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I don't know that I want it to be that peaceful. If I'm the family of the reason they are being put to death I'd like to see some concern on their face as they die. A little sadistic but I think it is deserved for the people who are trying to come to terms.

Agreed.  They're being put to death because they committed a heinous crime.   Nowhere in any laws does it say that said death has to be painless. 

[you never did the work to begin with]

It is inaccurate to use the term "additional work" if you never did the work to begin with.

The defensive culture was always Fangio's responsibility.  That's why he was made the highest-paid DC in the league!

[It was Fangio's job to establish a culture of accountability for the defense, and (according to you) he utterly failed to do so.]

None of this prevents Fangio from holding his defensive players accountable to his (Fangio's) own standard.

Fangio had the power to run his defense as he saw fit, including the "culture" for the players on the defensive side of the ball.  If he chose not to exercise that power - possibly because he was checked out and never wanted to be in Miami in the first place - he is responsible for that failure.

When you are in charge of the defense, you do not get to blame "culture issues" on someone else.  It was Fangio's job to establish a culture of accountability for the defense, and (according to you) he utterly failed to do so.

Why would he want to continue doing the additional work of attempting to correct in his defensive players McDaniel's mismanagement of the team culture when he could just as easily go where there's a better head coach and a better culture and offload that additional work?

[It was Fangio's job to establish a culture of accountability for the defense, and (according to you) he utterly failed to do so.]

A head coach will inherently interfere with a coordinator if the coordinator needs a serious, dedicated approach from his players to run his unit, and the head coach, who has more organizational power than a coordinator, establishes a lax, silly team culture in which the players in general aren't sufficiently serious and dedicated and accountable.

None of this prevents Fangio from holding his defensive players accountable to his (Fangio's) own standard.

Fangio had the power to run his defense as he saw fit, including the "culture" for the players on the defensive side of the ball.  If he chose not to exercise that power - possibly because he was checked out and never wanted to be in Miami in the first place - he is responsible for that failure.

When you are in charge of the defense, you do not get to blame "culture issues" on someone else.  It was Fangio's job to establish a culture of accountability for the defense, and (according to you) he utterly failed to do so.

[that remained healthy]

There is no evidence that McDaniel interfered with how Fangio ran the defense in Miami.
Also, Fangio had to start caring, which he didn't do in Miami.
Having superior defensive talent (that remained healthy) didn't hurt.

I seem to remember that PHI made the Super Bowl two years ago, before Fangio was the DC.

The Eagles defense was decent in 2022 (top ten), but was horrible in 2023, ranking 26th overall and 31st against the pass:
https://www.foxsports.com/articles/nfl/2023-nfl-defense-rankings-team-pass-and-rush-stats

Fangio was brought in specifically to clean that up, and with an excellent draft netting both Mitchell and DeJean, this season they're ranked 1st in both total defense and pass defense.

A decent run with injuries certainly helped (that said, Nakobe Dean would have been a very handy addition) but Fangio deserves a lot of credit. Plus, if you want to drag out the injury card, as previously mentioned the Dolphins defense under Fangio was in the top 5 of all defensive categories up to the start of all those injuries to our starters the last few games.

That's how Patrick lost in Tampa as well although I don't think the Eagles ever blitzed .. did they? The key to beating Mahomes is to get after him with a great defense.

They ended up blitzing a few times very late in the last quarter (after I posted they got 6 sacks with no blitzes all game). By that stage it was already won, and they had a lot of reserves in.

When the game counted though, no blitzes.

I think this could go one of two ways - either a landslide win to the Eagles (in a fashion similar to what the Seahawks did to the Broncos in XLVIII)...

I should have stopped right there! 

I have to admit I walked away at that stage and got some lunch before the start of the second half.

Maybe it's a sign of getting old, but I'm not interested in Kendrick Lamar at all. I've done a reasonable job keeping up with most modern music, but it just seems to have got a lot harder to be interested the last couple of years, and stuff like this just doesn't get my attention. I found Usher last year marginally better, but not much.

I think The Weeknd (Abel Makkonen Tesfaye) was a great choice a few years ago, as have been Rihanna, Snoop Dog & Dr Dre, J-Lo and Shakira, Beyonce, etc. The Superbowl is broadcast to millions, so it make sense to have acts with a genuinely wide appeal across a wide range of demographics. Having something that people in the stadium can all relate and get involved with is a huge bonus. It doesn't have to be an old fossil (or a bunch of them) in their wheelchairs and walking canes throwing out the greatest hits, but there's a risk going too niche, which is I think what they've done.

Another question that should be asked:

Given that Fangio signed an agreement to become a temporary defensive consultant for the Eagles after having agreed in principle to become the highest-paid defensive coordinator in the league with the Dolphins, how committed was Fangio to Miami in the first place?

Should the Dolphins' front office have been more concerned from the very start about Fangio's level of commitment?

Even if you're going to do a firing squad, why not medically knock the person out?  We can do that 100 different ways painlessly.  We do surgery every day.

I don't know that I want it to be that peaceful. If I'm the family of the reason they are being put to death I'd like to see some concern on their face as they die. A little sadistic but I think it is deserved for the people who are trying to come to terms.