The new dolphins gm performance rating so far

[psfign]

I'll stick with it's too early to tell yet because although it looks like he may have hit on young talent, if we finish 8-8 again, what does it really matter because we're not any better than years past. Gotta wait until January to give a grade. But it does look a little more promising

Even then may be a little too early. May take a couple offseasons to mold your own roster. Lots of turnover so I'm curious how this year and next looks like!

 

[nyashfan]

C'mon Hayden - how is Hickey on the hot seat this year? If the team underachieves it will be because Tannehill did not progress. No way can Hickey be blamed for Tannehill given the vast improvement in skill position players Tannehill now has to work with.

Dennis has been solid, but does he get enough time to keep working with his roster? if the team does not progress this year I say "no" and he and Joe are out. Maybe the team wins 9, makes the playoffs etc and he comes back.

I killed his hire this past winter, but have been very pleased with many things he has done. I "first guess" a lot and Hickey did things that I favored so it is hard for me to get on him too much.

When not keeping Matt Hazel is your biggest gripe, I cannot complain too much.

 

[J. David Wannyheimer]

Too early to tell.

 

[Zounds]

Earlier this offseason we worked out Cortland Finnegan. Apparently impressed, Hickey(or his representative) talked to Finnegan's agent. Hickey wanted to sign him to a $5 million deal. Finnegan's agent wanted twice that. After they broke off the meeting and decided to wait a few days while mulling it over rumors started to float around that another team wanted Finnegan. Hickey folded and gave in to Finnegan's demands. The problem? According to reports that came out Finnegan had given his agent a deadline and was willing to sign our offer if we had waited a few more days.

Do you realize that Finnegan had no agent? He represented himself.

 

[MDFINFAN]

Earlier this offseason we worked out Cortland Finnegan. Apparently impressed, Hickey(or his representative) talked to Finnegan's agent. Hickey wanted to sign him to a $5 million deal. Finnegan's agent wanted twice that. After they broke off the meeting and decided to wait a few days while mulling it over rumors started to float around that another team wanted Finnegan. Hickey folded and gave in to Finnegan's demands. The problem? According to reports that came out Finnegan had given his agent a deadline and was willing to sign our offer if we had waited a few more days. Oh, and no other team had actually contacted Finnegan's camp.

Thats Hickey. When a problem requires an elegant solution, Hickey throws a hammer at it. Hole at left tackle? Give a player $12 million more than the next guy to come play for us. Hole at right tackle but have run out of clear cut first round talent? Reach for a borderline second round pick.

I'll be the first to admit we improved this roster. But we didnt improve it enough and we didnt use our resources in the best way possible. Case in point: had we signed Jared Veldheer to a $35 million deal we could have had enough left over to make a run at a top free agent guard. Both of those players would have helped our offensive line vastly more than just signing Brandon Albert, and the cost would have been only negligibly higher. Those type of decisions hurt us in both the long and short term. If Hickey is going to make this type of mistakes when we are flush with cap space, what happens when we are up against the ceiling and need to improve this roster? I hope i never find out the answer to that question.

People need to get past this mindset of "we're better than last year that means we did a great job!". What matters is improving more than every other team in the league. And we failed. Taking 1 step forward when the rest of the league takes 3 steps forward leaves us 2 steps behind. This forum really needs to have higher standards for the team that everyone supposedly loves so much. I mean, my god, people are losing their minds over roster cuts, something that is considered relatively mundane for every other franchise out there. We need a shrewd leader for this franchise and we need him right now.

Rome wasn't built in a day. I'm not sure we're much better. But I think we've taken a step toward better. If the draftees and Udfa are any indication of his ability to find talent, not counting FAs, then in 3 years we can have a solid team, provided Tannyhill is the answer. I do think he goes after more OL soon.

 

[nyashfan]

Even Lynch and Hazel have potential futures. The only reason Hazel was cut was because they were 7-deep at WR. Plus Turner and Aikens should also contribute this year.

Hickey crushed it. Ja'Juan James, Jarvis Landry, Gator Hoskins, Fede, Damian Williams, Damien Williams, McCain, Johnson, J Tripp...And that's not including his quite substantial free agency signings.

He has not only improved our team for now but has made our future very bright - with inexpensive and talented athletic players...

