{"id":12651,"date":"2024-12-20T07:46:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T07:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=12651"},"modified":"2024-12-20T07:46:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T07:46:51","slug":"dolphins-gift-wrapped-reasons-to-fire-coach-and-gm-after-latest-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=12651","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins gift-wrapped reasons to fire coach and GM after latest loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-intro mb-4 text-darkGrey font-group-large md:font-group-normal lg:font-group-large\">\n<p>Sadly, nothing is likely to happen<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex items-center justify-between text-darkGrey font-group-bigger\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n<div class=\"mb-0 md:mx-10 md:mb-9 relative\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_137,w_1852,h_1041\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/62\/01jfdbd335m9t92shhym.jpg\" alt=\"Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel\" width=\"1852\" height=\"1041\" data-uw-rm-alt-original=\"Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel | Alex Slitz\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap\">\n<div class=\"flex mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)]\">\n<div class=\"hidden md:block mx-4\" data-testid=\"share-menu\">\n<div class=\"sticky top-20 mb-3\" data-testid=\"share-menu-inner\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><main><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewablity-block\">\n<figure class=\"player-wrapper relative aspect-video mb-[18px] bg-grey rounded-md hidden player-wrapper-lg md:block\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Miami Dolphins had the stage set up for them. Beat a winning playoff caliber team when it mattered the most. Extend the season and hope for a playoff run. All they had to do was play football like they wanted it.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Up in the owner&#8217;s box, Stephen Ross watched the same mess every Dolphins fans watched. It wasn&#8217;t pretty, and while the Dolphins only lost by 8 points, it could have been a lot worse. Ross should have seen something to absolutely change his mind about the people running his team.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">We can forget about the eight wasted years of Chris Grier. The Dolphins are more talented than when he arrived but the depth on the roster behind the starters is not. What is more glaring is the coaching.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Fans can like Mike McDaniel, they can root for him, and they can look beyond some of his mistakes, but in week 15, McDaniel gave Ross enough reasons to believe he isn&#8217;t the right guy to run this team despite\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/phinphanatic.com\/posts\/stephen-ross-may-have-repeated-another-dolphins-mistake-mike-mcdaniel-01j8fh8js34v\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/phinphanatic.com\/posts\/stephen-ross-may-have-repeated-another-dolphins-mistake-mike-mcdaniel-01j8fh8js34v\" aria-label=\"giving him an extension this offseason. - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\">g<\/a>iving him an extension this offseason.<br role=\"presentation\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\" \/><br role=\"presentation\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\" \/>McDaniel has been the coach of the Dolphins for almost three full seasons, but what is actually changing?<\/p>\n<ul id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"!list-disc ml-5 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">\n<li>Time management issues still remain &#8211; Miami wasted two timeouts in the second half because they couldn&#8217;t have the right personnel on the field and couldn&#8217;t afford a delay of the game.<\/li>\n<li>Lack of discipline remains a problem &#8211; Penalties kill this team, and the Dolphins are still being called regularly for false starts, holding calls, and formation issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"!list-disc ml-5 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">\n<li>Inability to adjust the game plan &#8211; Against bad teams, McDaniel has no problem outcoaching his opposition. In those games, he doesn&#8217;t need to make adjustments. Better-coached teams force him to make those changes, and he has yet to show he can on a consistent basis.<\/li>\n<li>Lack of physicality and accountability &#8211; McDaniel doesn&#8217;t throw his staff or his players under the bus, but he doesn&#8217;t hold them accountable either. Miami still lacks a physical defense or physical offensive lineman.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">If the Miami Dolphins don&#8217;t fire Mike McDaniel, they needs to fire Chris Grier<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Miami&#8217;s problems can be traced to the moves Grier has made over his career. If he isn&#8217;t missing on draft picks like Cam Smith and Noah Igbinoghene, he is wasting free agent signings like Odell Beckham, Jr. He has thrown large amounts of his cap space to a handful of players while not addressing more important needs.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The callous ego he displays, especially as it relates to the offensive line, is more than bothersome. It&#8217;s an oversight that has kept the Dolphins from developing, progressing, and winning more consistently.<br role=\"presentation\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\" \/><br role=\"presentation\" data-uw-rm-sr=\"\" \/>Much like McDaniel,\u00a0Grier&#8217;s has shown no ability to create a team\u00a0that is anything but finesse and timing.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Miami should have been firing on cylinders Sunday,\u00a0Ross should firing on all cylinders on Monda<a href=\"https:\/\/phinphanatic.com\/roll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/phinphanatic.com\/roll\" aria-label=\"Ross should firing on all cylinders on Monday - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\">y<\/a>. They should have been prepared, but they were not. McDaniel is over his head against good teams and Grier isn&#8217;t the type of GM that can identify team needs or future roster problems. For Stephen Ross, there are plenty of reasons to fire one or both of them. Will he? Probably not.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">2024 is a failed season. Not because Tua got hurt or because they didn&#8217;t have a suitable backup. They failed because where they needed talent they lacked it. Where they needed quality depth, they didn&#8217;t have it.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Where they needed players that play physically they bought players that can&#8217;t tackle. They drafted players they failed to develop and took risks on players with injury histories, then wondered why they were injured once again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sadly, nothing is likely to happen Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel | Alex Slitz\/GettyImages The Miami Dolphins had the stage set up for them. 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