When a head coach is hired in the NFL, he typically is expected to succeed in three years. The first year is about finding players and installing a scheme. The second season is about building off the players found and utilizing the scheme. The third year is about adding those key missing pieces and executing a mastered scheme.
When you have not won a playoff game since 2000, a three-year turn around might be a bit aggressive. The Dolphins need a major overhaul, and they seem to know it. Owner Stephen Ross said, after relieving former head coach Adam Gase of his duties, “Basically, the decision (to change head coaches) was really made as a looked at it and seeing that today, we’re no further along that when I really bought the team.