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Ireland on hot seat as season begins

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08:04 AM ET 09.10 | Miami's season, on the heels of an HBO close-up, opened with some hard knocks in Week 1. Owner Stephen Ross must decide whether Jeff Ireland is the right man long-term for the franchise's most important position, aside from quarterback. Ross made clear he expects a winning team in 2012, though some of Ireland's moves suggest he's far more concerned with 2013 than 2012. A friend of Ross believes Ireland will be in serious trouble if the Dolphins bomb. He insists Ross does not have "blind faith" in his general manager. Another close business associate of Ross said Ireland probably would not survive a 5-11 season but cautioned there could be scenarios in which the Dolphins have a losing record but Ross still keeps Ireland.

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Jeff Ireland, Getty Images Jeff Ireland, Getty Images
September 10, 2012  08:12 AM ET

This story seems vaguely familiar...

September 10, 2012  08:15 AM ET

If they go 5-11 he should be GM of the year. That is one bad team!

September 10, 2012  08:17 AM ET

My GM car needs to be replaced, too. But, like Miami, I'll probably hang on to it for a few more years and live with an inadequate POS instead of putting out the effort to find something better.

September 10, 2012  08:26 AM ET

btw..that is a really old pic (at least 5 yrs).

September 10, 2012  08:33 AM ET
QUOTE(#1):

This story seems vaguely familiar...

Hmmm...

September 10, 2012  08:37 AM ET

Blah blah blah, hotseat, blah blah blah, Miami. Blah blah blah.

September 10, 2012  08:38 AM ET
QUOTE(#4):

btw..that is a really old pic (at least 5 yrs).

That's ok. It's an old story, too. I thought they ran the same thing a day or so ago.

September 10, 2012  08:43 AM ET
QUOTE(#7):

That's ok. It's an old story, too. I thought they ran the same thing a day or so ago.

The threads sucked all summer. We wondered what they would do when the season started.

Now we know.

September 10, 2012  08:47 AM ET

Don't You Love Me Baby!!!

September 10, 2012  08:48 AM ET

We could use this thread to talk about bad officiating. They missed several calls in the Pats-Titans game, and they even got the rules wrong in Arizona-Seattle.

September 10, 2012  09:00 AM ET
QUOTE(#7):

That's ok. It's an old story, too. I thought they ran the same thing a day or so ago.

Yesterday, to be exact.

September 10, 2012  09:08 AM ET
QUOTE(#1):

This story seems vaguely familiar...

Yes didn't I kidnap this thread yesterday

September 10, 2012  09:08 AM ET

Water board him until he tells the truth on why he has made the moves he has. Then hot seat him. cold/hot/cold/hot is the new cure don't ya know?

September 10, 2012  09:09 AM ET
QUOTE(#10):

We could use this thread to talk about bad officiating. They missed several calls in the Pats-Titans game, and they even got the rules wrong in Arizona-Seattle.

If they had only called the TO that Whisenhunt was signalling for when Kolb threw the winning TD

September 10, 2012  09:10 AM ET
QUOTE(#13):

Water board him until he tells the truth on why he has made the moves he has. Then hot seat him. cold/hot/cold/hot is the new cure don't ya know?

Now I've got to go pee thanks 50

September 10, 2012  09:15 AM ET
QUOTE(#10):

We could use this thread to talk about bad officiating. They missed several calls in the Pats-Titans game, and they even got the rules wrong in Arizona-Seattle.

no worse than the regular officials....put it this way, the regular refs aren't so much better that it merits the pay increase they demand....now, the question is, should the NFL be able to fine the refs $30k/day they fail to report?

September 10, 2012  09:22 AM ET
QUOTE(#15):

Now I've got to go pee thanks 50

See. It works.

September 10, 2012  09:24 AM ET
QUOTE(#17):

See. It works.

But beer works better.

September 10, 2012  09:48 AM ET
QUOTE(#18):

But beer works better.

True.

 
September 10, 2012  09:51 AM ET
QUOTE(#18):

But beer works better.

The part I failed to mention is that you throw down a six pack while you water board him. I thought that was understood. The given.

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