Word of advice: Ross should stop looking into Philbin's eyes and look instead to the football field where the Dolphins look rudderless.

More advice: Instead of listening to his coach's voice, he should listen to the fans who are saying, "If you are going to start over, Mr. Ross, start over from the ground up. Don't offer half solutions."

If Ross turns Ireland into his scapegoat after this season, he would be making basically the same mistake he made last year. Last year, Ross fired Tony Sparano and kept the general manager who had worked with the coach since 2008.

So Ross decided it was Sparano's fault the Dolphins were failing and not Ireland's. Now, if he lowers the guillotine on Ireland but spares Philbin and his staff, once again the Dolphins would be an uneven organization.

By that I mean the Dolphins wouldn't be hiring a general manager and coach who are in synch. They would be hiring a general manager who has to accept the current coach, just like this time around they hired a coach who could accept working with Ireland.

And what might that mean? The general manager equivalent of Jeff Fisher or other experienced personnel men will decline the chance to come to Miami.

Ross on Monday spoke of two committees that will advise him on what to do next. I'm not on that committee. But here's my advice:

Ask questions, sir.

Ask why Dion Jordan, your third overall draft pick, plays only sparingly.

Why your two high-round rookie corners don't play but you trust Nolan Carroll, who the last coaching staff figured out was not good enough but is playing despite being not good enough.

Ask why this defense misses so many tackles. Still.

Ask why the offense has no identity. I mean, seriously, what are the Dolphins really good at doing offensively?

Do they use possession passing really well? No.

Do they run the football really well and stick with it? No.

Do they spread defenses out and use their deep threat Mike Wallace to strike fear? Well, that was the plan. But unfortunately, it was Ireland's plan.

And the coaching staff apparently didn't get the memo.

About the Dolphins coaching staff : Offensive coordinator Mike Sherman seemed out of tricks by the middle of the first half. His team was down 15-0 and the Bucs had figured out the Miami snap count, figured out your love of slant routes, and figured out your love of the wide receiver screen.

This is a terrible time for the Dolphins. And Ross seems prepared to address the terrible as well as possible. The hope is he doesn't settle for incomplete fixes.

I agree with the article, but Tony Sparano wasn't a scapegoat, he sucks. I don't believe he is even a waterboy in the league anymore.

I agree with the article, but Tony Sparano wasn't a scapegoat, he sucks. I don't believe he is even a waterboy in the league anymore.

I agree with the article, but Tony Sparano wasn't a scapegoat, he sucks. I don't believe he is even a waterboy in the league anymore.

I swore I saw him on the sideline of the Raiders... lol

It is sad jammer, but RT's stats have improved and the OL does suck as well as the dropped balls by Clay and Mathews had a drop too.

I agree with the article, but Tony Sparano wasn't a scapegoat, he sucks. I don't believe he is even a waterboy in the league anymore.

I don't agree with Omar's assessment. Tannehill's pocket presence is not good, but it's regressed. I thought it was one of his biggest, if not his number 1 biggest strength in his rookie year. Give him good protection and he'll be comfortable enough to feel the pocket again.

People need to stop saying his deep ball stinks…He's pretty darn accurate to everybody not named Wallace. Why he can't hit Wallace is completely beyond my comprehension, but Hartline, Clay, Matthews have gotten consistently good deep balls from him.

"Rarely uses his backs in the passing game"….Well no duh, they suck at it. Lamar Miller can't catch and you may as well throw it away if you're throwing it to Daniel Thomas.

He doesn't throw WR's open? Half his throws to Matthews are throwing him open….Peyton Manning couldn't throw Wallace open…

And the staring receivers down thing really irks me. If it's incomplete, he stared him down. If it's a completion, he made a good throw to his first read…

Questioning his upside is idiocy. Tannehill has above average to very good talent. Good enough to be a top 10 QB…That said, I'll admit he needs a coaching staff who can save him at this point though.

At some point the excuses have to stop and he has to take over

I learned as well during the Henne era about excuses, so I'm cautious about him. I'm seeing the same things you are.