{"id":1297,"date":"2026-01-06T02:07:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T02:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twoolddolfans.com\/?p=1297"},"modified":"2026-01-06T02:07:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T02:07:15","slug":"season-8-wrap-2025-was-another-tough-year-to-be-a-dolfan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twoolddolfans.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/season-8-wrap-2025-was-another-tough-year-to-be-a-dolfan\/","title":{"rendered":"Season 8 Wrap, 2025 was another tough year to be a Dolfan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We recorded this on black Monday following the blowout loss to the Patriots and watched the newswire for any changes right up to the time we hit stop. Soon after it came out that McDaniel was PART of the GM search team. Alex and Scott yelled at each other over the phone, so frustrated at the sheer stupidity of the organization we&#8217;ve followed and cheered for our entire lives. Before we get dramatic, we&#8217;ll wait and still see where the chips fall. Will this be the last episode of this podcast EVER? It very well might be. We&#8217;ll do something else in the future if it is. Listen in as we talk about who we like for the next Dolphins GM, and who we are looking at for the next head coach &#8211; assuming that McDoofus was gone. 2026 is looking bad friends. Our wealthy but poor leadership takes away hope every year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9629\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1297-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/content.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/season_end_25.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/content.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/season_end_25.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/content.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/season_end_25.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/content.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/season_end_25.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/twoolddolfans.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1297-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/content.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/season_end_25.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"season_end_25.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/twoolddolfans.com\/index.php\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We recorded this on black Monday following the blowout loss to the Patriots and watched the newswire for any changes right up to the time we hit stop. Soon after it came out that McDaniel was PART of the GM search team. Alex and Scott yelled at each other over the phone, so frustrated at the sheer stupidity of the organization we&#8217;ve followed and cheered for our entire lives. Before we get dramatic, we&#8217;ll wait and still see where the chips fall. Will this be the last episode of this podcast EVER? It very well might be. We&#8217;ll do something else in the future if it is. Listen in as we talk about who we like for the next Dolphins GM, and who we are looking at for the next head coach &#8211; assuming that McDoofus was gone. 2026 is looking bad friends. Our wealthy but poor leadership takes away hope every year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9630\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1297-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/content.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/season_end_25.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/content.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/season_end_25.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/content.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/season_end_25.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/content.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/season_end_25.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/twoolddolfans.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1297-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/content.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/season_end_25.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"season_end_25.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/twoolddolfans.com\/index.php\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-1297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-miami-dolphins"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa9K6Y-kV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1130,"url":"https:\/\/twoolddolfans.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/09\/state-of-the-dolphins-nation-03-2024\/","url_meta":{"origin":1297,"position":0},"title":"State of the Dolphins Nation 03-2024","author":"Scott","date":"March 9, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"It's early March and the Dolphins are still the second worst over the cap team. 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