Local Hour: Don & Joe Bailey Are Not Related

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The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz

Episode: Local Hour: Don & Joe Bailey Are Not Related
Date: January 14, 2026
Location: The Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami

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Episode Overview

This “Local Hour” episode finds Dan Le Batard, Stugotz, and the whole crew delving into their signature mix of South Florida sports, inside jokes, and local color. From hilarious confusion over South Florida sports legends, to dissecting Dolphins management drama, the crew covers a highly topical week, with particular focus on the Miami Dolphins' front office chaos, the NFL coaching carousel, and South Florida's unique sports landscape. There’s also plenty of lighter banter about Miami culture, broadcast lore, and disagreements over the Heat’s roster.

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1. Who Is Don Bailey, Jr.? (00:32–03:30)

• The episode opens with confusion and laughter over Don Bailey, Jr.’s place in South Florida sports lore.

• Chris Cody is ribbed for not knowing Don Bailey, Jr., legendary Miami Hurricanes radio analyst, leading Dan to mock the Cody family’s tendency to get defensive.

• Lighthearted debate erupts about the famous Don Bailey, Sr. nude rug photo, drawing comparisons to Burt Reynolds’ iconic bearskin shoot.

• Greg Cody claims he’d pose on a rug “as homage” (01:44), prompting much laughter.

  Notable Quote:
  “I always thought that Don Bailey Sr. was nude...he’s wearing underwear the color of the rug, but very masculine looking.” — Dan Le Batard (01:50)

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2. Deep-Dive: The Dolphins, Joe Bailey, and “Too Hip Hop” Tomlin (05:19–13:20)

The Joe Bailey Story and Tomlin’s “Hip Hop” Label (05:19–09:48)

• Dan recounts the Dolphins’ infamous CEO search 20 years ago: Joe Bailey, head of a search firm, appoints himself CEO after a “worldwide search.”

• Mike Tomlin, at that time a coaching candidate, was deemed “too hip hop” by Joe Bailey—a statement confirmed by Mike Ryan, who was present at the conversation.

  Notable Quote:
  “The head of that search firm did a worldwide global search and found the best candidate in the mirror of his bathroom.” — Dan (05:40)
  “Mike Tomlin was too hip hop to be hired by the Miami Dolphins. Now, never mind that Mike Tomlin is the opposite of hip hop.” — Dan (05:49)

Comparing Tomlin’s Success to the Dolphins’ Dysfunction (09:48–13:20)

• Dan highlights Tomlin’s NFL record: 19 consecutive winning seasons, while the Dolphins churned through coaches and never found stability.

• Zaslo and Chris Cody try to rattle off the exhaustive list of Dolphins head coaches and interims since Tomlin was passed over.

  Notable Quote:
  “Put against the Dolphins never winning also in those 20 years...they basically put Shula for 19 years, got a chance to hire another Shula.” — Dan (09:19)
  “It’s almost a statistical impossibility.” — Dan on Tomlin’s streak (09:35)

• Greg Cody and Chris debate if hiring an unproven “young, smart” coach (e.g., Chris Shula) is better than “experience,” citing the trend of hiring offensive-minded head coaches for developing quarterbacks.

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3. Dolphins’ Recent Moves: Chaos and Ownership Incompetence (18:48–29:23)

Firing Mike McDaniel — Dolphins’ Dysfunction on Display (18:48–21:35)

• Dan recounts the Dolphins owner Stephen Ross’ bizarre firing of McDaniel: interrupting exit meetings, giving no warning.

• Greg Cody blasts Ross for mishandling the firing, calling it “an act of indecision” (20:12).

  Notable Quote:
  “Mike McDaniel’s...behaving as if he’s still got a job. Steven Ross walks into the room...kicking down the door.” — Dan (18:46)
  “This is a flip-flop by Steven Ross. Nobody knows what the change of heart was.” — Greg Cody (20:50)

Do the Dolphins Know What They’re Doing? (Summary and Debate, 21:35–34:43)

• Greg Cody recaps Ross' record: great at stadium deals and events, unable to build a winning football team. Dan calls Ross “the worst owner in the history of this town.” (21:52)

• The group is doubtful about the Dolphins’ plans and their rumored interest in available big-name coaches like Jim Harbaugh.

• The crew debates whether the Dolphins even have a plan, or if they’re simply careening from one chaotic decision to the next. Transition to Dolphins’ new GM: some optimism for his Packers pedigree, but everyone’s wary.

  Notable Quote:
  “Steven Ross has been great at development… Only thing he hasn’t done is put a winning team in his stadium.” — Greg Cody (22:14)
  “Do I trust anything the Dolphins do at this point? No, I don’t.” — Greg Cody (28:57)

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4. Miami Sports and South Florida Scene

Breaking into “Fortress Columbus” and Local Rivalries (35:43–39:32)

• Tony attempts to sneak into Columbus High School, Miami powerhouse, for coverage of a big local game, highlighting Miami’s insular, protective sports culture.

• Miami’s unique sports landscape is depicted as both competitive and clannish, with even national media struggling to gain access to the city’s athletic elite.

• Plenty of inside jokes about "Cuban Miami," Columbus resentment for Dan, and Tony’s street reporting in the median.

  Notable Quote:
  “We are the Cuban epicenter of sports in Cuban sports history in America.” — Dan (34:43)
  “Columbus is a bit of a fortress. There’s a lot of people on golf carts driving around, a lot of people watching and looking and kind of pointing and seeing what you’re doing.” — Tony (36:38)

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5. Miami Heat: To Trade or Not to Trade Bam Adebayo? (39:35–42:54)

• Jeremy Tache mocks Dan and Zaslo for suggesting trading Bam after his big night against Phoenix: 29/9/4 with four 3-pointers.

• The crew debates whether you can win a title with Bam at a massive salary cap number.

