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Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores has addressed the controversy surrounding his relationship with Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa after the NFL participant criticized his former coach, calling him a “horrible individual.”
A day after Tagovailoa’s feedback aired on Monday, Flores himself raised the difficulty in a dialog with the media.
Former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores with quarterback Tua Tagovailoa throughout follow. (Susan Stocker/South Florida/Tribune Information Service by way of Getty Pictures)
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“Look, I’m comfortable, genuinely comfortable for the success that Tua’s had. And I actually want him nothing however the most effective,” Flores started, including that he obtained into teaching greater than 20 years in the past due to the impression that good relationships with coaches had on him.
“I feel participant relationships are essential to me. I feel that is the inspiration of teaching… I want Tua nothing however the most effective. My primary focus is de facto on the Vikings, the 2024 Vikings, the gamers we have now.”
In an interview that aired Monday on “The Dan LeBatard Present”, Tagovailoa made no secret of his disdain for Flores.
Tua Tagovailoa #1 of the Miami Dolphins seems on through the second half of a recreation in opposition to the New York Jets at Arduous Rock Stadium on December 17, 2023 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Brandon Sloter/Picture Of Sport/Getty Pictures)
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“To place it merely, should you wakened each morning and I informed you that you simply suck at what you do, that you do not belong at what you do, that you do not belong right here, that this man belongs right here, that you simply did not earn this proper. … After which another person is available in and tells you, ‘Man, you are the most effective match for us, you are correct, you are the most effective.’ How would you are feeling should you listened to 1 or the opposite?”
“I do not care who you might be. You may be the president of america,” he continued. “You’ve got a horrible individual telling you issues that you do not wish to hear or that you simply in all probability ought to by no means hear, and also you begin to imagine that about your self. And that is form of what ended up occurring.”
When requested if he agreed with the quarterback’s feedback, Flores mentioned he had “thought of” the state of affairs.
Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores seems on previous to the sport in opposition to the Inexperienced Bay Packers at U.S. Financial institution Stadium on December 31, 2023 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Pictures)
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“I feel a part of teaching is correcting. I am all the time going to appropriate. I am all the time going to have a excessive commonplace. Look, I’ve thought so much about this example and communication. I feel there are issues I can do higher, that is for certain, and I’ve grown that approach. And I’ve tried to use the issues I can do higher and the issues I’ve discovered over the past 2-3 years. However I might say that in the long term, I’ve had a whole lot of nice relationships in my 21-year profession right here.”
Flores added that being known as a “horrible individual” was not a constructive factor for him.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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