This team has the opportunity to make a run - many many good things have to happen to have success - but we got a shot now!

Thanks Hickey - and thanks for the thread.

 

[AquaXI]

Do you realize that Finnegan had no agent? He represented himself.

Yep your right on the money. Article says Finnegan represented himself. Phantom agent hehehe.

 

[roy_miami]

At the end of the day a good GM needs to have an eye for talent and the foresight to keep the roster efficient. Two moves will tell me a lot about his eye for talent: 1. the Finnegan signing. 2. The Landry pick. I think they are both going to be hits but they still need to prove it on the field.

Oh, and the Grimes signing was fantastic. I'm sure Grimes could have gotten a lot more on the free market but he decided to cut us a deal for whatever reason. Does he simply love the city? Did Hickey sweet talk him? Does he like where the organization is headed? Who knows, but I'm guessing he didn't throw away millions of dollars just because he likes Miami's night life...

 

[Spesh]

Rome wasn't built in a day. I'm not sure we're much better. But I think we've taken a step toward better. If the draftees and Udfa are any indication of his ability to find talent, not counting FAs, then in 3 years we can have a solid team, provided Tannyhill is the answer. I do think he goes after more OL soon.

Rome might not have been built in a day, but the Colts, Eagles, Chiefs, and Cardinals were. Or so it seemed at least. We should go hire the guy who can copy them.

Again: getting better isnt where the focus should be. Since we, like every other team, get 7 draft picks every single offseason, "getting better" should be a given. We have to get better than the other teams in the league. And we did not. Jacksonville might have just rebuilt damn near their entire offense in a single offseason(though we wont know for a few years). Miami still hasnt rebuilt our line.

The moves Hickey made did indicate his ability. Specifically, his ability to overpay and his ability to reach. Those decisions are going to hurt this team much more than any UDFA will be able to improve it.

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Yep your right on the money. Article says Finnegan represented himself. Phantom agent hehehe.

Whoops, sorry, forgot that.

Hickey got out bluffed by a player, not a trained agent.

Much better. Im filled with so much confidence.

 

[Vaark]

Considering the depth of the hole Jeff left Dennis to dig out from, in the vacuum of "right now" Hickey could have done more at the guard position and drafted a RB but by tsame token unlike Jeff trading up for Thomas he actually traded down twice and still snagged Landry. So factoring in how promising most every draft pick and those UDFAs who made the roster appear, I'd say he's doing pretty darn good up to this point. Of course the proof will be in the pudding.

I'd not be surprised if he hired on with the stipulation that if Philbin doesn't work out, Ross will let him hire his own coach next year... something like I imagine Woody agreed to as as an Itzdick condition. So that remains to be seen.

 

[roy_miami]

Rome might not have been built in a day, but the Colts, Eagles, Chiefs, and Cardinals were. Or so it seemed at least. We should go hire the guy who can copy them.
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Three of those teams selected corn with top 10 picks and the other has Andrew Luck...

 

[fishfanmiami]

Too soon to judge Hickey for me. He appears intelligent and gets along with his co workers so that's an improvement. None of the free agents or draft picks have filed a grievance for him calling mom a ho. That's an improvement now lets see how HIS players preform. That will of course be the deciding factor.

 

[NRA]

earlier this offseason we worked out cortland finnegan. Apparently impressed, hickey(or his representative) talked to finnegan's agent. Hickey wanted to sign him to a $5 million deal. Finnegan's agent wanted twice that. After they broke off the meeting and decided to wait a few days while mulling it over rumors started to float around that another team wanted finnegan. Hickey folded and gave in to finnegan's demands. The problem? According to reports that came out finnegan had given his agent a deadline and was willing to sign our offer if we had waited a few more days. Oh, and no other team had actually contacted finnegan's camp.

link?

 

[NRA]

and his ability to reach.

where the reach?

 

[phintim]

Interesting points Spesh while Hickey has appeared to deliver better than I expected there had to be some logic for Tampa a loosing franchise for letting him go. Miami really had never had a decent GM in the past 20 years. I have brought up time and again that Irelands picks have been as good or better over that time period. I felt that Ireland reached in the drafts in the 2nd and 3rd rounds which is what you are indicating about Hickey not good to hear if you are wanting a team to win it all some day.