The best argument against the so-called retread head coach candidate is this: He failed at his last stop. He was fired. Why would we want to hire him here?
And sure enough, it is true that coaches with experience that are interviewing for the Miami Dolphins coaching job starting this week were indeed failures at post stops and were in fact fired. All except for Doug Marrone, who was not fired but rather opted out of his contract in Buffalo, a fact that raises its own questions and should be a topic of discussion at his interview.
But I am here to tell you that past failure is not always indicative of future failure.