Shame of the year - 2011 season

[tubba marxxx]

I'm giving this to Stephen Ross, this bumbling idiot of an owner because of the following:

- Goes after Jim Harbaugh and fails to land him because he didn't fire Sparano, creating tension on the sidelines. 

- Allows Sparano to hire Brian Daboll when there were more qualified candidates out there for offensive coordinator.  New look but same old problem.  Failed to score touchdowns consistently from the red zone.

The Dolphins start 0-7, eliminate themselves from playoff contention by OCTOBER, and THEN suddenly decide to start winning.

During the 0-7 start, Ross basically honors the opposing team's starting QB for his college achievements.

Waiting until they were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs to fire Sparano

Winning their finale with two field goals on drives totaling 12 yards and a 12 minute drive for their only touchdown.  Not to mention a draft pick who was cut for sucking (Turner) could contribute just as much for the opponent as any of Ireland's current draftees.

Now, Ireland is still the GM, and a reputable coach will not come here.
 

and the truth shall set you free


+1

[Pappy13]

^^Hard to argue with a lot of that. Ross did have one pretty bad year and you didn't even mention him talking SB or comparing Henne to Marino the previous year. If he does an equally bad job of finding Miami's next head coach (and by some reports he's already started off on the wrong foot having both Ireland and Peterson looking for candidates) it's going to be another awfully long year next year. Here's hoping that somehow he finds the right guy, no matter how it's done or who they end up with. I'm tired of going through this HC search stuff.

[CF DolFan]

At this point Ross is in the lead and he isn't even done yet. Maybe he can talk Marino into conducting a coaching search as well as Peterson and Ireland. Wait a minute ... we already had that too. 

[Dolarltexas]

0 and 7.