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Sports Buzz: Hickey making a good impression

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This is so encouraging to hear to have a GM that appears to communicate well & wants to establish a great partnership with Philbin to get the RIGHT players. I obviously don't have inside info on Ireland but it's clear there was a disconnect & Ireland did come off as arrogant (not sure if that is his true personality). I have liked Hickey so far & look forward to see the plan out in place I HOPE that plan includes Monroe/Albert & Saffold but even if it doesn't they will have my support.

### Though some other agents bristle at their belief that Dawn Aponte is wielding more power than ever before in shaping the Dolphins’ contract offers, there has been some positive feedback on the revamped front office, too. For example, Chris Clemons’ representatives appreciated that general manager Dennis Hickey gave them a heads-up before Louis Delmas visited. (They have different agents.) The Dolphins have entered into discussions with Delmas' representation, incidentally.


### It's good that Joe Philbin and Hickey are watching film together every morning, because the coach and GM must forge a similar vision for players that Hickey acquires. For example, former GM Jeff Ireland viewed Michael Egnew as a stretch-the-field tight end and was frustrated that the coaching staff never used him as a seam threat and instead made him a pseudo blocking fullback. Something like that is less likely to happen now.


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I love that communication. He does not have to do that, but it is professional. Nice work.
 
I like him.

Personality-wise he is almost the complete opposite of Jeff.

Jeff seemed to enjoy the power of being GM more than the actual job of selecting talent and managing a team.
 
Well at least they are looking at scheme fit linemen in the draft..god Ireland's terrible to ever think egnew would be a seam threat...he really had no damn clue...
 
Very good news for the team, alot less drama around Davie, things are looking up, yeah!! :)
 
For all the poor long time suffering Dolphin fans it's called teamwork. Something we're not used to seeing.

The players will certainly feel this change and can start to think and act as a team with respect and 100% effort put forth by all and develop the winning attitude needed to become champions.

Any bullying going forward should only be on the teams they are playing..
 
tcdrover said:
I like him.

Personality-wise he is almost the complete opposite of Jeff.

Jeff seemed to enjoy the power of being GM more than the actual job of selecting talent and managing a team.
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There was an article from a few years ago when Ireland, Tannenbaum, and Pioli were all on the hotseat and it talked about how Parcells disciples have issues on their own because they try to take on his personality. But yeah, Ireland was not well liked around the league over the last couple of years.

While the process to get Hickey was a bit of a mess, he seems like a likable enough guy. Doesn't mean he'll succeed but he's at least trying to work with Philbin
 
It is a relief to get some positive news about the way they are working together. Hopefully it translates into some future probowl players on draft day.
 
Aponte, among other tasks she has, works the cap right? Why wouldn't she be the one in charge of figuring out the numbers relative to the cap?
 
I like it, as some have said it's a very professional approach Hickey is taking. I just hope agents do not see this approach as a sign of weakness.
 
I wasn't a fan of the Hickey hiring, but so far it seems like the right move. I look forward to being wrong about my initial feelings.
 
It's certainly good news, and I have good feelings about Hickey, I really do.

I think part of the problem with Ireland and Philbin is that they both wanted to run the ship, and when the losing started, they blamed each other. From what's been said about Philbin, he's not meek by any stretch of the imagination and he has his own agenda and ideas of how things should go. Hickey seems more of a compromiser to me, a smooth-the-wrinkles out kind of person, and he's the perfect guy to come into this chaotic situation and make it work. At the same time he's very experienced, like he says he's been to years of combines and enjoys the experience.

If he comes out of this season with some nice FA pickups and a good draft, he'll get a lot of respect.

Without a doubt, these 2 guys have to work together, and plan together, and our OC needs to do a great job.
 
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