Dolphins to interview Ray Farmer for GM position

[Nublar7]

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Dolphins-ask-for-granted-permission-to-interview-Ray-Farmer.html

As the Miami Dolphins search for a replacement for general manager Jeff Ireland, they have asked for and been granted permission to interview Cleveland Browns assistant general manager Ray Farmer, according to Fritz Pollard Alliance chairman John Wooten.

 

[ChambersWI]

Beat ya by two seconds .

Peterson/Pioli link from his time in KC.

 

[mrbunglez]

Asst GM for the Browns. Don't know much about this guy, but their drafts haven't been that great.

 

[PALMA]

Whoa now that guy would fire me up

 

[Ben Had]

Ray the Farmer...now I have herd it all.

 

[SeasonsMusic]

anyone from the browns no f'in thanks

 

[ChambersWI]

This was his first season with the Browns, spent the last 6 with Kansas City and with Atlanta before that

 

[Hayden Fox]

So Farmer has connections to Peterson AND Pioli if I am not mistaken?

 

[ChambersWI]

So Farmer has connections to Peterson AND Pioli if I am not mistaken?

You would be correct also has connections to Rich McKay

 

[datruth55]

Asst GM for the Browns. Don't know much about this guy, but their drafts haven't been that great.

He just got there this season.

 

[ChambersWI]

Sounds like Farmer is the one whose gonna need the most convincing about the structure here

 

[datruth55]

Banner said Farmer exhibited leadership qualities even when he knew him in Philadelphia.

"As a player, he was a good hard-working person,'' said Banner. "As I've said before, I've made a practice through the years of just asking people constantly around the league, 'Who do you work with that's sharp? Who are the young up-and-coming people?' And Ray's name started to get mentioned to me all the way back when he was at Atlanta.

"And then I started hearing his name some more in Kansas City, just as a very bright, hard-working guy; understood the elements of putting together a team versus just picking players. And that's what got me to the point where we included him in interviews for the general manager search, where he was just extremely impressive.''

Farmer joins the Browns after spending the previous seven seasons (2006-12) as the Kansas City Chiefs’ Director of Pro Personnel. During his tenure with the Chiefs, Farmer was responsible for scouting all players with professional experience, and evaluating current players in the NFL, Canadian Football League and all other pro leagues. Prior to joining the Chiefs, Farmer spent four seasons (2002-05) as a pro scout with the Atlanta Falcons.

http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2013/03/cleveland_browns_hire_ray_farm.html

Sounds like he's pretty highly regarded.

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Sounds like Farmer is the one whose gonna need the most convincing about the structure here

Not necessarily. He was the lead candidate to be the GM for Cleveland before they hired Mike Lombardi then they asked him to come on as assistant GM instead. Consider the fact that he was passed over for the GM job but took an Assistant GM job with the same team seems to tell me he's not about ego and might be willing to work with the current structure.

 

[dailejav10]

Adam Shefter also tweeted that Alonso Highsmith is on our radar.

 

[Deeznutts]

If Farmer had anything to do with the Browns trading Richardson, sign him up. They got a first round pick for absolute garbage.