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Miami's Next HC - is Mike McDaniel! (4 yr contract)

Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by Galant, Jan 10, 2022.

  1. brandon27

    brandon27 Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    That's my concern really. I mean; I sure as hell hope we hit a home run with this one that nobody expects. However that means considering the real possibility that Ross and Grier are a step ahead of the rest of the league. I find that hard to believe given what has transpired under the "leadership" of Grier and Ross.

    Nothing against McDaniel; there is plenty of praise out there amongst the league for him but it feels familiar to me. So I'm not going to get down, or excited about this one I'll just wait and see what happens. I hope he's our HC for the next 15 years and brings us a pile of rings and lombardi's; but our track record under Ross/Grier isn't exactly indicative of that. That being said... even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes so let's do this McDaniel!
     
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  2. Vertical Limit

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    Ima give him a chance.. that tree branch consists of McVay, Lafleur, Shanahan (son and father), Saleh, And others.. very successful branch and maybe something rubbed off on him… maybe…
     
  3. OwesOwn614

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  4. Striking

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    Sweet. I was fearful he would turn the job down
     
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  5. Chupacabra

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    What concerns me is, if McDaniels going to have free reign and have inputs who he wants drafted or is he going to do whatever Grier and Ross tells him to do. I tell you what, this is either going to be a home run hire on an epic failure.
     
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  6. Dorfdad

    Dorfdad Well-Known Member

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    Sounds Like the old ADAM GASE is the Quarterback Whisper Twitter ****...

    Lets hope this time we get it right!! I like the hire out of what was left, but Im not over the moon yet. Lets see his staff!
     
  7. Dol-Fan Dupree

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    I don't get why that is a concern. A lot of teams have the GM make most of the decisions on who is drafted, if not most of them.
     
  8. Chupacabra

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    Then We are screwed. Grier sucks at drafting.
     
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  9. Dol-Fan Dupree

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    He did pretty good last time
     
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  10. Kud_II

    Kud_II Realist Division

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    Did we trade for Deebo Samuel too?
     
  11. Chupacabra

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    I think Flores may have a lot of input in that draft.
     
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  12. Dol-Fan Dupree

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    The only input I know for sure he had was Hunter Long. I think everyone had a piece in wanting Waddle, Phillips, and Holland.
     
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  13. Chupacabra

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    I just hope we get it right soon. I wanna watch the Phins win a super bowl in my lifetime. Watching Marino At the tail end of his career as a kid, Wanstache messing up the team, Ricky retiring while I was watching BET uncut lol, to having a one win season to drafting Ted Gin n seeing coke being snorted n watching Gase have the reaction of it, to Flores has been a crazy lifetime watching the phins man. It sucks but I can’t follow any other team.
     
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  14. Dol-Fan Dupree

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    The local media is going to like him. Fun interview.
     
  15. Galant

    Galant Love - Unity - Sacrifice - Eternity

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    I'm actually not looking forward to the press interviews. We have too many smug reporters asking stupid questions.

    There are people already out there stating exactly what he needs to do.
     
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  16. JJ_79

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    After all the turmoil the last few weeks this seems like good news, hope he really is a genius unlike Gase...
     
  17. Dorfdad

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    Humor goes both ways I’m just not sure todays players will see that without seeing it as a weekends and be to loose
     
  18. Dolfanalyst

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    What I find so interesting about this guy is that he's never played a down of football at any level, and that his calling card is his innovation and ingenuity.

    What that means from my vantage point is that he's climbed the ladder of his profession based primarily on intelligence. He's a graduate of Yale University, and Yale certainly doesn't admit morons. Whatever morons they may admit by mistake likely don't graduate. In 2021 Yale had 46,905 applicants for admission to the university and accepted 2,169, a lowly acceptance rate of just 4.6%. Compare that to Michigan for example, which had an acceptance rate of 26%. Ohio State 69%. Alabama a whopping 83%. The top Ivy League schools like Yale are admitting only the cream of the crop. I suspect that in McDaniel's childhood and adolescence he was recognized as a gifted student and at least somewhat of an intellectual prodigy.

