MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel stated that quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s feedback after Sunday’s sport have been “misguided” and that his postgame information convention was “not the discussion board” to air his issues.
Talking within the minutes following Miami’s 29-27 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers, Tagovailoa was requested how gamers will chorus from feeling sorry for themselves shifting ahead. He responded that the answer begins with the workforce’s participant management earlier than revealing that some teammates have been late for players-only conferences.
McDaniel was requested about Tagovailoa’s feedback a couple of minutes later and stated the quarterback was “sending a message,” however the coach had a extra detailed response Monday after really listening to what the quarterback stated.
“You guys caught me earlier than I heard them [yesterday],” McDaniel stated. “I feel 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 feel he is aware of that. Now, I do truthfully imagine there was no sick intention, however you are speaking about, I feel, a misguided illustration of player-orchestrated movie periods.
“The underside line is nobody’s going to be completely happy and [people] at all times are in search of causes for failure to succeed. So that you’re attempting to search for causes that you would be able to attribute to losses, and heavy is the crown of being a franchise quarterback.”
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McDaniel stated Tagovailoa has “instantly communicated” along with his teammates since Sunday night time and can “dwell and study” from the expertise.
Dolphins offensive linemen Aaron Brewer and Patrick Paul each declined to touch upon what Tagovailoa stated, including that workforce issues ought to stay “in-house.”
McDaniel famous that Tagovailoa’s feedback pertained solely to players-only conferences. Although tardiness and attendance at team-mandated conferences was a difficulty in earlier seasons, McDaniel stated that has not been the case this yr.
He added that he would not imagine it is going to spiral into a bigger challenge; at 1-5, the Dolphins’ focus wants to stay on their sport Sunday in opposition to the Cleveland Browns.
“I’ve bought lots of issues to fret about and one in every of them isn’t these feedback and the place our workforce is mendacity after that,” McDaniel stated. “We have simply had conferences concerning the [Chargers] sport itself, the factual successes and failures that led to the last word consequence, and that is the place folks’s focus must be.
“We’re all very motivated to repair our issues and discover a strategy to win.”
