NFL world reacts to the Dolphins firing Brian Flores

Among the list of NFL head coaches on the hot seat after the regular season, many would’ve been surprised to see Brian Flores’ name. Sure, the Miami Dolphins aren’t a Super Bowl contender but Flores has improved the team, going from 5-11 in his first year to 10-6 and 9-8 seasons. That includes this season where after a 1-7 start, the Dolphins finished their season 8-1.

Despite all that, it wasn’t enough to save Flores his job as the Dolphins announced they have relieved Flores of his duties.

To say this is a surprise has been an understatement. The Dolphins were above .500 in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2003 and while they missed out on the playoffs, they finished two games behind the AFC East champion Buffalo Bills and one game behind the New England Patriots.

Needless to say, given the squad he had, Flores had been getting everything he could out of the Dolphins and many are pointing out how his firing is a bad idea with some just coming out and saying it that maybe it’s race related.

Black coaches often talk privately about how the leash is much shorter for them than their white counterparts.
Flores is a perfect example of this.

— mike freeman (@mikefreemanNFL) January 10, 2022

There were some rumblings that the Dolphins were considering bringing in a football czar to run football operations to oversee Grier and Flores.

It's possible Flores was not OK with that arrangement and they agreed to mutually part ways.

— Matt Cannata (@CannataPFN) January 10, 2022

I don’t know why the Dolphins fired Brian Flores, but I do know that that team showed a ton of fight and grit this year during a season thar could’ve turned into an abject disaster.

19 wins over the past two seasons. Cold business.

— Field Yates (@FieldYates) January 10, 2022

Flores is gone and the GM stays even though he picked Tua over Herbert?? Makes no sense–

— Michael Lombardi (@mlombardiNFL) January 10, 2022