When the Miami Dolphins attempted an onside kick while up huge against the Denver Broncos last weekend, all eyes turned to Adam Gase. Basically, people openly wondered if his strange relationship with John Elway played a role in the weird decision to kick the ball onside while the Dolphins were up huge.
“He’s trying to embarrass us,” Broncos cornerback Chris Harris Jr. said after the game, attributing the move to “some bad blood” between Gase and the team for which he previously worked.
That's right. Gase was once on the Denver staff. More on this in a minute …
Anyway, Adam Gase claims he was not trying to send a message to John Elway.
“You guys have seen every game we’ve played,” Gase said, via Chris Perkins of the South Florida Sun Sentinel. “It’s not like we’ve been dominating, and we haven’t had big leads. And I think the whole point of that was for our guys to understand we have to play 60 minutes every week and you have to play that game like it’s 0-0 for 60 minutes.
“That was the biggest point that I wanted to make to our guys, that we’re going to be aggressive the entire time and that’s the mentality I want our guys to have. That’s why those guys on the other sideline, those offensive players, they know where my mind’s at for an entire game. They’ve been through it with me before.”
Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald provided the context for why the Dolphins coach might want to stick it to Broncos, citing sources close to Gase that said Elway did not offer support for his candidacy for previous head coaching opportunities.
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