Brian Flores is once again speaking out since dropping that damning lawsuit against several teams and the NFL.
Appearing on I AM ATHLETE, Brian Flores had a lot to say about his relationship with Miami Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa. He stated it was not “strained” as many previously reported. Flores said that his relationship with Tua was “good” and the two had a lot of mutual respect.
“This is an interesting topic, because it wasn’t strained. We had a good relationship. It was a player-coach relationship. I think in a relationship like that, you know, the coach challenges the player. And oftentimes the player challenges the coach. And I think there was a great deal of respect between the two of us. So you hear these crazy kind of — this narrative that’s out there. But this is a young man who works, who developed and got better over two years and, you know, I think he’s got, you know, a bright future. I wish him all the best…” Flores said.
“So the world can think what it wants to think. I think — ask Tua, you know? I’m here to say what I gotta say, and you can ask him. So, I think he’d say the same thing.”
It was reported that the two of them had an F-bomb-filled “meltdown” during a game last season. According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, during halftime of a Week 16 loss to the Titans that crushed the Dolphins’ playoff hopes, Tagovailoa claimed that Flores “doesn’t know how to talk to people.”
Flores, meanwhile, reportedly said he needed “better f—king play” from the quarterback.
The Dolphins surprised many when they announced the firing of Flores after posting back-to-back winning seasons. Flores tallied a 24-25 record in three seasons with the Dolphins, going 5-11 in 2019 and 10-6 in 2020.
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Miami finished 9-8 this past season after bouncing back from a dismal 1-7 start. They missed the playoffs after a loss to the Titans in Week 17.
The Dolphins selected Tagovailoa with the No. 5 overall pick in the 2020 draft. He has thrown for 4,467 yards, 27 touchdowns and 15 interceptions and completed 66.2 percent of his attempts in 23 appearances.
