H1 Monologue, Alejandro Solana

0:00You are listening live to the program. Your teams, your town, your program. The 2024 White Sox staff, four losses, and any team at modern baseball history too, is laid to crumb all the right side, clobbed, underhand, in time. They did it! The White Sox are going to the playoffs! And now, hoping the Royals can do something similar, Seren Petro. Right you RK, right you R, Petro the program on sports radio 810WHB, I believe the Chicago White Sox became the first player in the world to play the game. And now, hoping the Royals can do something similar, Seren Petro. The Chicago White Sox became the first team ever, back to back 100 losses. And now, they back to back to back. Yep, 100 losses to then make the playoffs. Am I following it?

1:00Yep. But no one else had even done the back to back. Yeah. Jack. Back to back, Jack. Pretty amazing. And 12 years later. Let me see if it does this. Can you hear that? When I do that, when I just, maybe a little bit. Can you hear that? It couldn't be more of a clutch today. And I get to get into my boobery that happened earlier today. Oh my God. 12 years later, the White Sox got to square their account with the Royals. Royals celebrated the playoff birth on the field at a new Kamiski Park. I still call Kamiski, and they're not paying me a dime for it. And last, yesterday, the White Sox got to do the same thing at Kaufman Stadium. Both stadiums put on the scoreboard. Congratulations. So the Royals did that and there's a couple of pictures of them. So I guess we're all even now. Okay. So we've settled all family business. Yep. That Friday night. Two days off of being exactly 14 years.

2:03So, or 12 years, 14 to 26, yeah. But some history in the last, yesterday. Are you still invested in the ball club? Not that much. No. I mean, this is, you think that maybe we'd be getting back around to, you know, because like, 14 and 15 really spoiled us. Oh yeah. Oh yeah, competitive baseball, playoff baseball, championship caliber club. 24 kind of maybe reignited that. Man, I have checked out like it's the 2000s. I'm not going to lie to you. And I've got a good, for the first time in a decade, a good fantasy baseball team in both the A.O. and the N.L. So I am paying attention to baseball. Just not the baseball here. Yeah. And I'm not trying to be flippant.

3:03I mean, I just, part of it's because, and we'll talk some football. You can grab a phone line right now. Chiefs Royals sporting, Missouri case state, KU. I'm always a topic here in the program. 9133-810-810. I'm not, I'm not trying to be flippant. I think part of the reason I'm so checked out is I think they're better than this. And I feel very confident they're going to be better than this. So what's the point of watching them try to play spoiler? I guess they do with what one win, they will lock up a winning record at home. That's like literally the only thing that's left in these last three games. Go for it. Let's get to 41 and 40. Part of my, I guess, dissentress of the last couple of weeks is simply because I hear a couple nights a week, but you know, we're going to be bringing it. I don't have those evenings just sitting on the couch watching TV. But up until that point, even though they're long out of it, I'd still sit and watch them for a few things. It's still interest me. And if I had the time, I probably would have checked out a couple of games.

4:06But I think they're an interesting team because they've got players that we feel like we'll be on the team when they should be good again. Yes. You know, Bobby, with junior Jack Kaggleon Carter, Jensen, we're not looking at a bunch of guys that are well on this team's good. They're not going to be here, right? They have what should be the new quiz of a good team. So hopefully the roles are celebrating a postseason here in Kansas City would be fun. But they want to clinch in Chicago next year. That's fine. Second time, at least, that I can think of. Second time that a team has celebrated in the Visitors Clubhouse a postseason birth. I was there and 20 years ago when Detroit Tigers did it on a Sunday afternoon, they clinched a postseason. Was it the last Sunday afternoon? It was still a week ago, but they had clinched a postseason birth that year. And the year that they would go to the World Series. I remember Matt Stairs who had been traded to the Tigers after the deadline, but whatever the situation was, it was he couldn't play in the postseason.

