Tua Tagovailoa speaks candidly on difficult experience with former Dolphins coach Brian Flores

Fresh off a new four-year, $212.4 million deal, Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is heading into the 2024 season with a lot of confidence. Some of that confidence is spreading into how he speaks about his experience in the NFL, including under former Dolphins coach Brian Flores.

On Monday, the fifth-year quarterback opened up about about training under with his former coach in an interview with the Dan Le Batard Show. Tagovailoa was incredibly candid when explaining the difference between Flores, his former coach, and his current coach Mike McDaniel.

“To put it in simplest terms,” Tagovailoa said, “if you woke up every morning and I told you, ‘You suck at what you did, that you don’t belong doing what you do, that you shouldn’t be here, that this guy should be here, that you haven’t earned this.’

“And then you have somebody else come in and tell you, ‘Dude, you are the best fit for this, like you are accurate, you are the best whatever. You are this, you are that.’ Like how would it make you feel listening to one or the other?”

Flores coached Tagovailoa, who was selected by Miami fifth overall in 2020, for his first two years in the league. McDaniel took over as head coach in 2021 after Flores was fired.

Tagovailoa spoke about gaining confidence and being more outspoken between his rookie season and now, saying that part of that was due to coaching changes.

“There’s been a lot of growth between year two and then going on to year five now,” Tagovailoa said, saying that he didn’t think he was “mature” enough when he was a rookie to be as blunt as he is now. “I’m not the same person I was last year,” he added.

And now, Tagovailoa is being open about his experience with his former coach, and how it affected how he thought of himself and his game.

“You hear it — regardless of what it is, the good or the bad — and you hear it more and more, you start to actually believe that. I don’t care who you are, you could be the President of the United States….

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Publish date : 2024-08-19 19:45:23

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