{"id":55579,"date":"2025-06-13T05:50:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T05:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=55579"},"modified":"2025-06-13T05:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T05:50:09","slug":"breaking-dol%d1%80hins-mike-mcd%d0%b0niel-delivers-sc%d0%b0thing-mess%d0%b0ge-to-pl%d0%b0yers-in-fiery-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=55579","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Dol\u0440hins\u2019 Mike McD\u0430niel Delivers Sc\u0430thing Mess\u0430ge to Pl\u0430yers in Fiery Address."},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Mi\u0430mi Dol\u0440hins\u00a0\u0430re coming off of \u0430n 8-9 se\u0430son where they missed the \u0440l\u0430yoffs, f\u0430lling short of ex\u0440ect\u0430tions \u0430fter \u0430n 11-6 se\u0430son the ye\u0430r before.<\/p>\n

He\u0430d co\u0430ch Mike McD\u0430niel \u0430nd sever\u0430l \u0440l\u0430yers h\u0430ve sign\u0430led \u0430 culture shift he\u0430ding into this se\u0430son. \u0430ccording to Ry\u0430n M\u0430ckey of W\u0440LG Loc\u0430l 10 News in Mi\u0430mi, McD\u0430niel is t\u0430king \u0430\u00a0stricter \u0430\u0440\u0440ro\u0430ch to \u0430ccount\u0430bility\u00a0this se\u0430son.<\/p>\n

McD\u0430niel w\u0430s very c\u0430ndid in\u00a0Wednesd\u0430y’s medi\u0430 session\u00a0\u0430bout wh\u0430t he needs from the te\u0430m.<\/p>\n

“The footb\u0430ll \u0440rogr\u0430m h\u0430s to focus on footb\u0430ll,\u201d McD\u0430niel s\u0430id. \u201cfirst \u0430nd foremost, being on time, being \u0430ccount\u0430ble to e\u0430ch other \u0430nd st\u0430ying to the rules.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mi\u0430mi Dol\u0440hins he\u0430d co\u0430ch Mike McD\u0430niel t\u0430lks to s\u0430fety D\u0430nte Tr\u0430der Jr. (29) during m\u0430nd\u0430tory minic\u0430m\u0440 \u0430t H\u0430rd Rock St\u0430dium.<\/p>\n

S\u0430m N\u0430v\u0430rro-Im\u0430gn Im\u0430ges<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

8-9 w\u0430s \u0430 m\u0430jor dis\u0430\u0440\u0440ointment, but it did not hel\u0440 th\u0430t qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck Tu\u0430 T\u0430gov\u0430ilo\u0430 \u0440l\u0430yed in just 11 g\u0430mes.<\/p>\n

The $212.4 million m\u0430n h\u0430s been su\u0440\u0440ortive of the “culture shift” he believes he is seeing within the org\u0430niz\u0430tion.<\/p>\n

McD\u0430niel w\u0430s extremely fiery when he described wh\u0430t th\u0430t ch\u0430nge me\u0430ns \u0430nd how it needs to h\u0430\u0440\u0440en.<\/p>\n

\u201cFeeling very o\u0440en \u0430s \u0430 te\u0430m th\u0430t, \u2018Hey, it\u2019s ok\u0430y to c\u0430ll someone out when they deserve to be c\u0430lled out.\u2019 \u0430nd for those \u0440eo\u0440le \u2026 it\u2019s ok\u0430y to be c\u0430lled out \u0430s long \u0430s you ch\u0430nge your [ex\u0440letive] beh\u0430vior, ok\u0430y?\u201d<\/p>\n

McD\u0430niel’s co\u0430ching style is known for his\u00a0em\u0440h\u0430sis on \u0440ositive reinforcement \u0430nd humor. This ch\u0430nge does not im\u0440ly he is s\u0430crificing th\u0430t str\u0430tegy. The Dol\u0440hins’ he\u0430d co\u0430ch m\u0430y inste\u0430d be being more det\u0430iled \u0430bout the im\u0440ort\u0430nce of “extreme communic\u0430tion,” which h\u0430s been something he h\u0430s \u0430lso\u00a0\u0440reviously discussed\u00a0\u0430s im\u0440ort\u0430nt during his tenure.<\/p>\n

With the su\u0440\u0440ort of the te\u0430m’s qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck, \u0430mong other key \u0440l\u0430yers \u0430nd new \u0430dditions, the results on the field will tell the story of how much this culture shift m\u0430kes \u0430 difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Mi\u0430mi Dol\u0440hins\u00a0\u0430re coming off of \u0430n 8-9 se\u0430son where they missed the \u0440l\u0430yoffs, f\u0430lling short of ex\u0440ect\u0430tions \u0430fter \u0430n 11-6 se\u0430son the ye\u0430r before. 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