Mike Tannenbaum compared his new role as the Miami Dolphins’ executive vice president of football operations to being a point guard on a basketball team.

He was hired by owner Steve Ross as his point man, where his role is to set everyone on the team up to be successful.

Tannenbaum said his job is to lighten the management load for General Manager Dennis Hickey, allowing him to focus on talent acquisition and running the scouting department. He’s also responsible for giving head coach Joe Philbin the resources he needs to produce a winning season for the first time since 2008.

Tannenbaum was hired to be Ross’ new eyes and ears on the ground floor in Davie.

Team sources say the Dolphins didn’t consider Tannenbaum for the GM role last year because Ross wanted a young talent evaluator. But Tannenbaum impressed Ross so much during his role as a consultant this past season Ross realized he wanted Tannenbaum in a leadership role, and hired him to unite his team, which is apparently Tannenbaum’s greatest strength as a leader.

via Omar Kelly of  SunSentinel.com