The Miami Dolphins are trying to shake things up after losing back to back games.
On Wednesday, Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel told reporters that Tyreek Hill and the rest of the team captains decided to take the ping pong table out of the locker room.
The players apparently felt the ping pong table was becoming a distraction in the locker room.
Tyreek Hill and the Dolphins team captains decided to take the ping-pong table out of the locker room.
Mike McDaniel said players decided they wanted more time investment for preparation on Sunday so they did something about it. Ping-pong table was a new addition this year.
— Cameron Wolfe (@CameronWolfe) October 12, 2022
The Dolphins were in the midst of a ping pong tournament for the past several weeks, it's smack in the middle of the locker room and a watering hole of sorts https://t.co/XiaF00qoaR
— Marcel Louis-Jacques (@Marcel_LJ) October 12, 2022
Miami Dolphins players have decided to take the ping-pong tables out of the locker room
They hope it will increase game prep done by the players, per @ArmandoSalguero pic.twitter.com/SWvQkY6obI
— Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ) October 12, 2022
Here’s what Mike McDaniel had to say about the team captains removing the ping pong tables.
“Tyreek and the captains decided that they wanted to take a step forward with all their opponent prep with regard to the team and with their preparation with our game plans in general. So he made the move to take the Ping-Pong tables out of the locker room. That, to me, is leadership. To me, leadership is acting, not talking.
There are a bunch of different examples from those guys and that’s why they’re captains. That’s why we rely on them. Because it’s about solving problems, not complaining about them. They collectively as a group of players wanted more time investment during the week on their jobs for Sunday. So instead of just saying it, they did something about it and that’s the whole reason that I really have a lot of love for those guys.”
Fans mocked the Dolphins for removing the ping pong tables.
If you remove the ping pong tables, the Dolphins would've only given up 175 yards to Breece Hall instead of 197. https://t.co/8GvObgkB3U
— Zack Rosenblatt (@ZackBlatt) October 12, 2022
The #Dolphins applied a more thorough analysis to removing ping pong tables from their locker room than removing a concussed player from the football field.
— Hänsel (@UberHansen) October 12, 2022
RIP to the Dolphins Ping Pong tables. Cause of the death: The New York Jets
— Christa Levitas❤️🔥 (@thatssochrista_) October 12, 2022
