Bill Cowher has been contacted by Miami Dolphins, according to sources

Oct. 14 Breaking News 29 comments ---Bill

At last check, the Miami Dolphins still had a head coach and his name is still Tony Sparano.  However, according to ProFootballWeekly, Bill Cowher has been contacted by the Dolphins.  In the below clip, the senior editor of Pro Football Weekly suggests (around the 0:50 mark, after the brief commercial) that his sources have confirmed communication between the Dolphins and Bill Cowher.  Check it out for yourself:

The Dolphins, while employing a head coach, reaching out to a potential replacement?  Haven’t we seen this somewhere before?  OF COURSE WE HAVE!  The entire sports world remembers, back in January, when the Dolphins Owner flew his private jet to California to meet with Jim Harbaugh…..while Tony Sparano was still the head coach.  Now, they’re doing it again?  You simply cannot make this stuff up.

Don’t get me wrong, I’d be on board with the Dolphins bringing in Bill Cowher to coach the team next year. He would need to come with a personnel man to handle the GM duties.   But why keep Tony Sparano as the lame duck Dolphins’ coach (and give him a vote of confidence during the bye week) if you are going to actively look for his replacement?

It was suggested earlier this week that Jon Gruden was at the top of the Dolphins wish list.  If that’s the case, are they simply kicking the tires on Cowher?  Or perhaps Gruden has already told the Dolphins he’s not interested?

It was reported that the Dolphins reached out to Cowher last year, but he declined.  I wonder if his mind has changed over the last 10 months?  If you’re wondering who the Dolphins might bring in as a personnel man, I’ll throw out two names that I’ve heard mentioned Carl Peterson and Marty Schottenheimer (hat tip to @KohneysKorner).  Stephen Ross, has a close relationship with Peterson and Schottenheimer and Cowher are said to be close as well.  We’ll see how it all plays out….eventually….

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  • Finzone

    It’s about FRICKEN time Ross is going to make changes!!! Go full steam ahead and pursue Bill Cowher!!! I’m not to high on Gruden though I enjoy his commentating!!!

  • http://www.decorpiel.com/ Julian – Sofas piel

    Si es para bien, la contratación de Bill es un acierto, esperemos pronto los éxitos esperados.

    • RALPH

      If you can’t write in English, the native American language, why take up space??????

      • Lew

        English is the “native American language”…really?? You are THAT ignorant?? So when European colonists arrived here they encountered the indigenous native Americans and they all spoke English? Amazing!

        • Kujo

          LMAO- did he say English is Native American language…. BOOOOOOOO you lol.

      • J

        Hey Ralph, this is a free country, people can respond in any language they prefer.
        As for Native language, wouldnt that be the Native American Indians & their language???
        I do believe they were here first.

        • Lance

          English is the Language that the majority of americans speak. I fully support English as the National language. It has been this way for over 200 years. Now all of a sudden you Liberals want to turn everything upside down and inside out just for the sake of being PC…. I disagree with PC as it is based in emotion and not fact. I did not get anything out of the post that was in Spanish and I’m sure most people reading it did not as well…. So get over it….

      • Jose

        IGNORANT!!!! Dont you know that the internet is for world wide use. So old Ralphy could be writing this form any of the spanish speaking countries outside of the US borders… Oh, yeah there is a world outside of the US borders in case you did not know!!! And by the way,he must be smarter than most of you haters because he read a piece in english and responded in spanish, so I am sure he speaks at least two languages.

    • Señor Cowher

      Señor Cowher sería una excelente opción en mi opinión.

      • http://b brooks

        mr cowher is an exelent option in my opinion its not that hard to translate and no reason to fight over the internet about it

  • Major Dolphin

    Mr. Sparano: The “Time to Say Goodbye” is now in the past. You had the opportunity to go out from Dolphins with honor and you rejected. So you´re living the last hours like Miami’s coach because the game in New York will the last in this position.
    To the General Managers: The team is great but it is inconceivable that is in the last places in the NFL. To Miami what is happening at Soccer Atlas of Mexico, great team with great tradition and an excellent fans but null results. And everything must start from the team management. Sport is business, true, but they are also results and better results, better business. You must Dolphins a winning team now! We want an other Superbowl!!!!

  • ohiodolfan

    Getting Bill in miami for next season and snatching Luck will fill the stands once again for miami. Bill has a proven track record, and knows how to run a football team. If Ross is pursuing Bill then he might have a brain after all

  • Bob H

    Bill would be a whole lot more useful a few hundred miles north of Miami. A least, we know what snow looks like in Jacksonville!

  • marc

    miami sucks and always will even with bill u guys still suck, maybe u need labron to play for u u might win a championship like he did for ur basketball team lol u suck – go browns!!!!

