Flores: "I would love to be a head coach again"

[pattersaur]

I understand the 'old boys club' and open lawsuit issues. But I think he will be a head coach next year.
He's an innovator and those don't come along that often.
But it might be in a college program.

One thing that would support your point is there doesn't seem to be a ton of buzzy HC names out there this offseason.

Belichick. Johnson in DET. Maybe Kellen Moore finally gets a chance since the Eagles are humming. But what Flo has done here is impressive. I know young OC's are the fad but I tend to agree that someone will give him a shot. Even if it pisses off 31 other owners.

Lastly, I remember when Tomlin got hired away thinking, uh-oh, we shouldn't have let that happen. I forget if it was Chili or Leslie who was coach at the time but it seemed kind of obvious that keeping Tomlin around--although very young-- would have been better than the person we currently had at HC. Of course, our HC (again sorry I forget which bozo it was), got canned the following year and Tomlin's been in PIT ever since.

THIS TIME, if Flores gets away, it'll be a bummer. But KO is great so it won't sting nearly as much. I like where the Vikings are at with KAM and KO running things. I just wish Kwesi could draft!

[hogjowlsjohnny]

One thing that would support your point is there doesn't seem to be a ton of buzzy HC names out there this offseason.

Belichick. Johnson in DET. Maybe Kellen Moore finally gets a chance since the Eagles are humming. But what Flo has done here is impressive. I know young OC's are the fad but I tend to agree that someone will give him a shot. Even if it pisses off 31 other owners.

Lastly, I remember when Tomlin got hired away thinking, uh-oh, we shouldn't have let that happen. I forget if it was Chili or Leslie who was coach at the time but it seemed kind of obvious that keeping Tomlin around--although very young-- would have been better than the person we currently had at HC. Of course, our HC (again sorry I forget which bozo it was), got canned the following year and Tomlin's been in PIT ever since.

THIS TIME, if Flores gets away, it'll be a bummer. But KO is great so it won't sting nearly as much. I like where the Vikings are at with KAM and KO running things. I just wish Kwesi could draft!

Kwesi needs to draft better for the long term interests of this team. KOC is a great offensive mind, but if he still had Donnatel their record would be 2-7 instead of 7-2. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if Flores was HC and KOC was OC!

The coaching is actually very good in my mind. They seem to be getting the most out of what Kwesi has given them.

The one thing that worries me is the philosophy of not building from the lines out. Seems most championship quality teams have very solid lines on both sides of the ball.
Darnold played better early in the season but he had better protection in those early games. Of course Darnold doesn't seem to see the receiver coming open and is often late with his throws and ends up holding the ball too long.
Perhaps a little more dink and dunk with TJ back, will open up the longer throws.
Darnold isn't terrible, but he needs a good defense to win games. 
So hopefully we can keep Flores around for next year when we have a new young developing QB with a lot of potential.

[Mattyman]

I don't think Flo is HC material.