Nugget: Flores can officially talk to other teams about the DC role starting next Wed

[Hawkeye0202]

Hmmm.....I had no clue

 

[Kwyn]

It will be interesting to see if he even takes DC interviews.

So far the only team to show interest is Baltimore, whom he interviewed with this week. The Ravens have the best opening available so there will be a lot of competition

Last year he interviewed with the Jets and Jaguars but wasn’t hired.

I’m afraid the league may be showing, again, their hesitancy to pursue Flores due to his lawsuit.

No one should be surprised if he just re-ups with the Vikings should the Ravens select someone else.

It has always been a longshor that Jerry, of all people, would be interested in someone who refused to tank games or tamper with players when commanded.

The Dolphins owner and the team were disciplined (fines and draft picks) by the league for both, but not until after they fired Flores, which resulted in the law suit.

 

[_sturt_]

So far the only team to show interest

You realize it's very very early, yes?

I'll be surprised if he's not hired as HC for some team. He's almost certainly going to get interviews. If DAL wants him, they're going to have to wait it out, and at the peril that they lose out on some other candidates while they're waiting.

 

[ConstantReboot]

It will be interesting to see if he even takes DC interviews.

So far the only team to show interest is Baltimore, whom he interviewed with this week. The Ravens have the best opening available so there will be a lot of competition

Last year he interviewed with the Jets and Jaguars but wasn’t hired.

I’m afraid the league may be showing, again, their hesitancy to pursue Flores due to his lawsuit.

No one should be surprised if he just re-ups with the Vikings should the Ravens select someone else.

It has always been a longshor that Jerry, of all people, would be interested in someone who refused to tank games or tamper with players when commanded.

The Dolphins owner and the team were disciplined (fines and draft picks) by the league for both, but not until after they fired Flores, which resulted in the law suit.

I think he will go to the highest bidder, whether as their head coach or DC. Why else would they be spreading rumors that the Cowboys are interested in him? It’s to drive his price up.

 

[Kwyn]

You realize it's very very early, yes?

I'll be surprised if he's not hired as HC for some team. He's almost certainly going to get interviews. If DAL wants him, they're going to have to wait it out, and at the peril that they lose out on some other candidates while they're waiting.

Every team has scheduled, or completed, a minimum of four interviews. What are they waiting for?

The one candidate without any interviews is Harbaugh, because he will pretty much have his choice of jobs, but his agent has already fielded calls from more teams than there are with openings.

Flores may very well be hired as a HC. I think he deserves it. I’d love to have him as the Cowboys DC.

He may get the Ravens job, but so far they are the only team to try to schedule him.

I just think it’s rather foreboding that for all the respect he has, there hasn’t been more interest around the league in hiring him as a head coach.

These are a bunch of old billionaires and he’s coming for their money. Don’t think that for many of them that’s not a hard stop.

 

[plymkr]

Hmmm.....I had no clue

Please bring him in!!! I would love that.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Every team has scheduled, or completed, a minimum of four interviews. What are they waiting for?

The one candidate without any interviews is Harbaugh, because he will pretty much have his choice of jobs, but his agent has already fielded calls from more teams than there are with openings.

Flores may very well be hired as a HC. I think he deserves it. I’d love to have him as the Cowboys DC.

He may get the Ravens job, but so far they are the only team to try to schedule him.

I just think it’s rather foreboding that for all the respect he has, there hasn’t been more interest around the league in hiring him as a head coach.

These are a bunch of old billionaires and he’s coming for their money. Don’t think that for many of them that’s not a hard stop.

I think you are right.....this chart says it all IMO. Only one request sends a statement IMO....
It's a tough call for both him and the league.

 

[Kwyn]

I think you are right.....this chart says it all IMO. Only one request sends a statement IMO....
It's a tough call for both him and the league.

I hope I’m not. And, it only takes one team to pull the trigger.

I kinda doubt he and Jerry are a good match though.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

I hope I’m not. And, it only takes one team to pull the trigger.

I kinda doubt he and Jerry are a good match though.

Honestly, after re-reading the lawsuit, I'm not sure he will ever get another NFL Head coaching job. For one, he wasn't that good when he had the opportunity but his defensive scheme is top-shelf, right there with Fangio. That's his biggest attraction to any/most teams. Notice they are starting notice his mentors or former assistant coaches.

Secondly, you will be hard-pressed to find any employer to trust you with a strong leadership position with a lawsuit against them.

 

[XXLMike]

This guy is a baller - he’s a head coach and Damn I wish he was ours with Jim Leonhard and my DC and Mike ‘McDaniel as my OC.
And of course in my utopia Troy Aikman would be my team President and he’d have chosen a GM for us.

 

[Coogiguy03]

You guys are getting infatuated with him having players around him that are hungrier than our players, which is making him look good. There's nothing wrong with that, but we can't EXPECT that to translate to this team. We have to get the guys needed for this scheme, the guys like Q Williams said have to be DOGS. What good is having a coach like this come here, only to have guys not playing to the level where his previous teams played

 

[Reality]

Hmmm.....I had no clue

Everyone knew this because his DC contract ends when the NFL season ends after the Super Bowl.

We have discussed it in other threads the last couple of weeks including that the Vikings were trying to re-sign/extend him since last year but Flores wanted to wait until the off-season to see if he got any HC offers before considering what to do next.

 

[Reality]

Every team has scheduled, or completed, a minimum of four interviews. What are they waiting for?

