N.O.D.: The Dolphins’ Ex
When I was in eighth grade or so, I liked the Miami Dolphins — but that had nothing to do with Dan Marino, who was a QB, not a commentator, at the time. It had to do with Jonathan Brandis.
My friends and I were crushing on him hard. I can still probably recite lines from Ladybugs and Sidekicks [[and that movie is really the only reason I knew who Chuck Norris was before the Total Gym]]. But, what we liked best was SeaQuest DSV where Brandis played Lucas Wolenczak, whose best friend was a dolphin, so I decided to like the Miami Dolphins.
So what does that all have to do with the “Newsmaker of the Day” cactus, you wonder. Because today we give it to Cam Cameron, whose parents were just as clever as John Johnson’s.
Anyway, Cameron is the latest head coach to be canned by the team. He went 1-15 this year, so what do you really expect? I mean, yeah, Trent Green snapped his collarbone, but even with a backup QB at the helm, you should at least be able to beat the Jets.
So Cam got the ax, and the Dolphins will now have their fifth coach in as many years. Yikes.
We give the N.O.D. cactus to Cam because, well, the poor guy* can’t seem to buy a win.
*Note: That’s a figure of speech. The guy was an NFL coach. He’s not very poor.