Dec 2015 Retrospective: What Will Tannenbaum Bring To The Phins

[Vaark]

from Phinmaniacs; writer begins with pessimism, evaluates Jets past deals, comments on his inability to manage the cap space, looks for and finds a number of "silver linings" and ends philosophically that we needed "one vision" because the team couldn't get much worse and hopefully TBum will have learned from his mistakes

I understand he's a fan, but really, doesn't he sound like the majority of us on FH who rankled at Ross's decision, tried to find some positive justification like drafting Revis and making the postseasons (although as we know, the first one was league charity when 2 teams sat their starters in the 2nd halfs) and ended up hoping for the best because we had no other option if we rooted for the team?

To paraphrase George Santayana: "He who ignores history is doomed to repeat it."

I bring this up now because my gut tells me that the Fins will end up with relatively little to show for the trading of one of our biggest legitimate stars.

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And absolutely no one is happy about this.

But the specialty of the Jets over the past decade or so has been ground and pound football with an awesome defense, and a lot of their success has been thanks to picks made by Tannenbaum. In the seven years that he was the GM for the Jets, he only picked offense in the first round twice.

Just looking back on the picks made by Tannenbaum, a lot of them are quality NFL players even today. Ferguson and Mangold, All-Pro cornerback Darrelle Revis, ILB David Harris is a solid player who has been starting for the Jets for nearly nine year

[Considering the needs of the Dolphins going forward, someone with a knack for drafting defensive players should be very beneficial

[But there's more to Tannenbaum than just his draft picks. According to several Jets fans, one of the biggest issues that Tannenbaum created was his inability to sufficiently manage the salary cap, and he often went for the flashiest move rather than what would be considered the "smart" move.

There's no denying that Tannenbaum has made mistakes, he didn't always hit on his draft picks, he had a bad tendency to trade away draft picks to other teams (he traded up to draft Mark Sanchez), and sometimes he makes trades that could be considered head scratchers,

I talked to someone I respect who covers the Jets, and his biggest issue with Tannenbaum was his drafting woes. But looking over some of the hits he made, Tannenbaum's specialty (or at least his luck) was in drafting players who are in the trenches and in the secondary. Just for the record, Miami's greatest needs are in the trenches and in the secondary.

Tannenbaum was then responsible for the hiring of Rex Ryan, who proceeded to gain an overall record of 46-50 from 2009 to 2014, and in that time, the Jets went to two AFC Championship games with Mark Sanchez as their QB.

I'm not here to tell you that Mike Tannenbaum is the savior for the Miami Dolphins. He has his faults, he's not perfect, and it will be a few years before the Dolphins can be reshaped into the what he envisions them to be. If his draft picks are any indication, he wants a team that can play with power and dominate in the trenches, as well as cover well in the secondary. That's the type of team I want too.
I for one am glad that we finally have one vision in the front office, one person who will be in charge of everything football, instead of having three different voices all warring over one football team, creating a tangled mess of players that don't mesh in any way.

Will Tannenbaum bring the right vision though? In all honesty, who is to say? As of right now, the Dolphins have hit rock bottom and it's hard to imagine how things could get any worse. This is the result of three (four if you count Ross) different people trying to enforce what they want on the team. Now it's just one voice, one vision, one man in charge. Let's at least give him the chance to do what he wants before condemning him for past mistakes.

http://www.phinmaniacs.com/news/what-will-mike-tannenbaum-bring-to-the-miami-dolphins
This column was written by Luis Sung. Follow him on Twitter: @FLSportDebater

 

[tcdrover]

If they had let the last coach draft the QB he wanted, he would probably still be here.

Gase needs to make his power play and get T-bomb the ph*ck out of here THIS year

 

[Spiff]

If they had let the last coach draft the QB he wanted, he would probably still be here.

And I’m damn glad he isn’t.

 

[Vaark]

If they had let the last coach draft the QB he wanted, he would probably still be here.

Gase needs to make his power play and get T-bomb the ph*ck out of here THIS year

If you seriously believe Philbin's self-serving, totally uncorroborated bullshit weeks after he was fired, I've got a shiny bridge in Brooklyn I can sell you cheap!

Aside from the reality that Carr may not have been an upgrade after all, loet's not forget that Philbin cared so much about his team that it took a threat of losing his own job to make him fire his butt buddy Sherman, and even then as a peace offering, he retained worthless Zac Taylor to develop the Fins most important asset. Yeah he's the guy who cared so much about winning that he got rid of Vontae and the ad hoc "Leadership Council." Really, even if they hadn't read Chambers VIP discussion with a former starter, I hope people aren't that gullible to believe a damn thing Philbin said after the fact.

But I agree that Tannenbaum has not learned a damn thing from his failures in Jersey.. if anything, he feels his performance has been validated by one of the richest men in the country hiring him, not even as a lateral, but as the team czar.

 

[andyahs]

If they had let the last coach draft the QB he wanted, he would probably still be here.

Gase needs to make his power play and get T-bomb the ph*ck out of here THIS year

Wow.