Is Bill Parcells leaving the Dolphins?
He has 30 days from now to decide.
Now that Steven Ross has completed the purchase of his 95 percent share of the Dolphins from team owner Wayne Huizenga, a clause in Parcells' contract was triggered that allows him to walk away from the team - with his remaining $9 million in salary. Parcells negotiated the "out" clause in his deal last year amidst (is that a word, or is it "amid" ... whatever .. Gutes will tell me) concerns about a possible sale.
The hope here is that Parcells doesn't go anywhere. With all the coaching jobs filled (except the Raiders, but who the hell wants to work for Al Davis? ... Tom Cable, 'cause he's got nowhere else to go) and with only the Browns' general manager job open (it's about to be filled by George Kokinis, but why would Parcells wants to be in charge of a coach he didn't hire?), the only thing Parcells can logically do if he leaves Miami is walk away for a year and resurface somewhere else in 2009.
Tuna doesn't owe Ross anything, but it would be a shame to see him leave after doing such fine work in turning the Dolphins from a 1-15 disaster into a playoff team in one year.
He has given strong indications that he's staying. But if you've ever watched Parcells before, you know that nothing's certain.
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Huizenga said 2 weeks ago that Parcells told him he's staying.
Um, Sandy, do you know anything about Parcells' history? I believe he told Arthur Blank he was taking the Falcons job last year, too.
Yeah I know what he is full of mostly. He kept his word with Leon Hess and left as soon as the team was sold like he said he would.