Ross's time to act is now.

Dolphin fans know the mess we are in. The coach is obviously walking on eggshells when he has an outburst during the game towards the referee begging for a review to help protect him from being fired. It’s sad, and quite honestly Sparano might have his faults, but in my mind he deserves better. There has certainly been a lack of respect from the owner, and GM towards him. It is also being reported his home is now for sale. I certainly wouldn’t want to be in his shoes.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/26/report-sparanos-house-goes-up-for-sale/

 Even so, he has handled the situation with professionalism, and class. I hope he finds a position where he can succeed somewhere.

  If Ireland somehow manages to remain with the team, I for one am going to be an unhappy camper. Every move he has made has backfired to some degree, and he needs to go. Losman? Really? <gasp> That move smacks of desperation. And, is just another example of a long line of poor planning, and mistakes in the personnel department.

 Mike Dee is not a football guy, and he is not a South Florida guy. I like Mike, but this is not an ideal situation for him, and this is too important a position within the franchise not to have the right guy. If I am Ross, I keep him, but reassign him to some other position.

 There are several rumors that Bill Cowher is in line to replace Sparano, and is currently working to acquire assistant coaches. Now, I believe Cowher will be a top choice, along with Gruden, but I can’t imagine these rumors being true at this time. Again Ross needs to come clean, and deny the reports.

The complaint I have from the PR department is all the sources leaking each week that Sparano is safe for another week. Ross needs to show some balls and just come out and say what is on his mind. A vote of confidence is not enough, when on the other hand he said he must win to keep his job. He is twisting in the wind and it is not fair to the team. And it will help shelf those questions the coach repeatedly is receiving.

 Come out and say we’ll make a determination at seasons end. Or come out and say I am disappointed in the subpar results, and we are reevaluating the staff on a week to week basis, but honesty is deserved here, rather then leaking things to the media. It undermines the coach, and that has to help in him losing the locker room. Even come out and say we’ll look at the situation again in a month. But, leaving your coach is this position doesn’t help anything, and continues to leave Miami in  a negative light nationally. Ideally, all things considered my opinion is the coach should be guaranteed the season regardless of the results.

 Stephen Ross is the leader of the team, and in my mind he is contributing to the perception we are an organization in disarray. That is not going to help him in any future recruitment efforts.

Ultimately, I believe Stephen needs to hire a Vice President of football Operations, whose responsibility will be to oversee all aspects of the football side of the operation. He is not a football guy, and neither is Mike Dee. When you look at the cause of the problem it begins there.

Gator Day? What an embarrassment. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/26/dolphins-players-not-fans-of-tebow-day/

My personal opinion after reading those quotes, is simple. Win. Win and Andrew Luck becomes an after thought. So Yeremiah, and Anthony should focus on the things they can control, rather then the things that can’t. Just win. It’s as simple as that.