More Miami Dolphins offensive coaching changes coming according to report

The Miami Dolphins have made two significant coaching changes on offense so far this off-season. If a new report is correct, more are coming.

Without speculating on who could replace some of the offensive coaching staff, might be good to look who has been fired in Chicago, there is a lot of speculation as to who might be gone.

According to Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald, an inside source has told him that more changes are on the way. Salguero in an article today made it clear that most of the offense staff could be in jeopardy.

Salguero points out that the majority of the coaching staff have little to know experience in their jobs. Many only coaching for two to four seasons at their current level. He also points out that receiver coach Shawn Jefferson has the most combined coaching and playing experience, 26 years, and hasn’t exactly done a good job with his position.

There is no need to go into coach by coach details as Salguero has summed them up nicely in his article which you can read here. What we can go into is the trend over the 2017 season that amounted to a big slide backwards for the Dolphins offense.

Yes the Dolphins lost Ryan Tannehill before the pre-season even started but that would be an excuse to say that the seasons problems began when he was injured. Miami struggled to produce in several areas. The offensive line played horribly most of the season. Yes, the position coach resigned after a rather mind-blowing video.

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There was no step forward at receiver outside of Jarvis Landry and the late season appearance of Jakeem Grant. As Salguero points out the development of Leonte Carroo and the progress of DeVante Parker have sorely lacked.

Tight-end was a big problem this year and again Salguero points out that the TE coach has two years at the position.

Looking at this now from an internal angle of coaching it is more understandable when the offense lacked preparedness each and every week. Gase who holds the offense in his fist can only prepare each player so much without relying on the position coaches to get them ready. Same can be said for former offensive coordinator Clyde Christensen.

With so much youth and inexperience with the coaches is it any wonder at all that they lacked an identity? Miami simply relied on the veteran players to lift their team, specifically Jay Cutler. And when he couldn’t do it, it fell apart.

Defensively nothing has been changed thus far but Matt Burke didn’t fair well in his first go around as the defensive coordinator. Last year he coached the linebackers. His first time in that role.

There is nothing wrong with hiring coaches who are young and lack a lot of experience. That is there is nothing wrong when there are experienced coaches to lift them up and help them. In Miami’s case there are advisors to help but nothing more and they are not daily advisors to each of the staff members. In Miami’s case the lack of experience did not help the team in 2017.

How Gase addresses this problem has already begun with the hiring of Loggains and Washburn. Loggains has been coaching since 2008. Washburn was an assistant line coach in 2016 and spent 2017 as the Bears offensive line coach.

Gase needs to get coaches around him to make him better as well. John Fox is currently out of a job and Gase has a strong relationship with his former head coach. Fox would give Gase a strong shoulder to lean on and a coach with a strong history. The same can be said about former Bears coach Vic Fangio.

What Gase does this off-season could really help the team grow if he can get quality coaches around him. He simply needs to put the ego down for a moment and get that needed help. Then under those coaches can he develop his younger and less experienced staff.

Salguero says more changes are coming but to what end is anyone’s guess. But he does hit it on the head, those changes are needed. Now rather than later.