Updates - Parcells, Mueller, Cameron etc.

Well it only took until approximately the 16th hour of the offseason for someone to be the first casualty of the Bill Parcells administration.


Randy Mueller was fired this morning. Most people, myself included, believe he deserves the biggest responsibility for the Dolphins downfall. He has only been around since the start of the Nick Saban era, but he has made some bad decisions, particularly in the draft. Just think, if you were an NFL team, and could raid the Dolphins and take any players you wish, who would you grab? Obviously, Jason Taylor, Zach Thomas and Ronnie Brown would be picked, but after that, there aren't many attractive and proven pieces for an NFL roster.

Now lets move on to Cam Cameron.


He will meet with Bill Parcells tomorrow and I can only imagine how uncomfortable that will be. There isn't much of an argument for keeping Cam and I expect he will be fired. For me, this isn't your average, "our coach sucks, we need to get him out of here," situation. I like Cam. I think he's a good guy, and in the right situation could be a pretty good NFL head coach, but not for us. Was it his fault we were crippled with injuries forcing us to play with inferior talent against a difficult schedule? No. But we shouldn't have been "1-15" bad. We should have been at worst, "3-13" and probably more like "4-12" bad.

There are tons of rumors floating around concerning the Dolphins. A recent one, is that the Cowboys VP of College and Pro Scouting, Jeff Ireland, is the target for the now vacant GM position. PFT is even reporting that Dallas has agreed to let us interview him and it is expected he will be hired at some point.

Also, there have been some names mentioned for the head coach position, should it become vacant. The one I've read most is Tony Sparano. He is also currently with the Cowboys serving as their Tight Ends/O-Line coach. Bill Parcells knows him from Dallas and apparently really believes in him. We shall see.

Starting tomorrow I will do a series that analyzes each of our positions (on the field) and describe our level of need for those players in the draft and free agency and also which players on our current roster we should keep. Tomorrow's installment will be about the defensive line. Here's a hint, there will be a lot of talk about this guy