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Back in late October, Adam Gase and the Miami Dolphins pulled off a shocking move when they traded running back Jay Ajayi to the Philadelphia Eagles. It was reported at the time that Gase and Ajayi frequently butted heads in the locker room in the weeks prior to the trade.
Source tells me Ajayi extremely combative with Dolphins coaching staff in recent weeks. Verbal confrontations.
— Craig Mish (@CraigMish) October 31, 2017
Via Miami Herald
The reason Ajayi was traded has to do with team culture and locker room chemistry and player buy-in.
And the Dolphins weren’t liking what Ajayi was doing on those fronts. Yes, he was missing holes and assignments on occasions, too. He was among the players coach Adam Gase was referencing when he said players don’t take work home with them.
“At the end of the day, guys have got to actually take this stuff home and study it,” Gase said a few days ago. “They’re not going to just learn it all in meetings. We’ve got to find guys that will actually put forth effort to actually remember this stuff and really, it starts with our best players.”
Yes, like Ajayi
After the Eagles won the Super Bowl on Sunday, Ajayi quickly took to Instagram and fired some shots at his former team and coach.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Be0cPTqDCNa/
THEY may have tried to discredit you, discount you, throw dirt on your name…none of it matters now. LEGACIES LAST FOREVER. funny how they were GASsEd over journalistic…look at me now. ONLY GOD.🙏🏿🏆 YURP^🔓
To the victor goes the spoils.