I hate to start another thread on this, but this is news in a positive direction.



http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4837350&campaign=rss&source=NFLHeadlines

We're getting close!!

I wet myself...

I'm glad I'm not the only one. I may have to wear Depends today in lieu of the big news;)

hey, better #1 than #2...

Mike Nolan gets a #1, Dick or Wade would warrent a #2.

If we do not improve the talent on defense, people will be calling for Nolan's head in a year or two.

You're talking about steps 900-1055

We're still on step 3.

I'm predicting the result of a hypothetical scenario based on past unreasonableness and fickleness of the majority of the Dolphins fanbase.

well he will be the DC fir the Sr Bowl. Talent will follow him here.

That's every fan base.

Like it did in San Fran?

Reality check: He won't be picking players for the Dolphins.

That's speculation on your part.

Let's stick with what we are most exposed to. The Miami Dolphins fanbase.

Considering I live in New Jersey I think I know more about the Giants and Jets fan bases than I do our own... They do the exact same things that we do... so maybe it's speculation to say EVERY fan base, but I know at least the Giants and Jets fans react similarly.

Well good for them.

Just because other fanbases are ignorant doesn't make it acceptable for ours to be ignorant as well.

Its what we do as fans man... if we lose we're not happy... it's just part of the experience...

There's no use getting all caught up in it...

Heh... have you read the posts regarding Mike Nolan coming to Miami?

I'm not the one getting caught up.

There's no use in getting your hopes up with the signing of another big name coordinator/former head coach.

You guys don't learn from history.

It's just exciting news to some of us that's all. I'm not trying to force you to be excited with us... and I know you're just trying to make us wake up and smell the coffee... but we'll all calm down a bit after the initial excitedness (def not a word lol)... for the most part we usually do anyways.

Ok, you guys continue getting excited, I'll continue being the voice or reason. ;)

The roses are dying...

Lol, "you got it dude"

I agree we shouldn't be overly excited (like making predictions about the AFC championship game) but it's fair to be excited about getting a DC with a super-bowl on his resume, especially when he's coming off a great year in Denver. When the other options were Groh, and a bunch of people we had never heard of, this is pretty exciting.

Why do we want Nolan?? Wasn't Denver's D TERRIBLE????

At the end of the season, yes. But through the first half I believe they were in the top 5 if not the top 3. He's been coaching defense his entire career, and coached the ravens D from 2001-2004, when they were pretty darn good, and coached the Jets D in 2000 under Parcells, when they also had a good D.

I hear what you're saying, but the history that I am looking at is what Williams did for the Saints this year. I've seen the same thing happen over the years at other organizations. I see no reason why some of the fans, such as myself, in getting excited about a proven DC with head coaching experience being brought in. Sure, we need to temper it with a sense of realism in that Parcells will improve the talent on defense. For some reason I am not too worried about that as Parcells is always looking to improve the talent at each position.

For fans that are guarded about this, I can understand this as well. Dom Capers was an absolute failure with us. Maybe the team was tired of listening to Saban as they seemed half-hearted on the field. In the same way, Jim "Vanilla" Bates failed to improve his defenses even though he was hailed as a savior with the Packers, Broncos, and Bucs.

So, with the relief that we will have to take a chance with another "promotion" to defensive coordinator, I am pulling up my depends;) Who is on the Depends wagon with me?




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lmao i'm on the Nolan bandwagon, but I'm keeping the depends off just in case i have to

Huh?



Isn't that what ALL personnel guys try to do?

Count me in... anyone got coupons?

No Rich, its the coaches. Nolan should just stay away from Miami. Miami is where OC & DC go to get stupid.

get yours depends on people .. jay glazer says the deal is done

Good enough for me!! Welcome aboard Mike!!