Tony Sparano Hired

Tony Sparano has officially been hired as the head coach of the Miami Dolphins. He was offered the job early this morning and soon after accepted it. The Dolphins held an official press conference around noon. You can watch the video of it by going to the team's official website.

This is a good hire for Miami. They really need someone like Bill Parcells to coach the team, but since he doesn't want to coach anymore, having one of his understudy's to do the job is a good fit. From what is being said and written about Sparano, he is a lot like Parcells. He is a no-nonsense guy who works his players hard and demands accountability. Here are some notables from the press conference.

• He talked about appreciating his players. This will be big considering the stories about our former coach and how he didn't have good working relationships with some of our players.
• He echoed a lot of the same thoughts as Bill Parcells, mainly he likes people with character on the team and in the organization
• He talked about developing young players and how it is important to know what you have. This will be huge in the next year because we will have a tremendous amount of young inexperienced players on the roster. He must give them playing time to understand what kind of players than can be. This will be better for the team in the long run.
• He talked about the score being "0-0" in terms of evaluating players currently on the roster in terms of talent, potential and character.
• Surprisingly, he wasn't asked about the draft. I'm very surprised no one even brought it up, considering it is the biggest day of the year for the franchise.

Overall, I have some good first impressions of the new head coach. He had some of the usual new coach cliches but they were kept to a minimum. He seemed nice but not too nice, tough but not too tough. I look forward to the 'Phins heading in the right direction and improving.