Miami Dolphins are ‘stuck’ under Stephen Ross’ ownership | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC
Asante Samuel Senior on his podcast talking about the fact that there was some sort of interest between the Dolphins and his son Asante Samuel Jr. Junior is a free agent, still unsigned. Asante Senior made the comment that there’s no leadership in the Dolphins organization. And that caught my eye because it goes back to one of the biggest criticisms I’ve had of the Dolphins under Steven Ross. And it dovetales with what has become a fairly common take in these parts that as a fan of a team, you’re stuck with ownership. Jed York said it several years ago after they fired Jim Harbaugh, then Jim Tom Sula, then Chip Kelly, boom, boom, boom. One year after another, you don’t dismiss ownership. No. Sometimes you’d like to. The only problem is it’s like the Wizard of Oz. You drop a house on the Wicked Witch of the East. There is a chance the Wicked Witch of the West is going to be even worse. So some sometimes that owner you have who is driving you crazy may still be may still be better than whoever would end up buying the team because there is no test. There is no aptitude exam. You just have to have the biggest bag of money when a team is for sale. So I say all that because Steven Ross because he lives and works in New York. He’s an absentee landlord of the Miami Dolphins. It has led to dysfunction. An owner said years ago, “What do you think about Stephen Ross not living in Miami, not working in Miami?” The response was, “I love competing against him.” Yeah, the best owners know where the sweet spot is between being around all the time and showing everyone this matters to me. This is my priority. This isn’t some tax shelter. Not that there’s any not that there’s any losses involved, but this isn’t just, you know, a trophy. This isn’t just some property that I’m investing in. I am fully invested in this team. I am here every day. I am making the team headquarters my headquarters. Either this is my only business or this is my principal place of all of my business. I’m not micromanaging my football people, but I’m here every day. I care the way I expect you to care. and you know having the owner around. What’s the saying? When the cat’s away, the mice do play. I mean, what have we seen over the years? The mice are eating each other when the cat isn’t there. So, look at where they are right now. We got a question coming up later that dovetales with that concept. But look at where they are right now. They they just feel lost to me. And I know that that makes Dolphins fans upset because Dolphins fans are stuck. They’re stuck with Steven Ross. They’re stuck with the status quo. They have to make the best of it when the team is zero and zero. And they can plausibly persuade themselves to think that this year is going to be the year for the first time since 2000 that they win a playoff game. Was it 2000 or was it 99? I can’t remember. Most can’t remember. It was a long freaking time ago. So, delude yourself if you must as you anticipate the start of football season. I’m not going to try to yuck someone’s yum as it relates to, you know, the fascination of all the things that could be. Yeah, they could go they could go 17 and0 in theory. So could the Giants and I’ll have John Mara’s face tattooed on my arm, which is still much better than having his arm tattooed on my face. So the Dolphins feel rudderless. The Dolphins feel shiftless. The Dolphins feel like a team that really does have no unifying vision, leadership, who’s in charge, who’s driving the bus, where is the bus going? It just feels like the bus is going wherever the players want the bus to go. Hi, it’s Mike Florio. Thanks for watching PFT on YouTube. Hit subscribe for the latest news and analysis from Pro Football
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15 comments
The Dolphins last playoff win was 2000.
COACH JON GRUDEN TIME!…⏳⏲️🐬🆙
Mr. Ross can remain in New York, he just has to hire coach Gruden, allow him to hire his GM and allow them full control over football operations.
Ross should sell the team to someone you cares about the team. No vision
Worst owner, GM, Coach, QB in history
I'm not butt hurt by what you say Mike. It's the truth. It's the feelings of a lot of realistic fans. We more people crying out for us. We need people of your stature to reach them because they certainly aren't listening to us, especially when it comes to the throwback uniforms.
ross is a good owner when it comes to providing good facilities to the team yeah but the team has no vision and no identity and his hubris is hilarious because under his ownership there has been no success.
we used to be a first class organization. then marino retired and we've been a poverty franchise since.
You have 2 ownership attitudes, I don't like what's happening either and doing my best, and I own the team and you don't with a smirk.
Terrible front office in Miami. Terrible owner who only cares about developing land here in south Florida. Worst GM in the league lol worst coach in the league terrible QB lol
So what with his Asante Samuel's son junior. Stephen Ross is a awesome owner. He's an open wallet….
Cleveland Browns have a problem, Tennessee Titans, LA Chargers , Minnesota Viking have problem…. Talk about them who's never won anything….
100% accurate and all realistic Dolphins fans know it. Ross has no vision, Grier has no vision. It’s just “grab whatever big names we can get and sell it to the fans!” It’s so disheartening as someone who grew up a fan and has lived with never seeing their team be truly successful.
On the bight side, Stephen Ross announced the Dolphins are tweaking the aqua color and the fish logo … again
BRONCOS COUNTRY WAS SOOOOOOO LUCKY WHEN WE GOT THE WALTON-PENNER GROUP TO BUY OUR TEAM ! GREG PENNER HAS ACTUALLY MOVED TO DENVER, & HIS PRESENCE IS ALWAYS THERE, BUT YET, IN THE BACKGROUND. JUST LIKE PAT BOWLEN WAS. OH, WERE WE LUCKY .—–MJL, 78 Y/O
The current Dolphins logo sucks
Pittsburgh Pirates fans know how that feels.