July 19, 2008

New Dolphins coach Tony Sparano has a definitive plan for the way his team will be run and organized. But that doesn’t mean he’s going to be stepping on the toes of his assistants when it comes to the X’s and O’s. According to a source close to the club, Sparano isn’t going to be meddling in either the offensive play-calling of coordinator Dan Henning or the defensive play-calling of coordinator Paul Pasqualoni. The defense, in fact, will be almost co-coordinated by assistant head coach/secondary Todd Bowles, whom some see as the defensive coordinator-in-waiting. The one area where Sparano will be asserting a good deal of his authority is on the offensive line. While trying to oversee but not interfere with the operation of the entire team, the former OL coach has admitted that he naturally gravitates toward the big guys in the trenches.