It's official: Stephen Ross new owner of Dolphins
As expected, Wayne Huizenga has officially sold all but 5% of his stake in the Miami Dolphins to Stephen Ross. And with that move, Bill Parcells is officially on the clock. Parcells will now have 30 days to exercise a clause in his contract which would allow him to opt out of his deal with the Dolphins but still receive all of his remaining salary. It was a clause that was put in so that, in the event of a sale, Parcells could decide if he wanted to work with the new owner or not.
All indications are, though, that Parcells will remain with the Dolphins as the V.P. of Football Operations. If anything, Parcells might use the clause in his deal to finagle more money out of the new owner. But GM Jeff Ireland said today that he'd be "shocked" if Parcells decided to leave. And considering Parcells is down in Mobile at the Senior Bowl, it doesn't seem at all like Bill is planning on leaving.
Ross even mentioned Parcells in his first statement since becoming the new owner. Said Ross:
"In addition, I want to assure Dolphin fans that I share Wayne's same passion to win and will do everything I can to support Bill Parcells in his leadership of football operations. I also want to thank Jeff Ireland, Tony Sparano, and the entire football staff as they continue the mission they began a year ago to bring the Dolphins back to the Super Bowl."
Here's some advice for you, Mr. Ross. Stay out of the way of Bill Parcells and Jeff Ireland and all of the football decision makers. You stick to the business side of things and let these "football" guys make the football decisions. They know what's best. You don't.
Thank you.
**UPDATE**: In addition to the above statement, Ross added this during his conference call with the media. Speaking about Parcells, Ross said:
"He's the greatest football mind in America. I'm very happy to have him, needless to say. Everyone's expressed all the concerns, is he leaving or isn't he? He's staying and I'm fortunate to have him and I think Miami is fortunate to have him.''
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Welcome Ross
and it was reassuring to read “….will do everything I can to support Bill Parcells in his leadership of football operations.” I agree Matty, if he stays on the business side, and not the football side, I think this will be a lateral move and it should be business as normal for the Dolphins. I still want the Parcells thing “official” though, I hope it gets done quick, I guess the 30 day countdown clock has just started.
Miami Dolphins 2008 AFC East Divison Champions
Kinda harsh there Matty
Here’s some advice for you, Mr. Ross. Stay out of the way of Bill Parcells and Jeff Ireland and all of the football decision makers. You stick to the business side of things and let these “football” guys make the football decisions. They know what’s best. You don’t. Thank you.
True, but harsh. the man hasn’t done anything to the contrary yet. I just wanna know if he’ll sign the quick check if the head trio wants a FA.
"I have nothing to declare except my genuis."
-Oscar Wilde
I tell it like it is.
A real estate mogul has no right to have any say in the operations of a football team – on the personnel side, at least. Leave that to the guys who know what they are doing.
Neo!! WTF are you saying bro?
Mr moneyless, buyout MF is goingto do somethingstupid with hisnew toy & all of us are going to get SCREW TO THE BONES!!
God Jesus *******
I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)
moneyless?
I think not. He is worth at least 4.1 Billion and I think was 78th on Forbes richest men list (something like that).
"I have nothing to declare except my genuis."
-Oscar Wilde
But he is looking forthe gov buyout?
He is rich with OUR HARD EARN money!!
I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)
Here’s some advice for you, Mr. Ross. Stay out of the way of Bill Parcells and Jeff Ireland and all of the football decision makers. You stick to the business side of things and let these “football” guys make the football decisions. They know what’s best. You don’t.
Super-SLAP!
Enough is enough...we need Natalya back. I believe in John Beck and that LCFF is the man.
Official Leader of the Draft Kenny Britt Bandwagon
Longest Sig In the History of Phinsider belongs to Me. 53 Lines in Total.
Ross: Do everything to keep Parcells
Just because the tuna is at the senior bowl does not mean he is staying. He could be scouting those players for a new team. However I believe Ross gives him a new deal and he stays.
Unsolicited opinion
From a fan of another team: It would seem to me that Parcells at the Senior Bowl could be more of a bad sign for Miami than a good one. With that guy’s track record of decisions and retractions anything is possible.
"Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy than to fumble this football"
- John Heisman
I don't see Parcells leaving
This is his Baby. I truly believe the Dolphins will be the final stop of his career. With Ireland handling the day-to-day GM duties, and a guy from the same mold as him in Sparano coaching the team, there’s no reason for him to leave. He loves those guys, and he won’t abandon them so soon into this rebuild. As long as Ross doesn’t force him out, he’ll be here. And all indications are that Ross will do whatever he has to to keep Parcells here. Once the 30-day window is up, we can all breathe a sigh of relief, but I think in the end, he’ll be exactly where he is now. We just have to put up with a month of media speculation linking him to every single team in the league and giving us ‘brilliant’ reasons as to why he would leave Miami. Just know that every report in the media, unless from Parcells’ mouth itself, is speculation. When Bill wants to say something, he says it himself.
