Another coach has lost his job, and this one is far more of a surprise than the others. The Dolphins have fired Adam Gase, a source told Ian Rapoport of NFL Network (Twitter link).
In a separate tweet, Rapoport notes it’s the “biggest surprise of the coaching carousel”, and that Gase will “immediately emerge as a top candidate for several openings.” While recent reports indicated his job was in serious jeopardy, just a couple of months ago it would’ve been shocking to think he could be fired. Gase’s tenure in Miami started out with great fanfare, but ended up lasting just three seasons. With Gase gone, Eagles coach Doug Pederson is now the lone remaining member of the seven man 2016 head coaching class.
Interestingly, Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk tweets that a source told him “Dolphins owner Stephen Ross had planned to take some time to make a decision on Adam Gase, but something happened that caused Ross to accelerate his timetable.” It’s unclear what exactly happened, but we should know more on that soon.
Gase received a ton of praise for his work as the Broncos’ offensive coordinator, and was hailed as a quarterback whisperer when he got to Miami. His first season with the team he went 10-6 and made the playoffs despite having journeyman Matt Moore as his quarterback due to a Ryan Tannehill injury, and was a Coach of the Year candidate. Last year he was without Tannehill again, and limped to a 6-10 record with Jay Cutler.
In what was supposed to be a breakout year this season, Tannehill was once again hurt and wasn’t very good when healthy, and Miami finished 7-9. With the team also set to move on from Tannehill and front office head Mike Tannebaum, it’ll be an offseason of major change for the Dolphins. As Rapoport mentioned, Gase should be an immediate candidate for head coaching vacancies including the Browns, who he’s been linked to, and will be a near lock to at least land an offensive coordinator job.
Gase was apparently asked to give up his contractual control over the 53-man roster, and balked at the request, according to Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald. Jackson notes that Gase has told associates he’s fine with the outcome and isn’t really upset, and knows that he “will be wanted by other teams.” Given how he’s still managed to win a good amount of games with injury depleted rosters, it’s not at all surprising that he’ll be sought after.
Give the dude a QB and see what happens.
Exactly. Look at his first season
Just give him a healthy roster.
I disagree! Tannehill has talent and has looked good at times! The offensive scheme is week, and doesn’t play to the teams strengths.
Plus this guy has no clue how to make personal decisions. Gore getting all those carries. No idea how to use Drake. Didn’t see Bellage til last few games. Has no idea how to use Stills. Played Parker way too much.
And what QBs was he whispering to in Denver?
Tannehill has talent? I haven seen any!!the only talent I have seen from Tannehill is the talent to be injured often
What personal decisions has he muffed? Did he attend the wrong college? Marry the wrong woman? Choose the wrong friends? Need clarification.
You are okay with them being mediocre then
Not a Dolphins fan but this firing just sums up the Miami Dolphins for the last 45 years. They have been ill relevant since 1972 and it is decisions like this why. Instability at the quarterback position they also traded away their top wide receiver and had nothing to replace him. Some team is going to walk out by hiring this guy as their head coach.
Just wait until they hire Rex Ryan as his replacement…… then that will be an even worse decision. Rumors are Rex has already been contacting possibly assistant coaches for the Dolphins job
45 years?!? Don Shula hung on long after the perfect 1972 season. As a Jets’ fan, I still have nightmares about AJ Duhe. I also seem to recall a Hall of Famer named Dan Marino who killed us with a fake spike. The Dolphins, Bills, and Jets all lost relevance after Bill Belichick and Tom Brady showed up in New England, but that’s almost two decades, not four.
Why isnt Tennenbaum gone
Lions next OC. Book it
He’ll get an HC job, he is perfect for the jets imo
That would be nice.
All 3 head coaches who came from the dolphins were fired today. Vance Joseph. Todd Bowles. Gase. Miami should hire Bowles as DC
Yeah I’d like to see him in Cleveland with Baker.
Sad to see him go coz I think he will be a good coach. My guess is they went to him and asked him to relinquish control over the 53-man and he said no. I have great respect for his coaching, however, his personnel choices were underwhelming.
Hey Dolphins…it ain’t the coach. You need a real qb. You need to build a defense. You need to draft better. The coach did what he could with a poor hand. The next guy won’t do any better until you change qb’s, develop an effective defensive philosophy and start drafting better players.
Green Bay’s next coach
Wannested
Cameron
Philbin
Sparano
Gase
Doesn’t matter.
We need to go after quality minds to draft and sign quality players
every year we go through this. we start over again???