This past week, I asked the following question:
Now that our Miami Dolphins have hired the new GM and nearly filled out the entire coaching staff, what concerns do you still have about either or both? Is it an individual coach that you believe could hold the team back, or is there another concern about the new makeup of the front office or the coaching staff as a whole? Or…maybe you think this is nearly perfect for what we want to see. Please let us know that and why as well.
Below are some of your thoughts and answers-
Luvs2drnk just hopes this isn’t a case of wash-rinse-repeat.
My only concern right now is that we’re doing the same thing we’ve been doing for the past 21 years and expecting a different result.
coluccim knows that being mediocre is not acceptable.
Same concern as before – the acceptance of mediocracy
MiamiItaliano is concerned about the dire financial situation the team is in, cap-wise, due to horrible decisions made by the previous regime.
The concern is how Sully can build a team with so much dead money against the cap. It’s already at $35 million, before the 2 post-June 1st cuts. Assuming it’s Tua, that’s $67 million this season. Assuming it’s Chubb, that’s $10.9 million. Then there’s Tyreek, who’s probably getting cut ASAP with no post-June 1st designation. That’s $28.2 million dead cap. A total of $142 million of money the Dolphins can’t use this year. That means Sully has to absolutely nail the draft every year until they get out of cap hell.
TheRoo1 hopes that the new regime sticks to the long game this time.
Concerns? That while Sully and Haf have said the right things, now that they have the keys to the car, they decide to take a joy ride, and stray from the long game that they talked about.
USMCFinzFreak hopes the new guys aren’t just fill-ins for now.
My concern is if the staff is just a bridge staff, considering the cap space hell they inherited. I hope not, but we fans are impatient (and rightly so), especially after so many decades of mediocrity. We’ve been on an endless search to find our franchise quarterback, so I hope we can get out of quarterback purgatory soon, but first, the team needs to build a formidable OL before we bring in a QB. Chicken or egg, which one comes first? Sorry for the ramble……
SlayerNation1 is concerned about the culture and if the owners’ priorities are in the right place.
The concern until proven otherwise: the “Dolphins’ Culture” overwhelms/brainwashes any regimes ability to break through the “Glass Ceiling of Mediocrity”
If the Dolphins were an SAT analogy:
High NFLPA Player Grades are to Ross,
what AFC Championships and Lombardis are to some owners.
👆that’s my concern, different names=same net results
Ejplaya is concerned about the lack of talent on the roster and the lack of cap or a high enough draft pick to make an immediate difference.
The biggest concern is have with the staff is their lack of ammunition. They have very little talent on the roster, no cap space, and a first round draft pick outside the top 10. Tough to turn things around quickly without those things.
MIAMI235 is concerned about the new regime having to learn as they go.
Concern: Too much “ On The Job Learning “, as we have watched through the years.
sdphinsfan wants to know whether they can walk the walk, not just talk the talk. Is also concerned that they will be able to compile the right level of talent.
Execution. Haf and JES look and sound the part. Their background is just what you want. But you have to get the “right” players because for as much focus as we put on the FO and the coaching, it’s a players game and the players are what makes it happen. If you have the right players, its easier to go from 4 wins to 14 than it is to go from 7 to 11. When you’re stuck in the middle, it’s harder to make the changes you need to make because you think you are closer than you really are.
Urthling has multiple concerns, inclusing the getting the culture right and the quarterback problem. Also, we are impatient. Damn right we are!
With an impatient fanbase and sometimes mercurial owner, will Haf and Sully get a fair shake to turn Miami around?
With the current QB, cap and roster situations it looks like it could take a few years.
There’s also the secondary concern of creating a “winning culture”, that might be difficult to accomplish if the next 1-2 seasons we pile up more losses than wins, unless the players feel that significant progress is being made.
That’s a laundry list, and every one of those concerns seems more than legit. Clearly, we are all concerned about the lack of a quality quarterback, a strong team culture of winning, and the overall lack of talent in the right positions on the roster. Let’s hope that they got it right this time, or it’s going to be another long, ugly ride for us in the fanbase. As always, thank you to each of you who come into our posts nearly every evening or the next morning and answer our question of the day.