What Is Going On With The Miami Dolphins?

What Is Going On With The Miami Dolphins?

Omar, quick um quick just a quick how you doing, man? I’m good. I’m good. I’m in the middle of writing my column for the Miami Herald. Um processing some of my thoughts. Um I I I I when when the news came out, I didn’t know what emotion or emoji cuz y’all know I speak in emojis. I didn’t know what emotion to share with the people because I didn’t want to celebrate somebody’s demise. But I feel like we’re we’re we finally are getting to the root of the problem, but the cancer is still in the body. And we got we got to clean it out. We got we got to continue to clean it out. And who and who are you referring to? Yeah, please enlighten us. No, no, no, no, no, no. I know I know because I know you’re not talking about QB1. I know that. So Oh, hold on. Oh, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. No, listen. Listen. I think the main error that Steve Ross has made in his tenure as owner for the last 18 years has been to consistently force whoever he hires to inherit a quarterback, to inherit a general manager, to inherit a head coach, to inherit a quarterback. You need to allow whoever you hire to not have be restricted by what you want to do. I think Steve Ross has turned off a lot of people it with the decisions he’s made in terms of forcing them to take this person or that person. It just needs to be a full scorch earth cleanse in my opinion and start completely fresh. Why? Why am I I know why you’re the only one here. Uh yeah. Oh, there you have the control. Here’s the thing though. Correct me if I’m wrong though. In 2012, Steven Ross hired Joe Filin and they did not have a quarterback. Well, they had Matt Moore coming back after a very good Who hired Who hired Joe Filin? Jeff Ireland. Oh, okay. Uh, yes, it was Jeff Ireland. You should have probably just fired Jeff Ireland and had the new GM hire a new coach. Maybe you would have ended up with somebody better than Joe Filman. Not Not to say that I have the answers for who that GM is or know who that coach is. Sometimes you hire the coach and let the coach decide the GM. I’m just saying and let the coach and let the G GM and the coach decide the quarterback. Don’t force anything on anybody this time and maybe you won’t limit yourself in terms of what your options are or maybe you won’t turn off the best candidates except well then whoever sorry TD you’re annoying to chime in too but if except whoever was the candidate’s going to be pretty much is locked into having two on the roster and if that candidate if that candidate wants to take that cap hit charge just like Shawn Peyton did when He took when he when he cut Russell Wilson and just took all his medicine at one time. So be it. I I you you know I’m a Tua fan. What? What? What? Two times. Two time. You know I’m a fan. You you know I believe in Tua. He’s not a killer, but he’s not the problem. However, do not restrict yourself from getting the best possible candidate and the best hire this cycle by telling them you’re forced to take two for this year. Okay? I don’t I don’t believe in that. I I too many too many think about it. Whether it was Jeff Fiser, whether it was Harbaugh, whether it was uh the GMs that turned Nick Ceero, the GMs had turned him down. There were like three GMs that turned him down when they hired Dennis Hickeyi as a consolation prize. Uh whether it it be who who they you wanted you wanted Brian Flores. Brian Flores kind of your first pick. Yeah. Um, think about all of the hiring experiences. He Sean went after Shawn Payeyton when he hired Mike Mike McDaniel. Think about all of Steve Ross’ hiring experiences. Think about how traumatic they have all been. Yeah, it’s it’s crazy. But, um, I got a question for y’all and I’m going to speak in a little bit, but I have to ask this because I want to be clear to people watching right now. Uh, tell us, um, I’ll start with Allan. Tell us why was Chris Greer fired officially? Just why was it? It’s a mutual parting other ways. By the way, why was Chris G why did Chris Greer decide he was okay with being unemployed? Because he’s probably going to get his whole check. I was going to say correct because Yeah, I’m sure they Stephen Ross made it made it worth his while. Why? It very well might have been that okay, the fans want blood and they want they want they want a a suspect incarcerated. Here’s one right there. Uh, and Steven Ross is very fond of Mike McDaniel, if that wasn’t already clear, by the fact that he gave him a contract extension last year with two years left on his contract. I will ne never get over that, and I’ve mentioned it time and time and time again. You give a man a contract extension as a head coach with two years left on the contract when the guy hasn’t won a playoff game, that tells you there’s a whole lot of this going on. Oh, and for those listening listening on the audio version, I’m doing the hearts emoji. So, Stephen Ross loves Mike McDaniel very very much. And uh I don’t buy that. I I don’t buy that. I think he likes Really? You You don’t think he’d have been whacked by now if if Steven Ross didn’t hold Mike McDaniel in very high regard? Absolutely, without question. Or Allan, maybe he doesn’t feel like Mike McDaniel is the cause of all of this. Just that simple. Just X’s and O’s. He’s He’s dealing with a limited quarterback that he has to operate within. Um he can’t No, no, no, no, no. I’m not trolling. I am not No, no, no. He is a limited quarterback. So, I I shall accept that he is a limited quarterback. He cannot run. He cannot throw certain pass. I am not trolling on my take. I I truly believe McDaniel feels like his offense is even more complex than it is now and it has more nuances than it than they’re operating now due to his quarterback and the O line and he’s creating something that’ll work for everybody and now he can’t create anymore. Except the problem is and and I I’ll accept your point to a certain degree that some of the sloppiness issues that are happening on the field have more to do with coaching than they have to do with personnel and the poor job that’s been done in assembling talent on the roster. So that falls on Mike McDaniel, which