Dan Henning

[DOUBLETROUBLE28]

You do know there is an age requirement for posting.....right?

gtfo

[dimbee]

D'oh!

[Davidson Deac II]

Junk and gimick offenses do not win championships.

That being said, I think coordinators on both sides of the ball sometimes get to much credit/blame for the things that go right or wrong. That was true in Henning's case. He really didn't have a lot of talented playmakers to work with except for 2003, when we had Proehl, Smith, Moose, Davis and a healthy Foster. After 03, those five were never together again for a season. Looking back I think a lot of people underestimated just how much offensive talent we had that year.

[magnus]

Henning had what he wanted in 2006 and it wasn't that good.

But, let's also not forget him badmouthing one of our players to the press and then Fox taking his media rights away the rest of the year. Henning picked bad players on offense - and then got frustrated when they didn't immediately pan out.

[pantherj]

God I wish the old posts about how we should fire Henning were still on here. I'd love to do some copy and paste.

[pantherj]

The problem wasn't Henning, it was Mike Maser. He wanted 'athletic' offensive linemen, but that didn't fit with Henning's offensive style. In short, Maser was a nightmare, and as soon as he was fired, we began to rebuild our o-line.

[2jakefansinva]

gtfo

Yeah.......and right back at ya.

What the hell does gtfo mean?

[pantherj]

get the f%ck out

[Henne Given Sunday]

the dolphins have alot less talent on offense? really?

i agree dwill and stewart are better than ronnie brown and ricky williams.......ill take henne/pennington(with what he did last yr with henning) all day over delhomme. and you have steve smith.......atleast ted ginn has a TD this year. and bess/camarillo/hartline are great route runners with fantastic hands.....

all iam saying is "alot less talent" is a ridiculous statement imo

[tight lines]

Henning wasn't as bad as he was made out to be by some before he was fired, and hes not as good as some are making him out to be now. Its amazing how much greener the grass is on the other side of the fence.

[pantherj]

the dolphins have alot less talent on offense? really?

i agree dwill and stewart are better than ronnie brown and ricky williams.......ill take henne/pennington(with what he did last yr with henning) all day over delhomme. and you have steve smith.......atleast ted ginn has a TD this year. and bess/camarillo/hartline are great route runners with fantastic hands.....

all iam saying is "alot less talent" is a ridiculous statement imo

I don't agree with the idea that the Fins have a lot less talent than the Panthers, but Steve Smith > Ted Ginn jr.

[Cat]

I always liked Dan Henning. He did the best with what he had. He would have a game or 2 that would piss me off each year but overall I think he was a good OC.

I wanted us to fire our DC.

[Sandy Claws]

we should of never fired dan henning i meen look wat he is doing in miami with that wildcat offense with a lot less playmakers then the panthers have on offense just imagine dwill running handing of to stewart and reverses with steve smith that would be unstopable.

If you take a look at Miami's transactions since Henning signed on as OC, you'll be able to pick out several significant moves that were 100% intended to get him what he needed to make his offense work. They had Williams and Brown as their RB horsepower. 4/5 of the starters along the OL were replaced along with a new starting TE. They also acquired a QB (Pennington who is hurt now) who Henning was familiar with and was familiar with his system. Bottom line is they have put effort into getting him what he needed except at WR. We told him to make due with Foster and a pile of crap for an OL.

[top dawg]

Henning's entire body of work really ain't that bad if viewed with an objective eye. Not saying that our present OC has not done some good things, but even the shadow of a rolling Double Trouble can hide a lot of ills. Somehow I don't think Smith and Muhammad would be languishing if Henning were here, but I am still withholding judgment on Davidson. Let's see how we do for the rest of the year (but, then again, how can anything work when your QB is throwing to the other team and putting the ball on the ground?)