He set records with the Dolphins -- just not the right ones. And now John Bonamego is gone.
Tony Sparano announced at his late morning press conference Tuesday that Miami has "moved on" from their special teams coach in the wake of their abominable showing on Monday Night Football.
Assistant Special Teams Coach Darren Rizzi will assume his duties.
In the 41-14 loss to the Patriots, the Dolphins actually led 7-6 at the half until the Patriots became the first team in NFL history to score touchdowns on a running play, passing play, interception return, kickoff return, and blocked field goal in the same game.
And that blocked field goal TD? It was one of a pair of stuffed kicks on the night from Patrick Chung, a nobody that the Dolphins special teams managed to make look like an eight-armed NFL Voltron.
It was, as announcer Mike Tirico observed, "a special teams fiesta."
Bonemego joined the Dolphins before the 2008 season, a year in which their special teams were less historically but still abominably bad.
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They improved in 2009, but with exactly half of their preseason and regular season games this fall involving a blocked punt, and last night's instantly legendary performance, Bonamego's firing was just a matter of press release.
