The 🏈 Fins and the 518

With on-the-field football action halted as we stare down Super Bowl 60, let’s take a peek at the high-stakes coaches’ game of thrones — mainly: what is it with the Fins and the 518?

What is it with the Fins and the 518?

As the high-stakes coaches’ game of thrones plays out in the NFL, it’s impossible to overlook the fact that the Capital Regionites making the biggest headlines all have ties to one franchise: Miami.

It started with Saratoga High alum Anthony Weaver. The hot commodity just finished his two-season stint as defensive coordinator for the Dolphins, and landed an interview for the Bills’ head coaching job last Saturday, (they entertained a long list, but still).

Then came yesterday’s news: Buffalo promoted from within, naming offensive coordinator Joe Brady to the coveted role. Bummer — but Weaver is still in the running for some major gigs.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch in the Sunshine State…

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The Dolphins’ new head coach, Jeff Hafley, is knee-deep in creating his coaching dream team. The 2001 Siena grad (he graduated just in time — the university disbanded its team three years later) cut his teeth with the coaches at UAlbany while completing his master’s degree.

Just last year, Syracuse made news by hiring two-time Super Bowl champion coach Sean Ryan, a native of Hudson Falls, as its quarterback coach. His last year in the NFL? Yup, he was a Fin.

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Anthony Weaver is currently interviewing with the Bills for the HC job. Still very much in the mix for the Steelers HC job, as well.

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Maybe after a few too many winter storms like the one we just had, the promise of Miami sun and South Beach glam is simply too strong to resist.

Of course, like Ryan and maybe Weaver, they often come back: Enter the great Bill Parcells. The iconic coach served as the Dolphins’ Executive Vice President of Football Operations from 2008 to 2010 — and now has family and a home here in Saratoga.

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Fun fact, former Fins players:

RPI grad Andrew Franks played 32 games with the Fins in 2015-16; former Albany Empire (Arena League Football) owner Ron “Jaws” Jaworski was briefly a Dolphin in the ‘80s; and Charlie Leigh, who retired from the NFL in ’74, also played for Miami.

Fun fact, non-Dolphins:

Current Colts co-owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon was a religious studies and geoscience major during her time at Skidmore, although her life ended up taking a very different path. She joined the Indiana team — Dad was billionaire owner and CEO Jim Irsay — in 2008. When he passed away last year, he left the team to his three daughters: Carlie, Casey Foyt and Kalen Jackson last year, with Carlie becoming CEO.