He even makes mistakes when analyzing his own mistakes.
Flores blamed this atrocious loss on his not getting the team prepared. No. They played fairly well. They were prepared Flores wasn’t.
We lost the game because Flores decided to be cute and go for it on 4th down from our own 45 yardline. This after earlier wasting two challenges that had no chance. He can’t even point out his mistakes correctly because there are too many.
Outsmarted by the lowly Jags. This guy has to go.
I listened to some of Flores’ press conference today and it was the same ol’ song of “we’ve got to do better on all the phases” and “I’ve got to do better…” etc…
Yes, it’s sickeningly repetitive. And Ross just let’s it go and pays no attention.
Let’s translate “I’ve got to do better”, which really means “I have no clue what I am doing.”
I feel like such a fool. Before the season started I was telling everyone I know how coach Flores was one of the best in the nfl. I’m so ashamed of myself for thinking that.
For the first time, Flores became a head coach for only a little over two years with the Miami Dolphins and we all have to admit, he stepped into a sheer cluster fuck in taking that job. The team looked surprisingly well in his second year. I expect Flores to make some mistakes. He came from the Patriots but he didn’t build that dynasty. Hoping he might bring quick success to the Dolphins is wishing on a star, so forget it. Remember, in Pete Carroll’s first two years coaching the Seattle Seahawks, he went 7 – 9. Pete Carroll is not only the head coach of that team, he’s also the executive vice president. We are frustrated with the decades of losing seasons this franchise brought us and our patience is very thin or has run out. But I can’t blame every snafu on this new coach. I believe he’ll learn from his mistakes. We lost offensive coordinator Chan Gailey after one season. Defensive guru Todd Bowles is gone. Devontae Parker is a walking MASH unit. Signing Fuller is starting to look like the signing of Jay Cutler, and yada yada yada…” Boy it’s gonna take some helluva tinkering to get this team straight. But geez Dolphins please hurry up, because I’m running out of years.
I also do not blame EVERY snafu on the head coach. But I do point out his most critical, game-changing errors that directly lead to Dolphin losses. His timeout right before halftime was a move he saw his boss Bill Belichick do, so Flores thought, “Duhh I guess I better try it too.” Flores STILL doesn’t understand his team isn’t that good. You have the chance to go into halftime up 10, you take it! Don’t call a timeout to POSSIBLY give your team one more possession from deep in their own territory with 40 seconds left. He simply lacks football IQ.
Going for it on 4th down from your own 45 with a minute-something left? Horrendously uneducated call there. Even IF we picked up the first down, we are still 20-25 yards away from FG range. So in essence, we needed 3 first downs in a row to get into FG range.
Has Flores seen this offense? We barely get 3 first downs per game, and he expected to get 3 in a row with a minute left?
He makes decisions on the spur of the moment, without a lifetime of knowledge and experience to tell him what’s right and what’s wrong. Did you see what the Bills’ coach did last night to hand a free win to the Titans? Maybe stupid coaching decisions are contagious.
Calling a timeout right before the Jags “Hail Mary?” You remember…the Hail Mary that never came before Flores was too stupid to have the right defense out there. Flores was utterly outsmarted by a college coach who gropes women in bars. And even if you do expect a Hail Mary, hasn’t your squad practiced that a billion times? Don’t you run anti-Hail Mary drills? Why call a timeout to give the opponent time??
I agree but this does not account for the progress that Miami made, initiallly, under Flores but has now, not only lost, but has regressed to the point of barely being a recognized NFL caliber team. There is zero advance level strategy employed by Flores, just emotion. As stated above regarding his use of two challenges, where is the advances strategy? Did he not think that he might need those timeouts later. I mean they didnt have a significant lead or might have even been trailing. That was 100% emotion in those challenges and it cost us. Then the basics of strategy is not NFL level. Go back to the TB broadcast and listen to Romo point out obvious things that you do to teams that throw short passes or crossing routes against you. You press at the LOS and disrupt their timing and allows your pass rush more time to pressure. Or you disguise your defensive coverage. None of this happens with Flores, just the same M-M coverage that leaves 5-6 yards wide-open or the chasing crossing routes that go for 15-20 yards. Sorry, I place all this on Flores. He just does not know how to coach. And this is not all from me, this is from many football coaches and analysts.
I’m sure you all noticed that awesome trick play that Buffalo did where Allen tossed it to a player, then he tossed to another player and Allen sashayed into the end zone! THIS is a gem to throw in the mix bec. no-bod-y saw that coming! This team needs an offensive coordinator to design plays like this. There is no creativity and there hasn’t been in several years. It starts at the top…that’s my mantra.