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 1!!!!!!!
21Dave is not wasting any time sliding right into his dream retirement.
So I inherited this team today, it would be up for sale by 3 pm, I would take my money and be done with all and any headaches of running anything related to a business. You could find me traveling with my golf clubs all over. I would keep a skybox for when I was in town. But by the time I would be back in this Devil’s Dungeon we call South Florida it would be January and we don’t play much in or after January, lol . Too hot to be in this state year round if you are rich. And that wouldn’t be rich that would be wealthy so you’re free to do whatever you want. If I could inherit over a billion dollars the last thing I would do is sit in another board meeting, zoom call or worry about owning a business and it’s ups and downs. Set up trust funds for my family and try to spend the rest before I die!!
sdphinsfan has some good ideas, but could do better with the beer deal selection.
Good question…
1. Change the logo back
2. Re-establish the culture and identity of team
3. $5 beer option (it’ll probably be a PBR but hey)
Well, another slow offseason post. If you were one of the people who missed the original post, feel free to add your what-ifs in the comment section. Thank you to each of you who took the time to answer our PQOTD!
