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Until the fanbase demands Steven Ross sells the team nothing will ever change

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Victor Meldrew

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I was disgusted by the Bills defeat and I have been disgusted for too long watching the Dolphins. Steven Ross has been the owner for 12 years and in that time, we haven't won a single playoff game let alone come anywhere near to a Super Bowl. Ross was the man responsible for Tannenbaum and Ross is responsible for Grier. Ross and Garfinkel seem more interested in patting themselves on the back over having tennis and formula one at the stadium than fielding a truly competitive team. If only the NFL had a rule whereby an owner would be mandated to sell the team unless said team achieved at least one playoff win in say seven years of ownership.

ROSS OUT
 
BenchFiedler said:
Why is Ross a bad owner?
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I don't think Ross is a bad owner in the sense that he doesn't care or doesn't want to win. It seems to more of an issue of constant half measures, indecision and an apparent lack of any valuable football acumen, though that last one is obviously just speculation on my part.
 
I won’t go into too much detail here for obvious reasons, but my dad has had several law/business/and Alumni (University of Michigan) as well as NYU interactions with Stephen Ross over the years, and he always says, “can’t stand the guy”. That all means nothing of course, I just thought it was kind of funny.
 
Archaeopteryx said:
I don't think Ross is a bad owner in the sense that he doesn't care or doesn't want to win. It seems to more of an issue of constant half measures, indecision and an apparent lack of any valuable football acumen, though that last one is obviously just speculation on my part.
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Again, I would say the apparent smugness and mutual backslapping between him and Garfinkel about having tennis and formula one at the stadium is reason enough to want him to sell. If you asked any Dolphins fan would they rather see a competitive football team or a bad one but there would be tennis and formula one at the Stadium how many would choose the latter option? Its been 12 years under his ownership and we are now a storied franchise that is now an utter irrelevance.
 
Archaeopteryx said:
I won’t go into too much detail here for obvious reasons, but my dad has had several law/business/and Alumni interactions with Stephen Ross, and he always says, “can’t stand the guy”. That all means nothing of course, I just thought it was kind of funny.
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I would love to know more. I've never met him but I can't stand him. I can't stand how he has continually failed to fully clean house when it was required. I can't stand why they wanted tennis and formula one at the stadium as opposed to putting every ounce in effort into fielding a team that could come close to a Super Bowl. I can't stand how he is utterly silent when it comes to communicating with the fanbase.
 
Victor Meldrew said:
I would love to know more. I've never met him but I can't stand him. I can't stand how he has continually failed to fully clean house when it was required. I can't stand why they wanted tennis and formula one at the stadium as opposed to putting every ounce in effort into fielding a team that could come close to a Super Bowl. I can't stand how he is utterly silent when it comes to communicating with the fanbase.
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My dad is a Dolphin fan, but his dislike is personality based. Though one time he called me and said, “I was just at a lunch with Stephen Ross, I wanted to ask him to sell the team, but that would have been bad form”

This would have been in relation to NYU dealings, nothing Florida based
 
Ross has apparently spent over 2 Billion $s on the Dolphins. Can't knock him for that.
What I will say though. If those stories about him getting involved in the Tua pick are true then he's part of the problem. Owners should have zero input in player decisions especially the draft. Just hope it's not true.
 
If you just stick to the facts -- there are ZERO counter points to dispute the Ross years have been a long series of continuing blunders and poor performance. Doesn't matter WHY, bad football karma or just clown shoes -- his legacy of ownership in Miami, when it comes to the Miami Dolphins, and the product on the field --- is (putting it nicely) crap! Spending a lot of billionaire money is not the same as competency. For the most part -- it's been rather torturous to be a fan of the team with him at the top.
 
Archaeopteryx said:
My dad is a Dolphin fan, but his dislike is personality based. Though one time he called me and said, “I was just at a lunch with Stephen Ross, I wanted to ask him to sell the team, but that would have been bad form”

This would have been in relation to NYU dealings, nothing Florida based.
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FanMarino said:
Ross has apparently spent over 2 Billion $s on the Dolphins. Can't knock him for that.
What I will say though. If those stories about him getting involved in the Tua pick are true then he's part of the problem. Owners should have zero input in player decisions especially the draft. Just hope it's not true.
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When you have what is reported to be 9 billion then spending 2 billion is an irrelevance. The one and only thing that is relevant is competing for a Super Bowl and if in 12 years your team hasn't even won a single playoff game then you have utterly failed as an owner.
 
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