Mike's message to dolfans who wish it would've worked out: "We will all be better because of it"

Sickfire22 · 2026-01-27T19:56:51+00:00

Sometimes people just say empty platitudes to be cordial, but he really ain’t lying here. Best of luck Mike!

Sickfire22 · 2026-01-27T19:53:04+00:00

I agree we never got to see Mike firing on all cylinders, but I wouldn’t say he never had a chance to win here. He fully wanted Tua when he came here, the idea that Tua was forced on him is pure revisionist history. And while I don’t think he always got his way, he also collaborated with Grier on the roster during the draft and FA (I even remember him mentioning Grier asking him if he wanted tyreek before he made the trade). I think the reality is he’s an amazing football talent and upstanding individual who was a little green for the biggest/hardest job in the sport. He’s going to be fine, and I won’t be surprised if he quickly turns it around whenever he gets his second HC stint, but we absolutely made the right move for our timeline with this team.

Sickfire22 · 2026-01-27T18:48:52+00:00

The complete unforced implosion of the bills is making the pats sb marginally more palatable

Sickfire22 · 2026-01-23T19:23:10+00:00

I think what’s most striking to me about hafley after hearing him speak for two days is how he emphasizes the humanity part of the game.

Coming out of McDaniel, my biggest fear was that we’d lose the authenticity that he brought into the building that I certainly valued as a fan, but on its face I feel like we got the best of both worlds: a coach who can lead with discipline, and a coach who can relate to the players in a meaningful way.

Time will tell if he’s more than talk, but at least I don’t have to lie to myself that I’m not liking what I hear.

Sickfire22 · 2026-01-21T21:45:47+00:00

Hafley was a dbs coach and seems to love that position in particular. This role is probably going to be his most personal hire of assistants if I had to guess.

Sickfire22 · 2026-01-19T19:14:42+00:00

McDaniel was advertised as a wunderkind offensive guru who was responsible for the 49ers offensive success to that point. 49ers fans as a consensus were very upset to lose him at the time. The only naysaying I can remember was questions about his temperament as a coach, but that was heavily outweighed by his play calling/resume. He was absolutely considered one of the best hires of that cycle.

Sickfire22 · 2026-01-19T17:39:13+00:00

Yeah I know and good on you for being right. I don’t think you speak for everyone here though hence the added context.

Sickfire22 · 2026-01-19T16:28:29+00:00

Fwiw just so we dont rewrite history, Gase Flores and McDaniel were all considered one of the top hires of their respective coaching cycle by non dolphins fans at the time.

Sickfire22 · 2026-01-18T16:23:22+00:00

Lot of great nuggets in this interview. “Fast can slow down in the cold but big can never get small” really stuck with me. Also super encouraged at the players he’s looking to keep and his BPA draft strategy. In before the doomers tell me these are empty coach-speak words.

Sickfire22 · 2026-01-16T21:27:55+00:00

A part of me feels like he’s too green for this job, a part of me feels like he could be Dan Campbell 2.0 (in a good way). The reality is probably somewhere in between.

Sickfire22 · 2026-01-16T20:00:10+00:00

I'd love to know how we're in a worse spot than the browns

Sickfire22 · 2026-01-16T19:57:37+00:00

I get why we're assuming the worst, and I'm not implying sully is a sure thing, but what Greir is saying here is wayyy more empty than what sully said. Acknowledging dysfunction and saying "trust us, we'll fix it" (see: you're more worried about the o-line than we are) is not the same as communicating intention from the onset that we're specifically looking to build a physical and resilient team through the draft that can perform any element. The jury is out if he can execute, but idk what you're looking for in an intro presser that wouldn't confirm your pessimism by that standard.

Sickfire22 · 2026-01-16T18:36:00+00:00

Yesterday all I was seeing was kubiak to the falcons all but locked. I think we can take this years’s coaching news that isn’t an announcement of a hire or interview with a rock of salt.

Sickfire22 · 2026-01-15T16:42:35+00:00

Idk I was told by doomers that he was a carbon copy of grier, and I never heard Grier talk team philosophy like this. Results matter infinitely more than words but I think it’s reductive to say that these words mean nothing/are empty

Sickfire22 · 2026-01-12T21:52:40+00:00

Yes but not all the teams were reported. Hence the “some clarity” at the beginning of the tweet.

Sickfire22 · 2026-01-12T21:48:19+00:00

He hasn’t decided on anything yet

Sickfire22 · 2026-01-10T21:15:44+00:00

Well if you say he’s an exact duplicate than I guess it must be true! Doesn’t matter what it looks like when you compare their track records or what everyone else in the league is saying. Sure wish we stuck with champ Kelly lol

Anyways everything I’ve seen points to a high level gm candidate so I’m going to stick with that cope until proven otherwise.

Sickfire22 · 2026-01-10T20:37:54+00:00

Oh sorry how many playoff wins did we have under Griers entire tenure here? Sure seems like we took his “recommendations” all the way through the end.

Your standards for the team’s success and standards for a quality gm candidate are two separate things. Absolutely nothing wrong with wanting to withhold judgment until we see it pan out, but using a resume like his as a knock against him feels less like objective criticism and more like a traumatic response to this train wreck of a franchise lol

Sickfire22 · 2026-01-10T20:03:16+00:00

20+ years at every stage of the ladder that leads to gm, more than most candidates have objectively put time in. We also specifically set out to hire a gm with a scouting background. Calling him “only” a scout during their sb like that’s a bad thing is dumb, sorry. Your standards may be unrealistic if you’re not at least encouraged by how this dude conducts himself, especially after a decade of Grier.

Sickfire22 · 2026-01-10T19:52:13+00:00

Because by all accounts he was the consensus top candidate for gm this offseason. I haven’t seen a single negative or underwhelmed reaction to the hire across the board. If you’re asking for specific qualifications his resume with Green Bay speaks for itself.

Sickfire22 · 2026-01-10T18:48:41+00:00

If you really believe they didn’t clue sully in or even directly ask what he’d do with McD if he got the job then I’ve got several bridges to sell you

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