It wasn’t working. We all know that. We have all seen it fail before our eyes.
The Miami Dolphins have been on this mediocrity treadmill for nearly two decades, and there were many promises made about winning, but the team never got close to winning it all. And there seemed to be no end in sight.
So around October or November, folks within the organization started talking to owner Stephen Ross about an alternate approach. That was about taking the long view, and maybe accepting losing for a while, and perhaps getting in position to do something fabulous with a high draft pick some day.