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Vegas essentially produces the best predicted outcome of games, based on past performance and variables specific to the game at hand between the...

That’s an interesting thought to consider, and if that’s indeed the case, then I think the question that prompts is whether that’s consistent with...

Is he really trying to be like them though, or are they like him because they’re following his lead? What about the players who are more...

Against winning teams the Dolphins lost by an average of 13.6 points over and above the Vegas line. So in essence, virtually two touchdowns worse...

The only “blowing up” that appears likely to be necessary at some point is relegating McDaniel to the position of offensive coordinator and the...

I suspect quite the switch was flipped from funny to something entirely different when the bullets started flying, however.

Back then the Dolphins got to the Super Bowl by using Strock as a "bullpen" quarterback, which was termed "Woodstrock" -- the combination of David...

The crux of the story was that it wasn't typical military life. It was an outlier platoon that needed traditional Marine leadership. And the...

Now what if those guys couldn't get down to business and kick *** in true Marine fashion when the circumstances dictated? What then would that...

Sorry, but the rehearsed end zone celebrations -- as opposed to the traditional spontaneous kind that are commonplace in the NFL -- were telltale...

You don’t sound like a guy who would be rehearsing end zone celebrations on your NFL football team either.

Coming back to this just for a moment, I’m sure you’ve seen Heartbreak Ridge. That’s a great analogy for how this team functions. Obviously they...

This exactly the “flipping of the switch” I’ve been alluding to here. You can be as silly and goofy as you want as long as you’re able to flip a...

We don't know how McDaniel is all the time, no. But it's noteworthy that it's fairly easy to find video footage of other coaches being other than...

That's certainly plausible. However, consider the following. Here is a quote about halftime adjustments -- the technical kind you're speaking of...

That doesn't adequately explain the first- to second-half discrepancy in the Dolphins' late-season performance, noted in the post you quoted, nor...

The average number of points the Dolphins lost by to the teams they played with winning records on the season (including the win against Dallas)...

So the critical comparison to be made there in my opinion is whether the leadership fostered an ability for the unit to flip a switch from relaxed...

Was that SSgt a bad *** as well, or just a silly goofy guy all the time? If he was a bad *** as well, did that have any impact on the character...

If you've experienced USMC leaders who led you with silliness and goofiness as you were clearing a house in a war zone, then I stand corrected. I...

Was that the general character and culture of your unit as well? And if so, were you able to readily flip a switch from that to serious high...

No, but there are similarities, in that two groups of people are trying to overcome the other with physical and mental aggression. If there are...

How are the Marines led in a war zone?

Again, characterizing McDaniel's style and "scaring people" or "yelling at them" as the only two possibilities for a leadership style is a false...

That's exactly the concern. And it's less about whether he can command the whole team and more about whether he can inspire leaders among the...

No that is indeed how he leads. Whatever you do with your team is how you lead. You are the head coach and in the ultimate leadership position...

[MEDIA] That team won three road playoff games in a row as a wildcard before winning the Super Bowl. What you see there is a gruff and masculine...

Find a single post of mine in which I’ve proposed that the only alternative to McDaniel is “yelling and screaming.” Find another one in which I’ve...

Proposing that the only alternative to McDaniel is “yelling and screaming” is a false dichotomy.

Everybody on that team is joking all the time, including the head coach. They’re doing rehearsed end zone celebrations. The culture is a total...

On the contrary, you’re beating a dead horse, responding to my posts with the same opposition you’ve already voiced numerous times. I might be...

I don't think McDaniel should be fired on the basis of what he's done already. My concern is that what I'm seeing from him that in my opinion...

If you look at the difference between Campbell and McDaniel in the videos in that post, as well as other footage we've seen of them, in my opinion...

A study in contrast: [MEDIA] https://www.facebook.com/share/v/dkfYKAdszs2dHycH/?mibextid=WC7FNe

Check out the comments here: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/dkfYKAdszs2dHycH/?mibextid=WC7FNe

That’s exactly what Dan Campbell is doing with Michael Egnew in the video above, as well as what Jimmy Johnson is doing in the video posted...

You don’t figure the whole team ever needs to be addressed in the manner Campbell was addressing Egnew in that video?

So did everybody else in the league. The approach taken there, and how it differs fundamentally from McDaniel’s, is what’s important in this...

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https://phinphanatic.com/posts/miami-dolphins-head-coach-mike-mcdaniel-has-one-glaring-flaw-that-he-will-not-correct-01hmry9ab59d?fbclid=IwAR2i7GsG...

The Dolphins are immature in comparison to playoff teams.

That’s entirely possible. It’s just as possible that he doesn’t have the capacity to switch gears from his typical goofball nature to exhorting...

So by extension someone at the other end of the spectrum, who is a fun and games goofball, would need to turn up the volume, correct?

Show me a video where McDaniel is pissed off at the team and exhorting them to do better and the emotion he is expressing is palpable and...

No, you’re simply perceiving what you’re posting and giving it a certain degree of weight that I am not. That could be happening as well for you...

So I either agree with you or I appear to be biased and inflexible.

You and I aren’t going to agree, and that’s fine.

Again, technical expertise.

I guess we will have to disagree. The way that’s expressed doesn’t infuse anyone with any greater heart or fire or intensity than they had...

The question is whether McDaniel has the capacity to change that, because changing that comes from having — and expressing — that heart and fire...

A team takes on the personality of its coach —> coach relates to his players in a goofy, non-serious manner —> team has difficulty becoming...

How McDaniel feels on the inside and how he relates to his players can be two totally different things.

Dan Campbell is a players’ coach, but he is serious and driven and not goofy. You won’t find a historical exemplar of McDaniel’s goofy,...

