Comments on: Ireland expresses regret for verbal altercation with fan

By: brandon780

brandon780 — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:42:06 +0000

Yes Dez Bryant’s mother was in fact a prostitute and his father was her pimp. Those are facts. I reland had a right to ask him the question he did. In hindsight he was smart not to draft that head case who has allready proven to be unreliable off the field to say the least. I mean who has to have a security detail to follow him around so he stays out of trouble. Ireland is not looking real good right now but I like the direction the team is going and am willing to give him one more year to make some things a little clearer. The Tuna screwed this team over and they are picking up the pieces right now and it takes time to rebuild. That fan was an a hole and needs to shut the f up.

By: ddogdaddy

ddogdaddy — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 23:06:54 +0000

If the fan had used a curse word then that could be described as abusive. Sounds as if he stated an opinion to a GM that is not very well thought of. Get over it Ireland and quit being a baby.

By: miamatt

miamatt — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:58:42 +0000

Frankly, I would have a problem with a GM who smiled and walked away after somebody said something like that to him. It sounds like Ireland walked away and muttered “A$$hole”, which is a lot classier than I might have been. Paying money to go to a game doesn’t mean you are in the right for telling a team employee they should join this nation’s unemployed.

By: dolfan8385

dolfan8385 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:27:40 +0000

Gotta be honest if someone had said that to me probably would have responded worse then that..

Anyone remember Rex Ryan flipped off Miami fans? How about Rex Ryan telling patriot fans to shut the %$**& up

Good for you Ireland

By: billsfan1

billsfan1 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:27:29 +0000

Talk about a person in power having low emotional intelligence! You gladly accept fans $ so they have a right to say things, although there is a line that shouldn’t be crossed. Telling you that you should be fired is NOT crossing that line. You are Pathetic Ireland and a poor excuse of a gm of a professional sports team.
Get off your high horse, you are the azzhole

By: bsizemore68

bsizemore68 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:46:32 +0000

Dream on if you think Ross will fired him over this deal, years ago the Vice – President of this country use worse words on the floor of the congress. perhaps this will help fire up the team to beat the New Jersey aint’s. Bill

By: Max

Max — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:39:43 +0000

Hey I don’t like Ireland as a GM. But some random fan comes up to him and tells him that sort of thing face to face, in that kind of manner is uncalled for. Calling the fan an A$$hole is the very least I would have expected.

Ireland time as GM with Miami will be defined by the Tannehill pick. How Tannehill plays this year will determine Ireland job security. Not our record.

By: mmlkr2c

mmlkr2c — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:35:39 +0000

“I’d say the product looked pretty legit on Sunday. Anybody that had a problem with that game as a Dolphins fan needs to have their head examined.”

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At halftime the score was Oakland 10, Miami 7. It was reasonable to believe at the time of the incident, the Dolphins could very well have lost the game.

Not saying he was right to do it, but he has the right to say it. It was not profane. Ireland’s response WAS profane. Ireland once again looks like the bad guy here.

By: joetoronto

joetoronto — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 21:19:15 +0000

What allot of people here don’t seem to understand is that as an executive of the team, Ireland crossed a line you just don’t cross.

The Dolphins should fire him now with cause, while they have a great excuse.

By: cavemanna

cavemanna — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:58:29 +0000

I think they’re both entitled to there opinion. Only one of them is apologizing. I wouldn’t want my GM any other way. Phins up, A-holes down

By: yankthis21

yankthis21 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:49:58 +0000

who cares good for Ireland I’d of said a lot more than that if I were him. give Ireland time and he patient he will turn the dolphins into playoff contenders

By: jsnrobles1

jsnrobles1 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:38:57 +0000

This is the same human being who asked if Dez Bryant’s mother was a hooker and also traded his corner on a live show rather than pulling him aside and doing it later. He did that for the ratings. That’s funny cause now he is in need of cornerback help. Yah he’s a real human being.

By: promickey

promickey — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:37:42 +0000

Obviously the fan is wrong and acted himself like an A$$whole. However fans are frustrated that Ireland will have final say in what will be an important time for the Dolphins. They will have salary cap room and extra draft picks that should help this team rebuild. Unloading talented players without a replacement as Ireland did with Brandon Marshall and Vontae Davis is just stupid. Moreover they look at some of the low round drafted Dolphin players that were cut two years later and realize all the great players the Parcells’ regime passed up. Fans know Jeff is not good for the team. The Atlanta Falcons were as bad as the Dolphins were several years ago but are now a playoff team. No GM is perfect but fans do not trust Ireland to do the right thing for many reasons.

