The Phinsider
In our long list of what-ifs, I asked the following question this past week:
So today’s exercise/Phinsider Question of the Day is: What would you do if you were to inherit the Miami Dolphins? In this exercise, you would receive ownership of the team and everything associated with it! The stadium, the parking lots, racing, tennis, and so on, are now all yours. Since you own it all, you can also assume that you receive all the profits from the various events and, as such, you have the funds to make any changes you desire. So, where would you start? What would you change, and what would you continue from the previous regime? Besides the team itself and the roster, would you make additional changes to the stadium or any other events that surround it throughout the year?
Below are some of your answers and thoughts-
MIAMI235 is going to cash out!
Sell It! ( Pocket the Billions and get a lifetime Skybox)
Spok507 has a longer list of ideas, but gave us an idea of how he would kick things off.
I wouldn’t change anything about the stadium and the other events as they seem to garner quite a bit of $$ which could be poured into the team. The salary cap would limit what I could do, but I would make it a great experience for players so marquis guys would be clamoring to come play in Miami. I agree, I’d do something about the logo. Tho the incentive for the change was probably monetary to begin with — a lot of fans with old stuff would pay to have new stuff if the logo was different. So I wouldn’t go back to the exact old, but I’d change it to make it a lot closer than the new wave logo. That would increase sales as people would buy new stuff — again — but it would also bring back some sense of nostalgia for the old guard fans who loved it like it was. Middle ground.
Then I would go on a hunt for new advisors that weren’t just ‘yes’ men (or women) and hire a staff that would take some risks but know the game from the inside. There’s a saying that not all coaches make good players, and not all players make good coaches, but I think there are a lot of former players that know the game better than some of the people who coached them and I would be hunting for those players to come and either work as advisors or coaches to get the most out of my players.
There’s a lot I could do — and not enough space to put it all down in writing — but that would be my initial plan to get the ball rolling.
finfanfromsiam would take care of the one thing the fan base has been screaming for since it was changed.
Change the logo back job...
