Subject: Re: DOLPHINS: MNF
> >
> >
> >
> >  I know, I laugh my ass off every time I see Millen trotted out as some
> >> kind of
> >> expert.  One of the two between NFL or ESPN had Millen as a draft analyst
> >> in
> >> April, can't remember which.  Probably because I was laughing too hard to
> >> notice.
> >>
> >> ------ Original Message ------
> >> From: Patrick McLaughlin <pluvlaw at hotmail.com>
> >>
> >>  FWIW, a good way to forget about our day-after doldrums is to turn on
> >>> ESPN
> >>>
> >> and listen to Matt Millen talk about what the Skins can do to overcome all
> >> the
> >> negativity and craziness going on in their organization.  That's
> >> right...Matt
> >> Millen is giving tips on how to just FOCUS ON THE FOOTBALL to the Redskins
> >> players.  Matt "I Made Wayne Fonts look Brilliant" Millen.  Now that's
> >> funny.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Patrick, getting down verbally...
> >>>
> >>>
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