Posted on 02/04/2022 10:25:06 PM PST by zeestephen
"Brian Flores is suing the National Football League and the only question I have is 'What took so long?' I'm not referring specifically to Flores' lawsuit, but to making public the racism inherent in the NFL like a vestigial limb."
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Excuse me, 1965.
I thought that Brian Flores was a good coach in Miami. The only knock against him was that he had failed to develop Tua Tagovailoa. Fair enough. But I’m not entirely convinced that Tagovailoa has what it takes to thrive in the NFL. He was an outstanding college QB but there are a lot of guys like him. Vince Young anyone?
Anyway, even if Brian Flores is right, he’s not going to get a job anywhere. Maybe at a HBCU but even at Grambling State University, they would be hestitant to hire him because no one likes a “drama queen”.
FWIW, I think the NFL is an old boys club. Coaches hire coaches they know. Retired players (who happen to be black) are outside of that network. It appears to be racist. But it’s not. It’s more elitist than anything else. Eventually you’ll have more guys like Tony Dungy and Mike Tomlin succeed. Brian Flores may had been on his way there before he pulled this stunt.
Flores third year was something of a shock, too.
From memory, Flores was 1-7 at the beginning of the 2021 season, and that was after three NFL Drafts where he acquired 8 First and Second Round players.
Also of note, Flores agreed to trade Ryan Tannehill in 2019 to Tennessee in exchange for two late round Draft picks.
Tannehill promptly said thank you and made the playoffs for three seasons in a row.
Adding insult to injury, in 2021, Tennessee and Tannehill crushed the Dolphins in a must win game for a Dolphin playoff berth.
Bottom Line...
Flores peaked at New England as a Defensive Coordinator under Bill Belichick.
Lot of guys have prospered at NE but not made the next step up with much success. Which tells me that BB must really be the man. I loved Romeo Crennel at Cleve though, he was a funny guy in press confs.
Lew Alcindor and others like him have very, very dark souls worshipping satan (aka “satan”)
Maybe. But he's a good coach. I think he had deserved a shot at a head coaching gig somewhere else. Like Houston Texans. Norv Turner had plenty of chances. And he was not successful outside a couple of decent seasons where Philip Rivers carried the team but even there, they were eliminated early in the playoffs.
Obviously, he won't be getting an opportunity at a second chance. My guess is that the NFL will agree to a settlement. He'll shut up and disappear. Maybe he'll end up coaching somewhere like IMF Academy in Florida (private school that specializes in sports).
Shut up and fly, Roger.
As bad as the racism is, the sexism is even worse. There are no women players in the NFL. There have never been any women in the NFL. There haven’t been any women drafted in the NFL. And none have been head coaches, either.
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