Miami hires new O-line coach
Players speak well of former coach Foerster
DAVIE — The Miami Dolphins hired veteran offensive line coach Dave DeGuglielmo as their senior offensive assistant on Wednesday in an attempt to move beyond the video scandal involving former offensive line coach Chris Foerster and to prepare for Sunday’s game at Atlanta.
“It was definitely different today,” right tackle Ja’Wuan James said of Wednesday’s practice. “Just a little weird, but it’s just something we’ve got to get used to.”
Offensive linemen expressed warm sentiments for Foerster, who resigned Monday, hours after the video of him snorting a powdery, white substance while addressing Kijuana Nige Sherrod, a Las Vegas woman, surfaced online Sunday night.
“At the end of the day I was heartbroken over it because you never want to see a guy going through something like this,” right guard Jermon Bushrod said. “That’s why we all have his back in here and we want him to get better; that’s the only thing that means something to us right now.”
Left guard Laremy Tunsil declined to speak about Foerster, but James seemed to like Foerster, who was in the second year of his second stint with the team. James said he never saw any indication of Foerster attending a meeting under the influence of an illegal substance.