I heard of Mike McDaniel's over the weekend. I'm a casual fan of football. I've been watching Mike McDaniel's videos for two days now. I was a teacher in a former life. This guy is a great teacher.
Coach has the X's and O's but he has something else as well. He is the Music Man with 76 real trombones. He doesn't intimidate his players (at his size how could he?) He EXCITES them by recognizing their All Star abilities while showing them how to shine. They can't wait to get on the field to create those shining moments he has promised them. There is a world of difference between a player feeling like that compared to a player who has in the back of his mind, "I better not f**K up, or coach will be riding my a**!" That thought drains energy and can sometimes freeze a player up. Now that they have put 70 up on the board and a 3-0 start to the season, any player on his team who had any doubts is likely to be fully on board now.
Almost every week since McDaniel has been hired I think that I can't get any more hype for this season. Each week I'm proven wrong. Let's see if the streak continues Sunday against the Bills. FINS UP!!!🐬🐬🐬
Brandon Staley was supposed to be like this on the defense but turned out he isn’t. I’ve always thought there’s a thin line between a genius and a madman.
Great vid, Rich. Hawkins would be a welcome partner to my fave, Kevin Harlan. Such a good communicator. I really enjoy how you work: simple, incisive questions, following up a guests comment with. “How do you mean that exactly?”…and you do what so many broadcasters fail to do….Listen. Happy to subscribe.
Happy for Dolphins fans that they have Mike McDaniel but a huge loss for 49ers fans. He’s been the best run game coach for a while now. Tyreek, Jalen Waddle, Mostert in that offense is just scary.
Yes and as a 9ers fan I am so damn frustrated w/how Trey has been mishandled since last year and 9er management ever since the Yorks took over, I find myself rooting for McDaniels/Miami right now!! Weird!!
Hmm...some of things he talking about was being done in the 90's. Go in to get out. We did that all the time in 94' Jacksonville State. Inside release stick and go outside or stick go outside and turn up field. We angled crossingmroutes if you were the fast receiver. Honestly some of things don't work if you don't have the speed. Think about the crossover, everyone can do the motion of the crossover but are you quick enough to excute it. With that said he does have a great football mind. Hell Miami has a 4x1 olympic track team out there.
Reason @Phinside knew what he was talking about in coach McDaniels. A lot of Dolphins Tua haters also hated McDaniels but Reason knew what he talking about. Dolphins 🐬 lucky to get a great football mind coach.
Thought the whole world knew basketball correlated to all Great TE’s, WR’s even being a pass rusher if you ‘shake’ the Oline you dont need power to get to the qb look at von miller not the biggest OLB but he always euros to the QB.
69 y/o Miami native. Life long Dolphins fan. I love that man! Best hire since Shula. Fear we'll get crushed Sunday. I picked Buffalo to win it all. Most excited I've been this century!
Man I’m just a bum 9th grade hooper and even I know basketball players make the best Wrs. It’s just bball players are scared to get hit. But the ones who aren’t, are elite (moss, Gonzalez, gates)
Can’t beat interviews with knowledgeable people :) great to hear from someone who explains it clearly
Andrew Hawkins is a student of the game as well and may be a coach some time. You are right Mil, no cliches either, just facts.
I’ve never heard of him until this video but all I know is he needs to be on TV more
I heard of Mike McDaniel's over the weekend. I'm a casual fan of football. I've been watching Mike McDaniel's videos for two days now. I was a teacher in a former life. This guy is a great teacher.
Had to come back to this
Hawkins knew exactly what he was talking about and we are seeing it play out now.
So glad that Coach McDaniel is the Dolphins head coach. I have never been this excited to be a Fins fan🎉🐬.
Im here smiling to myself because we have him as our coach. I love outside the box thinkers.
This one was a master hire and amazingly enough a coach no one else wanted
Fins up baby!
Im a 9ers fan and I am so frustrated w/9ers management I have been unconsciously rooting for McDaniels/Miami right now!! I dig him!!!
Say it with me guys: J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS
Not only is coach McDaniels a football genius he’s also a comedy genius and he was put on earth for us
He’s a giant middle finger to all those hard-o Mike McCarthy type coaches… and I love it
McDaniels got fire in Las Vegas, McDaniel is the genius.
He is no genius when he gets fired I can’t wait to come back this video😂😂
He’s not a good coach and he’s not funny. He tries too hard to be funny
Very enjoyable listening to Andrew. Great guest.
