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Brian Flores....

Discussion in 'Steelers Talk' started by IrishDave, Jan 18, 2026 at 1:20 AM.

  1. jeh1856

    jeh1856 We want in so we can bark to go out again

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    It was just a good professional move on the Vikings part

    Hey we like you as our DC and we don’t want you going to another team to be DC

    But if you can get a HC position that’s fantastic and good for you

    That’s all it was
     
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  2. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    Still unconventional. You dont see that.
     
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  3. Confluence

    Confluence Well-Known Member

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    In this coaching carousel cycle, for this year (probably get backlash for saying this), it seems Chris Shula's ceiling is interviewing for a HC job. He has earned an interview.

    A great accomplishment - to get an interview for HC job. Got that feather in his hat for a HC opening next year or the year after.
     
  4. Bob Ondis

    Bob Ondis Well-Known Member

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    On Friday ADAM “the bull” Gerstenhaber sat down with Minnesota Assistant Head Coach, Mike Pettine. When the topic of Brian Flores was brought up as a possible HC candidate, Pettine was asked what he thought of Flores, and the ex-Vikings Coach held his tongue:”

    “Uh, probably not many that I prefer to share.. I mean, we didn’t see eye to eye on a lot of things, and that’s why I spent the past year on offense .. I’ll take the high road on that one.”
     
  5. Bob Ondis

    Bob Ondis Well-Known Member

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    There you have it, folks. I believe that’s the 3rd person now to not paint Floral in a favorable light (publicly).

    He didn’t get fired from the Dolphins because he was a dick and wasn’t good at his job, he got fired because “systemic racism” and unfair hiring practices are running rampant throughout the league. *eyeroll* Hopefully Khan and Rooney are capable of seeing through this douchebag’s bullsh*t.
     
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  6. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    Again.
    I don't know how to make this any simpler.
    We haven't seen a HC come in , and lose more games their 1st season than the previous HC. Not once. If You can tell me one that I'm missing I apologize. Until we do, we don't know what the Steelers will do. Also nobody in the ownership role of the Rooneys has ever done this before.
    Now we can guess, but until we see it , we don't know how they will react.
     
  7. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    Trouble reading???
    Name me a HC that came in , and sucked , didn't make a the playoffs their 1st year, and had a losing season outside of Noll who came in after a 2-11-1 record.
     
  8. Steel_Elvis

    Steel_Elvis Staff Member Mod Team

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    @Blast Furnace@Blast Furnace just warned against going down this path in another thread. We’re not going to start blowing up the board with discussion of racism. Been there, done that. I’m pretty sure I’ve already told you this back when you joined.
     
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  9. SGSteeler

    SGSteeler Well-Known Member

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    We know how they will react... if they won't fire a OC for 2 years of suckage, they certainly won't do so for a HC. We don't have to see a Steelers HC struggle to know how they will handle it. Why would it be different for a HC than an OC? And why would the air of caution be afforded to a coordinator and not a HC? I get that we haven't seen a HC struggle here since my dad was in grade school... but we know exactly how they will handle it based on how they handle everything else... Just because it hasn't happened before, doesn't mean they would handle it any different than they go about their business with everything else.

    The organization that has prided itself on decades upon decades of stability isn't going to all of the sudden have a knee jerk reaction to failure. Simple as that.
     
  10. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    You keep saying OCs, and DCs while we still won games.
    Please my friend stay with the subject matter. We are talking HCs.
    Again name me a HC the Steelers hired in the last 30 years that came in had a losing season, and didn't make the playoffs??
    On top of all that. None of the people responsible for hiring a HC were responsible for the last two HCs.
     
  11. OX1947

    OX1947 Well-Known Member

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    Don’t ever use that kind of tone with me, broseph. This isn’t your mammys house.
     
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  12. Formerscribe

    Formerscribe Well-Known Member

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    The Chargers and Mike McDaniel just did the same thing. People reported him signing as OC with the Chargers as if he was pulling himself out of contention for a head coaching job, but he is interviewing for the head job in Buffalo.
     
  13. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    He hasnt signed a contract yet.
     
  14. Thor

    Thor Staff Member Mod Team

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    If you want to make a case against Flores, there are plenty of ways to do it without invoking race.

    Find one, or find another board to share dialogue with.
     
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  15. jeh1856

    jeh1856 We want in so we can bark to go out again

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    Not in the least

    I bet a lot of teams are extending coaching staff

    Not unusual at all just good normal practice
     
  16. Bubbahotep

    Bubbahotep Well-Known Member

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    Hopefully not the Steelers. :biggrin:
     
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  17. jeh1856

    jeh1856 We want in so we can bark to go out again

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    Bob there is no room for your racism on this board

    I seem to remember you being kicked off the board last time for the same reason
     
  18. james weyandt

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  19. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    Ok. I dont know why you guys are insisting that this is the norm but I dont care enough to argue about it. It’s not something we’ve seen teams do in the past.
     
  20. Brice

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    I like the resigning, because it shuts up all those people Bashing Flores for being difficult to work with, and how his former team is glad he is gone.

    Minnesota disliked him so much they are ready to pay him millions to come back for a few years. :)
     
  21. jeh1856

    jeh1856 We want in so we can bark to go out again

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    Hey I got a “Winner” rating from a highly esteemed member of our board so I will rest my case with that
     
  22. Confluence

    Confluence Well-Known Member

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    Remember when Terry Bradshaw loved playing for Chuck Noll because of his charming personality?
     
  23. jeh1856

    jeh1856 We want in so we can bark to go out again

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    Exactly how do you know when another team extends a coordinator

    But we can agree to not care
     
  24. Confluence

    Confluence Well-Known Member

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    Here is a little snippet of that charming personality

     
  25. Blast Furnace

    Blast Furnace Staff Member Mod Team

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    That teams sign a coordinator in season to an extension is not the same as doing it after the head coaching interview cycle has begun.

    What Flores just did is not common practice. You dont see guys go on HC interviews THEN sign an extension and till resume their search for a HC job.
     

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