FWST Blog: Sparano defends Jason Garrett; talks T.O.; liked Fasano trade

[WoodysGirl]

The Fish Liked the Trade

It's become mostly a footnote, but the Dolphins do consider one of their trades last season as a big win.

Before the 2008 draft, the Fish traded a fourth-round pick to the Cowboys for linebacker Anthony Fasano and Akin Ayodele.

"Last year we had a great situation with Anthony Fasano and Akin Ayodele that trade from Dallas for a fourth round pick," Dolphins coach Tony Sparano said today. "That type of sitatuiuon. that helped us. we got two players we knew a lot about. we knew they were going to be starters for us. Those are the kinds of the things that are solid moves for us."

Who won the trade? It depends on what second round pick Martellus Bennett becomes. He has the talent to become much better than Fasano, but will he?

Fasano finished with 34 catches for 454 yards and seven touchdowns.

Ayodele had 75 tackles and two interceptions.

- Mac Engel

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Sparano Defends Jason Garrett

Now that the Miami Dolphins posted a 1-15 to 11-5 season under former Cowboys assistant coach Tony Sparano it's become fashionable to say Sparano was the real reason behind the offensive success of the Cowboys in 2007. And that his departure is the reason Jason Garrett and the offense struggled in 2008.

Sparano isn't buying. He remains a staunch Garrett suporter.

"I love Jason Garrett. I think the guy has a brilliant mind," Sparano said. "I think he's one of the best coaches that I've been around as far as being able to utilize people and putting them in the right position to do the things they need to do. It's a tremendous strength of his - the way he communicates with the football team and the way he communicates with the players. I think he's a hell of a football coach."

- Mac Engel

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More T.O. Talk

Because it's Thursday and we can't go one day without talking about Terrell Owens, I asked/begged Tony Sparano to talk about T.O. and the time he spent with him with the Cowboys.

Sparano wasn't dying to talk about this subject, mostly because it's usually a no-win situation these days.

But Sparano was complimentary, if brief.

"The guy was a really good pro for me," Sparano said. "From my end, he was a good pro and did eveyrthing we asked him to do. We had a heckuva a year together. That's where I am with the guy - he was a good pro, had a heck of a year. That's all I can say. The rest of it isn't my business."

Like I said, Sparano wasn't long-winded, but he didn't kill the guy.

- Mac Engel


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[Hostile]

Mac, Fasano isn't a LB, he's a TE.

 

[ajk23az]

The Fish Liked the Trade

It's become mostly a footnote, but the Dolphins do consider one of their trades last season as a big win.

Before the 2008 draft, the Fish traded a fourth-round pick to the Cowboys for linebacker Anthony Fasano and Akin Ayodele.

"Last year we had a great situation with Anthony Fasano and Akin Ayodele that trade from Dallas for a fourth round pick," Dolphins coach Tony Sparano said today. "That type of sitatuiuon. that helped us. we got two players we knew a lot about. we knew they were going to be starters for us. Those are the kinds of the things that are solid moves for us."

Who won the trade? It depends on what second round pick Martellus Bennett becomes. He has the talent to become much better than Fasano, but will he?

Fasano finished with 34 catches for 454 yards and seven touchdowns.

Ayodele had 75 tackles and two interceptions.

Why is the author comparing Bennett in this trade? Didn't we pick Choice with that 4th rounder Miami gave us?

 

[SLATEmosphere]

I say we do the same thing again this year.

Ellis and Henry for a 4th.

 

[ddh33]

You mean Garrett doesn't suck?

Twenty bucks says everyone hears what they want and thinks what they want anyway.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Why is the author comparing Bennett in this trade? Didn't we pick Choice with that 4th rounder Miami gave us?

I thought we traded back and basically got Choice and Scandrick with that 4th rounder. Or was it even more?

 

[jterrell]

You mean Garrett doesn't suck?

Twenty bucks says everyone hears what they want and thinks what they want anyway.

neither does T.O.??

wonder if we get audio on this???

 

[jterrell]

I thought we traded back and basically got Choice and Scandrick with that 4th rounder. Or was it even more?

yup those 2.

but he is pointing to the fact we gave up fasano because of bennett which is somewhat true.

we really thought tony curtis was better than fasano so we let fasano walk and then happened to be sitting there with bennett as the highest rated guy on the board.

we'll see if the phins keep those two starters long term or if like in dallas they view them as not good enough and start to find replacements.

i thinkt he trade was great for both teams.

dallas lost cap cost and jettisoned two guys who had fallen down the depth chart.

miami found 2 guys who could start for them that also knew their system better than the players they inherited. win/win.

 

[Doomsday101]

You mean Garrett doesn't suck?

Twenty bucks says everyone hears what they want and thinks what they want anyway.

Of course he sucks, Sparano was just being nice. :laugh2:

I'm not going to say Jason made no mistakes but I will continue to say I think he is a young and bright coach who is only going to get better

 

[SLATEmosphere]

I honestly think Garrett will be much improved this year. He's still a young guy trying to get a feel for the coaching gig. With a long offseason, he'll be ready. This past season taught him alot and he'll be able to grow from it.

 

[speedkilz88]

We netted Choice and Scandrick after trades with that 4th round pick. So it already looks like a good deal for the Cowboys. Bennett despite his maturity issues already showed more than Fasano did when he was here.

 

[theebs]

I thought we traded back and basically got Choice and Scandrick with that 4th rounder. Or was it even more?

essentially we ended up with choice, scandrick and clevelands 3 for this year from that 4.

Its the ferguson trade where we got nothing. That was used on walden.

 

[5Countem5]

Gives the Garrett quotes without any stipulations and then has to editorialize about the reservations in speaking about TO.



Too funny...

 

[Hostile]

I thought we traded back and basically got Choice and Scandrick with that 4th rounder. Or was it even more?

It had to have been less because our GM never does anything right.

 

[SLATEmosphere]

essentially we ended up with choice, scandrick and clevelands 3 for this year from that 4.

Its the ferguson trade where we got nothing. That was used on walden.

Oh ya..Walden. Forgot about that guy:laugh2:

 

[jterrell]

essentially we ended up with choice, scandrick and clevelands 3 for this year from that 4.

Its the ferguson trade where we got nothing. That was used on walden.

nothing but cap space.

a lot of cap space.

too bad a third of it was wasted on tonkatoy johnson.

 

[Doomsday101]

It had to have been less because our GM never does anything right.

Get on the right page, if something works that was because someone else did that, Jerry only does things that turn out bad. :laugh2:

 

[Arch Stanton]

Perhaps Sparano will trade for TO?

 

[AKATheRake]

Lets not forget that Ferguson was more of a necessary cap move than anything and Miami wanted first dibs eventhough we would have probably waived him if we coulnd't get a pick from another team.

 

[AKATheRake]

Perhaps Sparano will trade for TO?

The fish would never. Their big Tuna makes those decisions and he's there for now. No shot. Jerry let us know yesterday T.O is a Cowboy since his contract and production couldn't help us figure that out.