{"id":55564,"date":"2018-12-31T10:37:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T15:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=55564"},"modified":"2018-12-31T10:37:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T15:37:00","slug":"miami-dolphins-fire-adam-gase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2018\/12\/31\/miami-dolphins-fire-adam-gase\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Dolphins Fire Adam Gase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After missing the playoffs for the second straight year, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/dolphins\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miami Dolphins<\/a> have decided to part ways with head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnfl.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2016\/09\/08\/adam-gase-right-man-miami-dolphins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Adam Gase<\/strong><\/a>. In three seasons with Miami, Gase compiled a\u00a023-25 record, including a 7-9 record in the 2018 season. Ian Rapoport broke the news.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Source: The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dolphins?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Dolphins<\/a> fired Adam Gase.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1079752839730286593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 31, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Miami Dolphins Fire Adam Gase After Three Seasons<\/h1>\n<p>Despite finishing second in the AFC East, the Miami Dolphins finished 2018 without a postseason berth. Despite their respectable finish, Miami finished the season with a negative point differential for the third season under Gase\u2019s command.<\/p>\n<p>Gase initially joined earned the Dolphins job back in 2016. During his first season at the helm, Gase led the Dolphins to a 10-6 record and their first playoff appearance since 2008. However, Miami has yet to return to the playoffs, recording just 13\u00a0wins over the past two seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining the Dolphins, Gase was seen as one of the best young offensive minds in football. Back in 2015, Gase served as offensive coordinator of the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/bears\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chicago Bears<\/a>. During his lone year in Chicago, the Bears had the 23<sup>rd<\/sup>-ranked offense in terms of points-per-game. Quarterback <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/C\/CutlJa00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jay Cutler<\/a><\/strong> threw for 3,659 yards, 21 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions.<\/p>\n<p>Gase spent two seasons as the offensive coordinator for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/M\/MannPe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peyton Manning<\/a> <\/strong>and the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/broncos\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Denver Broncos<\/a>. Gase presided over one of the most prolific offenses in history, as the 2013 Broncos set a record for most points scored in a season. In two years with Gase, Manning threw for a combined 10,204 yards, 94 touchdowns, and 25 interceptions while winning earning an AFC championship following the 2013 season.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to earning an offensive coordinator position, Gase served as an assistant coach for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/lions\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Detroit Lions<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/49ers\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Francisco 49ers<\/a>. He also spent time coaching in the college ranks at Michigan State and LSU. Interestingly enough, Gase actually began his coaching career as an undergraduate student at Michigan State.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"PETOaDiHTRhMCvGCxYOpeg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1080335630\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'PETOaDiHTRhMCvGCxYOpeg',sig:'TyMTJ5JAwAxAFs9u9biLT1ssZxc3VjCX9U6KcTumd04=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1080335630',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After missing the playoffs for the second straight year, the Dolphins have relieved Adam Gase of head coaching duties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":55565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,4],"tags":[409,42,61,89,40],"class_list":["post-55564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-dolphins","tag-adam-gase","tag-chicago-bears","tag-football","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-nfl"],"modified_by":"Will Noltie, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}