5:06Yeah, he was acquired off waivers. It was acquired too late. And he got the big hit that put him on the postseason. So I walked into the clubhouse and everyone celebrating him at Stairs just in a vice locker just kind of looking at it, just kind of watching. Like he didn't want to get into that because he wasn't going. And I just amazed and I've never seen a look like that on a player's face. It's kind of like there's a party 10 feet for me and I'm not I can't be in it because I'm not I'm not going even though we put them there. Thankfully two years later, he went with he went with the Phillies and 08 and 09. So that was nice because he was on my my favorites, but so that's the second time there's been champagne in the Visitors Clubhouse. Is that is that it? Yeah, those are the only two times or just what you can remember in the regular season. That's the ones I can think of. Yeah, there's been a there's been one in the Giants, sell ranked Giants and then the Yankees and 77 game five. That's the only two I can think of. Okay. Everything else has been on the road, but well, they've done that.

6:06They've got that not too many champagne baths in their clubhouse. Yeah, sure. 9 1 3 3 8 10 8 10 the phone number. Let's talk about the Kansas City Chiefs last four chief teams to start to know went to the Super Bowl. So San Fran here we come in that where it is San Jose. What what what what town do they claim the Levi Stadiums at Santa Clara Santa Clara here we come. Yeah, is that it? Are you ready to proclaim this is a Super Bowl team, although it's in LA. Sure. Oh, that's right. It was in San Francisco last year. Yeah. LA LA here we come. Inglewood. I believe is where the building is. Inglewood here we come. The great Western form. It's it's looking more like it than then we would have thought probably two weeks ago. I just if you didn't if they didn't have the season they had last year and they you just saw this team and saw the way they played the first two weeks. I don't think you'd you have to put them up on that top shelf.

7:08What what boxes can be checked in Miami. I mean they've got such a difficult schedule and this ain't part of it. No, I think if you if you consider it a box go out there coming off two home wins first row game against the team with your double digit favorite and just put it on them. 34 10. Because that's what you know championship teams generally that's a kind of game they go out. There's no worry about a let down they go out there pillar to post there they're up and they win it going away. That'd be the one thing I think you could do. I would like to see them the thing that I think they can do is get in and take care of business and get kind of walker on the bench. Yeah, that'd be nice. That's that's one of the things that I would like to see that was going to be on my list see if image Johnson is really the guy who can take over the load winning needs to well. And I'll say this you know why is Bershart Smith on this team if you're if you're running Kenneth Williams because or Kenneth Walker because you are like well we don't trust Emma Johnson with everything right now.

8:20Well, so why is Bershart Smith on this team? Yeah kick return only. So I do like I'm going to say this like it's a scary game from the standpoint is I do not want to see somebody go down in a game against the dolphins because they're trash. Fosho. I mean I I will give them credit for saying we're going to rebuild and we're going to do it right. We're flushing contracts we're acquiring picks there's there's you know we're going to have Jalen Watt all around here but what's the point by the time we're good again he's he's going to be over the hill so let's cash out right now Jalen Watt I give them great credit for what they're trying to do. But I mean it's it's they're not good no and in the meantime I thought I saw. Our computer was Ron Hackley mentioned this to me I think it was yeah that there's on some betting sites you can get 10 to 1 of the dolphins going 0 and 17 really would that be why we want them to be gone 17 to know and 0 and 17 yes they would be the 4th team in a full season to to go over.

9:33But I mean they looked apart don't they there been 4 that have gone over was the box the box and 76 and then the lions did it and I think 0 8 and then the browns did it and I think 16 under under Hugh Jackson. It's not easy no it isn't it isn't it's a while that it's happened it didn't happen from you know far as the merger didn't have her from 70 to happen one time from 70 to 0 7 38 seasons and that it's happened twice. And then it happened twice and a 9 year stretch. But the dolphins certainly looked apart not just because they're bad but they they don't look like they're really making any attempt to be good this year. Yeah so the path of least resistance they're pushing an open door so to speak. Yeah but it's on the schedule there NFL players there are guys that were studs in college like you do have to but I mean if ever there's been a time to just throw your helmet on the field. And get it done you know this is it this would be it I am surprised that the spread isn't more.

10:39Like I talked about that with you know Sam brought that up today on a regular bowl podcast this morning and and he said you know where would you put it at like how high would you have to put it for you to say I'm taking the dolphins on the program picks or I'm putting money on the dolphins how high would that number have to be for you. For me it's 10 and a half. Oh yeah you already did I'm already on them yeah how I would have to be for you to get them. Oh man probably 14. Yeah I said like 16 and a half there's some you know trend that comes out when you get a dog that's you know just going to just a big number and it's like at 16 or 17. Like I said I think it's 17 plus you pound the dog like they like I think it's almost like the the I yeah I heard it. The the favorite team. This is the giggle fest that's going on on the other side of the glass.

