Tuesday night is the season finale of the Miami Dolphins' stint on Hard Knocks. Looking back, first-year coach Joe Philbin doesn't lament the decision to feature the team on the HBO show that offers a behind-the curtain glimpse at life in the NFL. "I don't have any regrets," Philbin told NFL.com's Albert Breer Sunday night. "I'm not sitting in my office and saying, 'Geez, why did we do that?' And if we win 15 games, it's not gonna be because they were here, just like if we lose 13 games, it won't be because they were here. It was a good experience, we met a lot of good people. That's really it." Interestingly, rookie QB Ryan Tannehill, the eighth overall pick in April, wasn't the biggest storyline in the show's four-episode run. It was wide receiver Chad Johnson, who was released last month after he was arrested on domestic violence charges for allegedly head-butting his wife. Philbin spoke to the decision to allow cameras in his office when he gave Johnson his walking papers. "I felt bad for [Johnson]," the coach told Breer. "He didn't want that out there necessarily. But, for example, we'd released Derek Dennis from Temple earlier, and that was in front of the cameras. I just didn't feel like it was right to treat Chad any different than someone like Derek Dennis. If you're going to do it in front of the cameras with other guys, you gotta do it with him. I just felt like it was the right thing to do, but it wasn't easy." Source: CBS Sports
Id love to see this for every team.....and not just training camp, throughout the season. But of course is unrealistic .....its just an awesome show.
I don't think it's that unrealistic if the nfl gave approval they could do something like they did with the Flyers and Rangers for the Winter Classic...that was done really well!