"Are we doing this? Is this happening?"
by Little Nicky 21 on Jan 20, 2009 4:59 PM EST reply actions
p-dizzle will do w/e he wants
honestly best thing for him to do is to walk away right now. then come back with another contract
that way he = gets the money huzenga guarenteed right now, plus he can get even more
ross = andy dick.


Enough is enough...we need Natalya back. I believe in John Beck and that LCFF is the man.
Official Leader of the Draft Kenny Britt Bandwagon
Longest Sig In the History of Phinsider belongs to Me. 53 Lines in Total.
finsx = stephen ross
"Are we doing this? Is this happening?"
by Little Nicky 21 on Jan 20, 2009 6:23 PM EST up reply actions
lol a=b, b=c, therefore c must equal a
Just read the update, and I’m going to start sleeping better. I highly doubt Parcells is going anywhere now. I still see him waiting the 30 days, to “see” how Ross does things. Barring something crazy happening…….Parcells is our man!
Miami Dolphins 2008 AFC East Divison Champions
by HuskerDolphin on Jan 20, 2009 6:25 PM EST up reply actions
He's got family in KC now
We’d love to have him here ; ^ )
by KansasCityShuffle on Jan 20, 2009 6:26 PM EST up reply actions
LN21, you are saying..
BP isNOT leaving, but at the same time you are saying that after 30 we will have a breathe of relief?
You KNOW we might be SCREW!!
I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)
via Rotoworld
Dolphins VP of Football Operations Bill Parcells insinuated Tuesday that he isn’t leaving the team despite an “escape” clause in his contract.
“What does it look like I’m doing?” he said after watching Senior Bowl practice. “What do your eyes tell you?” Asked if he’d leave to get more money the Tuna said, “It isn’t about money. I have more money than I can spend.”
It's NOT money!
He willnot go out to another team, but he could leave us, NO DOUBT!
Ps ESPN, HBO, whatever analys!!
I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)
Couldn't say it better.
Here’s some advice for you, Mr. Ross. Stay out of the way of Bill Parcells and Jeff Ireland and all of the football decision makers. You stick to the business side of things and let these "football" guys make the football decisions. They know what’s best. You don’t.
Its one thing to be a fan of a terrible team when the owner is trying to do his best. Most people were excited when Cam Cam was hired- he was the hot coordinator that everyone wanted and we got him.
Its another when you have a great thing going, and the owner muffs it up. Can you imagine Robert Kraft driving away Belichick? We would die laughing at the Pats. No offense to these teams, but I don’t want to be a fan of the Cowboys or Redskins where the owner thinks that because he has gobs of money, he is a qualified GM.
You have one easy job; just sign the checks and leave everything else alone.
"They say statistics are for losers, but losers are usually the ones thinking that. . . . Everything we do is analyzed. Is that the bottom line? No. You can't analyze the heart of Tim Tebow." - Urban Meyer
well said..........and 3 reasons you don't need to worry Mr. Ross
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Miami Dolphins 2008 AFC East Divison Champions
by HuskerDolphin on Jan 20, 2009 11:20 PM EST up reply actions
dude on left = ireland?
has a badass jacket…i want one
Enough is enough...we need Natalya back. I believe in John Beck and that LCFF is the man.
Official Leader of the Draft Kenny Britt Bandwagon
Longest Sig In the History of Phinsider belongs to Me. 53 Lines in Total.
by finsxfactor on Jan 20, 2009 11:31 PM EST up reply actions
It looks like they are trying hard to not shit.
"How can I blame you
When it's me I can't forgive?"
-From the Unforgiven III off of Death Magnetic
by Patssuck456 on Jan 20, 2009 11:56 PM EST up reply actions
The only one that's not cold is... ; )
Cold bloded bastard LOL
I will see the Dolphins win a SUPER BOWL before i die(21 years and counting)
Additional info on Ross
Here is what the Sun Sentinel had today in an interview with Ross. Its pretty good, I’ll put this in the fanshots as well.
Read what it says and you’ll feel better about things IF you were worried at all. Sounds like he is going to leave the football up to the football guys. When it comes to the salary cap, he had some great comments on that as well.
Miami Dolphins 2008 AFC East Divison Champions

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