My analysis is as good as anyone else's here. Would you prefer we never question any personnel moves, well just because the GM should know more than we do? If you anticipate Carroll and Wilson's development why would you reach early for TWO corners? Yes, it is hard to debate guys who are blindly loyal to a GM, no matter what he does. If anyone questions his decisions, you pull out the "you're not in a position to know" card.
I don't know about this team. Specifically Ireland and some of the assistant coaches like QB coach Zack Taylor, and OC Sherman. The teams record 20-25 during Irelands tenure without Parcells dictate a change in GM and our rushing and defensive ranking indicate makeover the offensive and defensive schemes. If there was a way to demote Sherman and Coyle to assistant OC and assistant DC and bring in Tom Clemments who worked with Philbin in GB, or Pete Carmichael from the Saints
His successes minus his mistakes has led us to a combined record of 46-48 to this point. The very definition of mediocrity, aka average, aka ordinary. Perhaps you are satisfied with that.
Because he liked them as value players at that pick? Because he hadn't seen Brent Grimes play a football game since rupturing his achilles? Because Jamar Taylor is a high-risk/high-reward draft pick? Because Patterson gets hurt a lot? Because Wilson isn't great on the boundary? Because the passing NFL demands you have lots of guys who can cover? We have great depth at corner right now. We could be set there for a few seasons into the future. Not sure why this is an issue you want to go back and dig up at this moment.
Taking a corner isn't a problem if he is the BPA, but because of his health and injury issues, it seems to me that he could have made a few better choices than Taylor. If as you say he is a high risk/high reward, which is another way of saying boom/bust, IMO, the 2nd round is too early.
People had Jamar Taylor rated in the top 30 in terms of talent. We picked him at 54. You roll the dice and hope he stays healthy. This kind of pick happens all the time, like literally every year. Sometimes it works (Star Lotulelei, Gronk, Prince Amukamara) and sometimes it doesn't (Da'Quan Bowers, Sergio Kindle, Ras-I Dowling). Then he took Will Davis to shore up the depth at CB. You criticize for Ireland rolling the dice on an injury concern, and then keep criticizing him for hedging that risky bet when he picked Will Davis.
WADR u sound ridiculous. Youre saying he didn't know Carroll and Wilson would develop for no other reason than it's convenient for your argument. Obviously he thought they'd improve or else he wouldn't have drafted them. What's next, he had no idea Vernon would improve or he'd never have drafted Jordan? You can question whatever you'd like, but when you start claiming to know what the GM is thinking then it's pretty clear you're outta your league.
You let Joe choose the GM and become the face of the franchise. You give him the central power in the football operations.
That's working backwards from an assertion again. The Dolphins aren't blowing 10-point leads because their talent sucks. There's no reproducible, consistent trait. They find all sorts of ways to **** it up, and it's just as often the good units that are doing it as are the questionable units, and almost always you can pin it on some coaching decision. The actual huge hole, the offensive line doesn't typically come in until later, the "oh ****" time when they abandon any pretext of anything that would mitigate their issues.
Huh...how typical is that in the NFL? I mean..sounds like a good idea to me. I'd like to see a GM build a team arounf Philbin's vision. Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk
But..what if shes just the financial side of the equation..and Philbin is the personel side? Sent from my SPH-L710 using Tapatalk
When did I say I know exactly what he is thinking? I guess you would prefer we all follow you and be blind loyalists and never question a single move he makes, well, just because we are not in a position to know anything.
http://www.miamidolphins.com/news/a...d-Herman/fa867057-fc7c-4a9c-afd1-8b60415514bb Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk
You said he didn't know Carroll and Wilson would improve, bc he drafted Taylor and Wilson, according to you. Of course Grimes is a FA, so is Carroll, Patterson is oft injured, Vontae and SSmith left the team last season. There are a lot of reasons to restock the CB position other than Ireland drafting players he has no confidence in. Lol @ blind loyalist. I could do a better job of ripping Ireland than you or anyone else, and I don't need mind reading abilities or outright fiction to do it.
1. That was how Miami was able to hire him away from Dallas. Give him final authority on personnel. 2. When Fisher was being interviewed, one thing that was reported, was that he wanted some say so in personnel, like divide it with Ireland. Ross said no, the power structure would remain the same. Ireland in charge of the personnel side. That was one reason why Fisher declined the job in Miami. I read that. I do not save links. I am not going to go dig up a link to appease you. You do not need to believe me. I really do not care either way. I am not seeking your love or approval.
