Jan 4th 2009 10:14PM by Will Brinson (author feed)
Filed under: Dolphins, Lions, NFL Coaching, NFL Media Watch
The Miami Dolphins have now officially ended their 2008 season, which means it’s front office time again. Well, at least after they deal with landing a new owner.
Some controversy has circulated around Wayne Huizenga’s sale of the Miami Dolphins during this offseason; most of it’s politically infused, and, actually, the sell kind of makes sense from that fiscal standpoint. Of course, there’s one other bit of controversy: if Wayne sells the franchise, Bill Parcells has a clause in his contract that lets him walk out of Miami with $12 million in hand.
“Bill’s going to stay,” Huizenga said after the Dolphins’ 27-9 loss to Baltimore.
“He told me [Friday] he’s going to stay.”
That’s a pleasant stance to take and all — and probably one that Huizenga to take, since he doesn’t want to make it appear like his organization could crumble; after all, despite the great job that Tony Sparano has done, Parcells is the one who very, very quickly took the Fins from 1-15 all the way to the playoffs.
And as a result of his front office success, you’d have to think Parcells would be highly sought after by a team like, say, the Lions, would he come available on the market. None of that means he’ll leave, but at least he’ll certainly have some leverage with the new owner.
