Parcells to Dolphins, Wayne Reneging

Huge news being reported by multiple sources tonight: Bill Parcells accepted an 11th hour offer by the Miami Dolphins to become the VP of Football Operations, just hours after all but accepting a similar position with the Atlanta Falcons. The key reason why he chose the Dolphins was a phone call from Wayne Huizenga apparently expressing his desire to keep the team. Whether or not this promise means he won't sell the team outright or a portion of the team to minority owners is unknown. All we know now is that it was enough to sway Bill into all but signing a 4-year deal with Miami.

Barring a last second change of heart (nothing is official yet), Bill will take over football decisions and have the power to bring in new coaches and personnel men. What this means for Cam Cameron and Randy Mueller is unknown at this point. If Parcells can sway Cowher into coaching again, that would be an amazing turnaround for a franchise with no stable figureheads that people can believe in.

As far as Parcells is concerned, I'm not totally sold on his abilities anymore. At Dallas his teams weren't really that good and underperformed. He did choose most of their current starters, but like any team, the Cowboys success relies heavily on their QB Tony Romo, a guy that was basically a shot in the dark. Think of Belichick and Tom Brady. Without those two QBs, those teams aren't as good as we think they are so we need to take their success with a grain of salt. Is Parcells still a football genius, or did he get lucky that Romo evolved into a Pro Bowl caliber QB? Who knows.

As far as our current coaching staff and personnel executives, I'm not sure what to make of them either. Cameron has been awful but he has been handed an equally awful roster and to be fair, several of the games bests coaches have started 1-15 or 2-14. He might deserve another year. However, there needs to be a serious evaluation of everyone involved in the decision making process. Certain moves were head-scratchers (though I still back the Welker trade) and we have to make sure that this years draft is fruitful. In addition, we have to be sure whoever is in charge wisely makes use of our 25 million dollars in cap space this offseason so that the Dolphins will be on their way up as soon as possible.