This is exactly the kind of thing I am talking about. Any thing good, is the decision of someone else, and anything bad is Ireland. It was too funny when the team went on the early season winning streak how everyone said "Oh, Philbin is a god" but no one said Ireland had anything to do with it, then when things start going bad its, "Ireland is the debil", and Philbin has nothing to do with it.
I am pretty sure you could find posters on here that are convinced Ireland is the cause of global warming, and was the man on the grassy knoll.
You know I get just as bemused by the fans who give Ireland credit for the few bright spots on his resume and yet say that all he has done wrong is due to Parcells and lately and to a lesser extent Philbin. Therefore I just roll up the last 4 years into a ball and say it is all on ireland, he is the GM and as the boss of player personnel the buck stops there good and bad.