Stephen Ross wants to go for it, and Chris Grier is on board.

Adam Gase, not so much. And so Gase is gone.

No, Ross, the Dolphins owner, does not just want to go for a playoff appearance. He does not want the focus on a competitive product. He wants the end game to be a Super Bowl victory.

Hallelujah. Now just pray the rebuild plan works.

Ross was transparent as he could be in a Black Monday news conference in Davie. He doesn't just want to win. He wants to win big. Pat Riley big. Bill Belichick big. Don Shula big.

And he's willing to take a year or two or more of body blows if he has one Boss (Grier) plotting a Process he believes in. Are you ready and willing to ride out this Process, Dolphins fans?

Are you ready and willing to show up to Hard Rock Stadium if the team is 3-13 or 4-12 next season? I'm telling you right now, you should, if you find a way to trust there is an island paradise on the horizon. Are you willing to navigate rocky waters? You should. If Miami does what it sounds like it wants to do by going young and being bold.

The Dolphins, of course, should do anything and everything to position the franchise to draft a Super Bowl-winning quarterback — if not in 2019, then 2020 or 2021.

It is beyond time to draft the next Dan Marino. And if you're uncertain, draft two quarterbacks and hope one develops faster than seven years.

Think bigger, folks. Ross is asking you do that with him.

"Basically, the thought is we’re going to look to really build this organization based on our needs and if it takes a year or so – two years, three years – we’re going to be there," Ross said.

I know what you're thinking. Wasn't Grier, the general manager elevated Monday to most powerful man in aqua and orange, part of the triumvirate of power that led the Dolphins to this place? Well, that's a fair point.

But you should know that Gase wielded the most authority on organizational philosophy and decisions, with Mike Tannenbaum next on the list. Ross was clearly convinced that some of the things Grier would have done, had he been empowered, would have worked out better than this.

Grier is a football man, in a way Tannenbaum, a trained attorney and salary cap expert, just wasn't. Grier was a long-time scout who paid his dues.

Though Grier led Miami's recent draft rooms with mixed results, there is no doubt Gase and Tannenbaum weighed in on some decisions. Grier must rely on his trained eye to draft football players and not rely so much on scouting combine measureables or agent suggestions.

Grier must trust his trained scouts eyes to weed past older free agents with former first-round pedigree who might make an impact with fans on Twitter. No, Grier, who is a genuinely nice man, must plan to make ruthless business decisions.

Grier must instill a culture that leans more on toughness and players with relentless competitive drives to win. And there will be no finger-pointing, because in this simpler organizational structure, coach reports to general manager, who reports to owner.

The new coach, whoever he is, will lead the men. And Grier, without question, argument or debate, will pick them. Every single decision Grier makes in the near and long-term, he should ask himself this question: Could I envision this player one day helping us to the Super Bowl?

And if not, he should move on to a younger, cheaper alternative.

"The ultimate goal is to win Super Bowls and championships and be a consistent winner, as Steve said," Grier commented. "It’s not about winning one year and then falling back."

It should not matter to Miami fans if the club wins two, three or four games next season. It would be nice if a few core younger players solidify their position as franchise anchors. It would be great if younger players exhibit progress under the leadership of the next coach.

Win or lose, you'll want to see Dolphins players go hard and play with purpose and passion. But no longer can this be about a plan that likely plateaus with nine or 10 victories. This is about positioning the franchise to one day take over the AFC East. We can only assume that one day Belichick and Tom Brady will actually retire.

All Grier has to do now, of course, is hire the right coach and acquire the right quarterback to fulfill Ross' aspirations. Ross seemed exasperated on Monday. He's trusting Grier to make all the first football decisions that haven't been made nearly enough since he bought the franchise.

"I think we’ve succeeded in everything from my aspect when I first bought it, except winning on the football field," Ross said, remarkably.

If Miami is remarkably bad in 2019, that may be remarkably good for the long-term vision of the franchise. Those old-school throwback uniforms are cool, and should return forever, but this franchise has needed much more than a uniform change to reach any higher than it has.

Grier referred to four mentors in his press conference. Roster-building the way Pete Carroll, Nick Saban, Belichick and Bill Parcells have, is a logical and lofty template.

But did you know those coaches had to ramp up to their success?

Carroll was 7-9 for two seasons in Seattle before take off — two Super Bowls, one Super Bowl win.

Saban was 7-6 in his first season at Alabama and actually lost to Louisiana Monroe. There have, of course, been five national championships since.

Belichick was 5-11 in his first year in New England. And has won five Super Bowls since.

Parcells was 3-12-1 his first year with the Giants and went on to win two Super Bowls. Parcells was 5-11 in his first year at New England and brought the Patriots to a Super Bowl.

This is not about a quick fix. This is not about signing over-30 free agents who give the franchise a chance to win an extra game or two.

Even if this team wins three (think Parcells) or five (think Belichick) in the first year of the next Dolphins coach, it's not nearly as important as this: Ross is going for it.

He's tired of losing. Worse, he's tired of mediocrity and irrelevance.

He's endorsing a rebuild with an eye toward a championship goal. And fans should sign on, too.

BREAKING: Miami Dolphins fire coach Adam Gase after three seasons, promote Chris Grier

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