Philbin New Dolphins Head Coach

Joseph "Joe" Philbin, who has been a very successful offensive coordinator for the Green Bay Packers, has been hired as the new head coach of the Miami Dolphins. Since this is his first professional football head coaching job, who knows how he will do. But I see a lot of promise in this team and its current roster of players. I think the Dolphins are at a crucial turning point, much like they were when they finished 3-10-1 and in last place after the 1969 season. Then they hired Don Shula, made the playoffs the very next year at 10-4 and then went to the Super Bowl the following three years, winning two and enjoying the only perfect, undefeated season in NFL football in 1972. Not that they will do that well under Philbin: I just would like them to return to their old tradition of consistently enjoying winning seasons and occasional playoff appearances.

But just because Miami has a new head coach, that doesn't mean that he has control over which players the Dolphins draft or trade for. So he has to work with what he is dealt by others, although I certainly hope that this franchise's owner and general manager will take his expert opinions into account when they make these crucial decisions. And some of these decisions will come soon, with the looming April college draft and the prospect of possibly even getting the great Peyton Manning from the Colts...