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Marino's move was a surprise to TV cohorts
0 Comments | USA TODAY, January, 2004 | by Rudy Martzke
When CBS and HBO studio analyst Dan Marino announced Monday he was taking over the football operations of the Miami Dolphins, this was not just another ex-player or coach leaving his network halfway house to return to his sport.
There was genuine surprise when CBS Sports President Sean McManus took the call from Marino about three hours before the scheduled news conference in Miami.
"This was definitely unforeseen," McManus said Tuesday. "Dan was being honest in saying (two years ago) he wanted to pursue a broadcasting career. But obviously goals and aspirations change, and this is a phase of his life he wanted to pursue. So I wish him success."
Left unmentioned was the belief by CBS officials that they had found an NFL Today combo in Marino, Deion Sanders ,...
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