Will change my tune on McDaniel

It was sunny and 58 degrees on that day in Pittsburgh in 1972, though.

 

I was negative five, lol. I've just spent a lot of time looking over the game logs.

 

I was an enthusiastic 7 year old boy watching my first year of football.

 

I was 7 for the Super Bowl after the 1984 season. That's the exact moment I became a football and Dolphins fan.

 

My fandom started off as a result of the most nonsensical thing that could come from a 7 year old boy.

Sitting with my grandfather when the game was coming on…”grandpa look, dolphins, they’re pretty”. My grandfather’s loving caring reply to such an innocent boy’s statement?” In his older very raspy somewhat Alabama southern drawl, “that’s a bunch of buuuuuullsh1t”. He tended to draw that word out often.

But this sweet innocent boy had the last laugh! Every Sunday the Dolphins played and every Sunday they won!

 

I understand some of the sentiments here, but at this point, I still think Mcdaniel has to go. At best, it's going to be yet another mediocre season. As I wrote in a thread from a long time ago, all three of them need to go, Grier, Mcdaniel and Tua. We need that trifecta. We got one down. It's the only way to finally try to build it the right way. Now, there is absolutely no guarantee that will happen and there's not many, if any good coaching candidates out there, but I think you have to try.

I don't hate Mcdaniel. I think he could make a good OC, but not a HC. There has been so much evidence he is just not head coaching material. Yes, this little stretch has been nice, but it's all really been the Achane show. Aside from Achane the last two seasons have been brutal to watch. The best thing about Mcdaniel this season is him finally acknowledging the fact that he can't win with this QB by taking so much out of his hands. It's just taken 6 mediocre years to do so.

Look at all the press conferences with Mcdaniel. Someone should make a montage of all the hilarious press conference clips. How many umms and uhhs while constantly looking at the floor? That's not the kind of guy you want as a leader.

With that said, out of the three, Mcdaniel is the one I'm least adamant about wanting to go. I guess with the right QB and running game, there could be some hope for him. We just don't know because he's been saddled with this Qb from the beginning.

Qb, coach. and GM are. the key components in having a successful team. There' s also the fact I previously mentioned, that there aren't many great options available and I'm sure there aren't many good coaching candidates out there who will want to possibly be saddled with Tua for another year and take over a team in such a mess with the asinine contracts Grier gave out, especially to the QB.

They have been blessed with an easy schedule. If the team does well, the rest of the way, maybe that will help his case, but it could also fool us a bit. The Devil is in the details. We'll see.

 

I was actually similar. My family went to my grandparents house for the game, and my pap asked if I was rooting for the Dolphins or the 49ers. Well, I had no idea what a 49er was, but Dolphins were my favorite animal, aqua was my favorite color, and the logo just spoke to me and drew me in. Like this was the club I belonged in. Fan ever since.