MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Miami Dolphins proprietor Stephen Ross was pissed off after the group’s 27-24 loss Sunday to the Carolina Panthers.
Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel mentioned that he met with Ross afterward — as he does after each sport — and that each males voiced their frustration with one another.
“He was actually pissed off, similar to I used to be,” McDaniel mentioned Monday. “We talked in regards to the problem forward to prepare for the Chargers, and that was actually the extent of it.”
The Dolphins led 17-0 early within the second quarter earlier than permitting Carolina to shut the sport with a 27-7 run. Since McDaniel was employed in 2022, the Dolphins had been 10-0 in video games they led by three scores at any level.
Miami’s 1-4 begin is its worst since 2019. Although the group’s earlier two coaches, Brian Flores and Adam Gase, have been fired on the finish of their third seasons, Ross dismissed Joe Philbin after a 1-3 begin in his fourth season, 2015, and Tony Sparano after a 4-9 begin in his fourth yr, 2011.
McDaniel has insisted that worrying about his job safety would take his focus away from doing his precise job, which he isn’t prepared to do.
With the losses piling up, McDaniel mentioned he’s bored with speaking about enhancing however acknowledges that the conversations will proceed till the on-field outcomes change.
“It’s irritating as a result of there’s quite a lot of speaking, and we have to main in doing,” he mentioned. “I don’t suppose anyone desires to listen to me discuss it as a lot as I don’t really feel like saying it, however it doesn’t change the steadfast actuality that’s: You need to get higher at issues otherwise you’ll proceed having the identical outcomes.”
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