Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel thought-about quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s criticism Sunday of teammates for tardiness and attendance to conferences “misguided.”
Shortly after Miami dropped a 29-27 resolution to the Chargers at dwelling, Tagovailoa referred to as for accountability from teammates he mentioned have been late to players-only conferences. The Dolphins are 1-5 after lacking the playoffs final season.
“I’ve obtained loads of issues to fret about and one in all them will not be these feedback and the place our group is mendacity after that,” McDaniel mentioned. “We have simply had conferences concerning the (Chargers) recreation itself, the factual successes and failures that led to the last word outcome and that is the place folks’s focus must be. We’re all very motivated to repair our issues and discover a solution to win.”
McDaniel mentioned Tagovailoa addressed the group and can “stay and be taught” from utilizing the postgame press convention to ship a message to teammates.
“I believe no matter intent and what was on Tua’s thoughts after a loss, because the franchise quarterback that is not the discussion board to displace that — I believe he is aware of that,” McDaniel mentioned Monday. “Now, I do actually consider there was no in poor health intention, however you are speaking about, I believe, a misguided illustration of player-orchestrated movie classes. The underside line is nobody’s going to be pleased and at all times are on the lookout for causes for failure to succeed. So that you’re making an attempt to search for causes that you could attribute to losses and heavy is the crown of being a franchise quarterback.”
Tagovailoa, 27, mentioned Sunday the buildup of losses can solely be reversed if “management” makes clear what’s anticipated of gamers.
“Effectively, I believe it begins with the management in serving to articulate that for the blokes, after which what we’re anticipating out of the blokes,” he mentioned Sunday. “We’re anticipating this. Are we getting that? Are we not getting that? We have now guys exhibiting as much as player-only conferences late. Guys not exhibiting as much as player-only conferences. There’s a lot that goes into that. Do we’ve got to make that obligatory? Will we not need to make that obligatory? So it is loads of issues of that nature that we obtained to get cleaned up. It begins with the little issues like that.”
The Dolphins go to the Cleveland Browns (1-5) on Sunday.
–Area Stage Media
