How Much Should Grier Embrace His 2019 Mulligan?

M.J.

5 years ago

Grier has been given a 2019 ‘Mulligan’ from Ross, so he can fearlessly tear the team apart

Grier must cut the roster down… but how much?

Miami Dolphins owner Steven Ross has given
Chris Grier and Brian Flores the green light to ‘gut’ the former regime’s roster down to the studs–if they want.

Given that the 2019 Super Bowl will be in Miami, it’s no small feat of self-control by Ross to allow this to happen.

After twenty-plus years of dysfunctionality, another attempt to “patch” this franchise up runs the risk of repeating past failures with the ‘same ole’, same ole’ strategy.

So how deep will this ‘house cleaning’ go?

I think Grier, Allen, and Flores will cut to the bone… But I’m no Carnac the Great, so maybe it ends up merely a flesh wound? But I doubt it.

Would an excellent QB solve all the Phins problems?

If we had a Top 5 QB on the team, then a retool could work. But you don’t need the best football software for bookies (AcePerHead.com) to know Miami’s QB cupboard is sparse, so this point is moot.

This leads me to the possible course of the Phins retooling and adding a Top QB talent in 2019. A talented rookie QB, even if he is very talented, won’t be experienced and refined enough to carry the team to a championship for at least 2-3 years–bare minimum. So, a retooled team will serve Miami less down the line than if they undergo a full rebuild.

Look at the Chiefs as an example:

Patrick Mahomes is as good a young QB as you’ll find in his second season with a solid cast backing him. But, Mahomes still needs a little more refinement or a better team around him to make it to the big game. Year 3 will offer a real chance for the golden ring.

Then there’s Tom Brady, who managed a Super Bowl in his second season. But he had a good deal of luck and a tremendous team built around him.

Will we be ‘lotto lucky’ and find the next Brady or Mahomes in the 2019 Draft? Even if we do, we won’t have a top-flight group to put around him till at least 2020–At least.

Miami must focus on the long game to have the best odds for success: Years 3-5 of this regime.

Just the transition alone from the “Wide 9” to whatever 3-4 / 4-3 hybrid we move into will demand a lot of resources and a few years to install.

Even though Miami is desperate for a talented Quarterback, they must not overstretch for one in this year’s draft. A little lean forward? Okay. Sell the farm? No way. A miss on the QB acquired from a ‘mega move’ trade up could have this regime doomed before it even starts.

Patience must finally conquer desperation if this new regime wants to return the Miami Dolphins to their former glory.

‘Tanking, Gutting, Rebuilding’… ‘Lion, Tigers, and Bears, oh my’!

According to Salguero, the team discussed the possibility of ‘tanking’ this season in interviews with prospective coaches.

Now, the word “tank” has been used a lot lately to describe what the Dolphins M.O. will be in the 2019 Season. I’ve even misused ‘tank’ as well on a couple of occasions… so I’m going to clean it up.

The term “Tanking” isn’t the proper terminology and a misrepresentation of what is about to occur.

Tanking: ‘the act of giving up a match or “throwing it away”, losing intentionally or not competing.’

“Tanking” isn’t what Miami is putting into play.

Yes, the net results are the same, a losing season, but the intention isn’t to lose, rather it’s a natural by-product of cleaning out the trash.

This ‘gutting’ is about erasing the ledger of everything that hinders. CAP responsibility and proper valuation is the road to success in the NFL… and a gutting of this roster is only possible at this juncture. Unfortunately, plenty of players on this roster don’t fit that bill, so there will be carnage. The transition between what is and will be will be stark. Severe growing pains will be the result…

… But it’s best for the long-term prognosis.

At the crossroads of all things Dolphins

Mulligan; ‘A second chance to perform an action, usually after the first chance went wrong.’

This full-blown ‘Mulligan’ Ross and the fans are giving Grier won’t be valid after two drafts. There will be expectations in 2020–albeit small ones, but expectation nonetheless. So this regime must make full use of their ‘free-rein’ while they have it.

I’m sure Gase and Co. wished they had a ‘mulligan’ in Year 1.

Most coaches and General Managers never get the opportunity to come in, tear down to their liking, and build from scratch. For most regimes, it’s ‘win now’. The pressure to succeed and the CAP increasing as a team builds are an ever-tightening noose. Only winning right out of the gates keeps the hangman at bay…

… except when an owner gives you the green light to lose now in order to better the future. Grab the scissors and get to cutting Chris Grier because you won’t ever get this opportunity again–ever. Go Phins!!!

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