Instant Analysis: What South Florida Sun Sentinel writers are saying about Brian Flores’ firing

Dave Hyde, Sports Columnist

Brian Flores is out. Chris Grier stays. I would person expected it to beryllium the different mode considering the mode this rebuild has gone. Flores is 19-14 the past 2 years. Grier picked Tua Tagovailoa implicit Justin Herbert arsenic his quarterback.

Omar Kelly, Dolphins Columnist

If you ever needed a motion that Steve Ross is bushed of losing, bushed of struggling connected offense, this is it. Despite Brian Flores’ quality to get his squad to rally backmost from a 1-7 start, Ross decided to region him arsenic coach, apt due to the fact that of the offense’s struggles and the realization that it would beryllium a conflict for Flores to amended that unit. General Manager Chris Grier survives, and that apt has much to bash with his humble demeanor and accommodating property than it does his skills to measure and get talent. The Dolphins are starting implicit with $74 cardinal successful headdress abstraction and a respectable defense.

David Furones, Dolphins Writer

The firing of Brian Flores seems astonishing aft the Dolphins conscionable completed a 2nd consecutive winning season, thing that hadn’t been done since the Dave Wannstedt regime. Miami had besides won 8 of its past 9 games aft the horrible 1-7 commencement and swept the New England Patriots for the archetypal clip since 2000 with Sunday’s win. There has to beryllium thing deeper astatine play wrong the enactment due to the fact that it doesn’t marque consciousness from the standpoint of however the Dolphins finished the season.

Keven Lerner, Assistant Sports Editor

Brian Flores’ firing was to beryllium expected. While the Dolphins won 7 consecutive games, the seven-game losing streak against mostly subpar teams can’t beryllium overlooked. The Dolphins went 2-5 against playoff teams and had the easiest docket successful the NFL based connected hostile triumph percent astatine .464.

Steve Svekis, Assistant Sports Editor

Brian Flores was problematic. He ran done violative coordinators arsenic if they were Spinal Tap drummers and installed a neophyte violative enactment coach. But…BUT….he did NOT prime Tua Tagovailoa implicit Justin Herbert.