Dolphins owner: Former coach Tony Sparano ‘damaged the whole organization’

[RS12]

Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross said in a radio interview that former coach Tony Sparano “damaged the whole organization” and that he held a grudge when Ross courted Jim Harbaugh in 2011, reports the Miami Herald.

Ross made the comments on 790 Radio in Miami and also said it wasn’t fair to blame general manager Jeff Ireland on the team’s woes.

Harbaugh ended up being hired by the San Francisco 49ers leading them to a Super Bowl appearance this past season and Sparano was fired in December 2011. Sparano spent the 2012 season as the offensive coordinator for the New York Jets and this season will run the offensive line of the Oakland Raiders.

“He could never put it behind him,” Ross said about Sparano. “I don’t think he was the right head coach for the Miami Dolphins. I didn’t hire him. We’re a much better organization today than then. This organization is functioning the best since the [ Don] Shula days, [because] I picked the head coach with Jeff Ireland. People see this organization is really on the uptick.”

http://tracking.si.com/2013/04/27/dolphins-stephen-ross-tony-sparano-damaged-team/

 

[RS12]

Owners taking shots at former coaches hardly ever happens in the "old boy" network.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Could be BS Ireland fed him to save his own job.

 

[burmafrd]

Could be BS Ireland fed him to save his own job.

yeah, makes you wonder. Not a mention in that rant about the GM and his responsibility for the situation

 

[joseephuss]

yeah, makes you wonder. Not a mention in that rant about the GM and his responsibility for the situation

Could be. Consider the Jets got worse with Sparano this past season.

 

[jobberone]

That's unusual for an owner to do that. I wouldn't be surprised he catches a tiny bit of flack from some of the old time owners for that. Not classy even if it's true.

 

[newlander]

That's unusual for an owner to do that. I wouldn't be surprised he catches a tiny bit of flack from some of the old time owners for that. Not classy even if it's true.

......that is OFF THE HOOK. What a horses arse this guy is. NO class

 

[Sarge]

Whether it is Sparano's fault or not - that is a completely classless thing to do/say....

LAMO.

 

[muck4doo]

Whether it is Sparano's fault or not - that is a completely classless thing to do/say....

LAMO.

Completely agree. Some people just can't keep their mouths shut.

 

[ShiningStar]

yea, if anyone has a gripe, its Denver and the previous coach

 

[WoodysGirl]

I wonder how Sparano likes the smell of fumes from the bus that he just got thrown under.

 

[CF74]

LOL at this thread...

 

[Seven]

I wonder how Sparano likes the smell of fumes from the bus that he just got thrown under.

Didn't throw him under......ran him over in bed.


Geez.....that was brutal.