By: titansbro

titansbro — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:30:18 +0000

The guy is a terrible GM but he has the right to defend himself.

By: johnqhorn

johnqhorn — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:18:19 +0000

If somebody walks up to you and open insults you, what are you supposed to do? I think calling him an ay-hole was pretty tame, considering that the guy just unleashed an unprovoked verbal attack. Yeah, yeah, he’s the GM, he should conduct himself accordingly. But he’s also a grown-ass man. His reaction really is a non-story.

By: broncobrewer

broncobrewer — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:16:52 +0000

He’s a human being. He should be allowed to say stuff like that and nothing should come from it. Just bc of his job doesn’t mean he shouldn’t say stuff like that. At least he took responsibility for it and maned up unlike a lot of people now a days. Looking at you Goodell with the replacement refs and the horrible job on the bounty case.

By: dbones750

dbones750 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 19:11:54 +0000

Ireland handled that pretty well, IMO. He could have socked the guy and been justified.

By: tndiver

tndiver — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:53:59 +0000

And if memory serves me, isn’t this the same guy that asked if a draft prospects mother was a hooker?? Stay Classy Ireland!

By: canehouse

canehouse — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:53:31 +0000

The fan should have minded his own business… very crude to do that to someone while they are working. But what do you expect from a fan that may have been tossing some cold one’s back while tailgating, and no doubt in the first half of the game.
Ireland could have been a better man by saying something like: “I am sorry that you feel that way, we are working to remedy that. Hang in there, and we appreciate you coming out today”.
With that being said, My expectations of an NFL fan is a lot less than what I expect out of a General Manager of an NFL franchise. Ireland’s handling of the situation shows his lack of self dignity… he is feeling the heat!!

By: goldrush4949

goldrush4949 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:47:36 +0000

If I were drafting as bad as Ireland is, I would fire myself.

By: gottaplan

gottaplan — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:45:00 +0000

After all, at a time when the Dolphins are desperate to get people to show up for games, those who do should be given wide latitude when it comes to expressing their views about the quality of the product they’re paying to see.

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I’d say the product looked pretty legit on Sunday. Anybody that had a problem with that game as a Dolphins fan needs to have their head examined.

By: thewizardofbs

thewizardofbs — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:42:54 +0000

When asked about this today, Ireland was heard to say “I’m going to call my grandma.”

By: realitypolice

realitypolice — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:41:39 +0000

I’m sorry, whatever you think of Ireland, his one word description fits the guy who confronted him to a T.

And I don’t understand the comment that he couldn’t take a “bit of heckling”. I think he took it just fine. One mumbled expletive? I would have done alot worse than that.

By: jpb12

jpb12 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:38:17 +0000

Thin skin should not go out in the Miami heat

By: igotgamenj

igotgamenj — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:35:42 +0000

Drafts Odric, Pouncy, Heartline, D Thomas, J Jerry, Tannehill, L Miller, O Veron picks up Cam Wake, Reggie Bush, Devon Bess, Javorskie Lane and does not pull the triger on Kyle Orton Has 11 draft picks 3 in the top 45 and will be 50 million under the cap in 2013.

By: jolink653

jolink653 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:35:04 +0000

Good for him…He did a lot better than Ron Artest would have done

By: xpensivewinos

xpensivewinos — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:30:45 +0000

It is pretty funny.

There were like eight people at the game because the product has been so bad for so long that people no longer care and this schmuck ends up cursing at one of them.

Oh yeah………the future is bright!

By: HitsDingers

HitsDingers — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:30:14 +0000

People involved were on 104.3 FM in Miami today around 11:45. The guy who Ireland called an a-hole said Ireland was right to say so (because he was kinda being an a-hole), but that it was funny and he laughed it off. Afterwards another guy called in and said a more drunk guy was following him around, calling him “Fireland” and whatnot and Ireland gut in the drunk guy’s face a little said if they didn’t stop he would make sure they all got tossed from the stadium. Thought it was pretty funny. What a bad look for a GM.

By: dg0122

dg0122 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:29:47 +0000

Truly an argument where both sides have a good point

By: cubano76

cubano76 — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:29:30 +0000

I’m not a GM, or football expert. So I’m not in a position to pass judgement on Ireland for his football moves. His boss can do that. But if someone walked up to me and said the same thing, I’d knock him the F out right then and there! So good job Ireland for not beating that punk’s ass right in the middle of that stadium. (Oh yeah, and if he had a little kid w/ him. I’d kick the kid in the shin for having a dipwad for a dad!)