Stephen A. Smith suggests racial implications in Dolphins' decision to part ways with general manager

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The Miami Dolphins shook things up Friday when they announced they mutually parted ways with general manager Chris Grier.

After a lot of disappointment, Thursday night's blowout home loss to the Baltimore Ravens seemed to be the final straw for both sides, and they mutually ended their relationship.

Stephen A. Smith, though, appeared to believe the sides used a technicality to avoid saying Grier lost his job. He later seemed to question why Grier, who is Black, was "fired" before head coach Mike McDaniel.

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Stephen A. Smith and former Miami Dolphins general manager Chris Grier  (Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images; Jim Rassol/The Palm Beach Post/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

"This is BS. That’s the first fire? Really? That’s what we’re doing?' It was about Tua [Tagovailoa]. It was about Mike McDaniel. And the brother gets fired first?" Smith said when the news broke while he was on "First Take."

"I'm not saying that he don't deserve it because of the way they look. You're at the helm, I got it. I understand it. I’m all for brothers as head coaches and GMs. We know what battles I’ve been fighting for over 30 years. I got it. 

"But when you don’t get the job done, you don’t get the damn job done. I got it. Don’t tell me it’s just him. Don’t tell me we gonna leave Mike McDaniel in place, and we're just gonna fire him and we're gonna move that. Damn that. I'm waiting for more news.

"I can't defend Chris Grier. … But I'll be damned if it gets to stop there. Oh, hell no."

McDaniel has African American ancestry from his grandmother.

Dolphins general manager Chris Grier and coach Mike