Changes for Miami Dolphins still up in the air

[gafin]

Ross, according to sources close to the situation, didn’t fire anyone Thursday. Instead, he spent the day in what insiders described as a “fact-finding mission,” a sign that he’s being deliberate in deciding how to proceed after a fifth straight season out of the postseason.

His decision is expected in the coming days

A problem Ross faces: Joe Philbin doesn’t want to fire Mike Sherman — and can’t be forced to.

Sherman, the Dolphins’ offensive coordinator who just finished his second season, is not only Philbin’s friend and mentor, he’s also a huge coaching resource, far more than what is seen on the surface. One league source intimately familiar with the situation went so far as to say Sherman is “running the team.”

In his contract, Philbin is granted final say in all coaching decisions, so the only way Ross can truly force Sherman out is to fire his head coach.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/01/02/3849615/changes-for-miami-dolphins-still.html

 

[Travis34]

I want a decision tomorrow damnit it's not hard

 

[Spesh]

Sherman is essentially running the team?

Get the **** out Philbin, dont let the door hit you as you leave.

 

[mrbunglez]

Damn and here comes the rumors.

 

[flynryan15]

Sherman is essentially running the team?

Get the **** out Philbin, dont let the door hit you as you leave.

Yuuuuuuup

 

[SkapePhin]

Facts:
- 58 Sacks Allowed
- 8-6 with a shot at the playoffs with just 1 victory over a sub-.500 opponent. Finish 8-8
- Records under Ireland: 11-5, 7-9, 7-9, 6-10, 7-9, 8-8
- No playoffs since GW Bush was President
- Drafted Jonathan Martin
- Covered up a sexual assault of a female volunteer
- Total Yards and Points Scored are LOWER than the Sparano Era

Fact-Finding Over...

 

[Bartowboy]

There's the reason to fire everyone right there, don't wait around.

 

[phishxhead]

Facts:
- 58 Sacks Allowed
- 8-6 with a shot at the playoffs with just 1 victory over a sub-.500 opponent. Finish 8-8
- Records under Ireland: 11-5, 7-9, 7-9, 6-10, 7-9, 8-8
- No playoffs since GW Bush was President
- Drafted Jonathan Martin
- Covered up a sexual assault of a female volunteer
- Total Yards and Points Scored have are LOWER than the Sparano Era

Fact-Finding Over...

Facts:
- Lowest production from any rookie draft class
- 5 top picks and $200m to spend on FAs and only improved 1 game w/o playoffs
- Offensive ranking has decreased every year since he has been here

 

[NCFINFAN13]

Incredible to me that the owner might lose a power struggle with a coach.

 

[retarmyfinfan]

Grow a pair and fire them Ross

 

[WestSideFin]

I expect to hear something in the coming days from the dolphins. No matter what happens a statement at the least needs to happen. It seems as if change needs to happen. But lets see what happens, maybe ross blows it up.

 

[Bartowboy]

Wow, with all that's happend this year and now this crap, Sherman running this team are u effing kidding me...

 

[claytonduper]

Guys, I want a decision as well, but I don't want to clean house if Ross doesn't have any targeted GM/Coach to take over. If what we are being told in the media is true, Ross has done this franchise a dis-service not having prepared for this debacle at the end of the season. Ross should have had a contingency plan if and when the Dolphins lost the last 2 games and missed the playoffs. Now, if Ross fires Philbin/Ireland/Shermin, he will start scrambling for replacements.

 

[Spesh]

Only the Dolphins could hire a head coach who doesnt actually coach.

It goes hand in hand with our GM who wasnt really GM until 2010 and our owner who wasnt really the owner until 2011.

 

[PeterNorth]

Guys, I want a decision as well, but I don't want to clean house if Ross doesn't have any targeted GM/Coach to take over. If what we are being told in the media is true, Ross has done this franchise a dis-service not having prepared for this debacle at the end of the season. Ross should have had a contingency plan if and when the Dolphins lost the last 2 games and missed the playoffs. Now, if Ross fires Philbin/Ireland/Shermin, he will start scrambling for replacements.

Oh well. It is indeed laughable that Ross seems so ill-prepared, but let's be honest. At this point, anyone he has to "scramble" for is likely to be no worse than what Ireland and Philbin have produced, and could be better. The entire franchise is a joke. They are still largely the same level of inept as they were back during the Harbaugh fiasco. The hiring of Philbin and drafting of Tannehill only served to obscure that fact for a little bit. I have no doubt Stephen Ross wants to put a winning product on the field. I just don't think he has a clue how to do it, and he has a real problem of sidling up and listening to the wrong people too often.