Main point - cheaper for them
Well I guess the whole "the hate the fans" rhetoric can go in the trash.
They were always going to have to do something
So in some ways we are following the path taken by other teams that produce in-house digital content. Not really surprising since it will cost the team less and they will be able to have more control over the content, but I'm looking forward to seeing if this turns out to be better than FinSiders. They were always going to replace FinSiders with something, so let's see how this new content turns out.
I asked this this yesterday when blame for Finsiders getting shut down was laid on Tannenbaum. Does a radio show, or now digital content, fall under the authority of football operations? I was not given a definitive answer. If it does fall under his authority I'd like to see proof. To be honest I think Tennebaum is catching the blame for every unpopular decision the team makes regardless if he has the authority or not."More control over the content"................., BINGO!!!!
This is all about Mike Tannenbum and what Mike Tanbenbum wants us to see and hear.
THERE WILL BE NO DISORGANIZATION AND NO MORE DECENT ON THE MIAMI DOLPHINS, YOU CAN BET ON THAT. THOSE DAYS ARE GONE. IT ALL STOPS NOW!!!
(by order of sherif "gm" greir)
And obviously, it will be enforced.
I asked this this yesterday when blame for Finsiders getting shut down was laid on Tannenbaum. Does a radio show, or now digital content, fall under the authority of football operations? I was not given a definitive answer. If it does fall under his authority I'd like to see proof. To be honest I think Tennebaum is catching the blame for every unpopular decision the team makes regardless if he has the authority or not.
Could be.
But, strange timing for a guy who has a loooong reputation for getting rid of ANYTHING or ANYONE he feels is in his way or taking up his spot light. I told every one he would get rid of hickey and to watch for things coming from the dolphins discrediting hickey. And what do you know, those very things happened. And that bit with greir and his "everyone knows all the decent and no one on the same page, not getting along thats been going on here" etc.... . Never heard one thing while hickey was here about not being able to get along and hard to get along with and sulking when he didnt get his way like the hatchet piece they put out said. Hickey had the reputation of just the oposite, that he was a team player and got along well with people.
So, is the sudden, unexpected closeur of a very popular dolphins show being axed land on tannenbaum? Maybe not. But, if i were betting money...........
They were always going to have to do something
To answer your question, he has absolutely Nothing to do with this and you are 100% accurate that Tannenbaum has become the fan's fall guy, because well lets face it, after 25 years of virtual irrelevance, Dolfans have become pissy and a former Jet GM who was under tenure for two AFC championship games in the last 7 years with a QB that many love to hate, has become a convenient outlet.
Tom Garfinkel has been the face of the stadium renovation and anything pertaining to how Miami is marketed and how they relay information to the masses. He is Mike Tannenbaum's superior. He doesn't mess with Football Operations but he essentially "runs" the organization on all other levels.