• Chris Cody “likes Bam” but worries, “I don’t believe you can build a championship team when Bam’s salary goes up to $50 million next season.” (41:34)

• Jeremy holds up his (three!) Emmys; Dan dryly says, “I don’t respect television.” (43:11)

  Notable Interchange:
  “How stupid do you feel after watching Bam Adebayo drop 29, 9, and 4 on the Suns last night?” — Jeremy Tache (40:00)
  “I don’t believe you can build a championship team when Bam’s salary goes up to $50 million next season.” — Chris Cody (41:34)

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6. Marlins Trade Talk (43:21–44:39)

• Jeremy speed-talks through the Marlins’ trades of Ryan Weathers and Edward Cabrera for prospects, arguing Miami got good value and is retooling the farm system.

  Notable Quote:
  “The Marlins pitching staff and their new throw-nasty-strikes mentality really unlocked something in Edward Cabrera...they acquire a major-league ready bat, Owen Casey.” — Jeremy (43:31)

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7. Other Highlights, Humor, and Running Jokes

Dolphins’ Owner, Suits, and NFL Wealth

• Dan and crew riff on Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti’s Mafioso-style suits and laid-back approach to coaching changes compared to Dolphins’ chaos (23:59–27:43).

• Mike Ryan and Stugotz revel in the difference between sports “middle managers” (coaches, GMs) and “the real power”—owners.

  Notable Quote:
  “These guys view those guys as meathead middle managers, like, we’re the money, we’re the power. You win for me, I’ll get someone else who wins for me.” — Dan (25:20)

Garden Salsa Sun Chips and Airplane Snacks

• Brief, raucous digression on best airplane snacks: “garden salsa sun chips,” cookies, Cheez-Its, etc. (27:00–27:10).

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8. Tone & Language

The episode maintains a classic Le Batard tone: sharp, irreverent, self-deprecating, full of in-jokes and layered Miami references. Debates are lively but rarely mean-spirited, and the hosts’ chemistry is on full display, blending snark with genuine insight about the state of Miami and NFL football.

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Notable Quotes by Timestamp

• “The head of that search firm did a worldwide global search and found the best candidate in the mirror of his bathroom.” — Dan (05:40)
• “Mike Tomlin was too hip hop to be hired by the Miami Dolphins. Now, never mind that Mike Tomlin is the opposite of hip hop.” — Dan (05:49)
• "I don't believe you can build a championship team when Bam's salary goes up to $50 million next season." — Chris Cody (41:34)
• “Do I trust anything the Dolphins do at this point? No, I don’t.” — Greg Cody (28:57)
• "Columbus is a bit of a fortress. There's a lot of people on golf carts...watching and kind of pointing and seeing what you're doing." — Tony (36:38)
• "I do not [have any Emmys]. I don't respect television." — Dan (43:14)

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Important Segment Timestamps

• Don Bailey Discussion: 00:32–03:30
• Dolphins, Joe Bailey, and Mike Tomlin: 05:19–13:20
• Dolphins get rid of McDaniel, Owner Drama: 18:48–21:35
• Trust in the Dolphins’ Process (or lack thereof): 21:35–34:43
• Local Miami Sports Rivalries (Columbus): 35:43–39:32
• Bam Adebayo/Heat Roster Debate: 39:35–42:54
• Marlins Trade Talk: 43:21–44:39

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For listeners who missed it:
This was a classic “Local Hour”—equal parts inside baseball, local laughs, and deeper reflections on what makes Miami sports both uniquely passionate and perpetually dramatic. The Dolphins remain the poster child for self-inflicted dysfunction, while the squad cracks wise about local legends, what makes a “real” Cuban, and whether Bam Adebayo is a foundation or a luxury. All with that trademark, fast-talking South Florida bravado.

Transcript

[A]

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[B]

This is how I always wanted the shadow show to start with him not being aware of it. People being like confused in here because we're doing other things. Greg Cody has been wrestling his headset for a full four minutes. Zaszlo's been laughing in his face. Zaslo is Don Bailey Jr. A local South Florida sports legend?

[C]

Yes.

[B]

Chris Cody didn't know who he was.

[C]

That was embarrassing.

[D]

Not knowing who he was is putting it incorrectly.

[C]

You said Zagaki and his partner.

[D]

I was like the guy that does games with him. Yes. I drew a blank. I knew dbj. I forgot. Don Bailey. Yes. I don't listen to a lot of broadcasts of Miami Hurricane games. I watch them on tv. I'm sorry.

[B]

You don't sound sorry. You sound defensive and defiant. And I do remember you not knowing who he was. Like you're now softening it because of your shame. This happens around here with multiple Cody's. Instead of sinking into the truth and the joke they get defensive and start fighting and next thing you know Jeremy, he knew all along that it was Jeremy's brother. And you, you're not unlike your father here. Like you're going to develop some of the things you did not know who Don Bailey Jr. Was and it is embarrassing.

[E]

I know who Don Bailey is.

[B]

You know Don Bailey Senior more than Don Bailey junior Right?

[E]

No Junior.

[C]

I know you know about those rugs.

[E]

I do. Are you kidding? I'd like to pose for one of those. Are you kidding me?

[B]

Let's do that before the show is over.

[C]

Hey, that's something that could happen.

[B]

No, no. Why in fact we can go make.

[D]

Dumbest things you could have said.

[B]

Why don't before the show's over all of you helped me have as the punctuation on the show tonight. You met Dan, Greg, Cody. Greg Cody doing show on his side on what appears to be a bare skin rug. And I always thought that Don Bailey Sr. Was nude cause I underwear. He's wearing underwear the color of the.

[C]

Rug but very masculine looking and I.

[F]

Don'T think it was A bare skin. I think you might be conflating the Burt Reynolds photo.

[B]

Thank you. It's not bare skin, but I. For the audience shadow show.

[F]

Oh, I can see where you think that's nude.

[B]

Yeah, I did think it was nude throughout. Like, that's been up for I don't know how long. In fact, can you please look that up for me? I'm sure you.

