Lot's of Pressing Work for New GM

[So Be]

Here's a list of important dates this off season.

Jan. 18: East-West Shrine Game, Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Fla.

Jan. 19: AFC and NFC Championship Games
Jan. 25: Senior Bowl, Ladd-Peebles Stadium, Mobile, Ala.
Jan. 26: Pro Bowl, Aloha Stadium, Honolulu
Jan. 26: An assistant coach whose team is participating in the Super Bowl and who has previously interviewed for another club's head coaching job may have a second interview with such club no later than the Sunday preceding the Super Bowl.
Feb. 2: Super Bowl XLVIII, MetLife Stadium, New York-New Jersey
Feb. 17: First day for clubs to designate franchise or transition Players.
Feb. 19-25: Combine, Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis
March 8-11: Clubs are permitted to contact, and enter into contract negotiations with, the certified agents of players who will become unrestricted free agents upon the expiration of their 2013 player contracts at 4 p.m. ET on March 11. However, a contract cannot be executed with a new club until 4 p.m. ET on March 11.
March 11: New league year, free agency begins
March 11: Before 4 p.m. ET, clubs must exercise options for 2014 on all players who have option clauses in their 2013 contracts.
March 11: Before 4 p.m. ET, clubs must submit qualifying offers to their restricted free agents with expiring contracts.
March 11: Before 4 p.m. ET, clubs must submit a minimum salary tender to retain exclusive negotiating rights to their players with expiring 2013 contracts and who have fewer than three accrued Seasons of free agency credit.
March 11: All clubs must be under the 2014 salary cap before 4 p.m. ET.
March 23-26: Owners meeting, Orlando, Fla.
April 7: Clubs that hired a new head coach after the end of the 2013 regular season may begin off-season workout programs.
April 21: Clubs with returning head coaches may begin off-season workout programs.
May 2: Deadline for restricted free agents to sign offer sheets.
May 7: Deadline for prior club to exercise right of first refusal to restricted free agents.
May 8-10: NFL draft, New York, Radio City Music Hall. First round begins at 8 p.m. ET.
May 19-21: Spring meeting, Atlanta

We're already at Senior Bowl week, and should have personnel people there. Not sure if we do as we don't have a GM, and not sure who he would be keeping of current staff. Not a good thing.

From Barry Jackson's article, we are not sure of any additional coaching changes as well. And we have many decisions to be made on our own FA's, with any interest and contract talks negated with a new GM.

I understand that a week is not a very long time for interviews and picking a new GM BUT, the decision to fire Ireland could. should have been made earlier.

The clock is ticking, and we are losing very valuable time on pressing work to be done. JMO

 

[Sons Of Shula]

Pressing work? Looks like fun to me.

 

[jc4005]

All of these guys that interviewing do this for a living regardless. There isn't a pressing need to declare a gm before they are ready because of these events.

 

[artdnj]

Any prospective GM should be up to date and ready to go or else he should be shown the door. I think time is of the essence as their duty to the Dolphins has he has to look at players currently on the roster and initiate a plan of action for upcoming free agency and of course the draft. The clock is clicking and I hope this week someone will be named.

 

[So Be]

All of these guys that interviewing do this for a living regardless. There isn't a pressing need to declare a gm before they are ready because of these events.

From what I have read, there were comments from those interviewing about the Senior Bowl being here. It is not an earth shattering event but, no GM wants to give up any opportunity to evaluate talent.