Chris Cote

You should get to know him.

I love Dave.

I knew Dave at the University of Miami when he was called.

I went to school when Dave was the defensive coordinator.

Yes, he's a fundamentally decent, kind human being.

He is a great person.

And he got ravaged down here for following Don Shula and Jimmy Johnson while going 11-5, 10-6, 10-6, and then the wheels came off.

And so it's been 25 years since then, and you know the history of what it is that you're walking into from that perspective, from Wanstead telling you what it was like to follow Jimmy Johnson?

No, because Dave Wanstead is the last time that this football team was nationally relevant.

And he fell under the expectations of you come after Don Shula and Jimmy Johnson.

Was he coach of the year?

I think he was.

He was coach of the year in Chicago.

I don't think he was coach of the year here.

He might have been.

But over the last 25 years, they've squandered down here.

I grew up near the stadium, and you're sitting in front of a heartbroken Dolphin fan who can't believe the team hasn't won a playoff game in 25 years in a league that legislates equality by making the bad teams better with the rules.

Like, 25 years, that's a lot of coaches.

You're still smiling at me.

What are you smiling about?