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The Miami Dolphins are busy interviewing candidates for the vacant head coaching job and a decision is expected to come within the next two weeks. A lot of fans, much like myself, don't like the idea of getting Pete Carroll but much rather go with an up-and-coming assistant such as Cam Cameron or Ron Rivera.

Armando Salguero, a Miami Herald writer and Dolphin beat writer disagrees with us. I haven't had issues with an article in quite some time, but Armando took care of that very well.

If I read you guys correctly - through your posts on this blog and emails sent to me -- you're not too keen on the idea of hiring Pete Carroll to be Miami's new coach.

No, not really. We've been down that road before with a gentleman called Nick Saban and that didn't work out too well. Neither did Butch Davis in Cleveland or Steve Spurrier in Washington.

That amazes me. I am not going to campaign for Carroll because I don't think he's the best available coach out there -- that would be either Mike Martz or Mike Sherman, in my estimation, as long as neither has personnel authority.

Bill Cowher could be available if the price is right. I think most people would agree that he's better than Martz and Sherman combined.

But you guys are saying things like, "I prefer Cam Cameron," or "Mike Singletary is a star in the making." That's crazy.

You guys don't know anything about these people other than what you know about them today. How many of you out there know Cameron's real first name? ....

Still no answer?

It's Malcom.

Ah, so knowing someone's full name is now a required criteria for wanting him as a head coach. I wonder if the Jets knew Eric Mangini's bra size before hiring him. And I wonder if all the Saints fans knew Sean Payton's middle name. Oh, did they did you say? Good for them then....

More importantly, how many know that the little kid on the skateboard down the street could get the San Diego offense to score points? Cameron may someday be a great head coach, but I know the last time he was a head coach anywhere he compiled a 18-37 record at Indiana.

Right, and Mike Martz had to somehow work with Kurt Warner, Isaac Bruce, Marshall Faulk, Tory Holt and Az Hakim. What a bunch of scrubs. It's amazing how he succeeded calling plays for those cast-offs.

Ron Rivera? Never been a head coach anywhere.

Ken Whisenhunt? Never been a head coach anywhere.

Let me throw some names around. Lovie Smith, Marvin Lewis, Andy Reid, Sean Payton, Brian Billick, Eric Mangini. What do these men have in common besides being good/great NfL coaches and turning franchises around?

They didn't have any head coaching experience. But yes, it's dumb to think that those guys will succeed because they're missing that all important ingredient called experience. Good point Armando.

So how can you rip a guy like Carroll -- who took teams to the playoffs two of the four years he coached in New England -- and tell me one of the other guys is better?

Carroll took over Parcell's '96 Super Bowl team and promptly went 10-6, 9-7 and then 8-8 before getting fired. That's what I'd like to call a regression. In '94 he went 6-10 with the Jets, got fired again.

Dave Wannstedt on the other hand won a division title in Miami and had two seasons where he went 11-5. His overall record at Miami was 42-30. Shall we get him back?

Now as to the best candidates out there? Remember I told you Martz is the man. He's bright, he interviews well, he's offensive minded which Miami desperately needs, and he was successful for the most part in St. Louis.

Martz, the same guy that took Vermeil's Super Bowl team and ran it into the ground. The same guy that had the brilliant management in the '03 NFC Championship against Carolina. The same guy that Kyle Turley wanted to kill. The same guy that was told by his assistants to NOT come back when he was hospitalized. Yes, successful indeed...

Thoughts?

No no, I'm done.