FIRST TAKE | Tua Tagovailoa fires back at Brian Flores: "It's a QB-driven league" - Stephen A reacts

regarding to and his former coach Brian Flores as the dolphin signal caller criticized how Flores treated him during their time together to expounded on the importance of a quarterback head coach relationship to what talk to me you think it's more important for a quarterback to have support of his head coach than maybe possibly any other position yeah 100% there's a quarterback driven League I I 100% think that without a good team without a good quarterback I don't think I don't think you can do much in this league sure you can have good defense it's good really good offenses in this league you got to put up points and you got to find ways to do that so I definitely believe that for sure all right uh Lewis you've obviously been in locker rooms you've been in front offices what's your reaction to two his comments there he's 100% right look the great quarterback whisper as quarterback teachers that I've been around and really I've been around one of the very best maybe when it goes when it's all said and done he'll be consider the best and that being Andy Reid look he cherished he put his relationship with his quarterbacks Above All Else whether it was from Donovan McNab to Michael Vic to Kevin Cobb to Alex Smith now to Patrick Mahomes that's where it starts that relationship is different than the relationship he has with every other player on the team because that position comes with it a set of responsibilities and requirements that are so far above and beyond what everyone else on the team has to contend with not just not just in terms of like the skill it takes to play the position but the requirements in terms of leadership competency dedication toughness the responsibility that you have to all the other players not just on offense but on the team overall the salary that you command the kind of things the kind of Demands that are put on your time not just from the coaches and the players but from ownership sponsors marketing appearances you have to be in lock step with that guy and if you are actively actively beating that man down and telling him I don't even know why you're here I don't even think you're good you don't even think we should have drafted you man we should have taken someone else man you suck man you're not as good as I thought you were and the quarterback himself is sitting there telling everyone around him I don't even like like I think I do suck because my head coach is telling me I do and he's telling you like he told us in a production meeting last year it got to the point where he was the first guy out of the building and the last guy in the building cuz he didn't feel he was worthy he started to believe what was being put in his head that's just that's so damn shocking to me I can't stand it and that is exactly why along with many other reasons why that you know that are just purely football reasons that's one of the reasons why owners are very reluctant sometimes to hire defensive coaches into I can't stand it and that is exactly why along with many other reasons why that you know that are just purely football reasons that's one of the reasons why owners are very reluctant sometimes s to hire defensive coaches in today's game because of that relationship that D that Dynamic that needs to exist there are obviously guys who get it done Deo Ryan is writing you a textbook a how to get on with your quarterback as a defensive coach but I'm telling you down there it could not have been more dysfunctional go ahead doggy he's 100% right and that's the reason why Flores is gonna have a tough time getting a job down the road because Mike McDonald goes into Miami after he leaves and McDonald's done a great job with his offense and let's not forget this Flores took two out of a game in Tennessee late in the year one year because he didn't like the way he was playing he put Ryan Fitzpatrick in around Christmas in Oakland in Vegas to salvage their year he had no Faith In Tua whatsoever and Tua obviously feels bad about it you know feels he got got a raw deal and he's making sure we all know about this now that is the biggest reason why Flores is not going to get a job down the road owners are going to say h on now how come you couldn't get two going you got McDonald down there they got a prolific offense you were there you didn't you didn't believe in him McDaniel McDaniel I keep on saying McDonald McDaniel and as a result of that that is going to hurt Flores down the road now here's the one thing I would disagree with um uh I agree with Lewis but the one thing I I know he's higher on Tu than I am I Tu has got a lot to prove still to me he's got to be able to win in the cold weather he's he he is a good quarterback but uh he doesn't run great I I I don't know if he in a big spot on the road against a big player in awful weather which is what you're going to have to do out of Miami in a road game if he is good enough to win that kind of game and that's why that's why you pay him $50 million a year that's the one thing I would say about Tu but as far as his relationship with Flores is concerned if you are a head coach and you don't have a kinship with your quarterback you are not going to make it wsh Montana fich Brady Lombardi star Eubank and John unitis you must have a relationship with the QB the Bradshaw those are the guys that win the Super Bowls in the NFL and if a Coach can't have that you're not going to be successful well in any industry if you're the leader you're the quarterback that's you know that's you know use foris for quarterback and what have you uh for leadership actually if you don't have a a good relationship with your leader you don't have much that's the bottom line in any profession so you got to get that out the way that's number one number two I challenged you on this doy in terms of that being a big reason why he may not get a job I think the lawsuit involved in the NFL and the Miami Dolphins I definitely think that hurts him as well so we can't ignore that Louis let me get to you and what you're saying because first of all I don't disagree with a single word that you said you're Brian Flores the fact that Tu Tong of ala came out and articulated what he articulated with specificity in regards to how you talk to him it's so egregious it was so called for that it's going to be hard for Brian Flores to overcome that no what organization is going to trust you in the future with the quarterback with with with with being Overseer in a leadership position where you get to delegate responsibility to others and here's where Brian Flores is ultimately indicted one would use the word cruelty assuming to is telling the truth and none of us believe he's lying the other word that's appr propo is immaturity let's call it what it is is Brian Flores knew good and damn well that Steven Ross wanted T he wanted Justin Herbert that's who he wanted remember they had the fifth pick Chargers had the sixth pick it was Herbert that he want it and he wasn't allowed to get it so he was salty because he didn't get to have the quarterback that he wanted now we can look if who would you rather have Herbert or two I would rather have Herbert probably right about that so so he was he was not wrong about what he felt in the eyes of most football officios Lewis but how he handled not getting his way is where the word immaturity comes in because you wanted Herbert and because you didn't get the quarterback you wanted you took it out on Tua because you couldn't take it out and your boss who Steven Ross and then the reason why that's relevant is because we get the piggyback off of that now that you're not there any longer and we get to take into account the allegations that you leveled against Steven Ross and your probably feeling like yo he cost me my career because if I didn't have if I had Herber instead of Tu we would have won more if I had Herber instead of Tu I wouldn't have I wouldn't have had these experiences with tu I wouldn't have acted this way and I might still be a head coach in the ntional football league I'm not saying that's the reality I'm saying we can deduce that the potential is there for that being the reality but in the end leis Tu doesn't let get to get left off the hook here he's 12 and 13 careerwise on the road okay in clate weather 40° and lower he ain't win in 70° and lower he doesn't win literally I I had a number here the other week last week or show that I showed it to Molly and everybody else the Miami Dolphins with two as their quarterback SE nearly 75% of their winds has come in 70 degree weather or better yeah the minute the weather is is is colder this dude can't do it and so he's got something to prove and last but not least we could give Mike Mel's all the credit in the world but I will say this albeit rhetorically Lewis if Brian Flores had Tyreek Hill what would it look like offensively for the Miami Dolphins when he was there see we looking at McDaniels we not thinking about the 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