[F]

My whole life.

[B]

My whole life. I feel like I have seen that.

[F]

The sign for those. This is just audio only.

[B]

Well, the YouTube audience is seeing this.

[F]

No, that's a shadow show.

[D]

No, I think they are seeing this.

[F]

We did this for them.

[B]

I think we did it just for them. I think we broke character for a moment to give them the Don Bailey Jr. And the reason I said the bearskin rug and Burt Reynolds. They can find that, too, is to conjure for the audio audience the amount of sensuality that Don Bailey Sr. Is trying to give off with his nudity here.

[D]

He just passed away December 21, 2025, I'm being told.

[F]

I think not too long ago.

[D]

93 years old, Don Bailey Sr.

[F]

I think maybe for his 90th birthday, tried to recreate that photo. And it was great.

[B]

We should do it as homage to him before the end of the show. Today, I want Greg Cody giving takes from a bearskin. The equivalent of bare skin. Right?

[F]

Yeah.

[E]

I don't know if that's gonna happen, Dan.

[B]

I believe it is.

[E]

Yeah. We'll see.

[G]

Oh, yeah.

[E]

What's good, bro?

[B]

How Cuban are you?

[H]

Okay.

[B]

Aluminum cookies. Cookies. Always cookies.

[G]

I haven't even left.

[H]

I don't know what Talco is.

[F]

Oh, Jesus.

[B]

It's a guy who is a blank prick.

[D]

I imagine it would be like your mama compote.

[H]

Is that like the, like, raspberry compote they do on Great British Baking Show?

[G]

Hey, that's great to hear.

[B]

How'd I do? Guess what.

[G]

We're doing the party. We're doing it at Bird Bowl.

[H]

Is Talco and baby powder the same thing?

[B]

Yes, you doofus.

[F]

All right.

[B]

What kind of Cuban are you? I know you.

[F]

Miami basketball is back. Better be talking about Jay Lucas. I'm telling you right now, basketball is far from being back. Although I do have an eye on the John Moran situation and the Giannis situation.

[B]

Hey, now, we'll get to all of those things at some point. I suppose we'll get to the University of Miami being a tournament team, because they are. They've only lost twice. But football is everything that has been consuming us around here. And I want to Start with Mike Tomlin for this reason, back when this show was starting, and this isn't really journalism, but it was kind of journalism, there were things happening around the Dolphins that were chaotic and funny. And one of them was that a person named Joe Bailey was hired to find a new CEO for the Dolphins.

[C]

I love this story so much. I'm glad we're starting with this well.

[B]

But because. Because to watch what's happened in the last 20 years has been unbelievably funny if you're not a Dolphins fan. They were thinking about hiring a CEO, and so they hired somebody to go hire that CEO. And he did a worldwide global search.

[C]

It was like a search firm.

[B]

Yeah. And the head of that search firm did a worldwide global search and found the best candidate in the mirror of his bathroom. He appointed himself the CEO. I can do this job. And then when it came time to hire a coach, Mike Tomlin was available to him. And that person was overheard by employees at our station saying that Mike Tomlin was too hip hop to be hired by the Miami Dolphins. Now, never mind that Mike Tomlin is the opposite of hip hop.

[I]

They went with Cam Cameron, by the way.

[B]

Yeah. Who is also the opposite of hip hop.

[F]

Like, if I may. Because this story about Mike Tomlin being so hip hop, like, no one knows the origin of it. I've heard everyone. I'm the guy. I asked. Like, we were talking. I was producing the Dolphin Hour.

[C]

It was a great scoop.

[F]

Or interning at the time. Just so like, you want some credibility behind it. The conversation went as such. I was talking to Joe Bailey and Jimmy Cephalo was there.

[B]

Oh, and it sounds like it happens to know.

[H]

Well informed.

[B]

This was.

[F]

But like I've heard it for 20 years. And like everyone's like, oh, is that true? Let me. Let me stack my credibility against it. Yes, it is. We were talking about the Dolphins head coaching search. I volunteered as any 19 year old intern would at the time. I'd wait for people to stop talking and offer up my own opinion. I like myself.

[B]

You did that back then.

[F]

Back then, too.

[B]

No, no, back then. But back then too, you don't do that anymore.

[F]

Back then, too, you were doing the.

[C]

Mike Ryan show for that.

[E]

Stop talking since.

[F]

Yeah, but I said, I like Mike Tomlin. I nailed that one, by the way. And Jimmy Cefalo goes, Joe, you met with Mike, right? What do you think? And he kind of pushed Shod to hip hop. So that's how that story went. It's 100% true. This is in front of you and Brandon Guzzi.

[C]

Imagine the balls on Joe Bailey to say something like that in front of two kids.

[B]

Well, do you imagine the balls on Joe Bailey doing a worldwide global search and finding the best applicant in his bathroom mirror? Because that to me is the audacity of what happened there. But in the 20 years since. Like to see what's happened in 20 years since. Can Jeremy please find for me the list of Dolphin coaches, the number of Dolphin coaches that they've had since then, but the extraordinary circumstance of the following, which is after being proclaimed to hip hop 19 years ago as a young man, Mike Tomlin, since then, no matter his team has had a winning season every year since ever. The. That is almost a statistical impossibility. Do you know how hard it would have been to get good odds on that 19 years ago? Will the neck Will this person who's too hip hop for the Miami Dolphins, according to their search firm head who appointed himself the CEO, will have a winning season every season since. So that yesterday, after eight straight seasons of not winning a playoff game, he steps down and people are surprised and eulogizing him because they are indeed amazed. While the Steelers have had only three coaches and this one is stepping down after 19 years. We all understand you got to win playoff games in eight years, but what is the. I think Zaz might be able to do this on the off the top of his head. Dolphin coaches for the last 19 years, since the Dolphins thought that Mike Tomlin was too hip hop. Let's get Zaslo to try and see if he can get all the interim coaches here too. All the names since. Since Mike Tomlin was not hired by the Miami Dolphins. But to have that put against the Dolphins never winning also in those 20 years and having this assortment of leadership changes, while the Steelers had only Shula in charge for 19 years, they put. Shoot. They basically put Shula for 19 years. They got a chance to hire another Shula. I want to get Greg Cody's thoughts on hiring Chris Shula because to me there's no better candidate than that. That's the best candidate there is for the Miami Dolphins job. I think not. And it's not just the name. It's go, go get me one of the McVeigh guys who's going to do things smartly and differently and youngly. But give me your list. Zads, look.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

See how close you can come.

