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.