RUMOR: O-Line Coach from 90's Super bowl Teams to replace Sparano
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The following excerpt is taken from the Miami Sun-Sentinel blog, dated Jan. 4th:
http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports_football_dolphins/
Hud goes out with class
> Posted by hfialkov at 12:15:11 PM
If there’s one assistant coach I wouldn’t have fired, it would’ve been offensive line coach Hudson Houck, who takes average linemen and molds them into solid units.
Even this year’s line was improving on a weekly basis until injuries decimated the offense, especially the season-ending ACL injury to running back Ronnie Brown in Game 7. At one point, they were averaging 5.0 yards a carry and Brown was leading the NFL in yards from scrimmage.
The combination of inexperienced quarterbacks in Cleo Lemon and John Beck seemed to adversely affect the line in the latter half of the season as the sacks became more prevalent.
Still, Houck is an asset to any team. No one could take a firing with more class than Houck, who did nothing but praise Bill Parcells and owner H. Wayne Huizenga in the manner they handled this week’s housecleaning.
Here are some excerpts from a phone interview with ‘Hud’ yesterday.
Will you take the last year of your contract and retire?
“I’m not going to retire. I’ll look around for available jobs for an offensive line coach. You can only play golf so many days in a week.”
Thoughts on Parcells…
“One, you’ve got to bring in better players and two you bring in someone to run the entire program and he’s the best guy available. Bill Parcells is the ideal guy, that’s the guy I’d get. Once you do that then you get your own people in place to work with, who you feel comfortable with so you can get it going in the right direction."
On his respect for Huizenga…
“I really do applaud the owner of this organization for being bold, in getting the best guy available to get it going in the right direction and he’s spending a lot of money doing this. It’s not easy for him. And he’s a compassionate person. This is a people person. I can’t tell you what a great organization this is. They handled this whole thing as well as I ever seen it done. I don’t feel good about leaving. I wanted to stay here and finish it out but they made it as easy as possible and I understand.”
Parcells explained his reasoning for firing the staff in a group setting.
“We understand that they have to start a program from the bottom up and they need their own people in place, people they’ve dealt with in the past, that they could rely on. Bill doesn’t know me. “I’d do the same thing. Bring in my own people. It’s hard to let people go or anyone in the whole organization from the finance department on to the trainer to the equipment people. Wayne was there individually and Bill talked to the whole group and he was very forthright. That’s the only way to handle it. Sometimes people drag it on. He gave us the opportunity to go seek other employment this early in the offseason.’’
How long to turn it around?
“This organization is premier. They will win. There is a middle of the road group, there’s the elite 5-6 teams up there, but below that group are teams - you get the right players here, younger guys who have experience, they’ll be one of the teams moving up into that next group pretty easily. They’ll win their share next year.’’
What went wrong this year?
“What was difficult about this year, was early in the year they cut a lot of players, let them go, the high price guys so they got the money down under the cap. They let some older veterans go. That’s one reason we weren’t successful this year. It opened it up for younger players. They got some good draft choices.’’ Would you re-sign Rex Hadnot? “All of that is up to Bill.’’
Did Cam get a fair shake?
“That’s not for me to comment on. He did as good job as he could do under the circumstances by holding the team together. That’s a major part of coaching. They kept playng up until the last game, coming back in the last half, guys didn’t quit. You got to be proud about that. He treated everyone as professionals, including the coaching staff.’’
You have a way of turning average linemen into studs. What’s next?
“Ronnie was averaging 5 yards a carry. The defense struggled but it’s a whole team thing. It all had to fit. I’d like to go some place where they have some Pro Bowlers. I’m worn out,’’ he said with a laugh.
HF
http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sports_football_dolphins/
Hud goes out with class
> Posted by hfialkov at 12:15:11 PM
If there’s one assistant coach I wouldn’t have fired, it would’ve been offensive line coach Hudson Houck, who takes average linemen and molds them into solid units.
Even this year’s line was improving on a weekly basis until injuries decimated the offense, especially the season-ending ACL injury to running back Ronnie Brown in Game 7. At one point, they were averaging 5.0 yards a carry and Brown was leading the NFL in yards from scrimmage.
The combination of inexperienced quarterbacks in Cleo Lemon and John Beck seemed to adversely affect the line in the latter half of the season as the sacks became more prevalent.
