Dan Marino may not be as confident about his return to the Dolphins as he first seemed.

 

 

 

 

Miami hired the record-setting quarterback as senior vice president of football operations last month, but now it appears Marino is having second thoughts about the job, team sources told ESPN's Chris Mortensen.

 

 

Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga has offered Marino some time off after the Super Bowl to think about the change in lifestyle the new job will require, Mortensen reports.

 

 

Marino, who has been working as an NFL TV analyst for CBS and HBO, was a surprising choice to fill the job created when Wannstedt was stripped of control over personnel decisions.

 

 

Sources told Mortensen that Marino is discussing his future with Huizenga, but that is not an indication that Marino will resign from the position.

 

 

The hiring of Marino came as a surprise last month, for several reasons, including Marino's lack of front-office experience. There had been no indication prior to his selection that Marino held any interest in the position or had been interviewed, along with seven other candidates, by Huizenga and team president Eddie Jones.

 

 

Concern had also been raised about Marino's return to the team, as he would work directly with Wannstedt, with whom he has had a strained relationship in the past. Marino retired reluctantly two months after Wannstedt became Miami's coach in January 2000.

 

 

Marino played for the Dolphins from 1983 to '99, taking them to the Super Bowl in January 1985, when they lost to San Francisco. The most prolific passer in NFL history, he holds league records with 61,361 yards passing and 420 touchdown passes.

If he resigns, this could be the biggest PR disaster any team would have to deal with...

i agree

i saw that today on countdown. i hope he thinks about it and does whats best for him

wow that defintely comes to me as a surprise. I hope he stays, I'd like him to be involved with the Dolphins organization in some way.