The latest report indicates how the Dolphins’ GM interview search is navigating the Mike McDaniel conundrum
The Dolphins are apparently open to all options.
The Miami Dolphins‘ general manager search remains front and center on the team’s “to do” list as we reach the mid-way point of the first week of the offseason. Miami has spent the last 24 hours conducting virtual interviews with GM candidates, even as fans grow eager to learn whether the available head-coaching candidates will prompt a change in Miami.
Part of the intrigue or concern, depending on your perspective, about the unknown of the coaching situation amid a general manager search is how candidates ultimately feel about the incumbent head coach, Mike McDaniel.
But a new report from The Athletic’s Dianna Russini offers perspective on how the Dolphins franchise appears to be walking a tightrope as they search for the right next leader for their scouting efforts.
Dolphins are asking questions of GM candidates that do and don’t include head coach Mike McDaniel
McDaniel supporters may find this development to be in poor taste. McDaniel detractors may rejoice. I think it’s fair to call it “thorough.” It does genuinely seem as though Miami is focused on “running its own race” and prioritizing the general manager hire above all else.
If that’s the case, great. Hopefully, the process will continue to push towards a resolution in enough time to still entertain any additional other changes this team could aspire to make this offseason, be it at head coach or otherwise.
It will be easy to make assumptions about the hire. If McDaniel is retained and one of the several 49ers representatives that populate the interview list gets the job, many will surely say the hiring process was a farce and rigged in McDaniel’s favor.
But this report from Russini suggests that Miami is doing its due diligence on all fronts. And that whoever gets the job, be it a candidate from San Francisco or somewhere else, has the best answers overall to how the Miami Dolphins should be led.
And that’s what we’re looking for through and through.
Reported Miami Dolphins general manager interview requests
- Miami Dolphins interim GM Champ Kelly
- Green Bay Packers VP of Player Personnel Jon-Eric Sullivan
- Los Angeles Chargers Assistant GM Chad Alexander
- Philadelphia Eagles Assistant GM Alec Halaby
- Los Angeles Rams Assistant GM John McKay
- San Francisco 49ers VP of Player Personnel Tariq Ahmad
- San Francisco 49ers Director of Scouting & Football Operations Josh Williams
- San Francisco 49ers Assistant GM RJ Gillen
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