11:43The the favorite team just like okay we're we're we're going to call off the dogs yes. Let me see if I can we're not going to you know. Pound them. We're going to call off the dogs. And let this team get away so I can find some numbers on on that there's some but I think that's where you'd have to go I mean I think this is. But on week three shouldn't they like early on when you see all the spreads like nothing's ever more than like six and a half seven points. Right. Because you're like okay we think this team's going to be bad but we don't really know so Vegas doesn't hand out the 13 and a half 14 and a half 15 and a half 16 and a half point dogs. But we're three weeks in. I mean you've got Curtis's stat the last four times the chiefs have gone to know they've gone to the Super Bowl. And this number be higher that's the only cautionary tale I've gotten this game. But they're not good and even to me the best sign that there wouldn't be a let down was the comment that came from Patrick Mahomes on Wednesday.

12:57And he asked about the let down and he talked about how much the fact that they were doubted coming into the year and they were still doubted after week one his mind that they've had this this chip on their shoulder that people have doubted them. And that he said it's played a big a big part in the in the first two wins. So why would we let go of that? You know it may be tough but the fact that it's him I mean few players in the history of the game have had more of an impact I think on the emotional tenor of of a locker room than Patrick Mahomes I mean everyone in that locker room generally takes their cues from him. So you don't want to upset that and so that's when the tough you know the best guys the toughest working guy you've talked about all the ridiculous boxes he's always he checks that's one of them. I don't think there'll be he won't allow that I mean there might be one or two guys but for the most part I think they're all going to be front and center and which is a nice thing to me if you're Andy Reed is a nice just to have that guy you don't have to really worry about it.

14:02Yeah because because that's the guy they care about any read but Patrick Mahomes is different. Yeah in that regard because he's a he's he's on your floor. You know there's also a good week to have Eric be enemy on the sideline. Yes because accountability was the buzzword or the offseason. This is the week you can't overlook anybody. Yeah and I listen I think there's still something to be had I give if they get him down I'm not leaving Pat in the game but I am a I don't get the fascination I've said this for years with the not running up the score. I mean I I think you need to take your star players out when the game is done but I don't know why you would ever not just run your offense. Yeah and I think this is one where you know it'd be nice to get some time for the backups because I don't think they're an especially deep team and so if you can get them down and get people on the field and I know I'm Tony I guarantee Andy reads like I hate

15:02here in this I don't want to hear this like they're not talking like this in that building but in the back your head to me it's the kind of thing because you know like you know we're you're saying it's in the bag you know you're already talking about how we're going to handle when we get a big I am because I don't have to go out and play them. Right okay so you figure out how to get your troops motivated that's not on me all right but you should be somewhere in the third quarter getting to a point where it's like okay and so on and so on and so who are we going to get out there and I'll tell you one I want to see kind of the walker be effective I mean I think the I think they'll plow ahead with him. Hopefully they get a big they can move on in the next running back and I'll tell you the other thing that needs to be seen in this game sacks by the defense yes Malik will this has been sacked nine times in two games I don't I don't think there's any reason to have less than four sacks in this game and and sacks by like it wasn't against Denver primarily from the front from the front yeah without having to send extra guys yeah I mean you know Malik will

16:02this is fine but he's not exceptional no and team Devon Hanna's averaging less than four yards of carry because clearly the game plan the first two weeks but the 49ers and Raiders was at the Raiders who beat him I think so yeah yeah the game plan was we're not losing to Devon Hanna yeah and so they were able to bottle them up to the tune of 3.9 yards per carry those two teams I think that's the other thing is that needs to be the game plan that will be the game plan and you need to be effective at it I think you should set out about the goal I mean we heard Steve Spegnola say yesterday you know looking at the game he's like you know listen we don't like giving up 30 it wasn't a good performance he said all the necessary things we said what is he took out one run he said if you take out the quarterback scramble that's what it was you take out the quarterback scramble they averaged 3.9 yards of carry said if you do that you're you're you're doing okay well I think 3.9 or less