The one candidate without any interviews is Harbaugh, because he will pretty much have his choice of jobs, but his agent has already fielded calls from more teams than there are with openings.

Flores may very well be hired as a HC. I think he deserves it. I’d love to have him as the Cowboys DC.

He may get the Ravens job, but so far they are the only team to try to schedule him.

I just think it’s rather foreboding that for all the respect he has, there hasn’t been more interest around the league in hiring him as a head coach.

These are a bunch of old billionaires and he’s coming for their money. Don’t think that for many of them that’s not a hard stop.

It's no secret that Flores wants a HC job, not a DC job, and he may feel that talking to teams about their DC position or resigning with the Vikings as their DC might impact the chance of that happening because teams may overlook him (disclaimer: not because he couldn't accept a DC job then take a HC job since everyone knows that is always available to him and does not require permission).

I am sure he (or his agent) is viewing it as a perception problem and he is leveraging the media attention his name "being in the mix for HC/DC for <insert_team_here>" provides.

Even if he doesn't get a HC offer (which he should), it's a smart move for him to wait because playoff teams may lose their DC coaches who leave to become HC somewhere else and if that happens, he might be able join a better team if he has to settle for being DC again.

 

[Kwyn]

It's no secret that Flores wants a HC job, not a DC job, and he may feel that talking to teams about their DC position or resigning with the Vikings as their DC might impact the chance of that happening because teams may overlook him (disclaimer: not because he couldn't accept a DC job then take a HC job since everyone knows that is always available to him and does not require permission).

I am sure he (or his agent) is viewing it as a perception problem and he is leveraging the media attention his name "being in the mix for HC/DC for <insert_team_here>" provides.

Even if he doesn't get a HC offer (which he should), it's a smart move for him to wait because playoff teams may lose their DC coaches who leave to become HC somewhere else and if that happens, he might be able join a better team if he has to settle for being DC again.

Yeah, there’s no reason for him to go anywhere if he doesn’t get a HC job. Vikings are highly motivated to keep them so he may just be making them sweat to get more money while the checks the HC market.

 

[Rayman70]

We need to interview him. Just to see if there's any hope of getting him as the next DC. I'm not so sure how good of a teacher he's going to be. But man, he gets results.

 

[rags747]

It will be interesting to see if he even takes DC interviews.

So far the only team to show interest is Baltimore, whom he interviewed with this week. The Ravens have the best opening available so there will be a lot of competition

Last year he interviewed with the Jets and Jaguars but wasn’t hired.

I’m afraid the league may be showing, again, their hesitancy to pursue Flores due to his lawsuit.

No one should be surprised if he just re-ups with the Vikings should the Ravens select someone else.

It has always been a longshor that Jerry, of all people, would be interested in someone who refused to tank games or tamper with players when commanded.

The Dolphins owner and the team were disciplined (fines and draft picks) by the league for both, but not until after they fired Flores, which resulted in the law suit.

Dolphins were spanked for tampering with Brady, there was never any spanking related to tanking.

 

[Kwyn]

We need to interview him. Just to see if there's any hope of getting him as the next DC. I'm not so sure how good of a teacher he's going to be. But man, he gets results.

We interviewed his right hand man yesterday. Daronte Jones is a pretty interesting option as well

Did some lurking on a popular Vikings forum and their fans seem to be really worried that Jones might take a DC job while Flores still waits and they really want Daronte to his backfill.

Not only has he worked under Flores, but also Vance Joseph and Marvin Lewis, all really good Defensive coaches.

I’m hoping he can be there for us if Leonhard doesn’t work out

 

[Hawkeye0202]

it's a smart move for him to wait because playoff teams may lose their DC coaches who leave to become HC somewhere else and if that happens, he might be able join a better team if he has to settle for being DC again.

This^^^^
I said many times that he will have way better DC options than Dallas but I also think that, as some owners/teams don't trust him, there are plenty of teams he doesn't trust either.

In other words, his name has been linked to Dallas since one of the media outlets put it out there but the truth is, we have not seen anything to suggest any serious connection to Jerry. Also, if we are being honest, Jerry's structure and meddling seem to be the opposite of the way Flores operates. In other words, he appears to be very independent and his own man, NOT the yes coaches Jerry usually hires.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

We interviewed his right hand man yesterday. Daronte Jones is a pretty interesting option as well

Did some lurking on a popular Vikings forum and their fans seem to be really worried that Jones might take a DC job while Flores still waits and they really want Daronte to his backfill.

Not only has he worked under Flores, but also Vance Joseph and Marvin Lewis, all really good Defensive coaches.

I’m hoping he can be there for us if Leonhard doesn’t work out

This^^^^^^ I'll be happy with Leonhard but this guy is now my first choice.
He also worked under Zimm......

 

[Rayman70]

We interviewed his right hand man yesterday. Daronte Jones is a pretty interesting option as well

Did some lurking on a popular Vikings forum and their fans seem to be really worried that Jones might take a DC job while Flores still waits and they really want Daronte to his backfill.

Not only has he worked under Flores, but also Vance Joseph and Marvin Lewis, all really good Defensive coaches.

I’m hoping he can be there for us if Leonhard doesn’t work out

Wasn't aware of his full background. Ty for the info. More I learn about this guy I think maybe he's a great choice. I also think he'd be perfectly fine not being a hc for a few years. Karl Scott is another guy very much like him, in Seattle. I'd be fine with either. I'm not dug in on any of the bigger name candidates out there like many seem to be.