Coaches’ effective personalities are necessary but not sufficient for winning.

No CJ does not have what it takes at this point in his career to beat arguably the best team in the league on the road in the playoffs.

Any team emphasizing the run game in this way better have one of the best pass defenses in the league, because it will not be able to outduel...

“A team takes on the personality of its coach,” not the wardrobe of its coach.

This was posted the day after that game and hit the nail squarely on the head in my opinion: [MEDIA]

It's the equivalent of an NBA team that doesn't have a three-level scorer who can break defenders down off the dribble in the clutch. Such teams...

The difference with those kinds of players is that they have leadership roles on their teams that are larger than the effect of their head...

If being good at rehearsed end zone celebrations was related to winning in the NFL, they might’ve won the Super Bowl. They were far away the best...

This team was incapable of “all business.” From the goofball head coach, to the rehearsed and elaborate end zone celebrations, to the in-season...

Over Tua's career (2020-2023), in weeks 1 through 9 of the regular season his EPA per play is 0.271, 3rd-best in the league among the 32 QBs with...

For that explanation to have merit, one would have to believe the Dolphins had the ability to counter halftime adjustments in weeks 1 through 13...

Those are all good points about the team in general, but they don't explain the discrepancy between their first-half performance and their...

That the Dolphins' difficulties were possibly explained by an inadequate team culture doesn't mean that every team's difficulties are explained...

He can be entirely serious about football himself and nonetheless relate to his players in such a way that it creates a culture of fun and games....

When the team encounters another good team that's serious and highly driven to win, they find it difficult to switch gears from the fun and games...

44% of the teams in the NFL make the playoffs. Making the playoffs in the NFL is virtually a coin flip.

If you have a physical talent advantage over your opponent, your mentality as a team matters less, as you're likely to simply outplay them...

We're seeing something analogous happening here, however -- a skilled and innovative coordinator whose personality isn't consistent with being a...

It’s actually a way of indicating an information gathering process that makes it different from a mere guess. However, admittedly I have no way of...

Admittedly it's a gestalt impression based on disparate sources of information that converge in that direction.

Tua in weeks 1 through 13 of the regular season: 3rd-best QB in the league statistically of the 37 QBs with at least 150 pass attempts. Tua in...

The central issue on this team could very well be that Grier wants to make good on his selection of Tua, and his hiring of a head coach after...

Another piece of that puzzle is that Tampa Bay was 7-9 the year before Brady arrived and won the Super Bowl with them.

I'll be 52 this year and what's most disconcerting about this team this year is that what made it the most distinctive in the league was something...

The way "a team takes on the personality of its coach" as they say is by determining the kinds of players who are likely to become leaders and...

All of those players had the ability to flip a switch and elevate their games in the face of adversity. That's exactly what this team is lacking.

The way you start to change the culture of this team the quickest is by changing the relationship between the head coach and the QB in a way...

The entire problem in a nutshell. Great post. Fun is great if you're also able to flip a switch and get serious and bear down with drive and...

Usually I’m not for that either, but in this particular situation something pivotal has to break McDaniel and Tua out of their miniature mutual...

There is a lot right with the team, like McDaniel’s technical expertise and the way he has helped turn Tua’s career around for example. I just...

He is a players’ coach with seriousness and toughness, in a non-authoritarian way. I think that’s the perfect mix. His team wants to run through a...

Dan Campbell.

We all want the Dolphins to win the Super Bowl. Until they do, I’m going to focus squarely on the issues I believe are between where they are now...

What I'm asking is whether the forum tolerates divergent viewpoints about the team as long as they're expressed respectfully. Or do divergent...

We can certainly respectfully disagree about it. Is that tolerated in this forum?

The team has exhibited a clear pattern of being unable to overcome highly driven opposing teams during both of McDaniel's seasons. He's winning...

Certainly the injuries have been impactful overall, but they don't explain the tremendous drop-off in offensive performance between the first and...

That's called being serious. What McDaniel is not.

That feeling may very well ring true, but I suspect if it does it'll last only the first half. The Dolphins have a pattern over the past four...

The Dolphins' EPA per play in the second half against Buffalo was an extremely woeful -0.49, whereas Buffalo's was 0.004. On a season-long basis...

if a team takes on the personality of its coach and the coach is a goofball, the team may very well find it difficult to match the seriousness of...

The team collapsed at the end of both seasons, when teams make a late-season push to make the playoffs and get the highest seeds possible. The...

The players’ loving him doesn’t necessarily mean they will buy in in a way that’s consistent with winning. They could just as easily buy in in a...

Neither does Bill Belichick have the appearance of a hardened veteran football player turned coach and he is also highly intellectual, but he is...

I believe their pattern of performance is indicative of finding it difficult to rise to the occasion in response to adversity, and that may be...

There is a difference between being an authoritarian and being simply serious. A goofball isn't serious. There are many times in games when a...

None of the coaches noted above is a goofball.

If the team indeed "takes on the personality of its coach" as they say, I think there is a question whether McDaniel has the capacity to instill a...

If you're going to take that approach you have to play great defense as well, or you end up with something like this against a team like KC:...

Tua has had a great year but I believe what's between where he is now as a player and having the kind of mentality needed to take over games and...

I suspect McDaniel has what it takes to be possibly the best offensive coordinator in the league, where he can focus on a subgroup of players and...

Over the past four games the Dolphins have the 3rd-worst offense in the league in the second half (-0.289 EPA). Only the Jets and Falcons have...

There is a serious problem with a talented team that gets dominated in the second half of a must-win game, amidst the bigger-picture issues of...

That there is the root of this team's problems.