17:02should be the goal against Devon Hanna yeah and listen he pops 145 yard that's going to be difficult to do but I don't think when he's the only weapon he should pop a 45 yard I don't think that should be a problem yeah and if he pops one that's and it's not a touch you know that that's you can overcome that I mean but you can't can't run wild with that and I don't think you will 9 1 3 3 8 10 8 10 what do we need to see from the Kansas City chiefs down in Miami 9 1 3 3 8 10 8 10 Falcons and Packers played last night well the Falcons played whoo what the hell happened to the Green Bay Packers no idea first of all they don't even try to run the ball no or stop the run everyone was thought they were crafty with the Martian Lloyd yeah pick like well Josh Jacobs I'm going to get me Martian Lloyd they don't even try to run the ball and when they do

18:02give it to him he sucks he's a checker wish I just kind of runs into the first contact he sees I don't know if it's the league you're in or if it's the other league but I've got him in the dynasty league and I'm like well that's a waste I don't I haven't even activated him from the taxi squad because I'm like he sucks what's the point 242 to 17 on the ground I heard the stat last night on sports center they're averaging 49 yards a game on the ground that is 19 the worst I don't know if it was the worst ever in a season or if it was the worst for two games but the worst worst rushing amount I think it was for a season is 68 yards a game they're 19 yards below the worst ever and the team the guy quoted the team and it was a team that was just they were historically bad right I don't even remember who it was but they are 19 yards below I mean listen I think Laflora is a pretty good

19:03coach but like the blue you know Andy Reed saw the writing on the wall they're pounding the rock yeah I don't know how in this day and age you're not running the ball Jordan love is dropping back on every single snap they are terrible yeah 53 attempts last night I mean against a Falcon team that the people in Atlanta were making jokes about Christ amino I mean he was all but like where I got on the royals this last week he's there on the Falcons now and they go and and pulling up set at Lambo field he's a great great fellow on Falcons game day that second loss of his he said it'd be criminal if Cooper rushed up the second half just the the most points the Packers have given up in a home opener since 1971 did you see the shots of the

20:07fans yeah oh my god they were just one woman just look like she was really going through it the one yeah I mean I did she know she was on camera I probably not but that it was just like oh dear Lord yeah that was a rough watch in the second half I mean I've never seen a team that has a head coach and has a quarterback look that completely inept yeah it was a bizarre game and maybe it's the Thursday night short week I don't care what it was like you're not supposed to get smoked by the Atlanta Falcons you know Falcons that a short week and they went on the road yeah and didn't have a problem in it so with a quarterback coming off at ACL yeah yeah yeah he like his fifth he's had broken this two ACLs like and he came out and showed him up I you know I bring that up because I'm sure that Packer fans thought this is easy the Falcons like there was a

21:11thought that the Falcons are in it for the worst record in football they're in it for the number one overall pick and they came out and bested it so maybe that's a cautionary tale that any reads telling his team today. Hey green bay thought they could throw their helmets out on the field yeah Falcons looked awful and they got smoked don't let that be a good Sunday in Miami 9133 810 810 the phone number got the phone lines open 9133 810 810 you're in the program you listen to the program here on sports radio 810 WHB taking your phone calls here we're going to talk some dolphins football pre and post host Alejandro Salana is going to join us coming up here in a minute let's take the the calls we'll start with Chris you're in the program Chris what's going on buddy. Hey guys say good good man what's on your phone call. Well as as as rich and as deeply insightful as coach reads pressers are I think the context would be improved if we could hear the question. So I'm just curious how does it work why I

22:12know the technology is there why why do we not make the make the question audible appreciate the show and I'll listen up the air. Yeah I'm pretty the technology is there but it's not within our business it's in their room and the chiefs have to do it. They have to make it they basically need to hang microphones from the ceiling in multiple spots and then they have to have somebody man it to ride the levels and they're not going to do that. So you know I hear you will we love that yes but they're not the business of creating our programming right like there that's not their job. I still think it's informative to hear it even without the questions you're right it would be better I'd love to bring you questions. I will try to shout mine in the future so that hopefully you can at least hear mine but yeah I I hear you and I would think of you the chiefs that listen and they do and I think they have mics hanging in their theater for post game. Yeah at least that's been there for a while but they don't have mics in the

