The Dolphins are in no position to guarantee offensive fireworks, not when they don’t know who their quarterback will be. But expect a more aggressive, fast-paced, creative offense than what Dolfans are accustomed.

New coach Joe Philbin said Friday the team will “absolutely” make significant use of the no-huddle offense, will exploit matchup advantages and will use multiple formations to keep defenses guessing.

“We want to create mismatches… with our formations, our motion, our shifting,” he said. “We may line up with no backs in the backfield.

Next play, we may have two tight ends and two backs. We want to play fast, make the defense adjust. If they can’t adjust and if they can’t handle our empty backfield and if we’re completing passes left and right, we’re going to stay with it and make them stop it.

“I’m not saying we’re going to be no-huddle every play. [But] if you want to be an up-tempo team, you want to have as many at-bats as possible.”

Philbin said the Dolphins will practice the no-huddle a good bit when the offseason practices begin in May: “Let’s be proactive with it. We want to get our players used to playing fast and decisive.”

Philbin, general manager Jeff Ireland and president Mike Dee discussed numerous other topics during a visit to The Miami Herald on Friday. Dee said the team will not raise any ticket prices and will drop some. Among the other highlights:

• He said he expects to spend about 50 percent of his time on offense and 25 percent apiece on defense and special teams.

Philbin praised Mike Sherman and Bengals defensive backs coach Kevin Coyle, who were named offensive and defensive coordinators as expected. He called Sherman, who was fired as Texas A&M coach, a “man of integrity, high character, hard-working and a heck of a coach.”

He said when Sherman asked him to join the Packers as an assistant coach in 2003, “Half the time, [Sherman] was like, ‘I don’t know if you really want to come. It’s a hard business, the NFL. You might get fired.’ Then it was like, ‘You might get a car, you might not.’’’

Philbin said the defense would use elements of both the 4-3 and 3-4: “I’m not married to one particular scheme. Without confusing our own guys, we want to present the opposition a variety of looks and make their offense practice a bunch of things so they get a little tentative.”

• Though the Aaron Rodgers-led Packers had far more passes than runs last season (552 to 395), Philbin said he doesn’t necessarily think pass first, run second: “You’ve got to use your talent. I love the running game. I love a good balance. We’re not opposed to doing it either way.”

• He said his “message to the fans would be: trust the process. I’m going to ask fans to have faith. We want to build a foundation to deliver consistent success. When is that going to be? I don’t have a crystal ball. Once we assemble the right people and spend time with them, we’ll get excellent results.” He said the locker-room must be “united with outstanding chemistry.”

• Philbin said he has been offered only one other head coaching position: at Washington and Jefferson College in 1998. He was an assistant at Harvard at the time but opted instead to become an assistant at Iowa. At Green Bay, “I was fortunate to get a couple promotions. I never asked for promotions. My father taught me to work hard and do your best and hopefully some of these people will notice you’re good at what you do.”