Just think about how much is riding on A.J. Feeley's success this year
1) OWNER - Straight from the top, Wayne compares Feeley to Marino. Message from Wayne is....."This kid better be good - your jobs depend on it."
2) GENERAL MANAGER - Rick has done a wonderful job at upgrading the Dolphins personnel, but his final grade this year will be based on the success of A.J. Feeley and his success, or lack thereof. If A.J. can't cut it - Rick looks bad.
3) HEAD COACH - Dave is still in love with Fiedler, but Jay is too often injured and hasn't produced - he's also on the wrong side of 30. The team invested a lot in AJ and he needs to coach him up. If Fiedler wins the starting position Wanny will be questioned, blamed, and ridiculed every single interception Fiedler throws and every game he loses.
4) QB COACH - Marc Trestman was booed out of Oakland and returns to his home turf to reestablish his career and reputation as a QB guru. If he can't coach up Feeley he will look bad. Don't forget Trestman, a former Offensive Coordinator, was passed up for the job here for the sole purpose of upgrading the QB spot.
5) MEDIA AND FANS - If Fiedler wins the starting job - look out. The fans and media will be all over Wanny and Jay-Boy. They will ridiculed, questioned, second-guessed and roundly booed everytime something goes wrong - even when things don't go wrong.
Obviously, winning cures everything and if Wanny wins with Fiedler, especially if he takes the Dolphins deep into the playoffs - tensions will ease. But if we start off with Fiedler, this will be a very tense season from the beginning.
1) OWNER - Straight from the top, Wayne compares Feeley to Marino. Message from Wayne is....."This kid better be good - your jobs depend on it."
2) GENERAL MANAGER - Rick has done a wonderful job at upgrading the Dolphins personnel, but his final grade this year will be based on the success of A.J. Feeley and his success, or lack thereof. If A.J. can't cut it - Rick looks bad.
3) HEAD COACH - Dave is still in love with Fiedler, but Jay is too often injured and hasn't produced - he's also on the wrong side of 30. The team invested a lot in AJ and he needs to coach him up. If Fiedler wins the starting position Wanny will be questioned, blamed, and ridiculed every single interception Fiedler throws and every game he loses.
4) QB COACH - Marc Trestman was booed out of Oakland and returns to his home turf to reestablish his career and reputation as a QB guru. If he can't coach up Feeley he will look bad. Don't forget Trestman, a former Offensive Coordinator, was passed up for the job here for the sole purpose of upgrading the QB spot.
5) MEDIA AND FANS - If Fiedler wins the starting job - look out. The fans and media will be all over Wanny and Jay-Boy. They will ridiculed, questioned, second-guessed and roundly booed everytime something goes wrong - even when things don't go wrong.
Obviously, winning cures everything and if Wanny wins with Fiedler, especially if he takes the Dolphins deep into the playoffs - tensions will ease. But if we start off with Fiedler, this will be a very tense season from the beginning.
