Miami Dolphins - Ep. 51 - 1995-96: Uncharted Waters

“He's a winner, he’s a great coach and great personnel man, and he’s a commanding presence. What’s there not to like?“

Checkdown Charlies break down the eventual end of one of the longest and greatest coaching tenures in NFL history. Luckily for the Dolphins, the "perfect replacement" is waiting in the wings

 

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Sources:

Sports Illustrated: An Arm and a Leg by S.L. Price

Sports Illustrated: Showdown by Michael Silver: https://vault.si.com/vault/1995/01/09/showdown-in-a-rare-clash-between-two-nfl-legends-dan-marinos-dolphins-beat-joe-montanas-chiefs

Sports Illustrated: Tightly Focused For Miami Dolphin Coach Don Shula and His QB Dan Marino, It May be 1995 or Never by Johnette Howard

Sports Illustrated "Kiss that Past Goodbye" by Jill Lieber 06/09/1993

Sports Illustrated: 05/09/1994 [[LT Richmond Webb]] - by Kelly Whiteside

Sports Illustrated "The Super Bowl that tore a family apart, forever changed stadium deals" by Michael Rosenberg, November 23, 2015: https://www.si.com/nfl/2015/11/23/miami-dolphins-super-bowl-joe-robbie-stadium
Don Shula: A Biography of the Winningest Coach in NFL History
By Carlo DeVito 2018: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40948210-don-shula?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=wJfyFibd5F&rank=1
Shula The Coach of the NFL’s Greatest Generation 
By Mark Ribowsky August 2019 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41817521-shula?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_14
100 Things Dolphins Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die
By Armando Salguero https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53715713-100-things-dolphins-fans-should-know-do-before-they-die?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_19

[1994 Miami Dolphins Team Season Highlights "Back Where They Belong"](https://youtu.be/GxNoikLidDc)

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/05/sports/pro-football-marino-silences-all-doubters.html - NYT Article

UPI: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/09/04/Dolphins-39-Patriots-35/6628778651200/

Today in Pro Football History - https://fs64sports.blogspot.com/2014/09/1994-marino-dolphins-rally-but-moon.html

Highlights posted by SW561 on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfbVn6pV-WY&list=PLMEvmWUXOax-qCtlXyT11R3H6OJH0KKKi

https://www.colts.com/news/series-flashback-1995-8702416

https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1995/10/30/dolphins-get-best-of-bills/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-11-13-sp-2532-story.html

https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1995/11/21/49ers-hit-gold-again-in-miami/

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/12/17/Bills-23-Dolphins-20/3945819176400/

https://greensboro.com/bills-first-half-surge-too-much-for-dolphins/article_77e040d1-ddee-5d8d-bbf9-ff8e3e267fef.html

https://www.buffalobills.com/news/top-5-memorable-bills-dolphins-rivalry-games-12201209

https://web.archive.org/web/20201130143321/https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nfl/miami-dolphins/article122362759.html

https://www.si.com/nfl/dolphins/news/miami-dolphins-complete-playoff-history-with-rematches

Don Shula Retires: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTrivU_LZuU&t=3s

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/30664361/for-buffalo-bills-1995-team-playoff-surge-evokes-memories-last-franchise-ruled-afc-east

All music apart from Intro and Outro downloaded from Pixabay (Copyright Free). Intro and Outro composed by Eric Rizoli