In the article, it was reported that one of the issues former Dolphins head coach Brian Flores had with Tua was that Flores questioned his work ethic and told some people Tua’s work ethic was “sh-tty” and he didn’t like that Tua didn’t put in extra work on Monday’s and Tuesday’s during game weeks and would play golf on his off days.
Per Armando, Flores was hard on Tua about it and Flores wasn’t quiet about it and made it known he didn’t like this (the golf and not putting in extra work) even when others were around. According to Armando’s sources when Flores found out Tua was golfing on his off days in the season he would become upset and criticize him for that.
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You could make the case that Tua felt unwanted as the Watson rumors wouldn’t end and started in late February/early March and lasted up until the trade deadline in early November, and the head coach, general manager, and owner wouldn’t squash them so he felt the need to not go above and beyond to put in extra work as the organization was trying to move on from him and not treating him right. It would be a normal human reaction to feel that way and act out that way. But, when you factor in May of 2021 Tua during a media session said he didn’t fully know the playbook as a rookie, it does put Tua in a bad light with this story on top of that. And it does make some wonder if he does lack the necessary work ethic and drive to be a top-flight starting NFL quarterback who can lead a team to the playoffs and Super Bowl.
Also per the Salguero article, “At one point in the 2021 season, he told people within the organization, “We’ll never win a championship with this guy,” referring to Tagovailoa.”
This is bad optics for Tua any way you slice it and this will stick to him that he isn’t putting in extra work and that he doesn’t know the playbook completely, and until he proves it’s not true and has success on the field to back that up, this will stick to him moving forward.
It has been confirmed by numerous sources, and again by Armando in this article, that Brian Flores in 2020 prior to the draft did want Tua as his quarterback and did support and want Miami to select him with the 5th overall pick. But Flores soured on Tua fast and fell out of love with him quickly.
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How many years was Flores sitting under Belichek and watching Tom Brady up close? I think he knows what it take to win championships, however we’ll just defer to Grier and Ross because of their unrivaled success in the NFL. smh
That’s true but it’s hard to compare anyone to the goat. I mean if everybody could replicate Brady, then it would be easy right? That being said, it’s hard to reach your potential if it’s you’re not working hard at it.
Quick to fire, slow to hire
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Ross and Grier has given us 13 years of mediocre sub .500 ball. Now Flores is the problem? They’re just little bitches trying to cover up their failures. 7 years with project Tannehill, failure after failure. Now Ross wants to hand off his business to another Nuuyaakaa who will not have his heart in it because deep down inside they are all Jets fans. Just another toy for billionaires to play with. John
This should up his chances to become a head coach again
So, did Marino suck, or Shula?
Which one didn’t “put in the work”?
The issues in Miami aren’t as black & white as everyone would like them to be.
Seems, Flores was spoiled by Brady’s work ethic. Does he expect Tua to go on the tb12 diet, too?
I will say this, and that is that the quarter Back position is the key role on the team and that there should be no other player on the team that out works the qb. I never liked Tom Brady and always thought that he was over rated, but without anyone ever telling you of his work ethic if you paid attention throughout out his career and see how he progressed it will be really easy to tell that he was the first one In and the last one off of the practice field. I’m a true believer in the fact that what ever in do in practice you will do in the game and this shows no more than with Tom Brady and shows less with Tua. And Tom Brady has my utmost respect for this. I have been a die hard dolphins 🐬 fan since I was 2 years old and to me Dan the man Marino will always be the best quarterback to play the game because he singled handling rewrote the passing game. I belive Tom him self may agree. But Tom is the guy that takes it all and there’s no other like him and on paper and on the field there will be no one better and the time he spent perfecting his abilities really shows.. I hated being a dolphins fan during the bill and Brady Era. They were a great combination. And I think only the Jordan and pat combination in all of sports can compare. So respect!!!!!!!!!!!!!! With the Flores and Tua situation I believe that we made a real error if Flores was let go then Tua should have been been released right afterwards. Truthfully I would have kept the coach and released the qb at least you could see the fire in him and see that he has the drive and motivation to win. And the players that has the willingness to put in the work responds and plays hard for him. But you cannot teach work ethic you either you have the willingness to become great or you just have the complacency of being a nfl player and you made it and that became good enough for you. But, I’ll tell you this you are not going to find to many coaches our there that truly cares for his players and not just what they do on the field but also their physical safety while playing the game Than Flores. You are not going to find to many coaches concerned about there players saftey to the point that they will walk across the filed with his team to the opposing team to address the other team because of that teams player had made a unessceray dirty and what could have been a career end hit on one his player. IF I recall it was last year playing against Cincinnati Bengals During a fair catch call and leading up to that was several questionable hits from the opposing team.. He was 🔥 heated and would not stand for it. I’m sorry but that would be a man that I would choose to play for and play hard for and would give my 110% every day. What’s Tua’s problem????????? Go Flores I wish you well and hope that another team see all that I have seen in you and you land in a good position somewhere. Dolphins you are my team and that will never change but I don’t know what you are thinking…….
Remember that Tua also didn’t know the playbook (by self admission) in his year 1. I think that supports the whole ‘he doesn’t put in the work’ narrative.