He really is. Should be an analyst for NFL Network.
He’s smarter than half of the analysts I hear out there. Needs to be on TV more.
This is hands down one of the best episodes ive ever watched. Top 2
I've never heard of this Hawkins guy but he is an amazing guest
literally one of the best route runners ever
Gotta listen to the Thom and Hawk Podcast (Andrew Hawkins and Joe Thomas)
Miami being a top team in the NFL would be so much fun. The logo and jerseys just look amazing always.
They used to look amazing
As a bills fan it’s hard to hate the Dolphins. I love this coach man.
they need to go back to the original logo. Every Dolphins fan I know prefers the original.
This is high quality football talk, man sounds like the Walter White of the nfl
We are blessed to have McDaniel as coach!
Absolutely
A year and three days after this interview the Dolphins hung 70 on the Broncos and came eight yards shy of the yardage record.
Great insight and breakdown by Andrew Hawkins.
I believe this take will age like very fine wine
Coach has the X's and O's but he has something else as well. He is the Music Man with 76 real trombones. He doesn't intimidate his players (at his size how could he?) He EXCITES them by recognizing their All Star abilities while showing them how to shine. They can't wait to get on the field to create those shining moments he has promised them.
There is a world of difference between a player feeling like that compared to a player who has in the back of his mind, "I better not f**K up, or coach will be riding my a**!" That thought drains energy and can sometimes freeze a player up.
Now that they have put 70 up on the board and a 3-0 start to the season, any player on his team who had any doubts is likely to be fully on board now.
As a 51 year old Dolphins fan this gives me the tingles. I haven't been this excited since I was a kid during the Marino years.
Great interview. Love his enthusiasm and wisdom. Keep bringing Andrew back.
Came for the Mike McDaniel love…leaving super impressed with the Hawk. I’d rather listen to him than 99% of these talking heads
This conversation aged very well.
Holy cow, he is a mad genius! Great analysis by Andrews. Glad McDaniel is with the Fins!
Mike McDaniel is so different it's crazy... And really like that about him
McDaniels is watching thinking THANKS A LOT ANDREW for exposing all my secrets.
McDaniel will flip it again, besides he’s only talking about wideout releases, not his entire offensive philosophy.
That's why Hawk was hesitant about revealing too much, and actually did a pretty good job of going off topic, but Rich wasn't falling for it
What a phenomenal interview
I think the third thing the CB will do is turn their hips to run alongside the WR.
Mike McDaniel is to football what John Danaher is to BJJ.
This guy’s storytelling is great.
Tua and The Dolphins finally have a head coach that finally believes in them !!! & and thats very dangerous
Crazy the coaching tree starts from Mike Shanahan to his son Kyle all the way to Mike, McVay, and Lafleur
Excellent interview!
Almost every week since McDaniel has been hired I think that I can't get any more hype for this season. Each week I'm proven wrong. Let's see if the streak continues Sunday against the Bills. FINS UP!!!🐬🐬🐬
Who’s here after the 70pt blow out
I love his point about innovation being the opposite of what others are doing. No cliches, nothing for granted. It’s all under the microscope
Watching this after Week 3. Prophetic.
The more I hear about McDaniel the more I root for him. The dude is a dude thru and thru. I fear for the bills a lil bit.
This is a great interview
Sounds like Mr. Hawkins ought to be a coach one day too.......
The way dude laughed wayyyyyyyyy off stage at the very end was great haha
Brandon Staley was supposed to be like this on the defense but turned out he isn’t. I’ve always thought there’s a thin line between a genius and a madman.
Everyone do yourself a favor and watch the McDaniel / Macafee interview. You’ll be laughing your a@@ off
And we have Tomlin & Matt Canada in Pittsburgh who couldn’t carry Mike McDaniels Jockstrap when it comes to innovative modern Coaching.
Great vid, Rich. Hawkins would be a welcome partner to my fave, Kevin Harlan. Such a good communicator. I really enjoy how you work: simple, incisive questions, following up a guests comment with. “How do you mean that exactly?”…and you do what so many broadcasters fail to do….Listen. Happy to subscribe.
Thank you to the football God that landed McDaniel to our coaching staff
Love the inside of our new coach!! Absolutely love it!!
