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Mike McDaniel says he chose his meeting times to serve as a reminder of the Dolphins’ playoff-win drought

Mike McDaniel Dolphins Drought Miami

Football players and coaches come in every season with the main goal of competing for a championship. But if there’s ever a way to bring some extra inspiration, Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel is going to give it a try.

That apparently applies to the specific schedule of coaching staff meetings.

It has been 24 years since the Dolphins last won a playoff game. And despite an impressive start last season, the Dolphins lost, 26-7, to Kansas City in a historically cold wild-card round game at Arrowhead Stadium. McDaniel went into the offseason hoping to drive forward the Dolphins’ goal of breaking that drought. That meant scheduling offseason staff meetings at the 24th minute of an hour just so his coaches don’t forget that it’s been 24 years between playoff wins.

McDaniel said to reporters on Thursday:

“Why not have for half the offseason, you’re trying to have staff meetings at different times during the day … Every staff meeting I put at like 7:24 or 3:24 or 5:24 — the number 24. To you guys, it means nothing. That’s how many years it’s been since this organization has won a playoff game. We are going to hear about it come playoff time. You think? So to me, you do that to empower guys to know what’s coming to understand it, to not run from it.”

It doesn’t get any more Football Guy than that. But as far as motivational tactics go, McDaniel is known to take unique approaches.

Fans had thoughts on the explanation as well.

This was how Twitter/X reacted

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