Defensive coordinator Vic Fangio is out of the Miami Dolphins organization as we all know by now. Some didn’t the like the job he did, some loved it, most thought it was pretty good. Entering Year 3 of the McDaniel regime we will have our third defensive coordinator and third defensive scheme. Last I checked that isn’t the model of stability and a winning environment. So, is it no big deal or is this a real issue heading into the 2024 Season?
The media said Fangio was a big signing
Most of the media told fans Fangio was a huge signing and brilliant football mind. But, on the way out we hear the Dolphins are better off without him. What the major bullet points for his departure:
Dave Hyde report Fangio lost contact with Chis Grier at the tail end of the season as far as personnel decisions and new players were showing up at practice as surprises for Fangio.
Mike McDaniel said Fangio’s future was up in the air.
Fangio and the Dolphins mutually parted ways and now Fangio will coach the Eagles defense in 2024.
Some players came out and were happy over his departure, most notably Jalen Ramsey.
Now the focus by most of the media is Fangio was a grouch, he never wanted to be here, and always wanted to be someplace else. So, even if this is all true, which I don’t think it is, why hire him? How could McDaniel and Chris Grier not read the tea leaves right and hire him? It was a complicated system and it was going to take a season or two to install. The Dolphins have a three year window with 2024 being the end of that window, so where’s the wisdom in signing him?
That doesn’t seem to be a relevant question or why would Grier not consult Fangio or that Grier going about personnel this way is a huge breech of protocol and an obvious slight, if true. Sure sounds a lot like Chan Gailey not being consulted on the start of Tua in 2021 and being told rather than consulted.
Now the Dolphins get to go fish again for DC. I get the feeling that it’s a great bet with the best football software that whoever Miami hires will be wayyyy better than Fangio, at least according to most of the media. That’s a real comfort, isn’t it?
Fangio leaving is no big deal from what we are being told
There was a time when this would have been considered dysfunctional by the media. Now though it’s ‘no biggie’. In a way they are right, this whole thing is very, very Miami Dolphins.
I liked Fangio a ton, and his unit performed in the crunch, wounded, in the Dolphins peak talent season. They showed toughness physically and mentally. But, it’s no big deal I guess. Player wanted him nicer and didn’t like his scheme… despite half the league using some iteration of it, I guess they know better. Kinda’ weird considering the pass defense jumped from 28th in 2022 to 15th in 2023 with Ramsey playing only half the season and Holland out for extended periods of time and the unit breaking the Dolphins season sack record.
At least the player are happy now.
The offense was happy with McDaniel and they performed well down the stretch… sorta’, well maybe not… but at least they were happy. Isn’t that what really counts!
Well,the article that you posted reads sarcastically which I kinda of agree with.The first part of the season I was wondering what all the hype was about Fangio and his defense and then things started to come together.I agree with you that if Grier knew Fangio didn’t want to come to Miami to begin with then why sign him? By Fangio making a lateral move to Philly let’s us know he didn’t want to be in Miami.Haven’t heard what Philly is paying Fangio but most likely it’s less than what he made in Miami. The dolphins have to make moves because they are way over the salary cap(51 mill) last I heard. Wilkins and Ramsey we need to find a way to keep.Wilkins being a free agent and a dog,they need to find a way to keep him. And Ramsey,well as we all know is a dog and we still have for at least another year or two(thankfully).Grier and Mcdaniels need to come together and get the next DC right for all of us dolphin fans.GO FINS!!!
Hey, Randy great to hear from you. Fangio was amazing in my eval. Every aspect of the D improved… except run D which fell a couple of spots but was still is top 10. We did the franchise sack record too. This D is a highly complicated system and was asked to get installed and win immediately with Ramsey down the first half of the season and a thin pass d… this is a pass first D with not the right LBs. It was meant to have an offense to play with a lead.. and we did except vs good teams. So, I can go on with it for a while… I’ve done much longer stuff on my podcast about it.. if you want me to expand reply to this and Ill add more of my reasons, brother.
Well,the article that you posted reads sarcastically which I kinda of agree with.The first part of the season I was wondering what all the hype was about Fangio and his defense and then things started to come together.I agree with you that if Grier knew Fangio didn’t want to come to Miami to begin with then why sign him? By Fangio making a lateral move to Philly let’s us know he didn’t want to be in Miami.Haven’t heard what Philly is paying Fangio but most likely it’s less than what he made in Miami. The dolphins have to make moves because they are way over the salary cap(51 mill) last I heard. Wilkins and Ramsey we need to find a way to keep.Wilkins being a free agent and a dog,they need to find a way to keep him. And Ramsey,well as we all know is a dog and we still have for at least another year or two(thankfully).Grier and Mcdaniels need to come together and get the next DC right for all of us dolphin fans.GO FINS!!!
Hey, Randy great to hear from you. Fangio was amazing in my eval. Every aspect of the D improved… except run D which fell a couple of spots but was still is top 10. We did the franchise sack record too. This D is a highly complicated system and was asked to get installed and win immediately with Ramsey down the first half of the season and a thin pass d… this is a pass first D with not the right LBs. It was meant to have an offense to play with a lead.. and we did except vs good teams. So, I can go on with it for a while… I’ve done much longer stuff on my podcast about it.. if you want me to expand reply to this and Ill add more of my reasons, brother.