gsnts725 Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5999541 Report: Tony Sparano gets extension The Miami Dolphins have given coach Tony Sparano a two-year extension, through 2013, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported. Sources told ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen raw emotions had developed between Sparano and Dolphins brass after the team's pursuit of Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh. Harbaugh met Thursday with Miami owner Stephen Ross in the San Francisco area about the Dolphins' job, sources told Mortensen. Harbaugh and the Dolphins broke off talks later in the day, sources told The Associated Press. Harbaugh ended up agreeing Friday afternoon to become the San Francisco 49ers coach. A source told Mortensen on Thursday night the Dolphins would retain Sparano, who has one year left on his contract. The Dolphins scheduled a late-afternoon news conference Friday to discuss the retention of Sparano, but the session was postponed 20 minutes before the scheduled start. Nearly two hours later, the Dolphins rescheduled the session for Saturday. A spokesman gave no reason for the postponement. Sparano met Friday at the team complex with owner Ross and general manager Jeff Ireland. The news conference promised to be an entertaining exercise in damage control. While in limbo this week, Sparano reported to work daily, even as Ross and Ireland flew to California to get spurned by Harbaugh. Conducting a coaching search when the Dolphins still had a coach threatened to undermine Sparano, whose status was already shaky because of his team's late-season meltdown. The sequence of events also raised questions about the state of his relationship with Ireland, which dates back eight years when both were with the Dallas Cowboys. The offseason has gone much like the latter part of the season for the Dolphins, who lost their final three games, including a 38-7 drubbing at New England in their finale last Sunday. Ross said before the season he expected the Dolphins to reach the Super Bowl, but instead they finished 7-9 and failed for the eighth time in nine years to reach the playoffs. Sparano led Miami to that lone postseason berth in 2008, his first year as an NFL coach. He has a three-year record of 25-23. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visajets Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 LOSER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE ILK Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 That's like taking home the last bitch left at the bar, and then marrying her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 i hope he stas there both years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenorGato Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Major lawls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SenorGato Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Major lawls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Chan Gailey in Buffalo, with an owner that doesn't want to win. Tony Sparano in Miami, with an owner that tried to replace him without firing him. Looks like the AFC will continue to be a 2 horse race for at least the next 2 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4HCrew Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 I hope Tony got the money guaranteed....what an embarrassing situation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larz Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 dolphins fans must be so psyched ! all they got for 7-9 was henning fired lolz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointman Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Great news! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sperm Edwards Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Too funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slats Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 The good news is that whatever happens tonight, the fish are a laughingstock. Sparano is a dead man walking. They're going to have trouble finding a quality OC to come into that environment. And the pending lockout will make it that much harder for Sparano and his new OC to have any success at all. I'll be surprised if Sparano works a day of that extension. I suspect he just negotiated himself a $6M severance package as an apology for being publicly humiliated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbatesman Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 This whole saga has just been terrific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 The good news is that whatever happens tonight, the fish are a laughingstock. Sparano is a dead man walking. They're going to have trouble finding a quality OC to come into that environment. And the pending lockout will make it that much harder for Sparano and his new OC to have any success at all. I'll be surprised if Sparano works a day of that extension. I suspect he just negotiated himself a $6M severance package as an apology for being publicly humiliated. Agreed. Lame duck coach, with a 2 year extension... wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NamathBoy Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 At least their coaching situation isn't that stupid. His team is sh*t but he's a classy guy. Our coach can't seem to be able to hide polaroids in his closet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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