The Phinsider
This season for the Miami Dolphins appears to be a bit of a roster reset, given the players who are now gone and the ones who have been added. Another notable aspect for this season is that both the head coach and general manager are reportedly on the hot seat. With that in mind, I asked the following question:
What do Chris Grier and Mike McDaniel have to do to get them off the “hot seat” and keep their jobs? What would you have to see from the team this coming season to believe that one or both of them deserve to keep their job beyond this coming season?
Below are some of your thoughts and answers-
stldolfan66 says win the division and a playoff game, or get out.
Win the AFC East title, and then win their first playoff game. Anything less should result in the immediate dismissal of CG and MM. There may be some related front office reorganization. I won’t pretend to be qualified to micro-manage exactly what they should do, that’s on them to earn their big bucks.
TheRoo1 will settle for just the playoff win.
What do they have to do? Win a playoff game. Anything less is a plane ticket for one of them, and based on past history, most likely McD.
And it doesn’t necessarily have to be at season end, I wouldn’t be surprised if at week 12 or so a losing record at that point doesn’t get McD removed so that Weaver can not just be promoted but be signed for several years to keep him off next years coaching carousel.
Dolfanjoe, like most of us, believes that McDaniel is gone without a playoff victory and that Grier is probably not going anywhere, even if it means changing his title and hiring the next person to replace him as GM.
This according to many fan’s is a team that sucks. Others like me see a team with 10 wins at least. Many have McD fired before or after the season ends. Most like me believe whatever happens Grier will survive it even if it means hiring his own replacement as GM ! Moving up the ladder as head of football operations. But with that said, depth is the biggest question mark going into the season and has been for a number of seasons. For years the fan base said we do not have enough stars to get there. Well we have the stars now ! And yes it comes with a price. You cant just get all the good player depth behind your first string as free agents. This takes years of drafting and development. Players drafted and locked in for 4 years waiting to replace the starters. They did over spend at the end of this 5 year rebuild. But at the same time Grier has us set up for a continual rebuild going forward. 2025 is now an interesting year for us. Questionable...