[C]

I'm pretty sure I could do it. Cam Cameron. Then you had Tony Sparano, Dan Campbell, interim coach.

[H]

You're skipping a different interim Coach and different head coach.

[C]

Jim Bates. Oh, Todd Bowles. Todd Bowles.

[H]

Todd Bowles. Todd Bowles.

[C]

Yeah. Jim Bates was. Wants that. Todd Bowles. All right. Sparano. Dan Campbell. Adam Gase.

[H]

Adam Gase.

[C]

Joe Philbin.

[H]

Philbin was before Brian Flores.

[C]

And here we are, Mike McDaniel.

[B]

I think you're gonna miss the interim coaches.

[H]

It's Cam Cameron, Tony Sperano. Sparano's interim coach when he was fired midseason was Todd Bowles in 2011. He had three and a half years of Joe Philbin. His interim coach was dan Campbell in 2015, then Adam Gase for three years, Brian Flores for three years, and Mike McDaniel for four.

[E]

And one thing all of those coaches have in common is that none of them had been an NFL head coach before. And that's the only thing that concerns me about them hiring Chris Shula is that I think there's a segment of the Dolphins who finally want experience. Oh, I don't care.

[B]

McDonald wasn't a head coach.

[E]

It doesn't matter that you.

[B]

McVeigh wasn't a head coach. No, but that's not how we're doing it anymore, Greg. That's just not how we're doing it anymore.

[E]

That's part of the thing. If you look at within the playoff.

[D]

Teams, though, there are like, Sean Payton went somewhere and turned it around. Like, there are examples of both. I don't think there's a right way to do it. You can get a young guy.

[B]

There is a right way to do it. If you don't have a quarterback. And it's build with someone with stability who's. You don't have a quarterback. Tomlin wouldn't help them this year. Tomlins tried for eight years to win without a quarterback. That's how it goes. Like don't Donlin, don't Harbaugh. Those guys can't fix it. They'll. They win you the press conference in the off season. Get me somebody who I could tie to a quarterback so I could build the architecture. Architecture for the future.

[F]

I'm not sure that's how it goes. He's still making the playoffs without a quarterback. Usually you suck.

[B]

I'm saying it's not good enough. Ultimately, at the end, Pittsburgh fans are fed up with Tomlin, even though I don't believe that they should be because his. He has gotten the ceiling from that team. He's come. That's the best you can do with Mason Rudolph playing games for you all the time.

[E]

Right? Well, Chris Shula obviously is the opposite of A quarterback whisperer. I mean, if you're thinking quarterback first, I'm not sure you hire a defensive coach. But no, I'm not anti Chris Shula at all. I think he'd be a good hire. But I'm not one of these people who says, oh, you got to go get Chris Shula. He's going to be great. We don't know that. We don't know that he's a head coach. We still don't know that Mike McDaniel is a head coach. He's a. He's an offensive coordinator. Is Chris Shula going to make a great head coach? A lot of people seem to think yes, and I'd love to think yes, but nobody knows right now.

[C]

I think when you don't have a quarterback or, you know, if you have a first year quarterback, I think hiring a defensive head coach is a mistake. I think it's a mistake because eventually, like, okay, so hire a great offensive coordinator.

[B]

All right, good, good, good.

[C]

And then that guy inevitably leaves because he's a really good offensive coordinator. And now you're changing the offense with the young quarterback. Like, if you don't have a quarterback or if you're drafting a rookie quarterback, I think you need an offensive head coach because there's no threat of him leaving.

[B]

But I don't know if they're going to have a quarterback. And when Greg Cody says the. I don't know, we could literally almost apply that to anybody. Because if I put Tomlin in here and we're Harbaugh in here right now, we also don't know, like, we don't know anything about what that person can actually build because they don't have a quarterback.

[E]

But. Except that we've seen 20 years of their work. There's a track record that there isn't for a Chris Shuler or anybody else who hasn't been a head coach.

[B]

I've seen 20 years of his work in a place where he has organizational stability and support all around him. That does not mean he can take it and just pick up and leave and take it with him. I think that stays there. The Steelers have had the three coaches in all of their existence. I can see Tomlin bouncing around from here. I can see this next job not working and then him getting a third job. Because I'm telling you, we give these guys too much credit on leadership when what they inherit is very often something that is so sprawling. Especially when you're leaving a place you've been for 20 years that has function and you're going to a place of dysfunction that they're like. They get there and they're like, what the bleep is this? My attention to detail doesn't work here. Who are these people?

[C]

What's the wrong.

[B]

What's wrong with them?

[E]

Yeah, I do think somebody out there loves Quinn. Yours as an option. McDaniel did. That's why he gave him three games to prove himself late in the season.

[C]

Oh, you think he did that because he loves yours?

[E]

I think he did that because he was desperate and wanted to see if the guy. Yeah, I mean, yeah, for sure.

[B]

He did that because TUA couldn't get hurt as an injury risk in the salary. There was no reason to play TUA whatsoever. So they went to the next guy. It could have been anyone in the world. They could have signed Cleo Lemon again. Yeah, like it could have been anybody in the world playing quarterback for them. It would not have mattered. They just needed to what was going to sit no matter what. It wasn't about enthusiasm, about the future.