is why I go back to this is why this is why if you didn’t hold Mike McDaniel in very very high regard, Mike McDaniel should not be absolved of all blame in in this fias. Okay. So, and with with the reaction of the fans with paper bags, I don’t recall the last time I’d seen paper bags at Hard Rock Stadium. Um, and then and then the booing that that started in the first half, I think Steven Ross got to a point where I got to do something. I got to give the fans somebody. And right now, he likes Mike McDaniel more than he likes Chris Ger. Hold on here. And I’m not arguing against your point because you make some very valid points. I do believe I saw some paper bags in maybe 2015 or paper bags in in 2011. You know, paper bags and Dolphin fans, they they kind of go together. However, however, the fans ain’t coming back right now. The fans are not renewing right now. The fans, come on. What fan, what Dolphin fan really didn’t know they were going to get changed at the end of this season? And I will make the argument to you, we’re organically tanking. We are just Can I Can I Can I address that point, too? Yes. For the fans not coming back, you did something that’s going to please a lot of fans. I bet you there are certain percentage of fans, however small, that like, okay, I see Stephen Ross is doing something. He does give a crap. Okay, I’ll keep going to games. And then as or organic organically tanking unless Mike McDaniel’s been been told you’re coming back in 2026. Why in the hell? Because he’s gonna get paid anyway if he gets fired. Why in the hell? Sorry. He’s trying to win. So is Brian Flores organically tanking. The the team was Hold on. Wait. Are you Are you saying Stephen Ross like Mike McDaniel is gonna fool? Stephen Ross is like this is a bad roster. Like, bro, I I do believe in that game that they played on Thursday night, I think Mike McDaniel ran out of play sheet like like had nothing left. I mean I mean he ran out of play sheet a year ago. Uh um stop it. Don’t stop it. Stop it. Stop it. We not I’m putting I’m putting up with your foolishness today. This is a serious day. No foolishness from you. Okay. Good luck with that one, Omar. Oh man. Listen, they he didn’t have when he lost his two. Okay, let’s say this week you your two backs worked last week. Oh, it’s hot now. We’re putting in some new stuff in it. We we we adding some stuff to it. Okay, then when you lose Ali, throw that out. You you you you’re down by for 17 points. Okay, throw all the runs out. You You don’t have two tight ends. Okay, throw the two tight ends out. Okay, how many plays do you have with six offensive linemen? Think about it. like, well, I I I get the offensive lineman piece, but I I I’m kind of giving McDaniel a pass on the running out of plays because you got your star wide receiver and Tyreek Hill who goes out who can’t be replaced and now you got a whole bunch of guys trying to do it as a a group, you know, replacing like who’s in what what slot in what position. This is it’s and half of these guys cannot know the full playbook. Come on. It’s a hot it’s a hot mess. Great. The the the major pass. Um I had to look at the the the fade to Han who everybody knows is the dumbest thing ever. Like why? Like like when name any point in the last four years that a fade has worked in Mike McDaniel’s offense. Oh no, no, no. It has worked. It actually has worked. Omar. Yeah. Yeah. See, and I said this earlier today. I said, “Hold on. We’ve thrown that fade a few other times and it’s been the dime of all dimes and we praised it. But here we are pre- snap. The matchup didn’t tell you that though. Oh yeah, you guys saw that match up. But but here’s the thing. Mike said Mike, they acknowledged somebody ran the wrong route. Your choices are Nick Westbrook cuz Tua only look right. Tua only look right. Your choices are Nick Westbrook and and Devon said I’m not the primary on that play. That’s why I’m like surprised that the ball is even coming to me. Nick Westbrook A or Greg Doolich. No. Well, Omar Omar one’s been on the roster for two weeks and the other two of them might not even know his name because they are strangers. But just been on the team since I mean been on the 53 for two weeks. But he’s been practicing with Tua for two week. A chain Aane ran the wrong route. No, no, no. Hane ran the right ran the wrong route. Just because he’s not the primary doesn’t mean that it’s not coming to him. Well, well, guess what? If Achain didn’t run the um if if A Chain ran the right route, then Tua made the wrong throw. No, no, no. Achain stopped. He was like surprised the ball was coming to me. He’s supposed to run a fade. I asked him specifically, “Are you supposed to run a fade on that?” He said, “Yes, a fade was my assignment.” Then he was like, “I’m not the primary.” So, why do you have to be the primary and I finish your route? He didn’t run a fade. Huh? He didn’t run a fade. So, he stopped stopped around. That’s But he he was supposed to run a fade and he didn’t. That’s on him. By the way, can we can we all agree that why the hell were six wide receivers active and only two halfbacks? Seriously, I’m I’m not going to jump on the Taj Washington over Jaylen Wright was a mistake because before the game I I think Taj Washington is the only player that could replicate what what has he done? What has he done? He’s done nothing. He’s done nothing and he fumbled his first catch. That’s I am but skill set, you know, he can make people miss. You need that. Okay, but we No, here’s my point though. We saw that in the preseason. If you have to have Taj Washington active, cool. Then inactivate Cedric Wilson who didn’t play one down on special teams. And that was that was McDaniel’s justification after the game of why Jaylen Wright didn’t didn’t suit up because we needed help on special teams. Well, you didn’t get it from Cedric Wilson. Did was that really a must? So, you need Cedric Wilson to replace Nick Westbrook Aime who doesn’t know his routes and drops. You you need six active wide receivers. They don’t know all of those wide receivers. Name the wide receiver other than Jaylen Wild who knows what he’s supposed to be doing.

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