23:14little press room that they have maybe that's something that they will fix when they move to their new activities. 9-1-3-3-810-810-T box here in the program what's up box. Hey not much shout out to one of your sponsors LaFeta I went there today. Yes. It was absolutely incredible it's about one o'clock and it was packed and it still only took about five minutes for me to get my beach boy. Yeah there you go there you go that's one of the most popular ones all the sandwiches are great thank you very much I'll shoot that Adam's way he does a great job there at LaFeta. Oh it's fantastic I mean I'm trying to read all the sandwiches on the menu and my sandwich is out in like less than five minutes yeah. The minute was incredible yeah yeah yeah yeah they do a great job and coming soon to Prairie Village so thank you very much for those kind words T-box. Oh you bet you bet I was just kind of tell you guys we went to London for a week and went to Wimbley have you been to Wimbley? I have not I have never been to London I really want to go. Oh it's it's phenomenal I mean need to be there a year you know you can only

24:18get a sliver in a week but specific glass can talk about Wimbley unfortunately you know K you came out on the losing end but that's alright the experience was great and that stadium is beautiful and I know Clark hunt certainly his father you know huge soccer band and stuff and hopefully their guys are taking notes from Wimbley because that walk down from the tube from the train is just incredible and then you get inside the concourses are huge and they have that room is lined up on one side food and beverage on the other and it was I mean it was incredible I've never seen I've been to probably 15 different stadiums I've never seen anything like it. Yeah I mean I would love to go see I you know I've seen one stadium in Europe it's called the Coliseum a little rundown a little rundown I'm not going to lie to you but I would love to go see some of those big stadiums you know where where like a firem unit can and Dortmund play the big ones in Spain I mean I

25:24I commend Kansas for for taking that game and doing that because for the fans that go like what an incredible experience I mean some of my favorite experiences are going to watch the Syracuse play at Michigan and Tennessee right like I that's one of the reasons why I think schools should have good road games on their schedule because you you create the opportunity for great fan experiences for your fans to go check the team out. It was great and so we you know like I said don't regret a second of it even though we lost but that's it go Chief 31 to 9 this weekend. I like it I like it I think thank you to you back sorry I cut you off there but I didn't mean to but yeah I mean I think this is one done least the fury I call I think 34 13 I think was my prediction on our on our ball I think the cover should not be in doubt it you shouldn't be worried about it the second half but you got a lineup and play it and we'll see what they can get done 913 3 810 810 let's talk about the dolphins do they have

26:27anything that they're playing for we'll talk about it with the pre and post host from WQ AM Alejandro Salana joins us next. Welcome back here in the program here on sports radio 810 W H. B. Seren Pedro with you let's talk some Miami football our coverage of the upcoming game for your Kansas City Chiefs our coverage of the dolphins brought you by our friends at Robert Robinson truck month that's right it's going on right now Robert Robinson 0% APR for 5 years for qualified buyers for the new 26 Chevy Silverado 1500 and the 26 GMC Sierra 1500 trucks take advantage of it right now don't forget free lifetime powertrain warty on all new vehicles all your handful of dealers can offer that Robert Robinson is one of those dealers find them online right now at Roberts Robinson dot com we turned to the pre and post host of the Miami dolphins on WQ AM in Miami Florida Alejandro Salana is with us Alejandro how are you sir I'm good I'm good I'm doing a lot better than I imagine most often fans will be feeling it Sunday around 4 30 PM or is it that dolphins fans are

27:28never going to feel that bad because they know this is for lack of a better term a tanking year a resetting year a rebuilding year whatever label you want to put on it I don't suppose there are a lot of expectations coming into the year so you can't really you know not live up to them is that fair to say yeah it's fair definitely and I think most dolphins fans probably all of them understand that now what this season is what this season is about and look there's a lot of words that can be thrown around retool rebuild let's be honest about it this is a tank or the Miami dolphins whether or not the new regime in John Eric Sullivan who is the general manager or Jeff Halfley the head coach whether or not you know they intend on this being a tank the reality is this Miami Dolphin team is under manned they had a ton of dead cap everybody pretty much knows just a ton of dead cap because of the two of tongue by low of contract and several other deals that went wrong terribly wrong in the past regime with Chris Greer the former general manager and you basically have a bunch of rookies who are playing for this

