Former Miami Coach Suggests Young Players Should Get Married to Help Them Focus

Dolphins wide receiver Derek Hagan enters his third year in the NFL. Early in his senior season at Arizona State, he was projected as a possible first-round pick, but inconsistent play and a knack for dropping passes saw his stock drop. Miami ended up taking him in the third round of the 2006 draft, and to date, he's still learning to become a complete receiver.

Dolphins wide receivers coach Terry Robiskie, who was let go when Bill Parcells took over the team, has some advice for Hagan (Robiskie has since been hired by the Falcons):

Before former Dolphins receivers coach Terry Robiskie was fired, he offered this unusual spin on receiver Derek Hagan: 'The biggest thing is for him to get married. Single guys don't have the focus of married guys. He's focusing on the rims of his car, on `Am I Cingular or T-Mobile?' and other things that are so irrelevant. He's got too many focuses.'' OK then.

Too bad nobody ever told Travis Henry about this marriage thing. I could've saved him the trouble of having to ignore all those child-support payments.

As for Hagan, I can understand how a 23-year-old who recently came into a lot of money might get caught up in things like rims and cell phones. But Robiskie's right: none of that crap matters when you're out of a job. And if Parcells has made anything clear it's that he doesn't suffer fools well.

I'm guessing Hagan knows as much and I'm sure he's busily looking for a wife as we speak. I mean, look how well that turned out for Michael Strahan.