Jason Taylor saga will become heated barring trade

[DolFan619]

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Jason Taylor saga will become heated barring trade

Late Sunday evening when I came to understand the full scope of the current relationship between Jason Taylor and Bill Parcells, I felt like the referee in the middle of a cable television wrestling match.

I wrote about that decaying relationship in my column Monday [read it here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/story/512073.html] and basically advocated that Taylor and Parcells should just forget their differences, call each other, and make nice.

I am told that is not going to happen.

What is more likely to happen is that as early as TODAY the Taylor camp will call the Dolphins and renew its request to be traded. Agent Gary Wichard is scheduled to call Parcells or general manager Jeff Ireland and once again remind the Dolphins that Taylor wants to play for a playoff-caliber team in 2008. He will also remind them the Dolphins are not a playoff-caliber team, no matter what they might want you to believe.

If that renewed request doesn't get results look for more drastic measures on the horizon. If Jason Taylor is still on Miami's roster at the start of training camp in July, do not be surprised if he declines to report.

And if he's on the roster at the start of the season in September, don't be surprised if he threatens to retire.

The Dolphins, meanwhile, would be retaliating with fines for every day Taylor misses in training camp and grow angrier that such a distraction is threatening to overshadow the building of a team. And knowing the antagonists involved, don't be surprised if it gets personal when folks become frustrated enough to start speaking on the issue publicly.

The point is this was once a win-win situation that now could turn lose-lose.

If the Dolphins did the logical thing and traded Taylor for a draft pick or picks, they would have added ammunition for building their team. Taylor, meanwhile, would have been happy to thank the team for 11 wonderful seasons and gone onto trying to win a championship for himself and new team. Win-win.

But the Dolphins put a ridiculous asking price on Taylor (a first round pick) that no one was willing to pay. So of course, no one made a trade offer. So Taylor is still on the team, but he may sit out while the team has a soap opera on its hands. Lose-lose.

If the Dolphins had strong leadership from managing partner Wayne Huizenga this would be over. The man who has employed Taylor for 11 years could easily step in and order Parcells and Ireland to trade Taylor. Case closed. He obviously hasn't done that for reasons only he understands.

So while these two trains build up steam and roll headlong at each other, we should realize there seems very little chance of the reconciliation I was calling for in my column. Either Taylor is traded or it's going to get ugly.

[Philly Fin Fan]

If the Dolphins had strong leadership from managing partner Wayne Huizenga this would be over. The man who has employed Taylor for 11 years could easily step in and order Parcells and Ireland to trade Taylor. Case closed. He obviously hasn't done that for reasons only he understands.



This remark from the writer is idiotic and typical media spin doctoring. For years the media and fans bitched that Wayne didn't let "football people" run the team. So what did Wayne do? He went out and got a "football person" to run the team and all football related activities. Everyone said Wayne did the right thing.

Now, the media bitches that Wayne has demanded Parcells trade Taylor?

[afphinfan]

But the Dolphins put a ridiculous asking price on Taylor (a first round pick) that no one was willing to pay. So of course, no one made a trade offer. So Taylor is still on the team, but he may sit out while the team has a soap opera on its hands. Lose-lose.

Another stupid statement by the author ... yeah, that is what the phins wanted but if someone really wanted him they would have offered what they felt was reasonable. This is called negotiation: seller starts high, buyer starts low ... happens all the time.

[KC]

Part of the problem lies with Parcells and Co.'s handling of the situation.  The second part is that in getting painted into a corner they needed to take that into account.  Now we have a mess.  A fairly minor issue maybe, but not the way to start a football legacy.  Wayne on the other hand isn't known for the size of his balls and somehow is related to Mahatma Ghandi when it comes to these matters.  Maybe Wayne can go on a hunger strike till he gets traded or something 

[doctord56]

Isn't this overblown? Jason Taylor is a professional, and gets 7 million dollars a year to do a job. We saw some of this same nonsense in the papers when he and Zach's sister were talking divorce, but it never spilled onto the field. Taylor will play hard and well on the field, because he is a grown man and not a spoiled prima donna.

[YoFuggedaboutit]

I'd settle for a second going to a first in 2009 if he meets certain playing criteria.

[KC]

If they could have gotten a second period he'd be gone now.  Teams see him as too over the hill although the Pats would take him off our hands for nothing.