After Sunday’s loss to the Chargers, Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa decided to air out dirty laundry by calling out unnamed teammates for being late to player-only meetings. The effort has been met with plenty of external criticism — and it could cause even more internal problems.
Among other things, Tagovailoa’s remarks forced coach Mike McDaniel to justify Tua’s decision to take team business public, while also explaining that he doesn’t share Tua’s concerns about a lack of accountability, since that would reflect poorly on McDaniel.
“Player-led meetings are extra things outside of what I demand,” McDaniel told reporters on Sunday. “We’ve been very accountable to me. It sounds like there was something on his mind with regard to the specific meetings with a couple individua