Literally NONE of Belichick’s staff have gone on to become successful NFL head coaches. What are the odds that this guy would be the first? And the other Pats coordinators who took HC jobs had been coordinators for years and were well known at the time. No one even knew this guy’s name a month ago.
Not true. Objectively, Bill O'Brien has been successful. I am not a fan, but he's made the playoffs a few times and even won a couple of playoff games. Even if I feel like he's caught some weak schedules (i.e. the Colts in their down years, the Jags under Bradley, the Titans being the Titans), I guess you can make the case that that's one successful former Patriots assistant.
I'm going to be honest, though, if we hire this guy I won't like it. And I got some reasons for that:
1. Screw the Patriots. I hate the Patriot Way and everything those cheating bums stand for. Like cheating. I don't want any McDaniels, Patricia, Crennel or Weis.
2. This hire will reek of nepotism/buddy system hire. Grier and Flores apparently go way back and have some common roots in the New England scouting system.
3. This man's resume indicates that the team has essentially decided to take a shot in the dark and hire a joe blow nobody to be an NFL head coach. It's just a crapshoot hire. I'd like to think that the Dolphins can do better than going "Well, he's a coach, and he's available, and there's a chance he could be good, and he will actually accept the job."
Could this guy buck the trend? Sure. But I'm not filled with confidence here. I don't like the process that got us to this point, either.