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I sure have. As a kid growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, a lot of us had them pretty regularly.

It's a spread that basically dates back to the era between WWI and WW2, very similar to Marmite in Britain in that it was a great use of a leftover resource (brewers yeast) to make a cheap, high energy and B vitamin spread, that served well as a cheap source of food and rations.

The flavor is very potent, bitter, malty and salty, best suited to toast and sandwiches. For many years it was seen as a bit of a morning staple (if you traveled by train or plane, or had room service breakfast, there was usually a tub of Vegemite and marmalade with butter for your toast)

There are some who insist it's (at least) part of a reasonable hangover cure...  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmnrpv6rVBc

... but really, only an absolute idiot would try to eat it off a spoon straight out of the jar.  

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VrbySVt0wnY

Hahaha ... Thanks for that detailed answer as I've always wondered but never knew anyone who had eaten one. Well ... every since Men at Work sang Down Under in the 80s. 

Downunder Dolphin ... have you ever had a vegemite sandwich and are they any good?

I sure have. As a kid growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, a lot of us had them pretty regularly.

It's a spread that basically dates back to the era between WWI and WW2, very similar to Marmite in Britain in that it was a great use of a leftover resource (brewers yeast) to make a cheap, high energy and B vitamin spread, that served well as a cheap source of food and rations.

The flavor is very potent, bitter, malty and salty, best suited to toast and sandwiches. For many years it was seen as a bit of a morning staple (if you traveled by train or plane, or had room service breakfast, there was usually a tub of Vegemite and marmalade with butter for your toast)

There are some who insist it's (at least) part of a reasonable hangover cure...  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmnrpv6rVBc

... but really, only an absolute idiot would try to eat it off a spoon straight out of the jar.  

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VrbySVt0wnY

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.

He has been requested to meet with 4 different teams as their head coach now. Browns, Ravens, Falcons and Titans. He might not get any of them but there's definitely some interest in at least interviewing him.

Keep in mind that when teams interview McDaniel for a head coaching position, his tenure with the Dolphins will now function about like the fart in the following movie clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FOk4bCAQhc

When the Dolphins hired him it was like these guys' interview above "pre-fart" -- he seemed fresh and different and innovative.  Now the fart's been cut however.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_All-Pro_Team

Congratulations to Jordyn Brooks being named first team All-Pro after being snubbed for the Pro Bowl.

Likewise, credit to Brewer named second team (after Creed Humphrey)

Achane unlucky to miss out (as was Jonathan Taylor for the Colts)

Fun fact:  The New Jersey Jets are the only team to have not a single player named to neither the All-Pro nor Probowl. 

Downunder Dolphin ... have you ever had a vegemite sandwich and are they any good?

I don't know much about Chris, but I do know that he has never had to be the demonstratively better than anyone else to get the job.  As long as the other applicants were about the same with none head and shoulders better than him then he got the benefit of the doubt.   Now this doesn't mean he sucks and he may have benefited from some insight from his grandpa that most people can't get from grandpa.  And just because he has never *needed* to be demonstratively better doesn't mean he never *has* been demonstratively better. 

This isn't particular to Chris, and not all nepotism hires are incompetent, some are actually quite talented.  However, the most incompetent people I have ever dealt with are people who have benefited for nepotism and privilege.  (In contrast I have never dealt with a truly horrible DEI hire, not saying all DEI were phenomenal some were quite bad, but none were the true bottom of the barrel incompetent of nepotism and privilege.)   

I disagree he hasn't been better. He has succeed everywhere he's been. He is in his 9th year in LA and second as DC. He has coached on both sides of the ball, something most never do. He also has known Sean McVay since they played together at Miami of Ohio where they played all 4 years together. If anything, he has benefitted from connections with McVay but has done very well with the opportunities given ... just like McVay.  

I find Chris Shula to be fan-casting.  If his last name wasn't what it was, we wouldn't be interested in him.  That just seems like the same kind of things as putting Marino in the front office.  It's just looking backwards.

I really think we screwed up by cutting McDaniel loose and we seem rudderless.

That said, Jordyn Brooks deserves a huge HM - leading the league in tackles, and multiple AFC player of the week recognition's. A massive year from him.

Other than that... Brewer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_All-Pro_Team

Congratulations to Jordyn Brooks being named first team All-Pro after being snubbed for the Pro Bowl.

Likewise, credit to Brewer named second team (after Creed Humphrey)

Achane unlucky to miss out (as was Jonathan Taylor for the Colts)

I don't know much about Chris, but I do know that he has never had to be the demonstratively better than anyone else to get the job.  As long as the other applicants were about the same with none head and shoulders better than him then he got the benefit of the doubt.   Now this doesn't mean he sucks and he may have benefited from some insight from his grandpa that most people can't get from grandpa.  And just because he has never *needed* to be demonstratively better doesn't mean he never *has* been demonstratively better. 

This isn't particular to Chris, and not all nepotism hires are incompetent, some are actually quite talented.  However, the most incompetent people I have ever dealt with are people who have benefited for nepotism and privilege.  (In contrast I have never dealt with a truly horrible DEI hire, not saying all DEI were phenomenal some were quite bad, but none were the true bottom of the barrel incompetent of nepotism and privilege.)   

How would this be a nepotism hire?   Don Shula is dead and there is no one else from his family that works for the Dolphins.   What it would be is a follow-in-the-footsteps-of-a-legend hire.   And Chris obviously has the pedigree and performance background.