Stephen Ross wanted to keep Mike McDaniel as the head coach of the Miami Dolphins. He didn't add him to the NFL list of coaches fired on Black Monday. The rumors out of Miami were that McDaniel was going to stay. So what changed?
On Monday, the Dolphins kicked off their official search for a new GM. On Friday, they hired Chris Grier's replacement. They hosted as many as six candidates in the days after the season ended, and announced on Wednesday that they had reduced that number to four. A day later, McDaniel was fired, and a day after that, they hired Jon-Eric Sullivan.