Tails never fails? Not exactly. The Dolphins found out the hard way that the saying isn’t 100% fact this season.
Have you ever heard the saying “tails never fails”? It’s a commonly accepted, unscientific fact for many. If you’re flipping a coin, call it tails!
That methodology didn’t work out so great for the Miami Dolphins earlier in the 2019 regular season — and Ryan Fitzpatrick wasn’t afraid to call out teammate Walt Aikens over it.
In a recently released clip, the Dolphins captains discussed what to call in the team’s opening coin toss against the New York Jets from last month — both Fitzpatrick and Aikens agreed that “tails” was the call, a promising start.
It came up heads.
And then and there, at midfield before a December road game, Fitzpatrick jokingly glared at Aikens for the missed call, to which Aikens simply responded:
“Don’t blame me!”
It’s a simple gesture, but another great example of the kind of persona that Ryan Fitzpatrick served as for the Dolphins this season — and helps to explain why the team and the coaches alike gravitated so much towards him. That now becomes the mission for the Dolphins in 2020 and beyond: find another leader and personality that has as much magnetism as Ryan Fitzpatrick. Because it was that ability to keep the team relaxed and loose that helped pull everyone together for a successful stretch run to finish the season.
Amid the rigors of playing in the national spotlight, a little sarcasm can apparently go a long way.
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