Flores is a good coach.
I believe hes just one/two years away.
I was an absolute Flores advocate after he won games late his first season with the worst roster in the NFL. Guys played hard. They honestly should have gone winless. Since then, it's been going downhill little by little.
- He has put together a terribly inexperienced and underwhelming coaching staff. Several guys were GAs and assistant position coaches before he hired them on staff. Good OCs don't appear to want to work with him. The 3-headed OC thing is laughable and can’t find routes more than 7 yards downfield. His OL coach is an embarassment. Listening to him in press conferences is just as cringy as watching his line block……another guy with no track record of developing guys, brought in to coach young guys. Flo’s own NE coach (Graham) bolted after the first season to coach with Judge Instead of him.
- He brought in his "own guys" from NE, like Van Noy, then cut them lose a year later. Puzzling.
- His staff and players are like a revolving door. Some is Grier but some is Flo. Whats the blueprint?
- His in-game use of timeouts and time management is awful at times.
- Player rotation is questionable.
- He handled the Tua thing horribly….last year with benchings, this year with Watson rumors. Even if he isn’t “your guy” or the guy you think can take that step, if he’s your starter you have to back him. How do you expect players to if you don’t?
- His defense this year only worked on backup or rookie QBs (except Lamar). It struggled against true starting NFL QBs who can throw the ball. Year 3 with a ton of draft capital and cap space thrown at it.
Flo is no-nonsense and players seem to respect him and play hard. Those traits I like. Maybe as a D-coordinator I’d really like him but as the HC, I have honestly been losing faith. The offense hasn’t progressed at all and the coaches on that side of the ball are suspect as ****. That lies directly on him. The win streak looked like a farce against the likes of Taylor, Flacco, Wilson, Glendon and Book. Playing Tennessee without Henry with playoffs on the line and they get smoked. All those draft picks and cap space lead to a middle of the pack team.
If you keep Flo you HAVE to dump Grier. Someone has to answer for this mess.