Belichick is an a$$hole to practically everyone - he even takes great pride in it (some may even think that it comes with his tough Croatian heritage). Those who succeed in the Belichick system obtain an honors degree in how to become a divisive a$$hole and Brian Flores was a very very good student. When the plethora of underlings (cough Josh McDaniels, cough Matt Patricia, cough Brian Flores, cough Bill O'Brien, cough Joe Judge, cough Romeo Crennel, cough Nick Saban, cough Eric Mangini, etc, etc) leave New England to become NFL head coaches elsewhere, they get exposed to the reality that most people actually work best when they work together because tough, mean, divisiveness can be difficult to overcome. They have to work cohesively with GMs, salary cap gurus and owners and make critical coaching appointments and they have never been exposed to doing any of that. They just automatically revert to what they know works well in Foxboro and that is trying to imitate Bill's a$$hole manner (but they don't have the 8 Super Bowl rings on the resume to permit the distance to get away with it or Tom Brady as their QB). What has succeeded brilliantly in New England is unlikely to succeed elsewhere, unless any future underlings who escape "the cuckoo's nest" have the aptitude and capacity to adapt and learn to treat people with some genuine respect.
