<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Dolphins possibly courting Pete Carroll Click here to find out more!NFL.com wire reportsMIAMI (Jan. 8, 2007) -- Miami Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga's travel itinerary suggests he's trying to lure Southern California coach Pete Carroll back to the NFL.Carroll has been on vacation in Costa Rica, and a Huizenga-owned plane flew there Jan. 7, then returned to Fort Lauderdale, according to flight records. The same plane was used to take Dolphins officials to Pittsburgh, Chicago and San Diego to interview candidates to replace Nick Saban.A Dolphins spokesman declined to say whether Huizenga met with Carroll. USC spokesman Tim Tessalone said Carroll was expected to return from vacation Jan. 9."Pete hasn't gotten back, so I don't have any information to share with you," Tessalone said.In the 1990s, Carroll coached the New York Jets for one season and the New England Patriots for three before being fired. As recently as last week, he denied rumors he wanted to return to the pros.If the 55-year-old Carroll is interested in the Dolphins job, he would become the front-runner. He led the Trojans to a fifth consecutive Bowl Championship Series appearance this season and beat Michigan in the Rose Bowl. He's 65-12 with two national titles in six seasons at Southern California.The Dolphins interviewed two candidates Jan. 8: their defensive coordinator, Dom Capers, and Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Mike Tomlin.Capers was interviewed in Jacksonville, where he was on vacation. He coached expansion teams in Carolina and Houston and has a career record of 48-80.Since Saban left last week for Alabama, Miami has interviewed at least six candidates: former Atlanta Falcons coach Jim Mora, Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt, Georgia Tech coach Chan Gailey, San Diego offensive coordinator Cam Cameron, and two Chicago Bears assistants, defensive coordinator Ron Rivera and offensive coordinator Ron Turner.Gailey, a former offensive coordinator for the Dolphins, said there was nothing new to report in the coaching search."I'm one of the guys in the running," he said. "We'll see where it goes."The Dolphins' experience with Saban might make them less likely to hire a college coach. He came to Miami from Louisiana State and left after two seasons, deciding he preferred the SEC to the NFL.Carroll is one of the highest-paid coaches in college, but Huizenga last week said: "I don't care what it takes, what it costs, what's involved. We're going to make this a winning franchise."The Dolphins have failed to make the playoffs the past five seasons, a team record.</div>http://www.nfl.com/teams/story/MIA/9915855
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BigMike23 @ Jan 9 2007, 10:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Oh hell no.</div>Oh Hell Yes. Hire the Failed Head Coach that only wins in college because he has 10 times the talent of anyone else in the Pac-10.
i think CArroll stays at USC...he has John David Booty, who has 2 things going for him: talent and an awesome name. I think Carroll stays where he is a god, USC rather than become another failed NFL Coach.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brooksie5 @ Jan 9 2007, 04:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>They should hire Mike Tomlin, or one of the Steelers guys (Grimm or Wisenhunt (sp?)).</div>Take Wisenhunt. Tomlin needs to stick around. :thumbsup:
They need to realize that there are NFL assistants who would do just as good a job or even better than a college coach. And yes, I think Carroll wins b/c he has a lot of talent
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (PurplePeopleEaters @ Jan 9 2007, 04:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brooksie5 @ Jan 9 2007, 04:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>They should hire Mike Tomlin, or one of the Steelers guys (Grimm or Wisenhunt (sp?)).</div>Take Wisenhunt. Tomlin needs to stick around. :thumbsup:</div>Tomlin is going to coach somewhere next year. As a head coach. There's no way the 4 teams with open spots pass him up.