Still, Houck is an asset to any team. No one could take a firing with more class than Houck, who did nothing but praise Bill Parcells and owner H. Wayne Huizenga in the manner they handled this week’s housecleaning.
Here are some excerpts from a phone interview with ‘Hud’ yesterday.
Will you take the last year of your contract and retire?
“I’m not going to retire. I’ll look around for available jobs for an offensive line coach. You can only play golf so many days in a week.”
Thoughts on Parcells…
“One, you’ve got to bring in better players and two you bring in someone to run the entire program and he’s the best guy available. Bill Parcells is the ideal guy, that’s the guy I’d get. Once you do that then you get your own people in place to work with, who you feel comfortable with so you can get it going in the right direction."
On his respect for Huizenga…
“I really do applaud the owner of this organization for being bold, in getting the best guy available to get it going in the right direction and he’s spending a lot of money doing this. It’s not easy for him. And he’s a compassionate person. This is a people person. I can’t tell you what a great organization this is. They handled this whole thing as well as I ever seen it done. I don’t feel good about leaving. I wanted to stay here and finish it out but they made it as easy as possible and I understand.”
Parcells explained his reasoning for firing the staff in a group setting.
“We understand that they have to start a program from the bottom up and they need their own people in place, people they’ve dealt with in the past, that they could rely on. Bill doesn’t know me. “I’d do the same thing. Bring in my own people. It’s hard to let people go or anyone in the whole organization from the finance department on to the trainer to the equipment people. Wayne was there individually and Bill talked to the whole group and he was very forthright. That’s the only way to handle it. Sometimes people drag it on. He gave us the opportunity to go seek other employment this early in the offseason.’’
How long to turn it around?
“This organization is premier. They will win. There is a middle of the road group, there’s the elite 5-6 teams up there, but below that group are teams - you get the right players here, younger guys who have experience, they’ll be one of the teams moving up into that next group pretty easily. They’ll win their share next year.’’
What went wrong this year?
“What was difficult about this year, was early in the year they cut a lot of players, let them go, the high price guys so they got the money down under the cap. They let some older veterans go. That’s one reason we weren’t successful this year. It opened it up for younger players. They got some good draft choices.’’ Would you re-sign Rex Hadnot? “All of that is up to Bill.’’
Did Cam get a fair shake?
“That’s not for me to comment on. He did as good job as he could do under the circumstances by holding the team together. That’s a major part of coaching. They kept playng up until the last game, coming back in the last half, guys didn’t quit. You got to be proud about that. He treated everyone as professionals, including the coaching staff.’’
You have a way of turning average linemen into studs. What’s next?
“Ronnie was averaging 5 yards a carry. The defense struggled but it’s a whole team thing. It all had to fit. I’d like to go some place where they have some Pro Bowlers. I’m worn out,’’ he said with a laugh.
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Welcome back to Dallas!Mavs Man;1884771 said:
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I'm all for bringing Houck back, but I'd also welcome bringing younger (and talented) coaches into the fold.
Hopefully, Garrett will stay, but if he leaves, combined with the possibility of bringing in Cameron and Houck, I wonder where our young, possible replacement coaches (Wade's not getting any younger) come from —*unless Jerry goes outside after Wade leaves.
Again, I always love the here and now, but I also like to keep my sights down the road.
Hopefully, Garrett will stay, but if he leaves, combined with the possibility of bringing in Cameron and Houck, I wonder where our young, possible replacement coaches (Wade's not getting any younger) come from —*unless Jerry goes outside after Wade leaves.
Again, I always love the here and now, but I also like to keep my sights down the road.
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abersonc;1884790 said:
But at least this guy is good... He's not just a name from the 90s. (Like maybe, say, a Wade Wilson.)
I wouldn't be totally sure this wasn't an upgrade if it came to pass.
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abersonc;1884790 said:
I think you are confusing players with coaches.
Coaches are evergreen. Elder status does not matter much.
Look at the production Landry got from fossils such as Stautner, Ermil Allen and Brandt, albeit in the front office a lot. And people like Joe Bugle etc.
Hudson is a proven coach, much better than going out to find a diamond in the rough.
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well at least he knows what to do
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theogt;1884822 said:
talk about a blast from the past