{"id":1299,"date":"2026-01-11T22:19:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T22:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twoolddolfans.com\/?p=1299"},"modified":"2026-01-11T22:21:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T22:21:05","slug":"new-podcast-season-new-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twoolddolfans.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/11\/new-podcast-season-new-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"New Podcast Season, New Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alex and Scott were on the razors edge&#8230; will Stephen Ross screw everything up yet again? Will we keep the clown coach that Scott in particular despises? And with the balance of the future of this podcast in the wind&#8230; we got what we wished for. New hope. Sullivan wasn&#8217;t our first choice based on resume, but, we both liked him for the job. Who knows what questions were asked and what answers were given in those interviews? Honestly we would love to know. We&#8217;re good with the choice. Now, the Harbaugh firing was possibly the impetus that forced McDoofus out? Scott and Alex disagree, at least in pecking order, of who we want for our next head coach. Listen in to us examine the new GM, and address our current coaching candidates, and postulate about who else might be added to the interview list. Alex has a One Cool Thing to close out the episode (although not sure he really gets the purpose some times).<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_891\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1299-1\" 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_9_E1_GM_and_Coach.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/content.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/Season_9_E1_GM_and_Coach.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/content.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/Season_9_E1_GM_and_Coach.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_9_E1_GM_and_Coach.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/twoolddolfans.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1299-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/content.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/Season_9_E1_GM_and_Coach.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Season_9_E1_GM_and_Coach.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>Alex and Scott were on the razors edge&#8230; will Stephen Ross screw everything up yet again? Will we keep the clown coach that Scott in particular despises? And with the balance of the future of this podcast in the wind&#8230; we got what we wished for. New hope. Sullivan wasn&#8217;t our first choice based on resume, but, we both liked him for the job. Who knows what questions were asked and what answers were given in those interviews? Honestly we would love to know. We&#8217;re good with the choice. Now, the Harbaugh firing was possibly the impetus that forced McDoofus out? Scott and Alex disagree, at least in pecking order, of who we want for our next head coach. Listen in to us examine the new GM, and address our current coaching candidates, and postulate about who else might be added to the interview list. Alex has a One Cool Thing to close out the episode (although not sure he really gets the purpose some times).\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_892\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1299-2\" 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_9_E1_GM_and_Coach.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/content.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/Season_9_E1_GM_and_Coach.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/content.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/Season_9_E1_GM_and_Coach.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_9_E1_GM_and_Coach.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/twoolddolfans.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1299-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/content.blubrry.com\/two_old_dolfans\/Season_9_E1_GM_and_Coach.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Season_9_E1_GM_and_Coach.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":1300,"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":[],"class_list":["post-1299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa9K6Y-kX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1297,"url":"https:\/\/twoolddolfans.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/06\/season-8-wrap-2025-was-another-tough-year-to-be-a-dolfan\/","url_meta":{"origin":1299,"position":0},"title":"Season 8 Wrap, 2025 was another tough year to be a Dolfan","author":"Scott","date":"January 6, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"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. 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