    • ohiodolpfan

      considering your browns have not finished higher then last for the last decade in your division i dont think running your mouth on a miami website is a very bright thing to do

  • rich9336

    Always remember no coach has ever won a super bowl with 2 different teams.Ross needs to start At the top And fire every one.Hire a team president and g.m. and let them hire a head coach.
    The hiring of Gruden, Cower or Billick would be to fill the stadium only as bring in all the stars and side shows.Ross needs to hire the best g.m. around step back and let him hire a staff.And Mr. Ross don’t go near the team or media as all you do is PISS PEOPLE OFF.

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  • wynn

    Hire a g.m. let him go to work. Let him fire who needs to be,release all the bottom feeders. Wait we can”t have that happen that’s about all we have on the team rejects from other teams.Well Jerry Jones would might like to have some of them back

  • jj

    Don’t give Ross to much credit for having brains yet I think he is about to make the same mistake he did at seasons end last year.If he did contact Cowher how did the press know ? Is he playing games again?Ross is going hire a coach in the media? what a jerk.

  • michael mcbride

    I think it’s a good idea (if the dolphins can get Bill) But we need a sure thing at Qb, running back, and pass rushers. Plus, a good safety would be nice. Trade B Marshall or do whatever they can to get more draft picks. This season is over.

    • Trey

      daniel thomas + reggie bush? and reshad jones is developing. but i agree with the qb and pass rusher

  • T.B.

    Today is the last chance for us to make a trade. I want to see Miami to trade all the coaching staff to any team for anybody or any thing. WE WILL COME OUT ON TOP !!! SPARANO AND IRELAND HAVE GOT TO BE THE WORST DUO IN THE HISTORY OF FOOTBALL.

  • the fish

    go miami go don’t give up yet! just play the game and forget about all the rumors, see ya.

  • Stuart

    J is for JACKASS

  • Uridolp

    I think that Mr Ross like to play with his money. This Dolphin tean is a disgrace and an embarrasment for the great tradition od the Miami Dolphin. I said since the shameful loss to New England, if thing are not change right away the entire season will be loss. These players need a real coach to make then to earn their money with dignity. Sparano and his ridiculos excuses are even more disturbing. This team should not even show to play no game. The way they gave up on the offense at the end of the first half having at least 1:05 on the clock, not even try for a field goal? No pass rush and not even any adjustment to correct it? Thanks that the Jets are a mess too, otherwise the score may have been 40 to 6. Mat Moore played very good and he have skills to move to ball. But that Marshall guy is one of the most destructive player for this team. They gave up on the other recievers and tigh end? Where is Fassano and Bess? To many drops. This team lakcs intensity, courage, and passion. Everything point to Sparano and his GM for poor free agency and terrible picks. Even with an extra week for preparation, the Dolphin looks the same lethargy team. This team does not entimidate nobody in this league. But who care, they are getting pay anyway by a owner that likes to play for fun with his money.

  • Uridolp2011

    In addressing the topic about the lenguage, the official lenguage of this country is English. But the reality today you like it, or not, is that we live in a multicultural society. I have no problem if someone that cannot write English wants to participate in this forun using his/her own lenguage. This is the best free country in the world. If you don’t like it if someone can only write in his/her own lenguage different fron the English lenguage, DON”T READ IT”. That phobic/discriminatory adtitude toward other lenguages for sure make you look VERY INSECURE INDIVIDUAL. REMENBER this incredible nation USA have been made by people from all over the world. The real OWNERS, the ones that were dunped in shameful RESERVATIONS after tahking their land and their culture by the GOVERTMENT WHITE man are the only ones that can really say We WERE and WE ARE the real AMERICANS. Before you complains about someone lenguage, think how shameful and wrong was done by you know whom to the real owners of this wonderful nation. I hope people in America understand that we need to be TOLERANT to one a another. Our nation is hurting by mediocres and traitors politicians, and the last thing we need is to keep fighting beteen each other for lack of knowledge and decency.
    Even if I get a free ticket to a Dolphin game, I will not go to waste my time. Some players on this Dolpphin tean should be retire. They have nothing in their tank. I always I have been a Dolphin fan with passion and I am tired of mediocrecy and excuses.
    Since last year I became a true fan of a real great team with heart and passion and excelent coaches, THE GREEN PACKERS.
    You want to know about EXCUSES, the Green Bay Packers last year, they lost almost 1/2 of the team to injuries and with replacements and second tean personnel they fight all the way to the SUPER BOLW. Why? Because excelent coaches and good players.
    The DOLPHIN SHOULD LEARN FRON THIS GREAT TEAM.

  • Trey

    you obviously dont know much about the English “lenguage”. next time use spell check

  • Your Mom

    You don’t want carl Peterson as your GM. Just ask the Chefs fans. You’ll be in year 11 of a 5 year plan before you know it.

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