    Now translate that to what he appears to have become passionate about -- coaching football. What you have here is McDaniel's career having consisted largely of using his intelligence to dissect the game and discover and implement competitive advantages for the teams he's coached. Someone's doing that with an IQ of let's say 140 (a guess) is entirely different from a former football Bubba's doing it with an IQ of just ~100 (which is average and expected).

    At any rate, it's a very intriguing hire to me, as it marks a transition from "football experience" to mere intelligence as the calling card for the coach. The risk a team runs in hiring a coach of that nature is that he coaches from sort of an "ivory tower" and can't relate to the players as they play the game he never played. From all accounts that hasn't happened, however, as players of McDaniel's have raved about how he relates to them and puts them in position to maximize their performance and win.

    So we potentially have the best of all worlds here -- a guy the players want to play hard for because he relates well to them and puts them in position to win, while implementing competitive advantages he's discovered via his intelligence.

    I'll be on the edge of my seat to see how this team takes the field and plays next year.
     
  19. plc001

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    I care more about his coordinators then I do most coaches we've had in the past. Particularly since he hasn't done the play calling, time management thing in the past. Regardless, just like we saw with Flores, there will be growing pains as he learns the job.
     
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  22. Fireland

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    So now we are deciding that Flores is responsible for 2021 and not 2020?

    Its ok to admit Grier had a good draft
     
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  23. plc001

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    He could be a starbucks barista and I wouldn't care as long as he coaches miami to the supebowl.
     
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  24. DolPhinPhan7

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    I don't know much about this dude, but it looks like moving away from the Meathead coach approach is the way to go.

    I read that he's looking at keeping Defensive coaches in place, because they're actually not a ****ty part of the team right now.
     
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  25. Galant

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  26. Galant

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    Dolphins in PFF's Daily today;
     
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  27. Galant

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  29. MonstBlitz

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    Here we are again, on the heels of another coaching hire, excited about the possibility of what he'll bring and cherry picking glowing references from around the league.

    I hope he works out. But with Ross still the owner and Ireland holdover Grier still buying the groceries, I have little faith. Until they give a coach a fair shake to lead a team with a capable QB, they'll keep this hiring and firing cycle going forever.
     
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  30. Two Tacos

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    https://yalebulldogs.com/sports/football/roster/michael-l--mcdaniel/10402
     
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    From Travis Wingfield, as per the link above:

    "The Dolphins have a new head coach! On Sunday evening, the team agreed to terms with San Francisco offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel, making him the 14th head coach in franchise history. Spending the last five seasons with the 49ers, McDaniel began his coaching career in 2005 and has coached in three of the past six NFC Championship games and two Super Bowls. Here are five facts about the Dolphins' new head coach:

    1. A Life in Football
    McDaniel concluded his playing career at Yale, but it was his childhood experience that opened a door into the coaching world. As a youth, McDaniel rode his bike to Broncos training camp on the campus of the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado. There, he met video staffer Gary McCune, who would later put him in touch with Mike Shanahan, who hired McDaniel as a coaching intern in 2005.

    2. Smashmouth Football
    The Shanahan tree spans far and wide with the consistent feature of each branch coming from excellence in the run game. In 2006, McDaniel left the Broncos and joined fellow Shanahan pupil Gary Kubiak on the Houston Texans' staff. There, McDaniel worked with the son of Mike, Kyle Shanahan. After three seasons there, McDaniel took a position with the Sacramento Lions, a part of the now-defunct United Football League, before teaming up with Shanahan again in 2011 with Washington.

    More recently, the Niners run game has produced four different leading rushers in four seasons. Despite an unusual number of injuries to that position group over the last half-decade, the Niners managed to rank 10th, 4th, 7th and 2nd in rushing in the NFL during that four-year period.