Happy for Dolphins fans that they have Mike McDaniel but a huge loss for 49ers fans. He’s been the best run game coach for a while now. Tyreek, Jalen Waddle, Mostert in that offense is just scary.
Yes and as a 9ers fan I am so damn frustrated w/how Trey has been mishandled since last year and 9er management ever since the Yorks took over, I find myself rooting for McDaniels/Miami right now!! Weird!!
Love Hawk! All time great Browns WR!
This guy is so well spoken
Great segment. Thanks guys.
This is an amazing interview to get an understanding of MMD
Wow was this spot on
Hmm...some of things he talking about was being done in the 90's. Go in to get out. We did that all the time in 94' Jacksonville State. Inside release stick and go outside or stick go outside and turn up field. We angled crossingmroutes if you were the fast receiver. Honestly some of things don't work if you don't have the speed. Think about the crossover, everyone can do the motion of the crossover but are you quick enough to excute it. With that said he does have a great football mind. Hell Miami has a 4x1 olympic track team out there.
Amazing insights, and Hawkins seems very cool
A year later and man, this has been proven 100%
A great guest. Get him back.
Confirm that too... He had his career year under Mike as WR coach in Cleveland.
The McDaniel led Dolphins put up 70 yesterday. That's it. That's the post.
This video is going to have over a million views after the Dolphins win a superbowl
Have been a fins fan all my life never seen them be this dominant. Fins up. And thanks to a healthy mike
Great interview
Fins up!
Mike McDaniels is an absolute Godsend in Miami.
great guest
hawkins is awesome. you can tell he’s smart also… well, he’s a columbia graduate so makes sense
Givin out too much sauce mayne 🤐😁
Awtrell and Andrew are PRIMO! Go FAM!
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watching this after the 70-20 beatdown the Dolphins put on the Broncos. Absolutely dog-walked them for 4 quarters in every way possible. 🤮🤮🤮
It sounds like Hawkins should be coaching
Dude, this is so cool 😮
He's describing the football version of moneyball.
super interesting listen
Mike is just different. Genuine people don't even think about faking anything. They just are what they are. If I were Jerry Jones.....
Great great great video!
It worked against the broncos.
That is serious Intel right there
Can you believe Dan Sodar gets to play Mike in Madden when they are hanging out
I hope Andrew Hawkins gets in the hall of fame
Reason @Phinside knew what he was talking about in coach McDaniels.
A lot of Dolphins Tua haters also hated McDaniels but Reason knew what he talking about. Dolphins 🐬 lucky to get a great football mind coach.
After reading Hawkin’s tweet in 2019
Sean Mcvay: Hold my Beer
OK hawk love this clip come coach in Cleveland
He is our next don Shula we waited for very long time. Finally I can say we can run for superbowl.
Thought the whole world knew basketball correlated to all Great TE’s, WR’s even being a pass rusher if you ‘shake’ the Oline you dont need power to get to the qb look at von miller not the biggest OLB but he always euros to the QB.
McDaniel IS a scientist...
And the Broncos are Mad,..lol~
IVY LEAGUE of football
Brilliant!
And the Raiders glossed over this guy and picked the wrong McDaniel
Dont give away all the secrets now. 🤦♀
McDaniel is smarter than this, he’ll change things and flip it again. Besides he’s only talking about releases from the wideout position.
Hawkins had his best year with him that's for sure
Nothing like an affirming word.
In-credible ...!!!🤘🤔🤪
Didnt he only interview dolphins for HC? whatta steal bet denver crying rn
They definitely crying after we put 70 on them😂😂😂🐬
Great interview!!! Buy your vehicle's from me at Capital City Nissan!!!!
Awesome
69 y/o Miami native. Life long Dolphins fan. I love that man! Best hire since Shula. Fear we'll get crushed Sunday. I picked Buffalo to win it all. Most excited I've been this century!
Nap time pops.. F the bills!
This comment didn't age well. Fins up baby!
You can see it in waddle already when he comes off the line. Crossover all day
Can confirm
49ers did not have it Sunday night.
Man I’m just a bum 9th grade hooper and even I know basketball players make the best Wrs. It’s just bball players are scared to get hit. But the ones who aren’t, are elite (moss, Gonzalez, gates)
This has aged magnificently. The 2023 team is truly remarkable
First principles thinking>
WHO AND WHO?
I love Mike McDaniels, and I am a Chiefs fan. He will win a SB one day when Big Red finally retires.