[C]

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[H]

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[B]

Don LeBatard, you don't remember the idea?

[D]

I was probably like that kind of thing.

[B]

Something.

[E]

Okay, no, the home run call was that kind of swing, that kind of thing.

[B]

Stugats.

[F]

Oh, it's a good call.

[E]

Thank you. And plus, it doesn't matter who's hitting it like you're not tailoring it to a particular name. You know, all that jazz, you know, you don't got to do that. Oh, that would be a great call. Swing. That kind of thing.

[B]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugats. Want to get into with Cody some of the details that I gave you earlier this week, because I don't know the right way to fire someone, but I know that this is the wrong way and the way that it happened with the dolphins. Mike McDaniel is conducting his exit meetings. He's in the middle of a day full of these. He's got a lot of players that he's sort of explaining what next season is going to look like, how they did this season, whether they're going to be here, what. What he wants from them. So he's behaving as if he's still got a job. Steven Ross walks into the room, and it's described as kicking down the door. Like there was not an announcement, an appointment. There was no warning of this. And the player is sitting there looking at the middle of his exit meeting. It's what happening here. And McDaniel finally, you know, sort of, we'll pick this up later. Like, they're middle managers, okay? We forget this all the time. Look at how Bishotti behaved yesterday as the Ravens owner and remind yourself that the owners are the one in charge. And all these people that we spend all this time talking about on television, all middle managers, all of them. McDaniel's like, oh, okay, I guess this meeting, we'll pick this up later. And then he was fired. That that's where and how he was fired. Didn't know he was going to be fired. That's the end of the exit meetings. What are your thoughts on what happened there? How it happened?

[E]

Where do I start? The owner totally misplayed this. It was an act of indecision by Stephen Ross. You know, Black Monday is when you fire the coaches. That happened to five or six other guys on Monday. And McDaniel on Monday is having a press conference saying, I'm not only still here, but I'm going to be in on the general manager higher. Okay? So at that point, Thursday, three days later, you assume McDaniel's getting one more year, which I think had been the assumption all along, especially since they fired Chris Greer and then finished the season five and three. So this is a flip flop on Steven Ross. Nobody knows exactly what the change of heart was.

[C]

Let me ask you something. There Is it a flip flop on Steven Ross or had they decided within their GM interviews over those days they really like this John Eric Sullivan. And John Eric Sullivan does not believe that McDaniel is the right coach.

[E]

It's possible. Yeah, that's possible. But you know, did they have any interest in Harbaugh? If they did, then you don't want to hire a GM before you hire Harbaugh because Harbaugh wants to have his say in the gm. So that's going to all come out to me. Harbaugh is still the king of the available coaches. I know some disagree. If I have a chance to get John Harbaugh, I'm going to hire him. Apparently the Dolphins felt differently and now let's see the way they go.

[B]

What are your thoughts? Because everyone here was eager to hear your dolphin thoughts and we haven't gotten to enough of them. What you are, you are a dolphin apologist. Dolphin Homer. The author of Historian. Dolphin historian as well the author of a Dolphins book, Finn's at 50. Your thoughts on their management structure and the argument that Mike Ryan and I have been having for about 10 years. I believe Steven Ross is the worst owner in the history of this town. Even though he's done some good things that don't have anything to do with football.

[E]

Steven Ross has been great at development, at building around the stadium, at bringing in F1, at bringing in tennis, at doing all these other ancillary things. The only thing he hasn't done is put a winning team in his stadium. The stadium that Joe Robbie built, by the way. I always like to remind people that which. Which is why we're getting the World Cup. Because Joe Robbie had the foresight generations ago.

[B]

The stupidity bankrupted his family.

[E]

It did, but it was good.

[B]

Good foresight.

[E]

It was good for the town. Joe Robbie did what? What no other owner has the balls to do, which is build his.

[B]

Go bankrupt.

[E]

Okay, well, you know, you can put a bad slant on Joe Robbie if you want.

[B]

I'm not putting it on Joe. I'm not. Thank you, Joe. Thank you, Joe. Thank you, Joe. I'm not putting a bad slant on Joe Robbie.

[E]

I'm saying he bankrupted his family. It sounds like you're putting a bad side.

[F]

And the way you said it. I don't know, it's just. If that's how.

[B]

The way you talk seem like you're.

[D]

Building up the family at the moment.

[I]

No, not at all.

[H]

I'd love for rich people to go bankrupt on my behalf.

[B]

It's a fact. Zazzle wants 50 million a year for Harbaugh.

[C]

No, I don't want that. I'm saying if Steven Ross wants that, he can do it.

[E]

I think they should have gone after Harbaugh. The timing was right. Now, whether Harbaugh wants them, he's vetting teams, teams aren't vetting him. And quite frankly, unless he's enamored of Quinn Ewers, there's no way he's going anywhere near the Dolphins.

[C]

Can you imagine coaching Lamar Jackson and them being enamored with Quinn Ewers?

[B]

Put it on the poll at LeBatard show. Can you imagine coaching Lamar Jackson and then being enamored of Quinn Ewer?

[F]

A theory that I like about John Harbaugh was, you know, he was going to take a week to himself and be with family before he started accepting any phone calls. I think he was just waiting to see the result of the Bills game.

[B]

It is funny. Let's get the Bashotti sound. This person we hear from him, I don't know, every 10 years, he comes out in what can only be described as a Mafioso suit. Every time. I don't know who his tailor is, but it is clearly someone who tailors gangsters.

[F]

I've come around on this guy. I like him. I think it's the shoulder pads or the fact that he looks like he'd pay a couple $50,000 to watch him have sex.

