Flores Watch

[purplefaithful]

.608 winning % over 18 years and a SB win.  Harbaugh and Tomlin have very similar records and are considered hot commodities.

McCarthy is criminally underrated.....and he's a native Pittsburgh guy, I believe.

Meh....

Its probably my anti-GB bias, but he's over-rated imo..Most of his career was with Favre + Rogers (in their primes) and I saw how those same GB teams fall on their faces when he couldn't trot them out on the field. 

He under-performed in Big D. 

Either way, I dont think he's the lead horse for Pitt or they would have hired him already. Are the Rooneys waiting for someone still coaching in the playoffs????

[StickierBuns]

Meh....

Its probably my anti-GB bias, but he's over-rated imo..Most of his career was with Favre + Rogers (in their primes) and I saw how those same GB teams fall on their faces when he couldn't trot them out on the field. 

He under-performed in Big D. 

Either way, I dont think he's the lead horse for Pitt or they would have hired him already. Are the Rooneys waiting for someone still coaching in the playoffs????

I blame Dak Prescott more than McCarthy for any underachieving in Dallas. IMO the problem with accurately assessing the strength of a Cowboys roster is complicated by the insistence of the media to overhype Dallas because it moves the needle for engagement. ESPN even admitted that they do this for views.

[mblack]

I guess Petine is not a Flores fan....

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootbal...eye-to-eye

Mike Pettine retired last week after a long coaching career, most recently as assistant head coach of the Vikings. In Minnesota, he worked alongside defensive coordinator Brian Flores. And Pettine did not enjoy that experience.

Interviewed on the Ultimate Cleveland Sports Show, Pettine was asked what his thoughts are on Flores as a head-coaching candidate.

“Probably not many that I would prefer to share,” Pettine said.

Pettine then elaborated that he and Flores were not on the same page, and that Pettine, who had previously been a defensive coach, began working with the Vikings’ offense because he didn’t work well with Flores.

“I mean we didn’t see eye to eye on a lot of things, and that’s why I spent this past year on offense. I was there in ’23 and ’24 on defense.”

Ultimately, Pettine declined to say much about Flores.

“I’ll take the high road on that one,” Pettine said.

Flores remains a candidate for some NFL head-coaching jobs. It’s safe to say he won’t be listing Pettine as a reference.

[comet52]

Meh....

Its probably my anti-GB bias, but he's over-rated imo..Most of his career was with Favre + Rogers (in their primes) and I saw how those same GB teams fall on their faces when he couldn't trot them out on the field. 

He under-performed in Big D. 

Either way, I dont think he's the lead horse for Pitt or they would have hired him already. Are the Rooneys waiting for someone still coaching in the playoffs????

Pretty much any HC who's coached for a long time with a winning overall record has had a decent QB.  Tomlin had Big Ben, Harbaugh had Flacco and Lamar.  Guys don't coach in the NFL for two decades without a QB.  McCarthy got 12 wins more than once out of Dak who's hardly elite, but he's decent .  And he got a SB out of Karen.

[StickierBuns]

Meh....

Its probably my anti-GB bias, but he's over-rated imo..Most of his career was with Favre + Rogers (in their primes) and I saw how those same GB teams fall on their faces when he couldn't trot them out on the field. 

He under-performed in Big D. 

Either way, I dont think he's the lead horse for Pitt or they would have hired him already. Are the Rooneys waiting for someone still coaching in the playoffs????

He's a good coach and obviously Pitt thought so as well.