It is a New Beginning!
At least that is what the billboards next to South Florida Highways keep insisting. We shall see today.
I'm sure you are all excited the Dolphins' regular season opener against the New York Jets is finally here. I know I am. The Dolphins are also. I got a call from one very excited Dolphins player very early this morning. Yeah, he noticed I picked the other team to win in the paper today.
He was awake and itching to get going but couldn't find anything to do so he started calling people to get them going. Not the kind of wake up call I expected today but that's fine.
I sat down one-on-one and did a question and answer column with Dolphins coach Tony Sparano for today's Miami Herald. It is a must read before today's game.
You'll get the answer to what he's thinking today, what he's most confident in and what worries him the most about his team. He also discusses his approach for reaching players.
The live blog will begin in the comments section at the start of the game so join me there.
Yeah!!!!! Fired up!!!!
UPDATE: WR Ernest Wilford, who got $6 million guaranteed money this offseason, is inactive today. Yikes. So much for recent improvement that coach Tony Sparano reported. But if you read that Q&A you'll understand why the coach doesn't call out players.
Cornerback Michael Lehan and rookie Shawn Murphy are also inactive.
you guys sound more like jets fans than dolphins fans. yeah we should have signed pace. we have a lot of money to spend
Posted by: | September 07, 2008 at 03:44 PM
Isn't Sparano's forte supposed to be the offensive line? Sure shows, doesn't it? Garbage. Sparano makes his predecessors look like Lombardi, Halas and Shula.
Posted by: Oh yes, we suck again | September 07, 2008 at 03:45 PM
who is this ginn guy?
Posted by: AZ Fin | September 07, 2008 at 03:45 PM
mccain makes a good fullback, we can get palin as a coach
Posted by: | September 07, 2008 at 03:45 PM
I still got confidence in this regime...we
will get it turn around.
Posted by: daryl in Charlotte | September 07, 2008 at 03:45 PM
gotta go for it on fourth
Posted by: | September 07, 2008 at 03:45 PM
Finally, some separation!
Posted by: Sammy in Dubai | September 07, 2008 at 03:45 PM
Why the 5 yard pass with 6 minutes left down by 2 scores?
Posted by: D.Strock | September 07, 2008 at 03:45 PM
i like girls
Posted by: | September 07, 2008 at 03:45 PM
Nice drive so far...If only we scored last time...
Posted by: LongIslandFinFan | September 07, 2008 at 03:46 PM
same old, cant stop anybody on 3rd or 4th down . O-line cannot creat any daylight. Receivers cannot get open. Fasano should get wilford's game check.
Posted by: donjpaper | September 07, 2008 at 03:46 PM
nice touch, chad
Posted by: donjpaper | September 07, 2008 at 03:46 PM
Guess this will end up like 15 others last year, I will return and hope that next week the fins have made the right corrections.
Posted by: William in Ks | September 07, 2008 at 03:46 PM
phil simms is killing me
Posted by: donjpaper | September 07, 2008 at 03:47 PM
Pennington has to make that throw!
Posted by: Sammy in Dubai | September 07, 2008 at 03:47 PM
like i said we don't have a TE issue
Posted by: daryl in Charlotte | September 07, 2008 at 03:47 PM
YEAAAAAAAHHHH Baby!!!!
Posted by: donjpaper | September 07, 2008 at 03:47 PM
i think obama is good at speeches where mccain is good at melanoma
Posted by: | September 07, 2008 at 03:47 PM
sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!!!!
Posted by: Sammy in Dubai | September 07, 2008 at 03:47 PM
Big whoop. Stat-padder and nothing more. Jets will run the kickoff back for a touchdown, or maybe this idiot Chandler will onsides-kick to the wrong side and that'll be brought back as well. 0-16.
Posted by: Oh yes, we suck again | September 07, 2008 at 03:48 PM
just like last year... backdoor cover.
Posted by: donjpaper | September 07, 2008 at 03:48 PM
Come on defense!
Posted by: LongIslandFinFan | September 07, 2008 at 03:48 PM
NICE TD pass to Martin! I believe that's 1 more than he had all last year!
Posted by: Marc | September 07, 2008 at 03:48 PM
OH PLEASE GET THE ONSIDE KICK!
Posted by: D.Strock | September 07, 2008 at 03:48 PM
im a dolphin fan win or lose....some of u need to seriously think about going to other teams...we real fans wont miss u
Posted by: | September 07, 2008 at 03:48 PM
If we could only get that favre prayer back!
Posted by: Sammy in Dubai | September 07, 2008 at 03:48 PM
line up rb and tight ends and chad will never throw an incompletion again.