[B]

So here is. Here is. Here is Bashadi. And last time I think we saw him was just how casual he was in front of microphones during the Ray Rice scandal. Like, yeah, yeah, whatever's happening down here, I know you guys are all troubled by it, but I'm above all of this. I've got a lot of money and my suits are tailored by somebody who's a Mafioso. Here's Bashati talking how much longer Harbaugh would have last. He's actually reacting to the Tomlin news and saying how much longer Harbaugh would have lasted if Loop had made a 44 yard field goal. If Tyler Loop makes that field goal.

[H]

Is John Harbaugh still here coaching this.

[B]

Team for a week?

[C]

Wow.

[F]

I'm back.

[C]

It's very disrespectful hardball. It really is.

[E]

It is.

[F]

No, I love how it just undercuts every talking head, topic du jour talking point from the last week. If he makes a field goal, you know, Tomlin's the guy that's up.

[B]

No, I know we talk about him a lot. The coaches, we care about the coaches. These guys view those Guys, as meathead middle managers, like, we're the money, we're the power. You win for me, I'll get someone else who wins for me. Here's Here he is talking in general, just about the Tomlin firing on at Pittsburgh. He did? Is it official? That's what I keep hearing. So is he a candidate here? Oh, Mike, wouldn't that be awesome? Only if John takes the Pittsburgh job.

[E]

Funny.

[B]

Wow. Wouldn't that be interesting? I don't know. That thing last week maybe disqualified him from my opening after our kicker missed a kick. Oh, he's pounding his chest like King Kong. Did Mike Tomlin do that? After they.

[D]

After that win, he kind of looked at the camera and was like, I.

[F]

Just like that he admitted he's into swapping.

[B]

He does look the way that you say he looks. He looks leathery. He does. He looks like a great deal of success. But. But again, when I tell you guys, I actually learned this at espn, the gulf of difference between who's in charge, the number one skipper and the number two. How about biscotti? Just looking around the room. Is he a candidate for us? Yeah.

[F]

Is it biscotti or bisciati?

[B]

Whatever.

[F]

Did you make him an airplane cookie?

[C]

I did.

[B]

Because I'm always thinking, like my dad about cookies.

[C]

I always go for that cookie first.

[E]

Cheese it.

[C]

Or it's sun chips, or it's the salt. It's the pretzels. Or those cookies. I always go with those.

[H]

But if they're the garden salsa, it's.

[C]

Always the garden salsa.

[F]

I always.

[H]

I like the garden salsa.

[C]

I do, too, but I like the. Sometimes that's good stuff. Sometimes I have the balls enough to say, can I have the cookies and the sump chips?

[F]

Yeah. Can we put up the telestrader real quick? Because there's a still image of Bashadi and secret to aging. He's looked like that for 20 years. It seems like there's a G and T in his hand. If not, there should be.

[B]

You know what? Thank you for doing that, because I every once in a while will be watching, like, just old comedy roasts. And Dean Martin was drunk across two decades on television, doing all of his.

[E]

Performances and smoking cigarettes during his act.

[B]

Yes. And he always had a drink in his hand. I seem to recall that when he was talking about the Ray Rice stuff, Bisciati or biscotti was also holding a water that he drinks smugly.

[D]

It's a cigarette that I drew.

[B]

I don't know. Yeah.

[E]

Thank you for explaining that.

[F]

All right, let's see if you have the restraint to not draw a penis.

[E]

Put a little smoke thing at the end of the cigarette.

[D]

That could look like something else.

[B]

Greg, the Dolphins, when you see Harbaugh is vetting teams, they're not vetting Harbaugh and he's not even making a phone call. Like he's doing phone interviews and zooms with others is not doing anything with the Dolphins. What gives you the confidence in anything that you've seen publicly or even reported by people reporting things that the Dolphins don't want in public that suggest to you that they know what they're doing here first?

[E]

Diana Rossini said yesterday on this show that the Dolphins have been in touch with Harbaugh, which I believe. I believe Diana Rossini when she says that.

[B]

But that he hasn't talked to them. He doesn't want to talk to them. It's being reported that he. It doesn't seem like there's much interest there.

[E]

No, because when they hired a new G, they eliminated themselves from Harbaugh. Do I trust anything the Dolphins do at this point? No, I don't. I agreed with them firing and they can say he stepped down. Whatever. They fired Chris Greer at miss midseason. I totally agreed with that. For 15 years he had. He had failed at his job. McDaniel, you could have made an argument he had earned one more season. Let's see who replaces McDaniel.

[F]

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[G]

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[E]

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[B]

Wow.

[G]

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[E]

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[G]

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[I]

Wow.

[G]

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[D]

All right, we gotta go back out there. That was big. Wake him up.

[B]

Oh, he doesn't want. He doesn't want to be bothered anymore. Now it's getting tense because he didn't need that. As a result. He needs something that happens. You can see him.

[D]

Mother effing.

[B]

Can we bother?

[D]

Are we bothering you right now?

[B]

Turn on your microphone.

[E]

My microphone's on Stugats.

[D]

Paint the scene.

[E]

The paint the scene is. I gotta go to work. Good night.

[B]

This is the Dan Levatar show with the Stugach. No evidence that they know what they're doing. You have not. Have you seen a fact, a reported detail, anything that suggests to you. Okay. They know what they're doing.

[E]

Okay. The GM hire has a track record with Green Bay. He doesn't have a ton of experience. He looks the part though being a gm.

[F]

Yeah, I'm a little confused. They were pretty decisive on the gm.

[B]

And I know if you allow for the fact that Chris Greer was in a job failing more than any other GM ever has, they eventually got too decisive. Yes, but he had the job and stability longer than anyone with that failure resume has ever had that job. Right.

[E]

So let's see. They moved on one.

[F]

They moved on one pretty quickly. And everyone seems to think this person's fine. I know the McDaniel thing could have been handled a little bit better, but look, I understand we have a differing opinion on McDaniel thing have been handled.

[B]

I don't.

[C]

What did they do wrong with McDaniel?

[F]

They just waited a little bit.

[E]

They waited three days.

[C]

They gathered as much information as possible, then made a decision putting it for.

