After spending the entire 1995 season on the New York Giants' Practice Squad, Olindo went to training camp with the Dolphins and was given a chance to compete with incumbent, Joe Nedney, for the starting job:
"Joe made one of the best decisions and one of the worst decisions. Because, he made a great decision; he went back to college to get his degree. The problem was, he was away from the facility for six months, which (Mike) Westhoff didn't like, and I got better over six months. So, when it came time in preseason that year between Joe and I, it was a struggle because we each got one field goal in preseason, and that was it. He missed his and I made mine."
Dolphins Special Teams Coach, Mike Westhoff was tough on Olindo, but the kicker always knew that his coach had his back:
"(Mike Westhoff) was a true special teams coach and he stuck up for me many of times. One of the times I remember the most was, we got a fumble and I go down there to kick a field goal, and miss the field goal. Of course Zach (Thomas) comes over hot, screaming at me. Meanwhile, everybody knows that if anybody wants to make it, it's this guy. So he's screaming at me on the sideline and I'm only a rookie or whatever, but the next play we score and I kicked off and made the tackle. After I made the tackle, Westhoff said to Zach, 'you want him to kick off and make tackles? Go do your job.'"
December 16, 2020 at 12:22AM
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