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Once at odds, personnel department trying to get on same page

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And that was a concern for the Miami Dolphins starting this offseason because the team hired a new and first-time head coach and a new and first-time general manager in January and neither had ever worked with each other or spent serious time with each other before they were hired.So we didn't know if general manager Chris Grier and head coach Adam Gase and his coaches would be able to communicate easily.
Why is that important?
Because Gase has no contractual say, and perhaps little actual say over the selection of players this offseason. That belongs to Grier, who is Miami's talent hunter-gatherer and, of course, Mike Tannenbaum.
And Grier has no contractual say, and perhaps little actual say over what happens to the talent he selects once they get to Miami. Gase has control over the 53-man roster and so he makes those decisions. Yes, of course, Mike Tannenbaum is going to be in on that as well to some degree.
The point is Gase and Grier, Grier and Gase -- more or less strangers two months ago -- have to be on the same page to make this thing work.
Gase has to have a clear and vivid picture of what type of player he wants for his offense and defense. He has to have critical factors for players he wants. He has to have prototypes. He has to know what kind of guy -- personality, work ethic, leadership qualities -- he wants in his locker room.
And then once he understands that, he has to be able to explain that to Grier. Gase has to be able to paint a clear picture of what he believes a 2016 Miami Dolphins acquisition will look like and then transfer that picture, again, clearly and vividly to Grier.
I know this sounds complicated. Certainly it is much more complex than, say, "That guard was pretty good in college, let's draft him."

And to the Dolphins' credit, those conversations have been ongoing between the Miami scouting department and coaching staff.

"The great thing is having Mike and Chris, they’ve been working together now for almost a year," Gase said. "I’m just coming in and trying to get a feel of how they work. The great thing we did is we sat down with the coaching staff, we talked about what we were looking for, and Chris has done a great job of getting with our scouts.

"We’ve talked through the types of attributes we’re looking for in each player so as we go through this process I’m really kind of taking a little bit of a back seat to some of this because we’re all trying to learn each other. Chris, he was hired to be the GM. He was hired to do a job of making sure that we put together a great roster of players. So right now that’s his role and moving forward that’s what he’s going to do. We’re going to go through the draft, and Chris is going to pick great players."

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/dolp...aching-staff-working-toward-same-mindset.html
 
It's pretty sad that I am getting excited about our departments communicating and working together finally, when this the norm in almost every other franchise. Its a good start though.
 
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