Maybe Ross Should Just Fire Himself!!
Whatever Brian Flores is or is not… Steven Ross is far worse as a owner
I thought it was a joke or just bad reporting that Coach Brian Flores was fired on Monday after posting back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 2003. That’s pathetic in its own rite that we have not had back-to-back winning seasons in 20 years, and the first coach to get us to that gets fired the day after the season ends. The whole thing feels a little surreal. After a 1-7 start, Flores was able to keep this team together and get them to win 8 of our last 9 games with a chance to make the playoffs in the final two weeks…
… but was fired anyway!
A blind, dumb monkey could run Miami better
The excuse given by Ross that Flores wasn’t a good people person, didn’t want to listen to the organizational structure, and yada yada is just lame. Sure sounds like Chris Grier used his influence to keep his job by throwing Flores under the bus.
What really needed to happen to save the Miami Dolphins franchise was Ross canning himself. Just sell the team Ross and give us a new owner, please. Ross bought the team in 2008 from former owner Wayne Huizenga, who had much more success under his stewardship. But, since 2008 Ross has only had 4 winning seasons with two coming these past two seasons under Coach Flores.
Stick with real estate Ross and give us a new owner.
The Dolphins had a total rebuild (sans Chris Grier) and posted 10 and 9 win season in years 2 and 3–not too shabby. This is why the last thing you do is fire the head coach because all that does is put us back in this endless cycle of mediocrity and inconsistency.
Fore better or worse, Flores is gone and the next HC up is…
Now the question is not only who Miami will hire to be the next head coach, but who would be insane enough to want to take this job under Ross and Grier. These two clowns have been here the longest during this stretch of irrelevance with this franchise, so just maybe they are the real problem? Whoever ends up taking the job is basically on the hot seat on Day 1. If they don’t have a winning playoff worthy season next year, would that mean they get fired as well?
The best teams in this league have something called consistency. That consistency in a consistent organization goes beyond just the players, but organizations that have head coaches that have been there for years, along with their coaching staff and using similar offensive and defensive schemes for years. Instead, Miami is stuck on the endless coaching carousel that gets reset every couple of years, with new faces, and new schemes.
This one will be a winner though. Right?
According to the best sports betting software, the current names on the list for the next Coach on our carousel is Brian Daboll, offensive coordinator of the Bills, Mike McDaniel, offensive coordinator of the 49ers, Dan Quinn, defensive coordinator of the Cowboys and former head coach of the Falcons, Kellen Moore, offensive coordinator of the Cowboys, and Vance Joseph, defensive coordinator of the Cardinals.
Frankly I would rather have Flores, but that ship has sadly sailed away.
Then again, maybe we will get it right this time? Maybe the 10th time is the charm?
What are the rest of the Miami Dolphins news fans thoughts about the firing of Flores, and who we will end up getting to replace him?
ROSS IS TERRIBLE
In the past, I have posted complaints about Ross purposely organizing the team’s management structure in a manner that allows all the operational managers of the Dolphins to snitch on each other. Ross likes to divide his managers rather than unite them and manage their results. Now we know that Ross retains and promotes those who kiss his “ring” so-to-speak! Firing Flores shows Ross’s lack of leadership. Good leaders create boundaries and rules that promote working through problems and not allowing problems to hurt the organization. Ross has handed out a Title of CEO but not the authority that goes with it. Compare Mr. Kraft’s style of leadership to Ross’s style. Kraft watches the budget and the team’s accomplishments toward his goals. Belichick is the CEO who steers the ship to accomplish its goals. They are well on their way to rebuilding. They made the playoffs.
The Dolphins are sailing in a circle. We constantly remove coaches and rebuild. As a result, the fans are cheated, year after year. Ross should convert the team to a public corporation. He could sell an A-class stock with full voting power, A B-class stock with a fractional voting power and a vanity class stock with no voting power. The Dolphins still have some international fans. Ross could make billions and a board of directors could select a real CEO who could do no worse than what we are now experiencing.
Curtis … Ace comment, Van. This article was Jimmy’s… mine would have been far less tactful. To me, maybe Flores is this or that… BUT, without a shadow of a doubt Ross is a terrible owner and terrible leader when it comes to football. Grier is being made out to be a bullied nice guy… this is such a media image. Dead bodies are all around Grier who is just such a nice guy… funny how we never found out who drafted who… now all we are hearing is who drafted who and every bad thing was because Flores made a bad call, bad move, or acted badly… Grier is the angelic victim… well, now he is in charge and hopefully won’t get another round of ‘it was everybodies’ fault but mine, should things collapse around him again. I honestly have little faith and hope in the foreseeable future…. I’ll still call it the best I can, despite my reservations… but, I think man will take a relook at this period with a fresh look in a year or two when the Dolphins repeat this disaster. and Grier once again is in the spotlight and doesn’t have a body to hide behind.