Posted by: donjpaper | September 07, 2008 at 03:49 PM
obama scores, yes, we can change
Posted by: | September 07, 2008 at 03:49 PM
"It ain't over until it's over"
--Yogi Berra
Posted by: Armando Salguero | September 07, 2008 at 03:49 PM
now its turnover time people
Posted by: daryl in Charlotte | September 07, 2008 at 03:49 PM
"Guess this will end up like 15 others last year, I will return and hope that next week the fins have made the right corrections."
Now that is the funniest thing I've read all day!
Maybe by the year 2048 we'll have figured it out.
Posted by: Oh yes, we suck again | September 07, 2008 at 03:49 PM
for all the whining, we could be primed for a comeback if we can make a stop
Posted by: | September 07, 2008 at 03:49 PM
Those time outs would sure come in handy right now...
Posted by: Sammy in Dubai | September 07, 2008 at 03:50 PM
STOP THE RUN!!!!
Posted by: donjpaper | September 07, 2008 at 03:50 PM
Too little, too late. As usual though, we look good in garbage time when the other team is playin off our guys by 10 yards!
Posted by: James | September 07, 2008 at 03:50 PM
pick six time for farve!
Posted by: AZ Fin | September 07, 2008 at 03:50 PM
NO ON SIDE KICK....
Posted by: D.Strock | September 07, 2008 at 03:50 PM
Sounds like all five thousand fans in the stadium are going nuts...
Posted by: LongIslandFinFan | September 07, 2008 at 03:51 PM
It's over.
Posted by: Yogi Berra | September 07, 2008 at 03:51 PM
bret favres testicles smell, its just came in, breaking news
Posted by: | September 07, 2008 at 03:51 PM
Nobody is being negative just realistic so stop all the crap talk about being negative. I've been a fan myself since 1983 I have every reason to believe if we are good enough and we are.
We can get to playoffs with some luck and belief.
However if people are negative they are entitled to be if they buy jerseys and go to games.
Huard couldn't get it done on the NE 5 AHHHHHHHH 3 passes and out. Great try because they had no confidence against us. I hope the 2 pointer and arrogance of Farve comes back to haunt them. Was it Farve or the coaching staff who made the 2 point call?
Posted by: James/Ireland | September 07, 2008 at 03:51 PM
here we go 3rd down. Mando should they have caller time out before 2minute warning?
Posted by: donjpaper | September 07, 2008 at 03:52 PM
why didnt we onside kick it. wtf
Posted by: | September 07, 2008 at 03:52 PM
Favre picks up the 1st Down and I can see Boomer, TJ, Costas and Olbermann waxing poetic tonight. Sticks out loud.
Posted by: Aiden | September 07, 2008 at 03:52 PM
Breaking.....play fake, long pass coming up
Posted by: C. Little | September 07, 2008 at 03:52 PM
In fact, it was over two months ago.
Posted by: Yogi Berra | September 07, 2008 at 03:52 PM
Who ever said that we sound like NY fans, ohhh you got it all wrong. We are fins fans, but just a bit tired of losing.
Posted by: William in Ks | September 07, 2008 at 03:53 PM
Early prediction next week - Arizona 42, Miami 0.
Posted by: Oh yes, we suck again | September 07, 2008 at 03:53 PM
blog without the blogger
Posted by: donjpaper | September 07, 2008 at 03:53 PM
Why does Sparano have a pull over on....
is he cold? WOW
Posted by: daryl in Charlotte | September 07, 2008 at 03:53 PM
why dont i change things up and critic u losers that wasquerade as dolpfans......my first observation is that u suck
Posted by: | September 07, 2008 at 03:53 PM
Thank the football gods for TEs!
Posted by: USFdolfan | September 07, 2008 at 03:53 PM
Fans need to vent...And boy will they ever vent after the next play!
Posted by: Sammy in Dubai | September 07, 2008 at 03:54 PM
yeah arent we all tired of losing though. no positives from anyone though
Posted by: | September 07, 2008 at 03:54 PM
i'll answer my own ? yes should hvae called a t.o
Posted by: donjpaper | September 07, 2008 at 03:54 PM
Big penalty!
Posted by: LongIslandFinFan | September 07, 2008 at 03:54 PM
zorn would out coach sparano.
Posted by: donjpaper | September 07, 2008 at 03:54 PM
there is still hope! flase start
Posted by: finfan2009 | September 07, 2008 at 03:54 PM
come on defense, we can beat iraq, just surge, surge
Posted by: | September 07, 2008 at 03:55 PM
I don't think it is over yet.
Posted by: Armando Salguero | September 07, 2008 at 03:55 PM