Dolphins interview Gaine, Khan, Licht for GM today

[Daytona Fin]

Miami Dolphins ‏@MiamiDolphins

The following candidates have interviewed for the open General Manager position: - Brian Gaine - Omar Khan - Jason Licht

Dolphins will interview current Arizona Cardinals Vice President of Player Personnel Jason Licht. This has been Licht’s second stint in Arizona, re-joining the team in 2012 as Director of Player Personnel, and becoming VP of Player Personnel this year. He spent three years before that as Director of Player Personnel in New England. His first tenure with the Cardinals was in 2008 as a personnel executive. He’s also worked in the Philadelphia Eagles front office, and originally started his career in personnel as a scouting assistant with the Dolphins in 1995.

Omar Khan, the Director of Football & Business Administration for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Khan, 36, has been with the Steelers organization since 2001 after stints with the New Orleans Saints and Tulane University. Khan’s role in Pittsburgh includes being the team’s chief negotiator, strategic planning of the team’s salary cap and day-to-day management of the team’s Football Operations Department.

Brian Gaine

 

[Daytona Fin]

http://www.miamidolphins.com/news/a...Position/2f343b96-818d-42bc-be86-d49b4470e3f0

In terms of familiarity with the organization and with Ross personally, Gaine has the clear upper hand having spent the past six seasons in Miami’s front office. He just completed his second season in his current role, evaluating players on the professional and collegiate level and is widely recognized around the league as a top-notch talent evaluator. Prior to being promoted, Gaine directed the Dolphins’ scouting operations and played a key role in draft preparation.
Gaine came to Miami along with Ireland from the Dallas Cowboy, where he worked under former Dolphins Executive Vice President of Football Operations Bill Parcells from 2005-07. He was Dallas’ assistant director of pro scouting and prior to that he spent six years (1999-2004) in the New York Jets’ scouting department. That was a smooth transition for Gaine, who spent time on the Jets’ and New York Giants’ practice squads as a tight end after starring at the University of Maine from 1991-95.

Khan, 36, just completed his 16th season in the National Football League and 12th in Pittsburgh. This was his third year as the Steelers’ Director of Football and Business Administration and his specialty has been contract negotiations and salary cap management. He has been the team’s chief negotiator for the past three seasons and prior to that he was the football and business administration coordinator.

Licht actually began his NFL career in Miami with the Dolphins in 1995 where he was an assistant in the college and pro scouting departments. The following season he switched roles and became an offensive assistant/quality control coach for the team before leaving in 1997 to go to work for National Football Scouting.

One year after working for the college scouting service, Licht returned to the NFL as a member of the scouting staff for the Carolina Panthers. The Nebraska native then was hired by the New England Patriots in 1999 as a college scout and promoted to national scout in 2001 before being given the title of assistant director of player personnel in 2002.

From 2003-07, Licht worked for the Philadelphia Eagles and was their Vice President of Player Personnel the final two years before joining the Cardinals in 2008 as a personnel executive. He went back to New England from 2009-11 as the director of pro personnel and then returned to Arizona in 2012 as director of pro personnel, earning a promotion to his current title this past year. Licht has been to four Super Bowls with three different organizations (New England in 2001 and 2011, Philadelphia in 2004 and Arizona in 2008).

 

[Canadianfishfan]

How the hell do you interview three guys in one day for an important position such as the GM role?

Blows my mind. Either rushing along, or these guys aren't front runners.

 

[J. David Wannyheimer]

Licht has a pretty good resume. If you look at what the teams he's worked for have done with personnel in the areas he was working on while he was there, it's pretty impressive.

We should have hired him in 2005 when it was rumored that we were interested in him.


Really, the more I look at all of the people we're bringing in for interviews, the more I realize that this organization really just aggressively cut off its own legs to spite itself by keeping Jeff Ireland on the job for six damn years.

 

[Bob512]

Good group......I'm liking the crop of candidates we have.

 

[ONole1]

I think will be and was planned to be the guy all along. They are bringing in a big list of candidates and as many if not all the hot names and will settle on Gaine. Aponte will still control the Dolphins no matter what Ross says. I pray I am wrong, really do...

 

[TheWalrus]

Licht has a pretty good resume. If you look at what the teams he's worked for have done with personnel in the areas he was working on while he was there, it's pretty impressive.

We should have hired him in 2005 when it was rumored that we were interested in him.


Really, the more I look at all of the people we're bringing in for interviews, the more I realize that this organization really just aggressively cut off its own legs to spite itself by keeping Jeff Ireland on the job for six damn years.

Agree about Licht. He's one of my top two guys for the job (assuming Gamble is out) but he seems to flying way under the radar among Dolphins fans. Spesh was the first guy I think to bring him up so props to him.

 

[dolpns13]

Bruce Allen said it took him 13 hours to interview Jay Gruden (probably over a couple days) and that was only for a HC position. 3 interviews in 1 day for a GM position? Ross still doesnt know what he is doing clearly.

How the hell do you interview three guys in one day for an important position such as the GM role?

Blows my mind. Either rushing along, or these guys aren't front runners.

 

[IronChef]

How did they interview three guys in one day? Almost seems like a cattle call. Starting to fear that they are doing this as front only to give the Job to Gaine, leaving things essentially how they already are..

 

[NRA]

Omar Khan, the Director of Football & Business Administration for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Khan, 36, has been with the Steelers organization since 2001 after stints with the New Orleans Saints and Tulane University. Khan’s role in Pittsburgh includes being the team’s chief negotiator, strategic planning of the team’s salary cap and day-to-day management of the team’s Football Operations Department.

KAHNS A BEAN COUNTER!!!

we dont need that. we are in good shape with bean counters. TALENT is our problem!! bad drafts are the problem!!

whoever the finz hire, it better say SUPERB TALENT EVALUATOR in front of it.

you people are playing with my emotions now!! :unsure:

 

[TheWalrus]

How did they interview three guys in one day? Almost seems like a cattle call. Starting to fear that they are doing this as front only to give the Job to Gaine, leaving things essentially how they already are..

Definitely a concern, imo.

 

[NCFINFAN13]

Are they only asking these guys if they can work with Aponte? There's no way in hell you can thoroughly interview this many people, in such a short span for the GM position.

 

[Phins28]

How did they interview three guys in one day? Almost seems like a cattle call. Starting to fear that they are doing this as front only to give the Job to Gaine, leaving things essentially how they already are..

Shouldn't take long.

Ross: Do you believe in parcells philosophy?
Litch: **** no
Ross: Great, wait for our call

 

[Daytona Fin]

Don't know what to make of this.

Andrew Abramson ‏@AbramsonPBP

Each candidate was asked 10 "yes or no" questions and then left RT @thedarrenshore: @AbramsonPBP they weren't kidding about moving fast.

 

[Nublar7]

Don't know what to make of this.

He is joking. Each candidate interviewed for about 3 hours.