Ireland and Nepotism

[DKphin]

Shows you how an incompetent baffoon can become the GM of our football team.

From the very top of the
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, the league's owners, to the absolute bottom, the laundry room and ball boys, the NFL is about who you know.
Not what you know.
Jeff Ireland, the
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' general manager, served as a ball boy with the
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as a child. He became a scout because his grandfather was an NFL executive.
He landed his present position because
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was impressed with him in Dallas, and brought him to Miami.
Ireland retained his position because former
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executive Carl Peterson, who is buddies with Dolphins owner Steve Ross, once hired him, and subsequently endorsed him to Ross.

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[Wishfishin]

"Who you know", it's a fact of life in just about every profession.

[Nublar7]

Organizations and people hiring others they know, feel comfortable with and feel they are good at the job. Shocking!

[roy_miami]

The 10 year experiment: Why not the ball boy?

[Hayden Fox]

So what?

[NY8123]

Let's not forget these guys too!


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[roy_miami]

Let's not forget these guys too!


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60 names there and we ended up with the two biggest fruitcakes of them all, typical.

[MarinoEqualsGod]

Let's not forget these guys too!


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LOL at Herm Edwards not having anyone in his coaching tree.

Sam Wyche's coaching tree is like a family tree of someone from Kentucky...it does not fork (advanced apologies if you or someone you know is from Kentucky...)

[Wildbill3]

lol at herm edwards not having anyone in his coaching tree.

Sam wyche's coaching tree is like a family tree of someone from kentucky...it does not fork (advanced apologies if you or someone you know is from kentucky...)

**** u.

[MarinoEqualsGod]

**** u.

I hope that **** u was a joke, because I was obviously joking. I've been to Kentucky before...not a bad place. Lighten up.