WTF is all this talk about Jason taylor as the Fins new GM?

Ozzie Newsome also leaps out at one doesn't he.

Thought the Pat Lafontaine hire today was or could be eerily similar to this. It isn't just winning or not winning in this case , there has been a tonne of poor decisions , and black eyes as you said for this franchise lately.

 

JT is class personified..so level headed...worries the heck out of me thinking about evaluation and aquiring talent, but I guess he wouldn't be THAT guy..not the guy who needs to watch film 12 -16 hours a day to make great overall projections...there's so much work to get it right, to have a vision of how you wanna build a team long terms..

Idk man, it's highly unlikely a guy can be excellent at two different pro crafts.

 

http://www.jasontaylorfoundation.com/

In 2004 Taylor and his wife Katina founded the Jason Taylor Foundation with the goal of improving the lives of children in South Florida. The Foundation has accomplished much in a short time, including launching the Jason Taylor Reading Room, an after-school program aimed at increasing literacy among inner city children; renaming the Holtz Children's Hospital's learning center as "The Jason Taylor Children's Learning Center;" providing eleven sixth grade students with college scholarships through the Take Stock in Children organization; creating the "Big Screens-Big Dreams" program to screen inspirational films for hundreds of student-athletes; and furnishing 60 children with $300 back-to-school shopping certificates as part of the "Cool Gear for the School Year" program.

Jason has also partnered with the Invicta Watch Group and its CEO; Eyal Lalo on a number of charitable ventures and was given the opportunity to create a collection of limited edition of watches, "As a watch enthusiast and collector, I am excited to be partnering with Invicta on the development and launch of my collection of watches".[19]

Taylor has been widely recognized for his charitable work. In addition to winning the 2007 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award, he has been named twice as one of The Sporting News "Good Guys" and was honored by CBS Sports' James Brown with a JB Award, given annually to NFL players who have demonstrated a commitment to building better communities and stronger families.

And again , he has to be astute enough to surround himself with highly skilled , effective people and let them do what they do well. He needs to have the vision and hold people responsible , and to ensure everything meshes , which obvioulsy hasn't been the case for far too long.

An appointment such as this is not without successful precedents as has been pointed out.

 

A lot of JJ success re the draft was simply acquiring many choices. The more picks you have the more likely it is you get several productive players . I don't disagree with that model , but he didn't bank on getting more from the draft by just using the regular picks he would have had.

 

Ozzy newsome says hi also.

 

I'll take JT if Zach does his scouting lol.

Those 2 wouldn't put up with mediocrity.

 

Really? Remind us all again of Matheny and Ventura's coaching experience prior to getting the Cardinals and White Sox managerial jobs?

 

If Miami hired a head coach who could do draft day stuff and coach I'd love JT in some kind of Front Office role. It would be such a breath of fresh air from the dick head who has been smelling up that office for 6 years now.

 

The job everyone is saying JT would be good for, is basically a football knowledgeable liaison between the coach & GM and Ross. Ross needs someone who knows football to be able to help him decipher whether a move is potentially good or bad in a given situation.

Say a GM has a plan for how he wants to tackle the offseason but the coach wants something different to happen, JT could help Ross figure out which course is better or if parts of each can be done, etc.

He would also be the person that speaks on camera and gives interviews, becoming the "face" of the franchise.

I've had my issues with JT in the past, but I think this is a job he was born to do.

 

Do you actually think the GM watches that much film in a day?

 

Exactly, in another thread people were discussing how Ross is an absentee owner since he doesn't even live in Miami. JT could be his presence is the building. But what about Nat Moore? He was real cozy with Ross the other night, is well respected and has been involved with the front office for some time. Or John Offerdahl. He was a film room junkie and has built several successful businesses.

 

Again, what does owning an Arena League team and being on an executive committee of that league have to do with running an organization? Isiah Thomas owned the CBA at one time, and he is a horrific GM/Personnel Executive in the NBA.

The fact that Jason Taylor is closer to his playing days than John Elway was when he got that job makes Jason Taylor MORE qualified, IMO.

John Elway's stint as an owner prepared him so well that he said when he got the job that he didn't want to be GM and didn't want to be head coach because he wasn't qualified to do either of those jobs. He essentially spent two years learning the personnel side of things before actually becoming the guy that makes the final decisions, and even now, he has Tom Heckert Jr. in his front office.

 

I think JT over the other two because of the PR factor. JT is simply a bigger name than Moore or Offerdahl. He has also shined on TV in Dancing with the Stars and various on-air gigs. He's handsome and multi racial, with no black marks on his record at all. Its kind of a no brainer to me, actually.

 

A GM that players in the league would actually respect? Yea, sounds like a bad idea...

 

*cough* Jon Gruden *cough*

 

Should be better qualified people out there

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Newsome worked in a front office for like 10 yrs before becoming a GM

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The Face of the Miami Dolphins Franchise!

 

Dont think she wants the role of GM. Most likely she would be the one telling the GM how much he can spend.

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Not that puts a check in every column, I don't think.

While there's certainly people more knowledgeable about football, is there anyone else that would also have:

- Multi racial.
A plus because of the racist stuff.

- Make the fans swoon.
Not many former Dolphins illicit love form the fans like JT other than Marino or Zach, and neither are qualified.

- Well spoken in front of the camera with charisma for days.

- An intimate knowledge of leading a locker room.

- High level of play

- Smart

(ftr, I'm not talking GM)

 

...and what credibility do we gain by promoting her and putting her over the football operations?

 

I would certainly hope that charisma and "making fans swoon" is not a consideration for the next GM. You basically are describing a cheerleader.

The locker room leader stuff really doesn't fall on the GM either. He rarely is going to be near the locker room. That falls on the coaches and players.

Not even going to comment on the multi racial thing.

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I think it is questionable that there are more people knowledgeable about football. The idea that a Hall of Fame player isn't knowledgeable about the game is foolish, IMO. Plus, I think this idea that you have to come from a scouting background or a law/business background to run a franchise is something we need to shake away from. Saying that is as bad as saying that you can't use advanced analytics in scouting.

 

I tired to clarify, I wasn't talking about GM, but i guess it was too late.

 

OK that makes more sense

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Its not foolish at all. Marino knows way less about the game then Penny does. The rest I agree with.

 

Yeah, I was talking about the Football President/Face of the Franchise/Ross' Confidant/Pseudo Owner-sih role thing.

 

This is exactly what came to my mind. Gruden wants more control, and hands in personnel decisions, and have J.T. as a guy who works with Gruden in a Front Office role.

 

Can we combine Taylor, Thomas, and Marino like Voltron and hire that?

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Marino Taylor-Thomas sounds like a teen heartthrob.

 

Gruden has already shown how awful he is with personnel. Gruden was a great coach. Terrible personnel guy. It was his down fall.

 

In order to run a franchise, you have to have a lot more than just a great knowledge of football. If you want to do something like build an analytics department, you need to be able to evaluate that type of thing.

 

Allowing him a voice in personnel, but not total control would be the key - But I believe he wants control of personnel, which wouldn't be good.

 

I thought I was the only person that remembered that. If he's paired with a strong GM, it might work out. Otherwise, no way.