28:32team a bunch of castoffs from other teams and quite frankly you know roster that can't compete with any team let alone the Kansas City Chief coming off a two and a record so I think most dolphins fans understand that now they've seen it now on a two week basis against the Raiders and then obviously just getting totally outclass by the San Francisco 49ers I would still imagine that there's some people who expect this team to compete at home in the home opener and that's fair that's definitely a fair way to approach it but it's just it's just reality of numbers this team is not good enough to compete with some of the best teams in the NFL. No and you know like you said it's just reality that's where they are they they did go out and get Malik Willis is there a thought that he could be the answer long term or is he just a placeholder right now while they hopefully land very very high in the draft and get a franchise quarterback that way. Yeah and I think most people would probably offer with a ladder right now especially

29:34considering some of the names that get tossed around with the upcoming QB draft class obviously archmaning but even a guy like Derry Mensa down here in Miami with the Cains off to a three and no start a lot of people are just kind of assuming that's going to be the route but I'll say this about Malik you know the half-way in Sullivan they come from Green Bay work were tongue in cheek we're calling the dolphins Green Bay South right now even though we paid him to a great job on Thursday and I football so maybe it's not the best route you want to take but we're calling ourselves Green Bay South and that was their first decision lead year open the first thing that the Miami dolphins did John Eric Sullivan did as general manager was go get Malik Willis and the question was is this guy going to be a stopgap is he just a bridge quarterback or do they actually think that there's some potential here for him to be a starting quarterback and I'll tell you through the first two weeks if I had to put together a list of the top 10 things I'm most concerned about with the Miami dolphins I don't think Malik Willis scratches the top the top 10 for the most part look he hasn't been spectacular but you're looking at a lack of weapons

30:40a lack of you know just quality offensive line play and the dolphins only true weapon in the Von H and he's being neutralized right now by every defensive coordinator I imagine it'll be no different with spags so you know Malik Willis is kind of putting a top spot here as he has been the entire career where he has to prove one way or another with just a total lack of talent around him that he can be a franchise quarterback and I don't think he's going to be able to prove that this season throwing the ball to Caleb Douglas who's out Sundays or white receiver number one or Chris Bell on the other side or Malik Washington or Greg Dolce it's the tight end I mean I'm saying all these names and your listeners in Kansas City are probably saying who are those guys and you know that's just the reality that the Malik Willis has to face right now which is how do I elevate a bunch of guys who likely won't be in the NFL in a couple of years and I think ultimately while it's a great story the true reason half the insolven self confident about Malik Willis being the guy over the next year or two maybe is that he can handle this type of adversity

31:51he's composed himself very well and just overall he's a very mature guy so I think you know in terms of that aspect they nailed it bringing in somebody who isn't going to panic he's not going to go off the rail he understands the situation and and he's very mature or mature enough to really handle himself well while the team ultimately is kind of pedoring on maybe having a historically bad season. Yeah as happily been rattled at all by these first couple of games. Nah I wouldn't say he's been rattled my thing is you know when you're going through a season like this you want to just see improvement week to week you want to see improvement and I can't look at one aspect of the game against the San Francisco 49ers and say the dolphins got significantly better or you in a little bit better from week one to week two you're still seeing some untimely penalties a lot of holding calls on the offensive line a lot of stuff you'd expect to see by the way from a young team build with rookies and with guys who were cut from other teams

32:53I don't think half ways rattled I think him and John Eric Sullivan are aligned in what it is that needs to be accomplished this season. Halfway was very transparent in saying that you know this season won't be judged by Windsor losses and he's right but the reality is when you have the potential certainly with the roster right now of going on in 17 you look at the dolphin schedule. We have Kansas City coming up just played the Niners on the road week two you have to go play the Minnesota Vikings defensively Brian Flores must be chomping at the bit to go up against this former team and then you've got to play Joe burrow in the Cincinnati Bengals you're in the AFC East you've got to play Josh Allen twice I mean the dolphins truthfully have a tough schedule. So this could get really bad and I think a lot of people understand that they're kind of bracing themselves for it to get really bad I don't think Jeff Halfway is as panic at all I think he's handling himself well it just is one of these situations where it is what it is he's a rookie head coach at the end of the day yes this is a rebuild year tank whatever you want to call it will still be judged by how this team performs and if there's improvement week to week going into the end of the season and if there's not I wouldn't be so happy with that.

