lawsuit forced the Dolphins away from their plan to try to
get Sean Payton from the Saints. After Saints
coach. Sean Payton had resigned and toward Mike McDaniel and
they may have ended up with a guy who's going to be a pretty
damn head coach. Let's hear from a couple of guys who
recently got new contracts in Miami's avian Howard Emmanuel
agua
about their initial impressions of their new head coach Mike
McDaniel.
I got in the building today. I feel like everything been
different since I got here, you know, the energy everybody
happy and
I feel like things a lot of things can be special here, you
know, with Mike McDaniel know, he bringing that energy and
hopefully
they'll get the offense up to of the party. No. To
the standard that we expect both sides of the ball, you know,
everybody get the job done here.
It's just different. You could tell I mean you guys don't
really walk in a locker room, but it's just different, you
know, a lot of guys happy to be back, you know, everybody just
happy to see each other again. It's It's only been like two
months, but it felt like forever. You know, we're just
glad to be back
working again. So,
You know, this isn't a knock-on prime Flores. It's
a recognition of the Patriot Way. And even if you are 1,000
percent committed to being different from Bill Belichick,
when you have 15 years with him,
you're bringing some of that to the organization that attitude
is baked into who you are your approach to football. It's not
fun. It's not happy. It's, it's like the
scene from Remember, The Titans, zero funds, sir. We're
not here to have fun. We're here to try to win our And
comes the night that we get our Super Bowl rings. That's
the Patriot Way and it's not a surprise
that you have that kind of
loose and comfortable in his own skin and dorky cool
Mike McDaniel and I don't mean that as an insult. There's
something about Mike McDaniel. I really like? And yes,
not not, I mean, Brian Flores is extremely intense. Intense
is not a word that I would apply to Mike McDaniel. Know,
he's very easy and calm and kind of Liberally nonchalant,
if that makes any sense, but
yes, it's it would be a very, if you're in that organization.
And you have that change those two personalities, swapped out,
one for the other you're going to notice it. Immediately. You
definitely are
McDaniels is, yeah. It's going to be a little more, you know,
yes, it a chiller manner. As far as from the head coach is
going to be a different energy in the building to your point.
You know,
that Shanahan McVeigh Vibe and of course, you know, some of
these guys are from San Francisco. It's It's always
about a, let's go. Let's go. We're gonna hey, we're gonna do
this. Let's go. Let's go. We're gonna kick some butt,
kick some ass. Here we go. That's the way that group is
to your point where New England's a little bit like,
you know, all right. Hey, we gotta work on this detail right
now. Got it. All right. Now now it's the next detail, get it,
right? Okay, get it, right. You did good job. All right, you
can have a little better. There's a difference there.
No doubt. And you know, what's funny to me is you're going to
have one side of the ball. That's still going to have
the New England way. You got all the New England coaches that
for is left there on the defensive side of the ball.
And then, you're going to have this
fresh offensive energy side of the ball. That's going to have
a little different and perk up the room a little bit. So,
let's see how that combination works, but
I know like, you me, I'm excited for Miami. I really am.
I'm excited for everything. The team on the field to see what
it looks like with McDaniel, and just see the progress, they
can make and see what to of does do. Again. It's not
personal to, I'm just talking football,
talking business
like, the guy. Hope the best for him and hopefully he does
great this year, and, you know, can crap all over. Me and some
of the things we both said
the one thing they need to do
desperately. Yeah,
get rid of the uniforms
back to the oldest. That's the what we were talking recently
about who has great throw Brax and I had forgotten about
the Dolphins. The Dolphins Throwbacks are so much better
than the current uniforms, and that's one thing. Brian Flores
was pushing. Let's make the old uniforms. The permanent
uniforms that that would get me fully on board with
the dolphins if they would make. That's which permits a I love
the Dolphins on the days that they were the old uniforms of
days. They wear the new uniforms. I'm kind of like,
okay, but today are fascinating and they're going to be
an interesting team to watch this year. An interesting team for
different reasons, the Carolina Panthers. Who's the quarterback
going to be?