Miami Dolphins: Stephen Ross Owes Team/Fans an Apology

It doesn’t matter what you think of Brian Flores, Stephen Ross has the Miami Dolphins looking foolish again. No matter what his reasoning is for firing Flores on Monday morning, it just further’s the dysfunction under current ownership. While Flores wasn’t as successful as the Dolphins had hoped, he had a loyal following with his players and a large group of fans.

Now Ross is finger-pointing after yet another disappointing season where the Miami Dolphins missed the playoffs. He can say the team wasn’t headed in the right direction. They can shoot down all the rumors they want about having someone waiting in the wings. They can even go through the entire process and hire the “next big thing” again. But let’s face it, the Dolphins are going through yet another offseason of uncertainty.

You can say it a thousand different ways, but in the end, the only one who can take the blame is Stephen Ross. Right now, the story being pushed is Brian Flores had rocky relationships within the organization and you can get as many people on that bandwagon as you want. In the end, how was that overlooked when they were hiring Brian Flores?

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Guys can fake a good interview all they want. However, coming from an organization like the Patriots you had to know. Flores served under Bill Belichick for so long and was kept around for more than just a couple of years. The fact that he was there for so long with Belichick you had to know they got along. You had to know they had similar coaching styles, right? Belichick was a no-nonsense coach. He’s known to push his guys past their comfort zone to the point it ran Tom Brady out of New England. Now you want to point the finger at Brian Flores as if you didn’t think he’d have the same mindset?

So here Miami Dolphins fans sit, wondering what comes next after another 2-3 year stint from another HC that Stephen Ross thought was the right guy.

This team has been a damn circus since Don Shula retired. The Ricky Williams saga, the Chad Johnson misstep, Joe Philbin, Tannehill over-drafted, Jarvis Landry traded, the DeShaun Watson rumors, where does it all end? Nothing this organization has done has looked like the decisions of a professional football team in the past 20+ years! Each one was its own unique situation but not one seemed like it paid off.

Now, they fired the one guy who gave them back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in two decades because he doesn’t get along with certain people. This has to be a joke right? If that’s the case, you care more about a “yes man” than a guy that can win and you don’t care about your fans. You want a guy who will fall in line and bend to your every whim.

Don’t try to feed the line that the team wasn’t responding to his coaching style. That same team never gave up despite a 1-7 start and actually rallied to win 8 of their last 9 games. Trying to push that narrative is a flat-out lie that no Dolphins fan should buy. Tell it like it is. You fired Flores because he didn’t make the playoffs the past two years.

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What’s the worst part of it all? Where’s the upgrade? What unproven coordinator is going to step in and start fresh? How exactly will they turn this team into contenders in one season? There’s not one that can as the next guy will want to bring his guys in and his players in as well.

Point the finger at Brian Flores all you want, Stephen Ross, but this mistake is on you yet again. You put yourself before the team once more. Now you owe your entire organization and fan base an apology.