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I just saw it reported.  Damn.

I am sad about think and I think that McDaniel got a raw deal.

He got saddled to a QB that didn't pan out.  He also made that QB the best in the league (statistically) at one point, before the wheels fell off.

Then lost the best WR in the game to injury.  ...still managed to be middle of the road.

I think this is bad and I'm sad about it.

On Monday McDaniel told reporters he would be involved in the team's interviews to hire a GM.

However, that was the day before John Harbaugh was fired.

You do the math.

He was given four years and never got beyond the first round of the playoffs.   Had the chance to take the division in 2023 and lost three key games he should've won.   The team regressed in 2025.   And now they are capped out.

Time for a tear down and rebuild.  Unfortunately, he has to be part of it.

What is the evidence we have that McDaniel produces an advantage over other teams via his functioning as a head coach?

Unless there is significant evidence of that, I don't think a serious fan of the Dolphins should be upset about this move.

This seems likely.  They probably weren't going to can him and then Harbaugh hit the market.  We know that Ross likes those Harbaugh boys.

Including the absolutely ridiculous game against Tennessee that year, where the team was a clown show with its rehearsed multi-player end zone celebrations despite playing poorly against a team it was favored to beat in a high-stakes game that would determine playoff seeds.  That game was the first revelation of this team's culture under McDaniel.

Also, Adam Schefter reported that eight teams had reached out to Harbaugh just after he was fired.  Other than the Ravens which had just fired him, only seven teams had open head coaching positions at the time.

I suspect McDaniel will go on to become a team's offensive coordinator and be successful in that role.  That's where he belongs -- implementing his Xs and Os expertise, without having responsibility for shaping an entire team's culture as its head coach.

"A team takes on the personality of its coach" -- not its offensive coordinator.

It was reported by Joe Schad that the Dolphins hadn't reached out to Harbaugh as of last night.

Ross is the worst owner in the league.

I normally defend a lot of what Ross does, but this seems bungled.  It's pretty transparent that we wanted to keep our guy until another guy came available, and now it's possible, if not likely, that we don't get the other guy anyway.

And we don't have a GM, so it's not like the GM is the one picking the coach, either.  This seems like he's managing the team like he's a reactionary message-board fan.

Ross is a complete disaster.   If you ask him to make you a plate of scrambled eggs, he'll find a way to fuck that up.

By the time I read to the bottom and ready to reply I was still laughing at seeing Hill called the best receiver in the league. At one point you could have made that argument but not for a couple seasons. I rooted for McDaniel to start but it has become clear to me that this team wasn't going anywhere.

+1

Maybe down the road he can take what he learned in Miami and become a great HC, it just wasn't going to happen in Miami.  It's not like he was a terrible HC.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/lTjiqUttpis

She is hilarious. 

Ross is better at covering up his trail after screwing it up several times. No one believes this.

Armando posted this earlier today

At 6:15 Monday Dolphins announce 6 outside GM candidates for first-round interviews.

At 4:30ish Tuesday John Harbaugh fired by Ravens. At 7:16 Tuesday Dolphins add LAC Assistant GM Chad Alexander to GM interview list.

At 9:20 Wednesday Alexander advances as 1 of 4 to get second interview.

Alexander has worked with Jim and John Harbaugh in LA and Baltimore for 2 decades.

All of this is probably coincidence.

And then on Thursday they announce the firing of Mike

Before we start celebrating this move, let's see who they bring in for GM and HC. If they manage to land Harbaugh, I'll be fine with this move, otherwise...we'll see. For the record, I give them about a 10% chance of landing Harbaugh.

Anyone but Harbaugh is a downgrade.

Yeah, that's about where I am too.

By that logic one would expect people to be knocking down McDaniel's door like they are Harbaugh's.

We'll see.  I strongly doubt that happens.

I've actually read several news updates already linking McDaniel to other places like Cleveland. Granted it's all pure speculation BS like all the talk of Miami landing Harbaugh, but there is talk. I think several teams would be interested in McDaniel being their OC right now.

I'd like to see Mike go to Tampa with Baker Mayfield. Could be pretty interesting as they just fired their offensive coordinator.

I don't expect him to have any difficulty getting a job as an offensive coordinator.  I doubt he'll ever be a head coach again in the NFL, however.

I just saw that Mike has been contacted by Detroit regarding their OC position. Former Dolphin hiring former Dolphin.

I’m gonna miss him as coach. We better land Harbaugh.

He might not get offered a HC job this off season, but he will be a HC again.  Anybody with a brain has figured out that Grier mismanaged things so bad that nobody including Belichick nor Shula could have been successful with the rosters. 

Plus plenty of coaches with far worse 1st stints got a second chance some even a third.   

If Josh McDaniels got a second shot than so will Mike McDaniel.

Probably not the first example I would have picked.

I don't think anyone really should be surprised at this - it was always coming, and just a question of when.

When Ross said after the close of last season that it wasn't good enough and there had to be improvement, the line was drawn. There's zero improvement, and no real sign of it coming.

Grier (rightly) was shown the door during the season (along with some scouts who had also been here 20-25 years), so it was always going to be a case of if McDaniel hangs around next season to bear the brunt of anger for the inevitable decline. Ross has probably done him a huge favor firing him now, before his Dolphins legacy is further tarnished (and given him an early payout as an equally huge bonus).

We needed a fresh start, and changing the coach along with the GM is probably the right way to go (given that trying other ways haven't worked out too well for us in the past). It may give them a little leniency next season regardless of what happens, because everyone should know right from the start this will be a total rebuild from ground zero (with a salary cap hell position to boot).

After what seemed a good start, McDaniel had worn out his welcome, at least with many fans... it's interesting timing that this happened after the player interviews. Wasn't Flores fired after the player interviews?

He deserves a fair amount or responsibility (along with Grier) for our predicament. He told Grier to "trade everything" for Tyreek Hill (and who knows, maybe also for Chubb & Ramsey). He told Grier to pay Tua & Tyreek what they wanted. We pretty much did exactly that - lost draft picks, and many starters who began walking out at the end of the 2023 season because there was no money left. Everything looked rosy early in 2023, because they planned to win a Superbowl that year, and damn everything after that... after we didn't even win a playoff game, we were in massive trouble.

McDaniel hasn't evolved as the situation has around him. Once the NFL cracked down on motion pre-snap, and defenses adjusted and began taking away the middle and deep balls, he had no answer. He's never prioritized protecting the QB with additional players outside of the lineman, he's always relied on quick release and reads, getting the receivers out and in position - which is great when your line is decent and healthy, along with your QB. Once our OL started developing holes (particularly at guard) nothing changed. There's been some minor adjustments late (relying on the run more, additional lineman for run plays) but it's too little, too late.

His play calling itself has been hot and cold, and after four years he still takes so long to get the play into the QB they are either out of time (or he has to "dumb it down" to get it to the QB to leave them a decent amount of time pre-snap). He's earned so many shame of the game nominations from me this season, he deserves to be a candidate for shame of the year. It's time to change.

Thank you Mike McDaniel, it was fun for a couple of years, but this is the best move for everyone. Including yourself.

So far, the Bucs, Redskins, and Lions have all contacted McDaniel about their vacant OC positions.   I'm hearing one of those three is willing to make him be the highest paid OC in the league.

Wow i didn't expect so much support for McDaniel. He was NOT a head coach. Now he can go be a OC that's his job

This is the best thing that could have happened.  turn the page on him and Tua..

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5U2ezGikMYY

We’re gonna hire Mike McCarthy huh lmao

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