McClaren = Cameron?
I’m seeing more and more parallels between Dolphins’ head coach Cam Cameron and former England national team manager Steve McClaren. Becks came out after getting knocked out of the Euros and said that he didn’t fear the England gaffer:
The former England captain, 32, put the boot in on Michael Parkinson’s final chat show — less than 24 hours after England were knocked out.
Becks said: “I’ve been scared of every manager I’ve had. That included my dad when I was seven or eight.
“Every one of my managers scared me.” Parky, 72, asked: “And Steve McClaren?”
David broke into a grin and said: “I’m a lot more grown up now and a lot braver.”
Similarly Cam Cameron has made no believers about his ability to be a head coach. His in-game tactics, his choice of personnel, and everything in between has failed to produce even one win this season - where every other NFL team has already won 2 games in the era of “Any Given Sunday” parity. Something tells me that his players have had enough too. I know I have: (Copy of original article here)
But the blame for this game does not rest solely on the players. This loss, more than any other this season, is the fault of the Miami coaching staff.
If the Patriots had blown out the Dolphins, one could argue the disparity of points was due to a disparity of talent. But against the previously 2-9 Jets, a team that was an underdog coming into the game, the Dolphins coaching staff was supposed to make a difference.
Cameron and his coaches failed in that regard.
”This was an effort on everybody’s part, it’s not just players,” defensive end Vonnie Holliday said. “It’s players and coaches. I think everyone can look in the mirror, top to bottom, and say they are contributing to being 0-12.”
That sort of contribution will get a coach fired, and though December is not yet the time to fully judge Cameron, the coach’s job security is now a fair topic of conversation in the locker room.
And in that conversation, no one is coming to Cameron’s defense.
I would be more confident if I saw progress in a winless season. Where initially we had blowouts that slowly turned into close games. But it seems to be going the other way. The team is playing with no confidence that they are being put in a position to win. Just like England. And we know how that ended.
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