EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins are working it again subsequent season with Mike McDaniel as coach and Chris Grier as normal supervisor.
Shortly after the Dolphins’ season ended with a 32-20 loss to the New York Jets on Sunday, proprietor Stephen Ross issued a press release posted on X by the workforce saying each McDaniel and Grier would return.
“As we now look in direction of 2025, our soccer operations will proceed to be led by Chris Grier and Mike McDaniel with my full assist,” Ross mentioned. “Their constructive working relationship is an asset to the Dolphins, and I imagine within the worth of stability.
“Nevertheless, continuity in management is to not be confused with an acceptance that established order is sweet sufficient.”
The Dolphins had been anticipated to contend for the AFC East title, however obtained off to a 2-6 begin earlier than making a late-season playoff push. Miami’s postseason hopes had been dashed when Denver routed Kansas Metropolis whereas the Dolphins had been nonetheless enjoying, clinching the AFC’s remaining playoff berth for the Broncos.
Miami completed 8-9 and there have been some rumblings that McDaniel and Grier’s jobs may very well be on shaky floor.
“We are going to take a tough have a look at the place we now have fallen quick,” Ross mentioned, “and make the required adjustments to ship our final objective of constructing and sustaining a successful workforce that competes for championships.”
In his assertion, Ross additionally mentioned he’s “finally accountable for our successes and failures.”
The Dolphins had been attempting to make the playoffs for the third straight season, which might have marked the primary time the franchise achieved that feat since doing so from 1999 to 2001.
McDaniel is 28-23 within the common season and 0-2 within the playoffs in three years with Miami.
“My full expectation is to be again,” McDaniel mentioned after the sport, shortly earlier than Ross launched his assertion. “I choose to maintain our conversations to our conversations. This isn’t actually the platform for it, however that’s my full expectation. Actually, you concentrate on it’s important to make stuff significant.
“If you happen to’re going to be 8-9 and fall wanting your objectives, it’s important to discover the explanation why and ensure these aren’t the identical errors shifting ahead.”
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