    The constant in that backfield, fullback Kyle Juszczyk, holds McDaniel in high-regard.

    3. Players' Coach
    "Absolute best in the game," Juszczyk said on Twitter when McDaniel was promoted to Niners offensive coordinator. "Nobody gets more out of his players than McDaniel! Most creative run scheme out there!"

    Tight end George Kittle once joked about asking for language in his contract that ensured McDaniel couldn't leave for another job.

    Back to McDaniel's time in Washington, former wide receiver Pierre Garcon led the NFL in receptions under the watch of the new Dolphins head coach.

    "He's very innovative. He can communicate," Garcon said. "Offense is obviously his thing. He creates high expectations for his players. He will put his players in the right position. I know he can communicate well so the players understand what he's asking them to do."

    McDaniel had a lasting impact on another wide receiver, Andrew Hawkins, who played for McDaniel in 2014 with the Browns.

    "(I would) bet every dollar in my account that no other candidate understands offensive football the way he does," Hawkins said during the 2021 coaching-search cycle when McDaniel was up for coordinator jobs around the league.

    4. What Does the Man Who Can Do Anything Ultimately Do?
    Coach football, of course.

    "I didn't go into college thinking the end game was coaching football," McDaniel said. "But when I started investigating other avenues, it was an easy decision and something I never looked back on."

    What's the old saying? Do something you love and you'll never work a day in your life?

    "I had a summer internship in business. There was some (investment-banking) stuff that I investigated," he said. "And I realized for me to ultimately be satisfied in my career, I had to be passionate about it."

    5. Success at Multiple Stops
    Over a 15-year career, McDaniel has been with seven teams, two leagues, and coached alongside 118 coaches in the NFL. Among them, the Shanahans, Sean McVay, Robert Saleh, Dan Quinn, Matt LaFleur, Mike Pettine, Raheem Morris, Wes Welker and DeMeco Ryans, to name a few.

    In his career, McDaniel has been a part of staffs that have won four division titles and seven playoff games. He's been with clubs who have appeared in four conference championship games and two Super Bowls. McDaniel has been a member of coaching staffs for an MVP season (2016, Matt Ryan with Atlanta), a Rookie of the Year campaign (2012, Robert Griffin III with Washington), and the third-most receiving yards gained in a single season (Julio Jones, 2016 with Atlanta).

    Now, he will bring his varied experience with him to Miami as the Dolphins next head coach."
     
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  33. Dorfdad

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    would be a big mistake IMHO we were told that the reason it was shored up after losing 7 in a row was because Flores took control of them or something Ali g those lines
     
  34. Fireland

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    Flores and Boyer said Boyer called the plays after they beat the Ravens
     
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  35. Galant

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  36. Phil Hutchings

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    Four Championship games and two Super Bowls?

    Right now, I’d be happy if the Dolphins make the playoffs.
     
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  37. Vinny Fins

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    The bar is so so low here. He wins a playoff game and hes McJesus.
    When did nick adams become a football analyst? Isnt he a political hack who insists Tebow was forced out of the nfl for bring Christian and people who kneel for the anthem should be deported?


    Last point: if he retains defensive identity, the most crucial hire is special teams coordinator. We absolutely sucked in all facets of ST last year. KR/PR, kicker, punter. Our best ST guys are gunners and our longsnapper. Unit needs a massive upgrade.
     
  38. Dorfdad

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    Again lets be patient and see what happens. By all accounts we hired a position coach to run the entire TEAM. He may be creative we will see, but he's no longer the coordinator he's the HEAD coach for All three teams. If we fix the running game and our defense goes to **** or special teams is bad it's not a success. We don't know how he will transfer into a HEAD coach. So by hiring him we are again asked to be patient while he learns how to coach a team.
     
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  39. Vertical Limit

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    He should be McJesus if he wins a playoff game. Its been 22 years since we have done that..
     
  40. Galant

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