So to be clear the Miami Dolphins have not explicitly expressed that Ireland can add or cut anyone he chooses without restriction? Your opinion is based on reports, nothing coming from the Dolphins? Why would they not state this publicly? Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk
From the Media Guide, Ireland: In his role with the Dolphins, Ireland is not only responsible for overseeing and coordinating the college and pro personnel departments, but also helps manage the team’s salary cap and player contracts. He supervises all scouting efforts that relate to the college draft, free agency, the Canadian Football League, and personnel of the other 31 NFL teams. Ireland works hand in hand with Head Coach Joe Philbin in implementing a personnel plan to build the Dolphins into a championship caliber team. Aponte: Aponte works closely with General Manager Jeff Ireland and Head Coach Joe Philbin on football administrative matters and serves as the team’s chief contract negotiator. She is responsible for the management and strategic planning of the Dolphins salary cap, negotiating and drafting player contracts and overseeing the football operations budgets. Aponte also serves as the team’s liaison on league affairs.
The only thing Ireland has control over is the scouting departments. Aponte is in charge of the budget and contract negotiations. I think its pretty clear that they both have specific delineated powers. Neither has any type of "total control". Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk
LOL. That's great bro. She's the CFO of football ops. I'm pretty sure every team has a staff for that. I was looking for a link that shows Ireland has ceded his initial power.
Right, but he cannot add or subtract anyone he wants. There are checks on all sides. Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk
Do you think there was someone that told Bill Parcels what his budget was? Nick Saban? Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk
This shouldn't even be debated. Stephen Ross has said himself that Jeff Ireland has final say on all personnel decisions. This idea that he has to go to Dawn Aponte to get approval to sign someone is the definition of silly. Dawn Aponte has no say in who the Dolphins sign. She does nothing more than negotiate the contracts and make sure the moves don't wreck the salary structure. Speaking of free agency, here are some of the moves Jeff has been directly involved in: Justin Smiley $25 million, 5 years Jake Grove $29 million, 5 years Ernest Wilford $13 million, 4 years Karlos Dansby $43 million, 5 years Mike Wallace $60 million, 5 years Dannell Ellerbe $35 million, 5 years Philip Wheeler $26 million, 5 years Aponte has been around for the Dansby signing through this year's signing. The return on investment of these signings is horrible. None of these players have lasted more than 3 years on this team, with Wallace, Ellerbe, and Wheeler only being here for a year so far. So, if Jeff doesn't have final say over personnel, then I guess it is Dawn Aponte that needs to be fired for such poor ROI on their free agent decisions. This is the guy some of you want to manage the potential $38 million in cap money we have next year? When he has a middling wide receiver that will count $17.5 million against next year's cap? What's sad is that they signed Justin Smiley when they knew he had shoulder problems. Oh, and how could I forget about the $27.5 million over 5 years that was given to Gibril Wilson. ....and some of you seriously think I should support Jeff because he is armed with $38 million? I mean, the question is not if he will waste the money. It is when and on who.
Because he helps manage the salary cap and contracts he knows pretty well how or if a player he wants can fit within the cap.
The only contradiction is in your world where the GM of the team apparently does not have final say on anything and is therefore blameless for any of the stupid moves that have been made on his watch. How much film of the players do you think Dawn Aponte is watching? Do you seriously think Jeff went to Dawn and asked for permission to sign Mike Wallace this off season? Hell no! The scenario was more like Jeff went to Dawn and told her to come up with a contract that fit him into the salary structure.
If they fit within the cap, yes he can add whom he wants. That is what overseeing, aka being in charge of, the pro and college personnel depts allow him to do. Since he helps manage the cap, he knows whether or not cutting a player will result in a cap hit, so he has no need to ask Aponte for permission to cut a player either.
Come on now, you know Miami is the only team in professional sports team that doesn't have one person that has final say over anything. They are trying to set a new standard where no one makes the final call on anything. That way, no one can be blamed when the decisions are wrong.
No, teams have budgets aside from the salary cap. Not to mention there is a budget for coaching staffs, scouting departments, medical staffs, trainers, etc. Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk
