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Grier has taken his share of criticism on this forum, including from me. Yet he has also made some great decisions over the last three years which have led to this team being the team it is today.

First he drafted Tua with the fifth pick in the 2020 draft. Funny how no one is complaining that he should have drafted Herbert anymore.
While Jackson so far hasn’t worked out on the OL and Iggy appears to be a lost cause. Grier selected Hunt in the second round of the 2020 draft and he is one of the best guards in the NFL now.
R Davis and Brandon Jones were selected in that draft and both have been valuable players for the defense when healthy.

In the 2021 draft he added Waddle, Phillips, and Holland and they are all valuable starters on this team. He also signed Robert Jones as an undrafted free and he is now playing at a high level as the Dolphins starting LG.

After trading for Hill and having no first or second round draft pick, he was still able to find and sign Kotou as an undrafted free agent and he has been the top rated CB for the Dolphins this season.

Along with the trade for Hill, he signed Armstead and Williams in free agency and both of them have been huge upgrades for the offensive line. He signed Mostert and when the signing of Edmonds didn’t work out, he traded for Jeff Wilson, which has been a huge upgrade at the RB position.

He also was able to trade for Chubb, while getting rid of Edmonds contract by including him in the trade with the Broncos.

Of course the best thing he has done is to convince Ross to fire Flores and hire McDaniel. So while he has certainly made mistakes as the teams GM. He deserves a lot of the credit in regards to how far this team has come since the rebuild began after the 2018 season.
 
Yeah, I've also been critical of him too. I've never hated the guy, but have always found him to be truly mediocre which by no coincidence, was reflective of our constant 7-9 / 8-8 / 9-7 type seasons.

He has been garbage at finding OL talent, that is truly his weakness. With that said, I think he has been awesome at finding good late round and undrafted talent and many other strengths including having the humility to surround himself with talented people in the front office as well.

With that said, he is truly deserving of MASSIVE praise for putting together the best Dolphins teams I have personally ever watched in my 28+ years of watching football.
 
This site needs to make up it’s mind what story it’s going to go with.

I read Grier gets the players his coaches want and that would mean giving Flores and McD credit.

And I also read in threads like these Grier goes rogue, including getting the HC fired, and the HCs are just along for the ride.

To me, it’s somewhat comical anyone thinks they know the actual dynamics that took place that we are not privileged to see.
 
Non-contributors like Igbo, Jackson, Eichenberg, Long, and Deiter are his “what could have been” picks. Had to back fill with pricey free agents. The time is now for Grier’s legacy to be cemented.
 
AdamD13 said:
This site needs to make up it’s mind what story it’s going to go with.

I read Grier gets the players his coaches want and that would mean giving Flores and McD credit.

And I also read in threads like these Grier goes rogue, including getting the HC fired, and the HCs are just along for the ride.

To me, it’s somewhat comical anyone thinks they know the actual dynamics that took place that we are not privileged to see.
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There is no doubt that Grier and his head coaches work together to bring in players that best fit the system the coaching staff want to run.

The whole point of this thread was merely to point out that the Dolphins are the team they are today because of the players and coaches hired since Grier became the teams GM. He was constantly blamed for how the team was playing when they weren’t playing effectively in recent years. So I just thought he deserves some positive comments at this time.

If you feel differently, so be it. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion in regards to Grier and every other person in the Dolphins organization.
 
Grier wasn’t exactly moneyballing it the past few seasons.

The amount of draft capital the Dolphins have had to spend is absurd since Grier was gifted 2 cache of picks from Texans and 49rs.

Don’t forget that mofo was trying to replace Tua even before this season. If you don’t think Tua is giving Ross and Grier the side eye, you’re crazy.
 
eMCee85 said:
Lol every time we do good, threads started about giving everyone credit. Every time we do bad, threads started about how we need to fire them!! Lol
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I prefer to always see the glass half full. So while I have no problem starting a thread that praises a player, coach, or in this case the GM. I would never start a thread saying to fire anyone. It’s just not who I am.
 
1972forever said:
Grier has taken his share of criticism on this forum, including from me. Yet he has also made some great decisions over the last three years which have led to this team being the team it is today.

First he drafted Tua with the fifth pick in the 2020 draft. Funny how no one is complaining that he should have drafted Herbert anymore.
While Jackson so far hasn’t worked out on the OL and Iggy appears to be a lost cause. Grier selected Hunt in the second round of the 2020 draft and he is one of the best guards in the NFL now.
R Davis and Brandon Jones were selected in that draft and both have been valuable players for the defense when healthy.

In the 2021 draft he added Waddle, Phillips, and Holland and they are all valuable starters on this team. He also signed Robert Jones as an undrafted free and he is now playing at a high level as the Dolphins starting LG.

After trading for Hill and having no first or second round draft pick, he was still able to find and sign Kotou as an undrafted free agent and he has been the top rated CB for the Dolphins this season.

Along with the trade for Hill, he signed Armstead and Williams in free agency and both of them have been huge upgrades for the offensive line. He signed Mostert and when the signing of Edmonds didn’t work out, he traded for Jeff Wilson, which has been a huge upgrade at the RB position.

He also was able to trade for Chubb, while getting rid of Edmonds contract by including him in the trade with the Broncos.

Of course the best thing he has done is to convince Ross to fire Flores and hire McDaniel. So while he has certainly made mistakes as the teams GM. He deserves a lot of the credit in regards to how far this team has come since the rebuild began after the 2018 season.
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Hell yes. 10000000000% agree.
 
What about giving Ross some credit? Yeah we know some things cost the team recently, but he made what was a very unpopular move at the time to fire a guy who had a lot of respect outside of the building by people who didn't have an appreciation for what was going on inside the building. And he hired a guy who wasn't on many short lists who has come out the gate with some success when there are a couple guys hired who look to be heading towards the magical one and done threshold.
 
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