What to do With Cam Cameron

Now that Bill Parcells is officially on the job, he's got several decisions to make. Seeing as how he has complete control over personnel, he'll likely have his hands full watching tape and deciding who gets to stay. Or maybe, he'll only need to watch last week's game versus the Patriots and realize that less than a dozen players on this team deserve to be back next season.

However, the big decision he must make is whether or not bring back Cam Cameron as head coach of the Dolphins. Sunday we will likely lose our 15th game of the season, seeing as how we are without our best DBs, our run defense is terrible, and the Dolphins are facing the Bengals high-powered offense. Our only hope is that their redzone offense is as ineffective as it has been this season. Otherwise, it means the Dolphins will have a pitiful 1-15 season. So is that enough to fire Cam Cameron?

On first glance, I'd say no. This team lacked talent at almost every position when Cameron took over and usually rebuilding projects deserve at least 2 or 3 years. Even some of the most successful coaches in NFL history started off with awful debuts--- Bill Walsh and Jimmy Johnson to name a few. That being said, Cameron has shown little to prove he's capable of being a Bill Walsh. His rookie mistakes as a coach will be fixed, but is he capable of leading a team to a Super Bowl?

That's the only question that should be in Parcells' mind right now. We don't need a coach that can take this team to a winning record or the playoffs. If we wanted that we would have kept Wanny. I don't know if Cameron is capable of any of these things. However, it's incredibly difficult to evaluate a coach's performance on just one season, and changing the man in charge will create further chaos.

Teams that win usually have stability. Rarely do you get a Jon Gruden who comes in and takes a team straight to the top. Replacing the coach will make things worse in the short term, but has the possibility of making things better long term. In my opinion, I would probably take complete control of this roster, gutting at least half of it over the offseason. Find yourself an offensive coordinator or maybe a defensive one with head coaching experience. Give Cameron half a season to show the team has improved.

If it hasn't, give him the ax and give the interim guy a chance to prove he is capable while at the same time letting the team play through the growing pains of having a new coach during a season that would already theoretically be lost. More than anything, this team needs talent on the field. Coaching is important but not as important as having guys who can actually tackle and catch the ball out there. Parcells can make that happen.