What Dolphins, Chris Grier divorce reportedly means for Mike McDaniel

[ad_1] Whispers surfaced earlier than the Miami Dolphins fell to 2-7 on the season through an ugly 28-6 house loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday night time that Dolphins proprietor Stephen Ross may quickly hearth normal supervisor Chris Grier and/or head coach Mike McDaniel.

McDaniel spoke with reporters on Friday morning as a part of a beforehand scheduled media obligation. Quickly after McDaniel mentioned what went fallacious for his membership on Thursday night, Ross introduced that the Dolphins and Grier had "mutually" agreed to half methods.

In keeping with ESPN's Adam Schefter, sources revealed that "McDaniel will stay Miami’s head coach for the rest of the season at the least."

Why Stephen Ross, Chris Grier finalized divorce on Halloween "As I assessed the state of the group and in my discussions with Chris, it grew to become clear to each of us that change couldn't wait," Ross stated in a press release shared by Mike Florio of Professional Soccer Speak. "We should enhance — in 2025, 2026 and past — and it wants to start out proper now."

Senior personnel govt Champ Kelly will take over because the Dolphins' interim normal supervisor. It is believed that Miami may make a number of gamers accessible to different groups earlier than the commerce deadline arrives at 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Nov. 4.

Grier took over as Dolphins normal supervisor in 2016, and the membership subsequently failed to make the playoffs from the 2017 season by way of the 2021 marketing campaign. In the meantime, McDaniel notched zero postseason wins over his first three seasons in cost earlier than the continuing marketing campaign became an absolute catastrophe for the membership.

Is Mike McDaniel anxious about shedding locker room amid misplaced season? One would assume McDaniel knew concerning the Grier information when the coach spoke with Dolphins reporters through Zoom on Friday morning. Throughout that information convention, a media member requested McDaniel if he nonetheless believed his message was getting by way of to Miami gamers amid what's rapidly changing into a season to neglect for the franchise.

"I feel the message is getting by way of," McDaniel stated throughout his response, per Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald. "For numerous causes... generally these particulars are being misplaced within the warmth of battle. We did it the week earlier than [versus the Atlanta Falcons] however didn’t do it this week."

Miami's shocking 34-10 win on the Atlanta Falcons on Oct. 26 finally meant nothing relating to Thursday night time's contest. However, it seems McDaniel will start getting ready for the Dolphins' house recreation versus the Buffalo Payments (5-2) on Nov. 9.