Fatherhood Changed Mike McDaniel. Will The NFL Follow His Lead?
The Lead
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🗓️ 8 December 2023
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
He’s the coach who makes slightly offbeat comments during press conferences, orchestrates the NFL’s most dynamic and explosive offense, and sometimes — decides to leave his high-pressure job out of the blue to see his family. Bottom line: Mike McDaniel does things differently. Today, we look at how the Dolphins head coach became someone who was willing to challenge the conventional wisdom of the NFL. And, whether his approach will backfire — or, potentially change the league.
Guest: Kent Babb, The Washington Post
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| 0:00.0 | Everyone leaves a legacy. |
| 0:02.0 | a legacy. |
| 0:03.0 | I like Mr Gorbachev. |
| 0:04.0 | We can do business together. |
| 0:06.0 | For some, the shadow falls across decades, even centuries. |
| 0:10.0 | It is unacceptable to have figures like roads glorified. |
| 0:15.0 | But it also changes. |
| 0:18.0 | Reputations are re-examined by new generations who may not like what they find. |
| 0:23.2 | Picasso is undeniably a genius, but also a less than perfect human. |
| 0:28.4 | From Wundery and Goldhanger Podcasts, I'm Afuahush. |
| 0:30.8 | I'm Peter Frankapurn. I'm Peter Francopern. |
| 0:33.0 | And this is Legacy. |
| 0:35.0 | A brand new show exploring the lives of some of the biggest characters in history. |
| 0:41.0 | To find out what their past tells us about our present. |
| 0:44.0 | Nina Simone was constantly told to sit down and shut up. |
| 0:48.0 | You're the angry black woman. |
| 0:49.0 | The name of Napoleon still rings out in the patter of the guides who thrive on the tourist trade. |
| 0:55.0 | Binge entire seasons of legacy ad free on Amazon Music or listen weekly wherever you get your podcasts. Kent Bab, you recently wrote about a scene that plays out apparently pretty often with Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel at work |
| 1:16.0 | A scene that ends with him doing something unusual for an NFL coach. Can you explain? |
| 1:29.9 | Well, this is an NFL coach, can you explain? Well, this is an NFL coach who, among the jokes about his offense, which is prolific, and possibly even record-breaking, is that it's like the 250 IQ offense. He's a little skinny |
| 1:35.3 | nerd. But I write that the gears don't turn as much as they grind and for as much |
| 1:41.4 | as we talk about the NFL being a highly physical game, |
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