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Jason Taylor challenges Miami Dolphins' leadership

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During a Friday morning conversation with WQAM Taylor strongly criticized the organization for its lack of leadership, which he suspects contributed to the bullying scandal that sideswiped the Dolphins' 8-8 season, and placed the franchise under national scrutiny because it forced offensive lineman Jonathan Martin to quit football in mid-October. "Jimmy Johnson used to say either your coaching it, or allowed it to happen. Either way you're wrong," Jason Taylor said when talking about the Dolphins, which fired offensive line coach Jim Turner and head trainer Kevin O'Neill because of the Ted Wells report's findings.

"It starts with the guys you have in there [the locker room]. Obviously the bell cow isn't the guy who should have been the bell cow," Taylor said, referring to Richie Incognito, whom he played with in 2011.
"To hang the bell around his neck is not the right decision," Taylor said, insinuating he'd seen Incognito in action. "When you're smoking at the gas station and the gas station blows up you shouldn't be surprised."
"I've talked to enough guys on the team, I played with Richie. I've seen it. I've heard it. Nobody knew it was that kind of an issue," Taylor said, referring to Incognito's alleged harassment of Martin. "You just wish you can say enough is enough. There has been times in my career I've seen players say, 'that's enough.' "

"It starts with leadership, and leadership up top," Taylor said. "Pick up the pieces and put it back together again with good character guys.
"When you have 53 guys on the team everybody isn't going to like everybody," Taylor added. "You don't have to like them, but you certainly need to respect them."

When asked about the possibility of taking on a leadership role with the organization, which is something Taylor has privately expressed an interest in, he told WQAM "I haven't changed my phone number for a while, but I'm around."
Taylor said he's spoken to Ross and Jorge Perez, Ross' partner and vice chairman, about joining the organization in a front office capacity before. He also mentioned that former Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino is interested in working for the team in some capacity again.
"I'm available," Taylor said. "We're around."
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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/...-dolphins-leadership-20140221,0,5392488.story
 
We need his leadership. Would also like to see Dan in some capacity but not as a player evaluator, but some time of leadership and stability role. I think Jason is a no brainer.
 
I would like to see Taylor come back as some role.
I'd actually prefer Taylor over Marino.
I think Taylor could straighten the locker room out quick, then our own leadership can take over.
 
I think Ross is a leader of sorts. I don't always agree with him and he's a remarkably cautious guy for a real estate developer, but I think he commands a certain amount of respect as a successful man and a voice of corporate experience. He doesn't have any kind of football background though and his judgement about managers seems to reflect his strangely conservative approach.

Philbin is exhibiting virtually no discernable leadership traits these days. I'm not saying he can't be a leader, but he making it very hard for himself to be a voice that is heard and respected above all other voices in the facility and out in the NFL community. He, after 2 seasons, doesn't look ready to be a head coach after many years as a senior coach in great organisations.

Hickey came across to me like a scout - a boy scout to be exact. Nice guy, excited, knows players, understands rosters, but God forbid he is asked to be the hand on the tiller in a storm, in my opinion. He didn't look either ready or assured to be a GM and that is concerning for a guy who spent many years in a front office that didn't want him as GM.

I don't say any of the above to just add to the negative noise on this site. But, there's a very obvious leadership vacuum in Miami for an alpha-male, corporate-savvy , football guy who can galvanise and inspire people internally and project confidence and success externally. Someone who understands the football side, can empathise with the coaches and the lockerroom while not being the best buddy of either. Someone who can stand up at a podium and be not just heard but listened to.

Dan Marino is not that man.

Jason Taylor may well be exactly that man.
 
I think Taylor may have a future in the organization in the front office. He has management experience with his charities already and he is a strong, well-spoken guy that demands respect.


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We are looking at you Ryan...

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Do something... anything... next time... it's YOUR ******* team... act like it.
 
Taylor is exactly what this teams needs in any capacity. No to Marino but a hell yea to Jason especially since he wants it.
 
Taylor was probably the team's best leader over the past decade, pretty sure if Incog's was dumb enough to call him a half-N (or anybody within his ear shot) it would have went down.

Would love it if Taylor took over an Elway type role for the Dolphins.
 
I heard the interview as well. Thought it was great. Good questions from Rose, and honest answers from Taylor.

As he could be.

It seemed like he was tip toeing around a few things without trying to upset the apple cart so to speak.

Id love to see him and Marino back in some capacity. I think people need to get away from the "being responsible for making decision" aspect, and think of how every organization have people that contribute in a PR or HR sort of way.

Just as Terry Tate was the "Office Linebacker, Taylor could be the "Front Office" Sack Master*.

(*Sorry in advance. I know that was bad.)
 
"I've talked to enough guys on the team, I played with Richie. I've seen it. I've heard it. Nobody knew it was that kind of an issue," Taylor said
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That's pretty much all anyone needs to know. Nobody on the team even knew the alleged bullying was this kind of issue. This whole thing is so completely overblown and dramatized by the NFL, media, and fans.
 
number1fin said:
We are looking at you Ryan...

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Do something... anything... next time... it's YOUR ******* team... act like it.
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The last thing I want is the teams QB mixing it up with d-lineman....

I prefer him in this role...
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I'll say it again....

We need Marino, Taylor, Thomas, Shula and anyone associated with our greatness roaming the halls every day. It's completely obvious these eggheads are in over their head.

Shula needs to walk in and evict Ross, purely based on stupidity. The names we have around this organization that are either not or underutilized makes the state of this team offensive.

It's not like we don't have resources. It's not like we don't have a legacy. It's not like we don't have living legends. It's not like we don't have tradition.

What we do have is an abundance of under qualified and clueless people climbing over each other fighting over scraps from the crap heap.

At this point, "results" only mask the dead rotting franchise beneath. When these idiots have run their course and moved on somewhere else, the legends and resources we have to fix this will have aged more, if not passed, and we will be stuck in this perpetual cycle with no ability to fix it.

Where we are now and where we were back in the '70s, 80s and 90s looks eerily familiar to SMU football. A once proud team with no direction, no leadership, no identity but a wealth of heritage and living legends that desperately want to help. But we have yet to find our Steve Orsini or June Jones.

Philbin may have gained a win in the victory column, but the undermining he and this staff did at the core of this team will just about derail everything.
 
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