Dolphins owner dubs Adam Gase new Bill Belichick, talks about firing him in odd speech

Dolphins owner Stephen Ross believes coach Adam Gase can be the next Bill Belichick or Bill Parcells – but also said he’ll be gone in three years if he doesn’t win.

In a Monday speech to the Palm Beach Civic Association, Ross went from comparing Gase to two coaching greats in one sentence to putting a deadline on him in another.

“Instead of getting a retread that really hasn’t had a great track record as head coach, I was looking for somebody that really could be the next, if you will, Bill Belichick, Bill Parcells, you know, really great head coach, and I think we got one,” Ross said, via Jeff Ostrowski of the Palm Beach Post

Sounds good if you’re Gase, right? Well, in the same speech, Ross made it clear that Gase had better win soon or he’s out.

“After three years, if we haven’t made the playoffs, we’re looking for a new coach,” Ross said. “That’s just the way it is. The fans want it.”

So there you have it. Stephen Ross thinks he has the next Bill Belichick, but he’s going to fire him in three years if he doesn’t make the playoffs. We wonder if Ross even knows that Belichick had a very unimpressive resume when he took over at New England. Of course, this is the same guy who said that the Dolphins were a first-class organization everywhere except the playing field, so perhaps it’s not that strange after all.