[D]

Four years, putting him out there on Monday to do that press conference where he says I'm going to be part of the search and firing him three days later. Just seems like you're not really. You don't know. You're flying by the seat of your pants.

[C]

Yeah, that's all sloppy.

[F]

Yeah, that was sloppy. But I think if I could piece what happened together is every single one of their GM candidates were asked like, what would you do here? And they were all, we blow out.

[D]

The head coach and Harbaugh became available in those couple days.

[F]

Yeah, but I honestly think it has more to do with maybe the information that popped up when they were interviewing all their candidates and their recommendation was move on. From Mike McDaniel.

[B]

I just saw Tony pop up. And Tony is a hustler, and Tony is trying to do something here. We are the Cuban epicenter of sports in Cuban sports history in America, because it's Mendoza against Cristobal in Quebol A. And Tony has gone to Columbus, which I can't believe he's outside of Columbus at the moment. Well, he's trying to get to Columbus. And Mike. And everyone here tells me that I don't understand what a bubble I live in and how much Miami hates me and how much Cuban Miami hates me, how much Columbus hates me. And he doesn't think. Well, Tony is always confident, but everyone here thinks Tony can't get into Columbus. Because if you're not familiar with Columbus, its facility, it's a college facility. Like, they've got a lot of money. And when you go into Columbus to train, you're like, holy shit. This is. There's. This is not like anything else in Miami. All the Cuban money is in these facilities where they're very good at sports, and they've gotten. They've made it important to be good at sports. And it's not welcoming to me as somebody who is El Gusano and Miami. So, Tony, you're confident you can get in there because you're confident about everything, but nobody here is confident you can get in there.

[E]

Yeah.

[G]

Correct.

[C]

Dan.

[H]

Hello.

[G]

As you can see, I'm sitting right now on the one concrete block in a median on 87th Avenue and 32nd street, right between three different schools. I got Banyan elementary to my left. I got Christopher Columbus High School behind me. And I've got St. Brendan right down the road, which is literally right there next to Columbus. So right now we're standing in front of the Fernando Mendoza, class of 22 Heisman winner sign, which is what I wanted to get you here. It's a bit of a fortress. Columbus is a bit of a fortress. There's a lot of people on golf carts driving around, a lot of people watching and looking and kind of pointing and seeing what you're doing. So I've made a couple calls. I've made some contacts with a couple of different people. I'm. I'm certain we're going to be able to get in later on and maybe have some surprises along the way.

[B]

You're certain?

[G]

I've already made the calls.

[B]

You're certain? I've already been in there. No one here believes that.

[F]

No one always knows a guy.

[B]

Yeah, but you were certain that Davis Mills was going to be a Champion quarterback.

[F]

Hey, he's still alive in the playoffs.

[E]

Whoa.

[G]

First off, did not say champion quarterback. Said there's something there. And by the way, he kept him afloat. By the way, did you know the Texans won like 8 or 9 straight games or 10 straight games? Who was in there? Davis Mills.

[I]

Thank you.

[B]

Yeah, can. I don't think this is the way to get in there, but I really would like to sort of write the word crystal ball on the top of the F in Fernando.

[E]

Just to.

[F]

Shit, dude. Just to, you know, moving mountains here to make this happen for you.

[B]

Oh, you want me to start burning so put out by it. Hey, it's worked for us for 21 years. Sorry for. Sorry it hasn't it. We haven't moved the mountains.

[F]

You know, you don't.

[B]

You don't get the most Cuban game ever played in our town. And the mountains haven't been successfully moved.

[F]

It's working out for me. Even though the head coach won't come on our show.

[G]

Maybe a couple of hills.

[B]

It is working out for us spectacularly. Are you not seeing all the cars just going by? It is. It's good. It's good. It's. It's good over here.

[G]

I'm literally standing on the median. Like, this is where I'm dangerous next.

[H]

To a light pole.

[G]

Like, I'm actually on the median right now. Let's see what we have here.

[B]

All right.

[G]

Speeding fines, double, by the way. I'm keeping an eye out here.

[B]

All right, we will check in with you later here. Do you have anything else you want to tell the people about Columbus, though? Because it's my understanding that all ESPN especially, but that all the major media entities that are trying to tell the stories of this game are going or trying to go to that school because a Miami school has never been in the position it is for this game.

[G]

Yeah. So I've already had word from my contacts here at Columbus saying that CNN is going to be here today. So I'm trying to. Trying to finagle. Trying to Cuban Miami my way into. Oh, yeah, we're with cnn. We're here dls.

[D]

We go first, then cnn.

[G]

All right. Tell them that maybe I'll try, but my contact said that we may have some surprises.

[B]

Don't try.

[C]

You do.

[G]

But I'm.

[I]

Thank you.

[G]

Exactly right. Just do it. So. Really interesting. So there's a fortress here. We're trying to break in. We're trying to get in. I've already made contact.

[E]

Don't try.

[G]

They told me it's certain.

[B]

Greg Jesus Christ. Greg.

[D]

Greg, what just happened there?

[B]

Greg, you're doing a show with us. You're on air doing a show with us. You're not just talking to Tony or your son.

[C]

Chicago to Madre.

[B]

Greg, Tony, thank you. We'll check in with you later in the show. I won't remind anyone that you said Will Levis was going to be Dan Marino. See you later.

[G]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

[C]

I said if you squeeze Tony, he's.

[F]

That look ought to be enough. You don't need him to defend his position.

[B]

Speaking of people who should be faded down, let. Let's go to Jeremy Tache here in a moment because Jeremy Tashay came in here swaggering today and he thinks everyone here is really dumb. So we go now to Jeremy Tashay. Jeremy, why? Why do you think that everyone here is really dumb?

[H]

Well, Zazen and Dan, I mean, you guys are fools. Like, how stupid do you feel after watching Bama to bio drop 29, 9, and 4 on the Suns last night? A really good team. Right after you said he should be traded. Hey, Dan, remember when you said Bam should stop shooting threes?

