Ross interviewing Giddings for Ireland’s GM position?

Jan. 02 News and Notes 5 comments ---Bill

Are the Miami Dolphins secretly looking for a new general manager?  This could go down as a Twitter hoax, but this afternoon Twitter was set ablaze by the following tweet:

 

There is a large portion of the fan base that thinks Jeff Ireland should be fired as the Dolphins GM for a number of reasons that we won’t get into right now.  The source of the tweet is a little known NFL insider/bettor, so take the rumor for what it’s worth.  It’s hard to imagine that someone would make this up.  But who knows!  Right now, it appears it was just a meeting between Stephen Ross and Michael Giddings Jr.  Jeff Ireland is still the Dolphins General Manager.

If you’re wondering who Mike Giddings Jr. is……so are we.  We tried to do some digging on Giddings, but came up with very little.  Seriously, try googling him.  From what we know, he has been used by many NFL teams as a scouting consultant.  We’ll keep you posted if any more news develops on this story…..

[UPDATE 2:00pm] According to the Miami Herald’s Adam Beasley, who spoke with Giddings Jr. on Thursday, Giddings Jr. has not spoken with the Dolphins about their General Manager position.  Giddings Jr. confirmed that he consulted with the Dolphins from 1977 until about 6 years ago (when the Trifecta showed up) and would love to do so again.  He would not comment when asked if he had spoken to the Dolphins recently about consulting again.

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  • donna

    I hope so if he stays he can sit in all the empty seats there will be a lot of them.

    • Brewbear

      I gave him 4 back last year.Do miss parts of going to the games.We were ticket holders for 22 years.But I like be able to just press a button when I’ve had my fill.

  • Miami Jules

    Ireland’s record speaks for itself. Bloggers out there want fly airplanes with banners and picket the Davie facility… my brothers and sisters, I feel your pain but…. let’s be carefull and let us not, in our haste, let our accumulated frustration get the best of us, leading us to make a bad decision which would take us from Islamabad to Islamaworse.
    I get really annoyed at people who are FOR Ireland even if it destroys the team (It’s already depleted our formerly loyal, thick or thin fan base…I know, I went to the last home game), and these Ireland enthusiasts will find even the lamest excuse to engage in pro-Ireland arguments, but, just to be pragmatic, if he limits himself to signings and contractual structuring, some scouting and stays away from being the ultimate decision maker, especially when it comes to free agency, it would be better to just wait until the right person becomes available. GO IRISH!!!! BEAT Saban!

  • KingShula

    Sounds like Ross is doing the prudent thing and looking for a talent evaluator for this very important off-season for the Dolphins,a second opinion to work with Ireland.

  • KillerFin

    Ross needs someone that knows talent!!! should have fired Ireland with Sparano & we might have had a better season!!!