34:05I wouldn't be surprised if this got really ugly oh and 17 ugly if there was a change but so far I think most dolphins fans are okay with Jeff Halfway everybody likes what they've heard thus far you know from off season into training camp into preseason and now into week three we're talking right now a little dolphin football as we talk to Alejandro Salana from WQAM handles the pre and post duties I'm curious the mic McDaniel era. Did it not work was a GM fault but we got a we need a fresh start so we're going to go ahead and clean house with everybody. Is it like okay McDaniel was good at first but it's a fast burn with the style coaching he has or no did he contribute heavily to why it got to where it was where obviously interested because he's trying to get things going in the right direction for the offense of the charges right now what what what what's the view of what the McDaniel era was. Yeah I think a lot of dolphins fans are are probably you know team petty in that regard watching Justin Herbert who will forever be tied to the Miami dolphins because the dolphins are to a right before Justin Herbert they're probably enjoying the fact that Mike McDaniel hasn't exactly had the best start over in LA it's a it's a complicated question and there is a lot of nuance with as always right in the sports world I will say this going back to your previous question about Jeff Halfway one thing that I think most of the time is going to be a little bit more of a good one.

35:31I think that I think most people like about him is that he is the complete opposite of Mike McDaniel he's not the guy was going to get up on the podium and talk for eight minutes and just talking circles and try to be you know the guy who's going to deliver on funny clips he's just football football football and I think that was a need to change here because what happened with Mike McDaniel is remember he's the only the dolphins were the only team that actually interviewed Mike McDaniel back in 2022 for that job and there is no doubt that he's going to be a good one. And there is no doubt that Mike McDaniel came to Miami and was able to really maximize to a tongue of I love I mean say what you want about to right now we're all pretty down on him nobody's happy about the fact that he got that contract and the dolphins are kind of a handicap because of it but he was able to put to in a situation to look like a legitimate starting quarterback in the NFL and that 2022 offense until to a got hurt with the concussions look like a premier. He's got a lot of other offense in the NFL and then at one point in 2023 they led the NFL in offense behind to and that was all Mike McDaniel's doing so it's it's a bit of one of those situations where he was definitely at the time somebody who could maximize what it is the dolphins had on paper on their roster but ultimately I don't think anybody really considers him a leader of men and that kind of showed itself over the course of a couple years.

37:00And his entire style of getting behind the mic and giving you you know just a lot of rambling and a lot of nonsense and kind of talking in circles it just grew tiresome with the fan base that stuff is fun and his personality that quirky personality is fun when you're winning but when you're not it's very easy for a fan base to just turn on you and ultimately that's what happened and you know at the very beginning of your question you said just bringing in a GM and a head coach together. That was so important I think for a lot of dolphins fans whether or not you wanted Mike McDaniel to retain his job which you almost did by the way the owner Steve a Ross it seemed like he'd begrudgingly let him go but just felt like it was time what happened here in Miami 25 years without a playoff victory which is crazy considering the dolphins at one point we're really one of the premier organizations in this league it's 25 years without a playoff victory and throughout those 25 years prior to this regime right now taking over every time there was a change in the way.

38:00The change in head coach or a change in general manager it never happened at the same time and for the first time you finally felt like okay there's alignment in the front office with the coaching staff with ownership everybody pushing towards the same goal together and I think that was a big reason why Mike McDaniel ultimately lost his job. One time here as we talk with Alejandra Salana the pre and post host from WQ am in Miami four quickies I'll start you with this who is considered the greatest dolphin. Oh it's it's Dan the man Dan marino without a doubt Dan marino and and you know I'm too young to have watched Dan marino live but don't worry everybody like I watch the highlights I've been on YouTube and yeah it's Dan marino without a doubt if you pulled 100 random dolphins fans maybe you'd get some Larry's on goes from the 72 team maybe you'd get some Bob grisies but I don't think there's any doubt in Miami it's a 1 a 1 b in the sports world of who the best South Florida sports athlete

