The More We Hear About Brian Flores, the Smarter the Miami Dolphins’ Decision To Fire Him Looks

[rafael]

By now everybody knows that firing Flores was the right thing to do. That's the lesson that some seem to miss. It seems to me that most of these threads have always had someone trying to defend Flores by attacking the owner or GM. Or pushing some straw man theory that he was fired for his w/l record. He was fired for being a sh*tty person to work for and with.

BTW this is not a criticism of the OP. A new opinion about that time from a new source just aired. That makes it a reasonable thread.

 

[FanMarino]

I feel bad for Flores to a certain extent, this probably stems from something that he has never addressed from growing up or earlier in his life
I do think he's a good coach, but he has some personal issues he needs to work out. There's a difference between tough love and being abusive and it sounds like he was abusive.

Well Flores needs to take ownership of his actions. As far as I'm aware he hasn't. His treatment of Tua was unprofessional at best. At worst it was disrespectful, demeaning and destructive to the kids confidence and talent. We've all seen now what a good HC can do to a player and the team. Man management is just as important as calling a play. Flores needs to be confined to the history books when it comes to his tenure as the Miami HC.

 

[dan the fin]

I feel bad for Flores to a certain extent, this probably stems from something that he has never addressed from growing up or earlier in his life
I do think he's a good coach, but he has some personal issues he needs to work out. There's a difference between tough love and being abusive and it sounds like he was abusive.

Why feel sorry for him? Maybe if he had some sort of hard life, but he hasn't. He is a entitled rich prick, and has been his whole life. The high school he went to cost like 50,000 per year. He is just an egotistical a hole that couldn't handle being fired so he pulled the race card. He fired people left and right because he couldn't handle that maybe it was him that was wrong, so he always had to blame someone else.

 

[ChambersWI]

It's been proven time and time again, the Patriot way does not work outside of New England... Hell the Patriot way only worked in New England because Tom Brady bought in because he had an insane desire to prove every doubter wrong going all the way back to when he was a 5th string QB at Michigan. There are players that buy in for sure still (especially on defense) but I've heard players like Danny Amendola and Rob Gronkowski flat out say, being a part of the Patriots organization just wasn't fun. You dealt with it to win, but it was a miserable experience.

It goes back to a quote Jim Harbaugh had when he came back to Michigan "As a coach you need to know when to give a player a pat on the back and when to give them a kick in the ass". I think too many coaches don't have that balance.

 

[dan the fin]

The thing that really pissed me off is less the coaching fiasco and more of the race card BS he tried to play on a national stage. The most pathetic people in this world are the ones who always point their finger at everyone but themselves. The dude stopped talking and planning with his coaches midway through November and tried to undermine the GM. Then AFTER getting fired decides to all of a sudden be honest with some things that happened in the organization that happen in EVERY organization, just to be a vindictive prick. Dude then has the gall to say he was fired because of his race. He is a giant POS and I am glad that cancer is gone!

This. I can't stand people that think they are great and that they are never wrong. Which is becoming a common thing these days. It is okay to make mistakes, we are human. It is what you do when you make those mistakes that matter. Own it, learn from it and become a better person for it. Flo was the complete opposite, and it goes well beyond just the race lawsuit. He fired people left and right because it always had to be someone else's fault. He tried to scapegoat players as well (not just Tua). Basically he is a POS of a human.

 

[JamesWsenior]

This. I can't stand people that think they are great and that they are never wrong. Which is becoming a common thing these days. It is okay to make mistakes, we are human. It is what you do when you make those mistakes that matter. Own it, learn from it and become a better person for it. Flo was the complete opposite, and it goes well beyond just the race lawsuit. He fired people left and right because it always had to be someone else's fault. He tried to scapegoat players as well (not just Tua). Basically he is a POS of a human.

I take it you don't follow him on Twitter?

 

[dan the fin]

I take it you don't follow him on Twitter?

I don't even have Twitter or what ever it is called now.

 

[Blake the great]

One of Tua's traits that I respect the most out of the kid...perseverance. And believe me, I'm not defending Flores for one second, but he operated how he was taught, how he'd lived as a coach, seeing it work at the highest level. He's just not the same guy that made it work, just like EVERY single Belicheat HC off-spring. Throw on some shady business tactics, and ya, hard to see a team trusting him at the helm again.

I think its safe to say that the Belichick way/style/personality whatever you want to call it, isn't has productive in todays NFL. And really I think a lot of us are wondering now would Belichick just been a mid level coach without Tom Brady. The longer he keeps coaching the clearer that is becoming.

 

[utahphinsfan]

Benny did you move to Utah?

The "/s" is known on most of the planet. There are pockets where it causes confusion.

/s

 

[JamesWsenior]

The "/s" is known on most of the planet. There are pockets where it causes confusion.

/s

Sorry mate, it was a legit question for Benny. I completely forgot that you lived there.

But since you are here...let me ask you.

Did Benny in fact move there?

 

[1972forever]

When I first read that Jackson had signed a new contract yesterday, I thought it was great news and that Grier had been able to sign him to a very team friendly contract.

After reading the article, I think wanting to play for a positive HC like McDaniel is also a reason a player like Jackson was willing to resign with the Dolphins instead of waiting to see if he could get more money as a free agent.

I would assume Tua will likely be willing to sign a team friendly contract simply because he obviously loves the relationship he has with MCDaniel and the offensive coaches.

Unfortunately the Dolphins won’t likely have the cap space to resign all of their own free agents but hopefully wanting to remain in Miami and playing for McDaniel and his coaching staff will entice some of those free agents to take less money than they would get with another team in free agency.

 

[utahphinsfan]

Sorry mate, it was a legit question for Benny. I completely forgot that you lived there.

But since you are here...let me ask you.

Did Benny in fact move there?

No worries

@BennySwella lives right down the street

I see him often at the grocery store

/s

 

[Rick Cartman]

Why feel sorry for him? Maybe if he had some sort of hard life, but he hasn't. He is a entitled rich prick, and has been his whole life. The high school he went to cost like 50,000 per year. He is just an egotistical a hole that couldn't handle being fired so he pulled the race card. He fired people left and right because he couldn't handle that maybe it was him that was wrong, so he always had to blame someone else.

Flores grew up in Brownsville, Brownsville is not an easy place to grow up.
He went where he went for school because he was good at football and they wanted him on the team, similar to how St. Thomas and other private schools always have good teams.
I see someone who has underlying issues he has never addressed and he takes it out on other people.
I'm not defending him but do have a certain level of empathy for him.

 

[greasyObnoxious]

Dave Tepper?

Oh wait, Flores is black, he’s not getting the Carolina gig.

Cleveland would probably be very interested in Flores getting the Carolina gig

 

[1972forever]

Cleveland would probably be very interested in Flores getting the Carolina gig

No doubt. Flores would be pushing to trade for Watson, while doing everything he can do to continue to ruin what little confidence Young might still have after this season.

That being stated, even though some individuals in the media have stated Flores could be a HC candidate for the Panthers position and any other head coaching jobs that will open up after the regular season ends. I will be extremely surprised if any owner is willing to hire Flores as their HC after the law suits Flores filed against the NFL after he was fired in Miami.