LikeUntoGod
The Oracle
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In a column that appears in today's Miami Herald, I make the point that that plane trip to interview then-Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh -- the last big cross-country trip for the Dolphins until this one to San Diego -- hurt the Dolphins in ways beyond what meets the eye.
Worse, that trip hurt the Dolphins perhaps in ways that cannot be solved.
For example, I report that plane ride absolutely ended the friendship between head coach Tony Sparano and general manager Jeff Ireland. Oh, they used to be friends. Their wives used to be friendly.
That is no longer the case now.
I outline how that plane trip hurt Ross's reputation. Two other owners have told me they dismiss practically anything Ross says based on losing respect for him, in part, because of that plane ride.
One says "the lack of sophistication" by Ross in taking that course was embarrassing for the entire NFL ownership community.
It is thus no wonder to me Ross has not been able to convince as many owners as he wanted to place his FanVision devices in their stadiums. Other than the Dolphins, only 11 of the NFL's other 31 teams have put FanVision(THE reason he owns a NFL team BTWAY) in their stadiums, according to the device's website.
So that plane ride cost Ross prestige among his peers. It cost him prestige among fans because some now see Ross as a man who cannot close.
The trip also cost Ross money because he had to give a coach he was thinking of replacing two more guaranteed years on a contract extension and then had to do the same for the general manager.
Bottom line, that whole plane ride thing start to finish was a loser for the Dolphins.
Read more: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/dolp...to-cali-and-thats-not-good.html#ixzz1ZeHznI00
We suck, the more I looked into it, the more I wonder if one of the main reasons that he bought the the Dolphins was simply to get a "some leads" (sales talk) to make more money selling his FanVison crap to every team.
In a column that appears in today's Miami Herald, I make the point that that plane trip to interview then-Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh -- the last big cross-country trip for the Dolphins until this one to San Diego -- hurt the Dolphins in ways beyond what meets the eye.
Worse, that trip hurt the Dolphins perhaps in ways that cannot be solved.
For example, I report that plane ride absolutely ended the friendship between head coach Tony Sparano and general manager Jeff Ireland. Oh, they used to be friends. Their wives used to be friendly.
That is no longer the case now.
I outline how that plane trip hurt Ross's reputation. Two other owners have told me they dismiss practically anything Ross says based on losing respect for him, in part, because of that plane ride.
One says "the lack of sophistication" by Ross in taking that course was embarrassing for the entire NFL ownership community.
It is thus no wonder to me Ross has not been able to convince as many owners as he wanted to place his FanVision devices in their stadiums. Other than the Dolphins, only 11 of the NFL's other 31 teams have put FanVision(THE reason he owns a NFL team BTWAY) in their stadiums, according to the device's website.
So that plane ride cost Ross prestige among his peers. It cost him prestige among fans because some now see Ross as a man who cannot close.
The trip also cost Ross money because he had to give a coach he was thinking of replacing two more guaranteed years on a contract extension and then had to do the same for the general manager.
Bottom line, that whole plane ride thing start to finish was a loser for the Dolphins.
Read more: http://miamiherald.typepad.com/dolp...to-cali-and-thats-not-good.html#ixzz1ZeHznI00
We suck, the more I looked into it, the more I wonder if one of the main reasons that he bought the the Dolphins was simply to get a "some leads" (sales talk) to make more money selling his FanVison crap to every team.
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