If you haven't heard, the Miami Dolphins flew out to California to court current Stanford coach, and highly coveted candidate for many head coaching jobs, Jim Harbaugh. The Miami Dolphins were seen as a disappointment to ownership as they finished the season 7-9 and missed the playoffs for the second consecutive year, after making them in 2008 following a 1-15 season. I have no problem with the Dolphins wanting to make Jim Harbaugh their next head coach - but they went to interview him with
Miami Dolphins, NO!
The owner and GM of the Dolphins were going to make Harbaugh the highest paid coach in the NFL with an annual salary of 7-8 million. That's like telling your longtime girlfriend you're going to take her to the prom, and then you go out and propose to another girl with a huge diamond ring.
It's just wrong. Dead wrong.
And I was watching Mike and Mike in the Morning yesterday, and they also brought up the fact that Harbaugh shouldn't have even accepted the interview because someone already has that job! Tony Dungy, former head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, was on the show, and said that Harbaugh really did violate the unwritten code of ethics between coaches.
To Harbaugh's credit, he did reject the offer, and now the Dolphins are left with their longtime girlfriend. If I were Sparano, I would want to quit. If the front office isn't behind you 100% - which they clearly are not - it's incredibly hard to win games in the NFL. The thing is, if he quits he doesn't get the rest of his millions in salary, an option I wouldn't be too keen on either.
What should happen, is this - Miami Dolphins, if you want to court other people for their coaching jobs, just fire the coach you don't want first. It's very simple. You clearly have lots of money to spend, since you were willing to pay Harbaugh 8 million a year, spend some of it on getting rid of the guy you don't want. Nobody likes to be cheated on.
~MAS
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