MIAMI GARDENS — Mike McDaniel, the erudite, stylish, wise-cracking Miami Dolphins coach, was admittedly “pissed” after last Sunday’s 33-8 shellacking at Indianapolis.

That’s fine. But the question everyone wants answered is how did the Ivy League-educated McDaniel, who isn’t known for yelling, screaming or any other form of raising hell, let this group of high-testosterone alpha males know performances such as the one against the Colts won’t be tolerated?

I asked McDaniel on Wednesday, and then I asked Dolphins players in the locker room.

Here’s what McDaniel said.

“I think the biggest thing is, initially, as a coach and a leader, I have to teach,” McDaniel began. “What levels of anger does that bring out of me? Well, it’s about intent. Were you unprepared with a controllable? Were

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