David Hyde: ‘Brandon Shore Hit the Breaks’!

Another blip of news hinting at a shakeup of power at the top

The Miami Dolphins curious case of ‘who’s really in charge’ is continuing this offseason with its usual fog of war clouding exactly what is what. We are always left in the dark about who has made the big decisions over the Chris Grier tenure. And it looks like this offseason won’t be any different.

In Grier’s first three years as GM Tanenbaum and Adam Gase received the brunt of the responsibility for failure. Then in Grier’s next three years Brian Flores became the root of all the issues. Grier was given a pass for both of these regime’s failures. Now, there’s the debate over who is more responsible for the current failure, Grier or McDaniel.

Now, after a conversation between Alan Poupart and David Hyde a new power broker has entered the ring: Brandon Shore.

Brandon Shore has been All Pro in player contracts for a while

This offseason Grier has received the most heat of his 10-year tenure as the Phins general manager. I’m still amazed that it’s taken this long for Grier to find the crosshairs.

There was some talk last preseason that the honeymoon was over between McDaniel and Grier. Rumors popped up that ‘Mike McDaniel had rubbed Grier the wrong way by going over his head to get Tua’s extension passed by petitions Ross’. The talk was Grier wanted to play hardball with Tua and McDaniel said he ‘pounded the table for Tua to get his money’. Then there was the weird situation with Shaq Barrett coming out of retirement midseason. McDaniel and Weaver were seemingly caught in front of the media not knowing Grier had shot down his return to the Phins. The lack of communication about Shaq Barrett with his top two coaches was surprising.

Now, though, Hyde said that Grier was fine with Tua getting the extension, but it was Brandon Shore who didn’t want the extension, and it was Shore who put the brakes on the checkbook this offseason.

Three power players are two too many for success.

Too many chiefs and not enough Indians?

You can bet with the best pay per head that I’m very happy we didn’t mortgage the future again for a poor roll at success this offseason. So, I like that Shore took this stance and Ross listened, but this new power player in the Dolphins direction is troubling. We’ve had a bizarre separation of powers in Miami since Parcells left and this isn’t the common format for football operations and our continual failure is proof it’s a loser.

Much like Philbin, Aponte, and Ireland and Tannenbaum, Gase, and Grier, we have multiple voices pulling the Dolphins in a few directions. In football, the tried-and-true formula is one man is in charge and while he listens to those around him, one man is the vision setter.

I want Chris Grier gone. I’m on the fence about McDaniel. I am certain I don’t want corporate structure governance because this will lead to separate visions and fragmented builds.

I don’t know who said what or who’s in charge, but I know that multiple voices pulling Ross in this direction and that can’t be a winning formula. So, while I am glad Shore stepped in, and I hope like heck that Grier gets the boot, I also hope we get someone who is in total charge and is the sole leader setting the team’s vision. Let’s hope the right man with full control takes over soon because so far this hasn’t been a winner for us! Go Phins!!!