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Dolphins an "Expensive Toy"

So basically…

Grier is a yes man who hangs on to ross nutz.

Flores was the sacrificial lamb to try and quiet fans for the failure they put on the field.

Thanks for the read.

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Well, it's not exactly new information. Outside of Jerry Jones and the late Al Davis how many owners have a true passion for football? Even the owners that interject themselves in the day-to-day operations of their team haven't been widely successful in the salary cap era. Jones hasn't won diddly poo without Jimmy Johnson and Al Davis hadn't won a super bowl since 1983. The biggest factor is luck. Lucky enough to hire the right GM or lucky enough to hire the right Coach.
 
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Is this news to anyone?
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Dolphins an "Inexpensive Toy".

When a bunch of fans treat a team as a toy instead of a franchise, political positioning becomes the most important skill for those fans!

Just ask VAARK - LOL

Or any of the "Lemmings" - LOL
 
superphin said:
Well, it's not exactly new information. Outside of Jerry Jones and the late Al Davis how many owners have a true passion for football? Even the owners that interject themselves in the day-to-day operations of their team haven't been widely successful in the salary cap era. Jones hasn't won diddly poo without Jimmy Johnson and Al Davis hadn't won a super bowl since 1983. The biggest factor is luck. Lucky enough to hire the right GM or lucky enough to hire the right Coach.
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And those lucky enough to hire the right people usually end up derailing everything in a relatively short amount of time due to a problematic ego.

How many titles might Dallas have won had Jerry Jones left Jimmy Johnson alone to do the job and not be threatened by his name being lauded instead of his own?

How much more successful might the Oakland/LA Raiders have been if Al Davis didn't interfere in draft decisions (always pushing for track and field speed players) or order his coaches not to play the likes of Marcus Allen during the prime of his career due to, again, ego problems? Let's not forget Al Davis trading Jon Gruden to the very team that beat them in the Super Bowl in 2003.

Good fortune can only take these egomaniacs so far. They still need to understand when to get out of the way. Most the time they don't.
 
Good article. Team needs to focus on talent acquisition for both players and coaches while employing best practices from a scheme standpoint. No place for politics or drama.
 
Football is nothing but a business to NFL owners. In any business the owners wants people around them who they have confidence in and who work well with others.

Ross obviously felt that he had lost confidence in Flores and Flores didn’t work well with those individuals Ross thought are more important to his business than Flores was.

No one has to agree with Ross but he has the money and he owns the team. So in the end, he is the only vote that counts.
 
Wait, Mike Zimmer and Rick Spielman are available???

Forget Grier. Hire those two in a heart beat and stop screwing around with coaches and front office. Let them work together here. /done
 
AgentXof12 said:
Wait, Mike Zimmer and Rick Spielman are available???

Forget Grier. Hire those two in a heart beat and stop screwing around with coaches and front office. Let them work together here. /done
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Guess where Rick Spielman worked before his tenure with the Vikings.
 
superphin said:
Well, it's not exactly new information. Outside of Jerry Jones and the late Al Davis how many owners have a true passion for football? Even the owners that interject themselves in the day-to-day operations of their team haven't been widely successful in the salary cap era. Jones hasn't won diddly poo without Jimmy Johnson and Al Davis hadn't won a super bowl since 1983. The biggest factor is luck. Lucky enough to hire the right GM or lucky enough to hire the right Coach.
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And the GM and coach are lucky enough to find the right QB.

Belichick the GOAT (cough, cough) turns into Belichick the mediocre, at best, without Brady.
 
Schleprock said:
Guess where Rick Spielman worked before his tenure with the Vikings.
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You don't have to remind me. If it hadn't been for 'Stache, Rick Spielman quite possibly, probably, would have delivered Miami a Superbowl on the arm of Matt Hasselbeck. Those Wannstedt era teams had everything except a quarterback with a decent arm.

I know what Spielman wanted to do for Miami, and Wannstedt was off the grid that weekend. The SOB makes the top of my list of worse Miami coaches. lol
 
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