Frank Froehling had not been using her in matches. Team president Ted Cohen said, "It was one of the hardest things I ever had to do. I feel real bad about it, because I was the one who convinced her to come out of Brazil and play WIT. But the cold, hard fact was that Maria could not be depended upon to go out there on a match-to-match basis and win. You're talking about one of the great women ever to play the game sitting on the bench." More controversy came the Flamingos' way in the form of a love triangle. At the start of the season, Grubb had been dating tennis pro Ken Stuart. When the team took a road trip to Los Angeles, Stuart, who was managing John Wayne's tennis club in Newport Beach, California at the time, ended the relationship. It then appeared that Grubb started dating Froehling, her coach. Froehling would neither confirm nor deny the relationship, but he was described by a local sportscaster as Grubb's "constant off-court companion." When WTT took a midseason break for Wimbledon, Grubb went home to California, and she and Stuart reignited their relationship. After the break, Stuart had some vacation time to use and decided to follow the team to spend time with Grubb. He secured permission from team president Cohen to travel with the team in its station wagon. After Drysdale pulled a leg muscle in July, and Cox needed time away from the team to attend to his wife's pregnancy, the Flamingos were in need of a male player. So, they signed Stuart. Around that time, Stuart and Grubb got engaged. Asked about the drama, Froehling said, "I think it's fine they're together. She's happy, and he helps her tennis. He's been really cooperative, but it's a little awkward and unusual with a boyfriend on the road." The Flamingos finished the season with 19 wins and 25 losses, third place in the Gulf Plains Section and missed the playoffs. At the WTT owners meeting on February 1, 1975, each team was required to post a $500,000 letter of credit. The Flamingos failed to do so and were contracted by WTT. A dispersal draft was conducted to distribute the players from those five teams among the remaining teams in the league. 1974 roster The Florida Flamingos roster for the 1974 season was Frank Froehling, Player-Coach Mike Belkin Maria