GM Candidates Still Confused About Power Structure

[ProStyle]

Two candidates for the Miami Dolphins general manager job said they remain confused about exactly how the power structure within the team will work after going through initial interviews. Despite a public statement from owner Stephen Ross that the new GM will report to him, the private view during interviews was not so clear, the candidates said.
That has led to uneasiness among those candidates, who say that other candidates they have talked to expressed the same feeling.
“Maybe they’re waiting for the second interview to lay it all out, but they were completely non-committal about how it was going to work,” one candidate said Monday. “I honestly don’t know if you answer to the owner or to (Vice President of Football Administration) Dawn Aponte. It’s all really unclear.

http://www.nationalfootballpost.com/Candidates-still-confused-by-Dolphins-GM-search.html

 

[hoops]

you answer to dawn aponte

"what do you mean you are withdrawing your name from the hat???"

 

[shoveyjoe2442]

Omg

 

[Hayden Fox]

So comical.

 

[TheJetsBlow]

Sigh... It just never ends, does it? I mean, what a joke. Honestly.

 

[spiketex]

Sounds like an article designed to stir people up and cause trouble.
Dawn Aponte is a top negotiator and she has responsibility to negotiate with the respective agents. She is smart and she is tough and every agent probably wants her out because she is a much tougher negotiator than the men. Some might think that this sounds crazy that a woman could be tougher than a man. But I believe it.
The GM appointed will select the players he wants and tell Dawn the broad parameters, but then she does the deal.

 

[phishxhead]

The GM appointed will select the players he wants and tell Dawn the broad parameters, but then she does the deal.

So who has final say when the GM wants a player and Dawn doesn't want to pay them?

 

[Zounds]

I don't understand what is so confusing.

Ross said: "The new General Manager will have autonomous responsibility for the 53 man roster and selecting players during the draft and will report to me."

The article claims one candidate said: “I honestly don’t know if you answer to the owner or to (Vice President of Football Administration) Dawn Aponte. It’s all really unclear.”

If a candidate walked out of a face to face meeting after being told that, and was still unclear, I am not sure how worthy of a candidate he is.

 

[dlockz]

Sounds like an article designed to stir people up and cause trouble.
Dawn Aponte is a top negotiator and she has responsibility to negotiate with the respective agents. She is smart and she is tough and every agent probably wants her out because she is a much tougher negotiator than the men. Some might think that this sounds crazy that a woman could be tougher than a man. But I believe it.
The GM appointed will select the players he wants and tell Dawn the broad parameters, but then she does the deal.

We don't know what happens behind closed doors but don't see how Aponte has somehow set herself apart from the rest of the league as being a tougher negotiator and even if she is haven't seen anything special in impact of contracts. I would like to see examples of what hard driven contracts she had that were so good.

 

[hoops]

aponte probably did all the talking which was confusing...and tuned out

 

[dlockz]

I don't understand what is so confusing.

Ross said: "The new General Manager will have autonomous responsibility for the 53 man roster and selecting players during the draft and will report to me."

The article claims one candidate said: “I honestly don’t know if you answer to the owner or to (Vice President of Football Administration) Dawn Aponte. It’s all really unclear.”

If a candidate walked out of a face to face meeting after being told that, and was still unclear, I am not sure how worthy of a candidate he is.

Well to be fair we don't know what is being said in the interviews. Just because Ross has publically said this we don't know exactly what he says in the meeting.
Its possible that the guy who said that if he said that was being honest, Ross is definitely not a beacon of honesty after his lies about his intention with Harbaugh

 

[Hayden Fox]

Terrible leadership.

 

[Zounds]

Well to be fair we don't know what is being said in the interviews. Just because Ross has publically said this we don't know exactly what he says in the meeting.
Its possible that the guy who said that if he said that was being honest, Ross is definitely not a beacon of honesty after his lies about his intention with Harbaugh

Make what you will of Ross, but I doubt Ross would knowingly lie to the public and say the GM would report to him, and then behind closed doors tell the candidate he lied to the media and the GM doesn't actually report to him. There is nothing to gain for him to just lie to the media - the media will find out in due time anyway.

 

[Nublar7]

Who is the candidate talking to the media about the interviews? Would be the first person I would eliminate if I were Ross.

 

[Hayden Fox]

Who is the candidate talking to the media about the interviews? Would be the first person I would eliminate if I were Ross.

Or maybe there are real issues here that need to be cleaned up. I am not sure what Steve Ross has done that warrants the trust people are granting him here? If he had a positive track record, I would give him the benefit of the doubt. However, that is not the case.

He can start a positive track record by landing a quality GM...soon btw...and allow him the power to right this ailing ship.