DOLPHINS NOTES
• The Dolphins are now loaded at defensive end, but Mike Tannenbaum says there will be significant playing time for at least four -- Cam Wake, Mario Williams, Jason Jones and Andre Branch. And as the Dolphins noted, Jones can also play defensive tackle if needed.
• When Chris Grier was named GM earlier this offseason, he vowed there would be no more dysfunction in terms of the coaching staff and the front office not being on the same page.
So it was notable that team president Tom Garfinkel told three Dolphins fan web sites this over the weekend: "I’m not qualified to watch film and evaluate the players, but I can say that the evaluation and decision-making process and how the draft played out is vastly improved and was very impressive to watch. Probably most importantly, what I see is everyone really on the same page and working together. There is healthy debate but the personnel department is working to deliver players that fit the coaching staff’s scheme and profile for the kind of players they want."
• Some wondered why the Dolphins decided not to invest any more time or money on their weekday talk show Finsiders, which was canceled in March --- two months before the team shifted to WQAM.
Garfinkel explained why the team replaced that show with more digital content: "The Finsiders was a three-hour radio show. The Finsiders had 800,000 listeners for the entire 2015 calendar year. For context, one coach’s speech on Facebook last year had 1.2 million views and the first 25 episodes of Dolphins Daily had combined viewership of over 2.3 million. With that said, one thing we’ve heard from fans is that they miss the longer format, so we’ll soon be rolling out a new program called The Audible that will be a longer-form show that fans can interact with. We also are working on a redesign of our website where we better aggregate all the content from different platforms into one place."
For a look at that entire interview that Garfinkel did over the weekend, click here. (here is the link http://phinphanatic.com/2016/05/23/qa-with-dolphins-ceo-tom-garfinkel/)
• Kenny Stills has made a strong early impression on the coaching staff. And DeVante Parker is picking up the new system well.
• Check back Tuesday, when the Dolphins make four players available after an OTA practice. (Only one OTA session will be open to reporters each week; this week's will be Thursday.) And Adam Beasley is in Charlotte covering the Super Bowl vote.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/spor...f-cavs-win-some-thoughts-notes-on-that-a.html
• The Dolphins are now loaded at defensive end, but Mike Tannenbaum says there will be significant playing time for at least four -- Cam Wake, Mario Williams, Jason Jones and Andre Branch. And as the Dolphins noted, Jones can also play defensive tackle if needed.
• When Chris Grier was named GM earlier this offseason, he vowed there would be no more dysfunction in terms of the coaching staff and the front office not being on the same page.
So it was notable that team president Tom Garfinkel told three Dolphins fan web sites this over the weekend: "I’m not qualified to watch film and evaluate the players, but I can say that the evaluation and decision-making process and how the draft played out is vastly improved and was very impressive to watch. Probably most importantly, what I see is everyone really on the same page and working together. There is healthy debate but the personnel department is working to deliver players that fit the coaching staff’s scheme and profile for the kind of players they want."
• Some wondered why the Dolphins decided not to invest any more time or money on their weekday talk show Finsiders, which was canceled in March --- two months before the team shifted to WQAM.
Garfinkel explained why the team replaced that show with more digital content: "The Finsiders was a three-hour radio show. The Finsiders had 800,000 listeners for the entire 2015 calendar year. For context, one coach’s speech on Facebook last year had 1.2 million views and the first 25 episodes of Dolphins Daily had combined viewership of over 2.3 million. With that said, one thing we’ve heard from fans is that they miss the longer format, so we’ll soon be rolling out a new program called The Audible that will be a longer-form show that fans can interact with. We also are working on a redesign of our website where we better aggregate all the content from different platforms into one place."
For a look at that entire interview that Garfinkel did over the weekend, click here. (here is the link http://phinphanatic.com/2016/05/23/qa-with-dolphins-ceo-tom-garfinkel/)
• Kenny Stills has made a strong early impression on the coaching staff. And DeVante Parker is picking up the new system well.
• Check back Tuesday, when the Dolphins make four players available after an OTA practice. (Only one OTA session will be open to reporters each week; this week's will be Thursday.) And Adam Beasley is in Charlotte covering the Super Bowl vote.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/spor...f-cavs-win-some-thoughts-notes-on-that-a.html