39:04are all time it's Dan marino we still a legend anywhere he walks into people still are crowded up to try to get a picture with him and it's Dwayne wing. One a 1 b. Dan marino Dwayne wade they're the two kings of Miami and probably will be for a long time what what he meant to this this franchise despite not getting a ring everybody remembers that but despite not getting a ring he still viewed as the greatest dolphin of all time. Where do the dolphins rank on the Miami sports scene are they number one two three what where are they? This is a football town make no mistake about it but right now I think you have to put them at number three I think the Florida painters and the Miami heat interchangeable at the top the heat over the past couple of years kind of had a down year but they bring in Yannis on to the cumpo those are the two franchises winning right now those are the two franchises with steady front offices put it this way those are the two franchises were fans at the very least respect the decision making because they know at some point there's a lot of things that are going to be a little bit more difficult to do. At some point there's going to be a means to an end right there's going to be some winning at the other end of whatever decisions get made and I don't think there's that confidence with the Miami dolphins but I say that by also adding in the caveat of if the dolphins were to win a playoff game this city would go absolutely insane this entire South Florida area would go absolutely insane you saw you saw a little bit with the Miami Hurricanes in the last calls for policies and the

40:33American making that run of the national championship I mean this city was absolutely going crazy for the university of Miami for the you finally being back after so many years if the dolphins can can have just a semblance of some sort of winning right when a playoff game maybe get to an AFC title game in the next three four or five years whatever it takes for this rebuild to work I mean this is a football town it always will be the heat kind of took that man for a little bit with the big three and with Jimmy Butler and people love the Miami heat it's become a mainstay here Pat Riley is viewed as an absolute legend Eric Spulcher is beloved down here but this will forever be the city of Miami Miami County Fort Lauderdale the entire South Florida area will forever be a football town they want their dolphins back on top. Okay all right tell me Tyree kill trade viewed as a good or bad trade. Viewed as a good trade I think you know the ending was just it's out the reality is even prior to the injury the year before the dolphins miss the playoff two of this time once again everybody remembers and there was that final game at the metal land against the jet entire to a quick on this team literally walked off the field quick on the team says he wants out after the game and it was a very you know confusing off season would it benefit the dolphins to move on should they be able to do it again.

41:56They trade them should they not trade them what should they do they end up bringing him back and then he has that brutal leg injury on national football on national TV rather and you know she's kind of a sad way for Tyree to go out but bottom line we're talking just the football player not the person because I think both people understand he's not the best dude off the field but just the football player he's the best player to put on a dolphins uniform since Jason Taylor is at Thomas to Hall of Famers so he maximized to a tongue of I low up you could argue. The Mike McDaniel era where the dolphins often actually look like a true offensive threat all came down to one player wasn't to a it wasn't Mike McDaniel's often it was just the fact that Tyree killed was the most electric probably the best player in the NFL over those two years so it's viewed upon as a complete success but ultimately that team was just never good enough to win. Yeah it's never on just one guy definitely never on just the white on all right finally what's your prediction in this game who wins what kind of score you feeling.

42:57The Kansas chiefs are going to run away with this football game I like to believe that in the heat here in Miami and you know with the fan base behind this young dolphins team that's trying to shock the world that you know they can keep this game close and get Patrick my homes and Travis Kelsey and Kenneth Walker and you read a run for the money but I just don't buy it I don't think the dolphins are going to be able to hang with the chiefs early on expected dolphins try to just too as much clock as possible. They want to win the possession battle but ultimately there's just too much talent on one side of the football for anybody who's who's interested rock party at a field day I mean he dominated the dolphins they actually did a decent job at limiting Christian McCaffrey in the run game for the Niners I expect that to be a totally different ball game with Kenneth Walker I think the super one VP is going to run all over this dolphin team I think the Kansas City Chiefs are going to win this game probably by two easily by two scores maybe by three touchdowns I'm predicting a 35 to 10 35 to 13 game Alejandro great stuff we really appreciate it thanks so much and hopefully we get a chance to talk to you again down the road absolutely anytime thank you guys