In two seasons with Brian Flores, Tuatunga Vailoa failed to
crack 3000 yards passing and 20 touchdowns.
In two seasons with Mike McDaniel, Tua has been perhaps
the most efficient quarterback in the entire sport.
Tua said that Brian Flores always focused on what he
can't do, whereas Mike McDaniel was able to fully maximize
what Tua was great at, which was his accuracy and
his quick release.
When the Flores staff realized that Tua needed the ball
out of his hands quickly, their idea of a creative
solution was to align Jalen Waddle in the backfield and
throw him the ball in the flat as a running
back.
The McDaniels strategy was, hey, what if we got Waddle
moving at the snap of the ball so he's at
full speed faster and can run routes just as quickly
farther down the field?
Everybody is good at certain things and bad at certain
things.
You've got to use your imagination to figure out how
can we best maximize the good qualities and minimize the
bad.