It's being held yesterday at 4 PM. See if you can get any comments/questions in.

 

I would want to ask how long is Hickey's leash?

 

I want to ask if Aponte is spankable if not ask if they would hire a supermodel to help ease our suffering.

 

When is the press conference to introduce Hickey?

It should be in the paper tomorrow. Page 8. In between the Propecia add and Mistress Suki's Domination Therapy.

 

:butthead:

 

I'd ask what Philbin has done to inspire such confidence that he won't allow GM candidates to evaluate his success and decide his fate.

As a follow up question I'd ask what makes him think he has the ability to evaluate coaching performance when he has no history in the game.

 

Meh, not interested in that kind of drama. Ross should've gone after Deion Sanders for GM position. But since that was not on the table, the process yielded an acceptable GM. Ross did pursue a lot candidates. many of them declined interviews. Of thos who did not and who actually interviewed, I liked Xanders the best. But the other ones were no better than Hickey. Ross did alright, other than the fact that he got the list from Peterson, instead of going to Deion straight.

 

"I'll let Carl Peterson Handle this one. Carl, ..."

 

About as long as Cam Cameron. If Philbin fails to make the playoffs next season, I can see Ross making a "Parcells" type hire where he gives the guy complete control of the franchise and have the person clean house.

Actually, after the past 3 years, I don't think he's capable of that type of hire. So nevermind.

 

I wish Huizhenga was still owner.. The guy may have failed, but one thing he always kept was our integrity and reputation. No matter how bad things got for us, coaches and players were lining up wanting to work for this franchise so badly, they knew Wayne was respectable and would do ANYTHING to win, unfortunately for him he missed each time but even though we were mediocre, we were still a respected franchise. Now we're mediocre and a joke.

He got names like Jimmy, Saban, Parcells to come on board. They all failed us but do you think Ross is capable of such hires? The past 3 years says no (Harbaugh, Fisher, GM's). Always has to settle with option 5.

 

Well Huizenga never gave us an orange carpet or snazzy new uniforms ;/

 

Huizenga was a terrible owner right up too and including his last act of selling the team to Ross.

 

I liked Huizenga for all his failures. As already pointed out, Wayne was respected and everyone wanted to work for him. Sadly, selling the team to Ross was an ***hole maneuver.

 

Did you expect something different from a garbage man?

 

I don't know that is so much about Philbin and more about Ross not wanting the GM to have that much power. Again, many teams don't have GMs that hire and fire the HC, this is not unique to Miami.

Besides, why would any of you feel comfortable giving all those unproven candidates THAT much power?

 

I agree.

Huizenga made took some aggressive calculated risks on big time talents.
They just imploded in Miami. He had a ridiculous amount of bad luck along with the very bad decision of trusting JJ's assessment of Wanny.
Guy was always trying to bring the best to Miami however.

 

Huizenga meant well, but he didn't know anything about football. Ross means well also, but he's not just ignorant of the game, he's a complete idiot.

 

Its the new trend though. I'd almost guarantee that most of the teams with top GM candidates give that power or at least input on it. Especially in the last 3-5 years.

 

Right. I think that's probably the best way to put it.

In all fairness to Wayne though (I agree with Coral Reefer), all his mistakes were in hindsight. Did anyone truly hate JJ coming to Miami? Anyone truly hate Saban coming to Miami, being Belichick 2.0? And while I didn't love Parcells coming to Miami as a coach (not his ability, all the rest of his BS), I certainly liked the idea of him as a football czar who would get us a legit coach (ala Sean Payton) and GM. I think most people did. I didn't imagine he would epic fail as badly as he did. There was a ton of bad luck with decisions that seemed terrific on the surface.

With Ross, everything he's done is questionable up front. Whether it's recruiting Harbaugh while still having a coach and FAILING to secure the deal or failing to get 6+ of your top GM candidates and settling for Hickey. He can't even pass the smell test.

 

Billionaire... Complete idiot..... Nope,cant wrap my head around this one.

 

Really because tons of people are rich and stupid. I've heard he inherited a large sum of money, and if you start with money the system is skewed for you to make more. Its one of the many reasons capitalism is an unsustainable joke.

 

LOL Wayne was not respected by anyone. He was consistently used as an ATM by football people.

 

I don't believe that is true.

 

I don't know if it is or isnt. Either way sometimes having money just means you are good at swindling people, it doesn't make you intelligent.

You're right it isn't, he made his money using loopholes in the federal tax system and housing markets. That doesn't take intelligence, he basically manipulated the system.

 

LOL it definitely takes intelligence to manipulate systems.

 

Wow.

Wow.

 

People can be brilliant in one field and a complete idiot in another. Einstein was a brilliant physicist who got swindled into buying into Charles Hapgood's geological theories.

 

This.
Stephen Ross is basically an idiot savant.

 

Ross' brilliance in real estate has no relevance to his ability as an NFL owner. I don't understand why people keep trying to tie the two together.

 

The evidence is staring everyone in the face every time Ross makes a move.

 

I really wish I was as stupid as Ross is. We have no clue how he operates his other businesses, so to label him a "complete idiot" is comical . If its so easy to become an idiot billionaire then I challenge anyone here to do it and buy the Dolphins so you can make all the "intelligent" moves you wish.

 

Who was tying the two together ? I realize one has nothing to do with the other, so to label him a complete idiot is an asinine statement.

 

A complete idiot as regards to football. As opposed to Huizenga who was merely ignorant of football and easily led astray by a big name.

 

Not firing Ireland sooner and hiring Hickey is still not as bad as giving the keys to Wannidiot and not taking them away after his first draft.

 

Who hired Parcell's for essentially a one year contract to sell the team so he could bolt while laughing all the way to the bank. Yeah, Huzinega was a class act. A class act that didn't spend one 1st or 2nd round pick on a competent QB his entire tenure here outside of Henne.. All which culminated in a 1-15 season that was a half yard away from being 0-16.

Yup, Wayne was the greatest thing since sliced bread. At least he tried!!