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For those so quick to start the Ireland, hicky debate. ..

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Not stating my like or favoritism for Ireland, but some people out there want to start keeping a "Good move" count but lets not forget alot of the current players (i.e. Wake, hartline, olivior vernon, hell Tannehill for gods sake. The really talented makeup of our roster that hicky inherets.

Signing Brandon Albert from KC was huge. Honestly if Tannehill gets sacked 30 x as oppose to 58 from last year,we make the pplayoffs. I firmly believe that. They have the talent on both sides of the ball. Oline, RB & corner opposite grimes and this team wont have to worry about a must win situation. Week 17 To make playoffs. They already clinch a playoff spot, or win division.


Point is, dont downplay the significant moves that Ireland is responsible for and what hicky is coming into a way better situan than Ireland did in 2007. 2008 miami won the division. Enough said
 
Marc Colombo.

That is all that needs to be said on the subject.
 
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Ireland's failures far outweigh his triumphs. If you're going to credit him with Wake then I'm going to credit him with Pat White and that move alone is good enough to cancel 10 good moves.
 
**** Ireland!

Did you defend Spielman, too?


Edit: In fairness, Hickey may turn out to be **** too, but c'mon ...
 
Seriously, EFFFF Jeff Ireland. His idea of a brilliant move was getting 2 third rounders by trading 2 second rounders the year before. How anyone can say Hicky inherited anything but an 8-8 team, that was below .500 the 4 years before that is a bad joke. The LB moves alone last year were absolutely pathetic! I am so glad that freaking dude is gone and will no longer have a chance to screw my Dolphins future!
 
When all is said and done, I think Ireland was more or less a .500 GM. Much better than his reputation -you'd think he was Matt Millen from hearing some people talk- but not good enough. The biggest problem with Ireland always seemed to be he'd fix one thing and break another one. This year we're in a perfect position to do more of the same, with so many FAs. We'll see how Hickey handles it. It's not such a slam-dunk, in my opinion.

For now, the Albert and Grimes signings seem positive, but Delmas and the other guy seem like lateral moves at best. A bit like our LB moves last year. Of course, the way things turned out we can only wish our LB changes had truly been lateral moves.
 
Ireland set such a low bar, the only one that has set a bar lower than he has is Spiellmann. All Hickey has to be is average to surpass Ireland.
 
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