[B]

I know.

[H]

And then he hit two threes right in your face.

[B]

Five. Did he hit five?

[H]

He went four of six from three last night.

[C]

And one of them. One of them we thought was a three. In the fourth quarter, his toe was on the. Oh, yeah. It would have been kind of hit five.

[H]

It would have been five of seven. I mean, he's spectacular. Like, to watch that guy have the type of game that he did defensively, to anchor that team against a team in the Suns again, that's been really good. That. That's eight games over.500 in the Western Conference. To watch a guy like that and then to watch you guys, to watch you guys trade the man who is now second in Heat franchise history in scoring, okay?

[B]

His value will never be higher. That's the best he's ever shot.

[D]

Still trading him.

[C]

Okay.

[H]

I cannot believe your dumbass would trade Bam out of bio, okay? A player who has been nothing but spectacular for this organization the entire time he's been here.

[C]

Meet up. Here's what I said yesterday. I would trade Bam. Not because I don't like him, not because I don't want him on the team. I do want him on the team in theory. I don't want to trade Bam out of bio, but I don't believe, based on all the information we have in Bam's career, I don't believe you can build a championship team when Bam's salary goes up to $50 million next season.

[B]

That.

[G]

Like.

[C]

Like, just. That's. I. I don't believe it's possible. I don't believe he's a good enough player. And I think he's a player you could win with, but not at $50 million. So, you know, it's not like with Tua. I don't think you could win a Tua. I don't care if they're paying him a dollar. I think you could win with Bam, but not at $50 million against the salary.

[E]

They're not going to win. The Heat are not going to win a championship with the core of bamboo Tyler Herro and Norman Powell. It's just not going to happen. Now trade Bam for Giannis there.

[B]

Okay, we'll get to that stuff in a second. Because Giannis booed his own booing fans last night, and Rachel Nichols is reporting that John Morant wants to be in Miami. That is his preferred destination. But can you tell me, Jeremy, that game last night was a lot of fun. Put it on the poll. Should it be illegal to have Dylan Brooks and Grayson Allen on the same basketball team? Dylan Brooks lost the game with his. His silliness, and he was super annoying. And you'll have to give me some historical context. I have not seen Norman Powell that mad. Norman Powell does not like. He kind of strikes me as maximum professional guy, and he's just out there to really grind through his job. So when you've annoyed Norman Powell enough that he wants to fight you, you're being particularly annoying. How rare is it for Norman Powell to react that way to somebody?

[H]

I have never seen Norman Powell react that way to anybody. Like, he is one of the most professional people I've ever been around in sports.

[B]

Okay, you've been working for six minutes. You're covered in embryonic fluid.

[H]

I'm sorry. I'm holding two Emmys right now. You want me to get here?

[F]

Hold on.

[E]

Congrats on that.

[H]

Here's my. Here's my third Emmy. Dan, you have any Emmys?

[C]

And again, look at that shirt.

[H]

You have any Emmys?

[B]

I do not. I don't respect television. Nick Wright is next.

[H]

There's a reason they call me Jeremy.

[B]

I'll give you 45 seconds on the Marlins before we get to Nick Wright as a reward for being right just yesterday and only yesterday about your Miami Heat.

[H]

First of all, first of all, I'm right every day about the Miami Heat. Second of all, Ryan Weathers and Edward Cabrera have been traded away from the Miami Marlins. They were two pieces of the Marlins rotation. Now, Ryan Weathers barely pitched last year, so they just traded him to the Yankees for four prospects. They acquired Dylan Lewis, who's a high upside center fielder and they required three other prospects. The reason they got those prospects in particular is because they really fell in love with the value that they could get there because those are the guys they were discussing in the Edward Cabrera trade. Edward Cabrera just had a career year. A guy that you couldn't really rely on up until past season. The Marlins pitching staff and their new throw nasty strikes mentality really unlocked something in Edward Cabrera. So they feel like they're selling high on him. They acquire Owen Casey, who was the best prospect that was traded off season a a left handed hitting outfielder with a lot of power, a lot of potential. He was just blocked in Chicago, but they called him up late in the year. He's a dude who has raked in aaa, so with him they acquired a major league ready bat who's going to contribute this year. They acquired six other offensive prospects to be able to really continue to stack their farm system. And this is what you're going to see from the Marlins. They're going to find value where it's necessary. That'll do.

[B]

That's enough, man. I said 45 seconds. I thought we were going to have a timer. I thought that we had a whole thing that we were going to do and instead it's just him yammering Marlins before Canes.

[E]

I mean, weird right there. It's crazy.

[B]

Mike, Ryan, I. Your being someone who is getting. And it's only Wednesday. Your levels of agitation, of emotion. You're coming in here every day ripping Alabama's quarterback. You're ripping. You're finding ways to be more and more emotional. And we're still four days out. I don't think you're. Four games. No, it's more than four days. It's.

[F]

I think I've been chill five days. I think I've been chilling. I reject the way that you're framing me for the audience.

[B]

You're not emotional?

[F]

No, I think I've been great this entire run. I could be shoving it up everybody's ass. I haven't done that yet.

[B]

You haven't?

[F]

Not yet.

[B]

You demanded apologies from both me and Zaslow on Monday and you said Billy Corbin.

[F]

That was a very popular stance.

[E]

It really was taken for America.

[D]

The comments on Twitter, which can be nasty, seem to agree.

[B]

Okay, well, we should all follow that. It should be a life principle to follow the comments on Twitter.

[F]

No, I think you're framing me an incorrect fashion. I'm sitting pretty. What's up?

[B]

We'll get to you in a second, but we've got Nick Wright waiting, so let's talk, man. There's a lot going on in sports and Nick Wright has a lot of opinions, so let's speed him up and get as much sports information as we can from Nick Wright. He's next.

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