DMN Blog: Tony Sparano back to work

[WoodysGirl]

Tony Sparano back to work

5:30 PM Sun, Jan 06, 2008 | Permalink
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Assistant head coach Tony Sparano's weekend included three interviews with Atlanta, Miami and Baltimore, but no job offer was made - or accepted - which the New Haven Register reported Saturday night.

“The truth is I had three real nice interviews and I enjoyed meeting with all of the people involved,” Sparano said. “I learned a lot in the interview process, but no job offer was made. Absolutely no job offer was made. For me, all I’m worried about now is the New York Giants, so that’s what I’m doing.”

The Dolphins have interviews scheduled for Monday and Tuesday with prospective coaches. They would have been in violation of the Rooney Rule had they offered the job to Sparano, who was the first to interview after Cam Cameraon's dismissal. According to the rule teams must interview a minority candidate before hiring a coach.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

He's a liar, Liar I say. Goodell should be investigating.

 

[cajuncocoa]

Isn't that what they all say, right before the announcement is made that they're leaving??

 

[LucaBrasi]

Hoepfully Romo is back to work after his siesta.

 

[Dave_in-NC]

Hoepfully Romo is back to work after his siesta.

I would be disapointed in him if all he did was siesta.

 

[marchetta]

Tony Sparano back to work

but no job offer was made. Absolutely no job offer was made.

I do believe he protests too much.

 

[theogt]

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiggggggghtttt.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Allrighty then.

Let's go get the G-Men!!!

 

[WoodysGirl]

POSTED 6:32 p.m. EST, January 6, 2008
SPARANO LINING UP HIS STAFF?
As Fins football poobah Bill Parcells insists that he hasn't offered the team's vacant head-coaching position to Cowboys assistant Tony Sparano, given that to do so before the Cowboys' season ends would be a clear violation of league rules, we've gotten an anonymous tip indicating that Sparano might already be lining up his staff in Miami.
Though we're not reporting this as hard news, we've been advised to keep a close eye on a man named David Lee.
Lee is slated to be the next offensive coordinator at Mississippi under Houston Nutt. Lee served as offensive coordinator in 2007 under Nutt in Arkansas.
And Lee spent the prior four years working with Sparano and Parcells in Dallas.
There's a rumor that Lee has told Nutt that he won't be coming to Mississippi, and that Lee instead will be on Sparano's staff in Miami. As the rumor goes, Nutt already is looking for another offensive coordinator.
We'll let the "real" media do the rest on this -- with full knowledge that they'll take full credit for the scoop if they can corroborate our rumor, and that some of them will gripe about the fact that they've been assigned the task of chasing a story that showed up as a mere rumor on some Internet hack's blog.​