The Miami Herald reported Monday that Bowles and new head coach Joe Philbin spoke on Sunday, but Bowles may soon depart Miami for greener pastures. The Dolphins have granted him permission to pursue jobs with other teams - not exactly a stirring endorsement from Miami.

 

Not that this is a total surprise. The Dolphins, like any other team that just hired a new coach, are giving Philbin the authority to assemble his own staff. What coach wouldn't find some new blood to shake up a team that has consistently underperformed the past three years?

 

The team has already let offensive line coach Dave DeGuglielmo bolt to the New York Jets (where he'll join former Dolphins coach Tony Sparano) and wide receivers coach Ike Hilliard join the Washington Redskins staff.

 

The only reason Bowles' possible departure is interesting at all is that he had been promoted to interim head coach after serving as defensive backs coach. If someone else had taken over for Sparano last month, Bowles' departure would barely merit a mention.

 

Indeed, Dolphins fans should be happy that so many coaches are being replaced. Coaching can only do so much to counteract a deficit of talent, but no one on the team's staff this season did anything to make themselves indispensable.

 

Meanwhile, the Herald also reported Monday that Philbin is interested in bringing on former Green Bay coach Mike Sherman to be the team's offensive coordinator. Brian Daboll is still technically on staff as OC. In his one year with the team, the Dolphins saw their point total jump from 273 to 329 despite a slight decrease in yardage (from 5170 to 5078).

 

Sherman coached the Packers from 2000-2005, hiring Philbin in 2003. He coached at Texas A&M after his stint in Green Bay, but was fired last month, having posted a 25-25 record in four seasons.

 

Sherman is a candidate for the Tampa Bay head coaching gig, though, with a second interview scheduled with the Bucs for this week.