Troy Aikman questions why anyone wants to coach in the NFL: 'Tough job right now'

Coaching successful the NFL is not easy, and Troy Aikman knows it.

In a caller vigor quality successful Dallas, wherever helium played retired his Hall of Fame career, Aikman questioned wherefore it continues to beryllium a blistery commodity.

"Sean McVay, helium flirted with it a fewer years agone aft they had won their Super Bowl, and helium had fixed a batch of information to going into television. We’re seeing that from coaches, we’ve seen it from officials who person near the tract to spell into television. It’s a tough, pugnacious occupation close now. I’ve often said, I’m not definite wherefore anyone would privation to spell into coaching. People inactive are," Aikman said to The Ticket.

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Troy Aikman anterior to a crippled betwixt the New Orleans Saints and the Kansas City Chiefs astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium connected Oct. 7 2024 successful Kansas City, Missouri. (Jay Biggerstaff/Imagn Images)

Ironically, Aikman is reportedly assisting the Miami Dolphins successful uncovering their adjacent caput coach, conscionable arsenic helium did with their wide manager. But, to beryllium Aikman's point, the speculation is that Mike Tomlin, who stepped down aft 19 seasons arsenic the Pittsburgh Steelers caput coach, is looking to spell into television.

In presumption of the GM search, the Dolphins’ ownership reportedly wanted an "outside, respected position from idiosyncratic who had beardown relationships crossed the league."

Miami fired Chris Grier arsenic its wide manager successful October. He had been with the enactment since 2000 and served arsenic the team’s wide manager since 2016. Last month, caput manager Mike McDaniel opted to seat Tua Tagovailoa for Quinn Ewers, saying the seventh-round rookie gave them a amended accidental to win.

Dolphins wide manager Chris Grier and manager Mike McDaniel code reporters. (HAL HABIB / The Palm Beach Post / USA TODAY NETWORK)

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Last week, proprietor Stephen Ross chopped ties with McDaniel, citing a request for "comprehensive change" aft the squad missed the playoffs for a 2nd consecutive twelvemonth with a 7-10 decorativeness this season. 

The Dolphins made back-to-back playoff appearances successful McDaniel’s archetypal 2 seasons arsenic caput manager but were eliminated some times successful the archetypal round. The pursuing season, they were eliminated aft suffering an unexpected nonaccomplishment to the New York Jets successful the team’s play finale.

McDaniel’s last play successful Miami was tumultuous, highlighted by Tagovailoa's struggles and his eventual benching successful the last 3 games of the season.  

Miami Dolphins’ Tua Tagovailoa (1) walks disconnected the tract aft a failed two-point conversion effort successful the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Pittsburgh Steelers successful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, connected Dec. 15, 2025. (Justin Berl/AP Photo)

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As 1 of his past large moves arsenic caput coach, McDaniel said that the Dolphins would clasp a backmost contention for the 2026 season. Tagovailoa past said it would beryllium "dope" to person a "fresh start."

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