Pete Carroll just announced that the Dolphins inquired about him but he is not interested in returning to the NFL.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brooksie5 @ Jan 9 2007, 05:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (PurplePeopleEaters @ Jan 9 2007, 04:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brooksie5 @ Jan 9 2007, 04:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>They should hire Mike Tomlin, or one of the Steelers guys (Grimm or Wisenhunt (sp?)).</div>Take Wisenhunt. Tomlin needs to stick around. :thumbsup:</div>Tomlin is going to coach somewhere next year. As a head coach. There's no way the 4 teams with open spots pass him up.</div>There are 60 or so other available coordinators. We had better not lose Dungy v 2.0
[quote name='PurplePeopleEaters' post='80470' date='Jan 9 2007, 11:20 PM'][quote name='Brooksie5' post='80450' date='Jan 9 2007, 05:00 PM'][quote name='PurplePeopleEaters' post='80442' date='Jan 9 2007, 04:37 PM'][quote name='Brooksie5' post='80436' date='Jan 9 2007, 04:06 PM']They should hire Mike Tomlin, or one of the Steelers guys (Grimm or Wisenhunt (sp?)).[/quote]Take Wisenhunt. Tomlin needs to stick around. :thumbsup:[/quote]Tomlin is going to coach somewhere next year. As a head coach. There's no way the 4 teams with open spots pass him up.[/quote]There are 60 or so other available coordinators. We had better not lose Dungy v 2.0 [/quote]You better had lose him! I want to see the Vikings suck again! (gosh, I'm mean)
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>MIAMI -- The Miami Dolphins' tour of coaches made stops to visit three more candidates Wednesday, including Detroit offensive coordinator Mike Martz.Owner Wayne Huizenga's private plane flew to Michigan from the Northeast, where the Dolphins interviewed New York Giants defensive coordinator Tim Lewis and New York Jets offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer.That increased to 12 the number of coaches interviewed since Nick Saban left for Alabama a week ago.The interviews have been conducted by Huizenga, team president Bryan Wiedmeier and Joe Bailey, chief executive officer of Dolphins Enterprises. The Dolphins have said they plan to narrow their list to five candidates, then to two before making an offer.The 33-year-old Schottenheimer, son of San Diego coach Marty Schottenheimer, is the Dolphins' youngest candidate and has been with the Jets for only one season."Brian did a great job this year," Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum said. "Given his background and given who he has worked for, he is deserving of the opportunity to interview for the job, and that is a credit to him."Lewis, 45, joined the Giants as coordinator in 2004 and has been considered for head coaching jobs the past three offseasons.Martz, 55, led St. Louis to the playoffs in four of his five full seasons as head coach and reached the 2002 Super Bowl. He sat out the last 11 games of 2005 recovering from a bacterial infection in a heart valve, then was fired at the end of the season.Martz's reputation as an offensive wizard makes him appealing to the Dolphins, who have been plagued with a sputtering offense the past three years. He helped revive the Lions' long-moribund offense this season, and quarterback Jon Kitna threw for a career-high 4,208 yards.Other candidates include Southern California coach Pete Carroll, who was interviewed last weekend while on vacation in Costa Rica. Carroll said Tuesday he expects to remain at USC, but was intrigued that Huizenga spoke of giving his new coach complete control of the organization, as Saban had. "This was the only time I've even thought about talking with anybody [from the NFL]," Carroll said. "Here's a situation where a guy would give a head coach the opportunity to do anything he wanted to do. He's an awesome guy."The Dolphins have also interviewed their defensive coordinator, Dom Capers, former Atlanta Falcons coach Jim Mora Jr., Georgia Tech coach Chan Gailey, Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt, San Diego offensive coordinator Cam Cameron, Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Mike Tomlin, and two Chicago Bears assistants: defensive coordinator Ron Rivera and offensive coordinator Ron Turner.</div>
Yeah, and they interviewed 11 more qualified candidates right now then Shottenheimer. He won't get that job.Not to mention the Dolphins have a 'One Voice' organization where whoever is the Head Coach is also in charge of all personnel decisions. and they won't give that much power to a First time HC. They'll hire someone with experience being the man, either from College or the NFL.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ Jan 11 2007, 10:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yeah, and they interviewed 11 more qualified candidates right now then Shottenheimer. He won't get that job.</div>There were a ton more qualified coaches than Mangini last year for the Jets to hire. But Mangini was considered the best young defensive mind in the game. Whereas Schottenheimer is considered one of the best young offensive minds in the game right now.And they might need to invest in a GM, but stealing Schottenheimer wouldn't be a bad move. The Dolphins didn't use to have a "one-mind" program, they had to change it to that in order to hire a snake called Nick Saban.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jon_Vilma @ Jan 11 2007, 12:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ Jan 11 2007, 10:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yeah, and they interviewed 11 more qualified candidates right now then Shottenheimer. He won't get that job.</div>There were a ton more qualified coaches than Mangini last year for the Jets to hire. But Mangini was considered the best young defensive mind in the game. Whereas Schottenheimer is considered one of the best young offensive minds in the game right now.And they might need to invest in a GM, but stealing Schottenheimer wouldn't be a bad move. The Dolphins didn't use to have a "one-mind" program, they had to change it to that in order to hire a snake called Nick Saban.</div>Mangini wasn't considered anything but young and inexperienced (And according to many people, unqualified) when we hired him, remember the entire local media ripped the hiring. Boy, were they wrong. lolAnd BigMike, Brian Shottenheimer has done a great job so far with a very detailed offense. He uses a lot of No Huddle, Shifts, Motions, Many Different Plays from Many Different Formations in a very aggressive attack. He would need the most cerebral players in order to run his offense most likely, but he'd probably make a good head coach someday.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (AdropOFvenom @ Jan 11 2007, 10:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Mangini wasn't considered anything but young and inexperienced (And according to many people, unqualified) when we hired him, remember the entire local media ripped the hiring. Boy, were they wrong. lol</div>A lot of the Local media did rip him, yes, but among NFL coaches (Both Parcells and Romeo Crennell said so) he was considered among the top, if not THE top young defensive mind in the game. Coaches > Media. Especially when it comes to who to hire.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (PurplePeopleEaters @ Jan 11 2007, 05:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>The new york media rips on everything no matter what it is.</div>Especially if your name is Tom Rock and the team is the New York Jets.I bet he STILL thinks we would be better without D'Brick, Mangold, Clemens, and our extra 2nd round pick this year and with Reggie Bush.
