The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
Hour 2: Jason Stidham, Pablo Pascal, and a Muppet (feat. Brad Williams and Amin Elhassan)
20 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What are Brad Williams' thoughts on the Denver Broncos and Jared Stidham?
This is the Dan Levitar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
We were still alive on the final drive. The hurricanes had managed to survive. Then in our own stadium, we just fell flat. Still, it can't be denied that the U is back. Oh, It's a bitch that we lost, but the U's still back. Can't be argued, it's a matter of fact. You can bitch all you want, we're still better than you. And everyone but the Hoosiers from IU.
Come on, Carson.
Going deep. Here we go!
These guys won 13 games this year.
The U, the U, the U's still back.
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Chapter 2: How did the Miami Hurricanes perform in their recent game?
Got to the playoffs for the first time in Miami history.
Won the Cotton Bowl. Won the Fiesta Bowl.
They're the best thing that's happened to Miami in over two decades.
Mike, you should know that I would have won back in just a few minutes all of those UM fans because the rant was going to make its return, and it was written, and it was going to slay, and now it is dead, never to be seen because an interception got thrown at the end.
Brad Williams is going to be here in a second, and I wanted to wonder with Greg Cody because I think I can say this since football became popular. I don't believe there has ever been a Miami Dolphin head coaching hire with less fanfare than what it is that I saw yesterday because of the timing of it.
You're talking about the biggest football game in 20, 25 years played in Miami, and the Dolphins are announcing their head coach then. I don't think that it matters, but it is weird that you usually want the hope of, and now we got the new answer, and it just was buried yesterday.
Yeah, it wasn't voluntary. The Dolphins didn't want it that way. I was speaking with a Dolphin official in the press box last night. And what happened was, first of all, they had to fulfill the Rooney rule. They had to interview two minority candidates. Had they done that?
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Chapter 3: What was the significance of the Miami Dolphins' head coaching announcement?
They hadn't done it until the last one was at like 4 p.m. yesterday. OK, so they were late doing that. And before they did that, they couldn't hire anyone else. The Halfley news came out like right after that. Yes, exactly. And what else happened was somebody, I'm told, somebody who didn't get the job leaked the news that it seemed like Halfley was going to get the job.
OK, so when it was then leaked to the media, then all the, you know, Schefter and all these reports come out. And then the Dolphins, they have no choice but to confirm it at 8, 12 p.m. Like in the middle of the first quarter, they're confirming. So it was a weird circumstance that forced their hand less. Oh, I didn't even...
I didn't even see that the Dolphins actually confirmed it, which would make sense because, you know, I was watching the football game.
Yeah, so were most people. It did not work out the way they wanted.
Chapter 4: Why is the recent loss for Miami sports fans particularly heartbreaking?
Believe me, they would have liked to have announced it and introduced him later in the week, for sure. It kind of came off like a fart, right?
Because my wife got the alert on ESPN, and she's like, Dolphins hire... Jeff Howell is he? And I'm like, I'm like, she's like, she's like, is that a coach? I'm like, yeah, he's a green Bay Packers defensive court. And she's like, okay, I lost interest. But like, everybody's asking me like, who is this guy?
And I'm like trying to, like, I'm trying to explain the nuance of, yeah, he's a first time head coach, the defensive coordinator, you know, the Packers defense has been kind of good. They got Michael Parsons, but it's like, nobody really cares.
It's loco, Dan, like you and Diana were talking about a little while ago, that the thing that seems to carry the day is who's good at PR, who's good in an interview. Belichick is not that. And more recently, Liam Cohen was a laughingstock in his introductory press conference, and so was Nick Sirianni. A couple of years ago. So, yeah, it's it's it's loco that that would be the case.
Chapter 5: What are Amin Elhassan's Weekend Observations?
But you made the most important part of what I thought was a striking point yesterday, which is if they're going after a defensive coordinator in Miami, there's a more obvious name.
I mean, Chris Shula, to me, you hire that you immediately create something that would have made a noise even during the championship game.
It would have been a more popular hire.
I'm not sure it would have been a better hire because we can't know how good Halfley's going to be. You absolutely win the offseason if you do the popular thing of going with the defensive coordinator who has a name that people have heard of.
Yeah, I also think it's fair to note Chris Shula has had fewer head coach interviews than Halfley. I mean, there's a reason for that. Halfley's a little bit older, I believe, a little bit more experienced at what he's doing, and... There's a reason the Dolphins like him. My only hesitation with this hire is that I don't trust the Dolphins.
Nobody can know whether Halfley's going to be good or not, but you have almost 20 years of track record that the Dolphins aren't very good at hiring a head coach.
I got to meet him at ACC Media Days a few years ago. Nice. Here's my take. Certified sweetie pie.
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Chapter 6: How does the discussion shift to the implications of the Dolphins' coaching situation?
Super nice guy. Not very tall. Ooh, I don't like that. Short king.
No, I need a Robert Sala walking in. I need a guy who's about 6'5".
You can't tell on Zoom. Although Joe Philbin was tall. Yeah, that's true. Cam Cameron was as well. Yeah, he was. Sorry, Brad. Put it on the poll. At Levitart Show is Halfly Certified Cutie Pie. Sweetie Pie.
Chapter 7: What are the comparisons being made regarding past Miami sports losses?
Where'd you get Cutie Pie from? Transition.
Sorry, Sweetie Pie. Speaking of short, last time Brad Williams was on with us, what? You were mad last time. You were upset last time you were on with us.
Well, yeah, because you said keep it short. Now I'm about to come on with you again to finally talk about a meaningful NFL team. You know, an NFL team that plays football in January and into February. And then you guys are like, oh, yeah, short guys. Don't trust them. Hate short guys. They can't coach. They can't be a leader of men. What do you know, Tony?
Chapter 8: What humorous insights did the guests share about sports and pop culture?
You threw invisible footballs. That's your bona fide. If I would have thrown real ones, I would have made the team, buddy. I'm sorry. Is there not a pro athlete that you could tell that you could be better than in the studio right now? Is there no one you could tell that you could back down? Holy God. I can't win on this show. It's just I try to come on. I try to bring a little flavor.
And then you guys with the short bit. If that joke was any deader, it would be related to Dan.
Yeah.
Brad, you have a new podcast, Jesus Christ. That's not the podcast. You're going to want to have to select the right microphone for when you're recording. Take it from an industry vet. All right. Don't be short with him.
Again! What? Is it not picking up? It's got a green light on it. It's working.
You sound tinny. You sound like you're in a submarine.
Check out Heightened Babble. New podcast Brad started.
I thought it was Jesus Christ. I thought the name of the podcast was Jesus Christ. That's Mark Normans. from the way Mike Ryan described it.
Jesus Christ. I think you should have Mark Norman on the show to have him talk about sports. I think that would be better than Tony down the Miami game.
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