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What Went Wrong for Brian Flores and the Dolphins

ESPN Daily

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Sports

4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The end of the NFL regular season inevitably means a round of firings of head coaches from the league's underperforming teams. But this year, one name came as a shock: Brian Flores. He was fired by the Miami Dolphins after compiling a record of 24-25 in his three seasons at the helm. The Dolphins nearly made it to the playoffs in 2020, and bounced back from an 0-7 start this season to finish 9-8. ESPN’s Marcel Louis-Jacques explains what led to Flores’ ousting…and why it may have had nothing to do with football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

So on Monday, Marcel, news breaks out of nowhere that the dolphins have just fired their head coach, Brian Flores.

0:14.0

This was supposed to be the first day of the off season for you.

0:17.6

So were you already, like, wearing swim trunks when your world blew up? What was that even like?

0:23.9

Well, you know, I got a nice view from my bedroom. I can see, you know, the western part of Miami,

0:31.1

big skyline. I see the hammock outside and I was thinking, man, I think I'm going to spend some time

0:35.8

out there today.

0:42.9

Marcel Louis Jacques covers the Miami Dolphins for ESPN.

0:47.6

And then, you know, the word from Shepter came in.

0:48.8

We got a lot of breaking news.

0:50.5

There's a lot of things going on across the league.

0:51.6

We knew it would be a busy morning.

0:54.2

The big surprise of the morning is in Miami, where the Miami Dolphins have fired their head coach Brian Flores. Harding ways with him.

1:00.1

Let go of him. A little bit of surprise coming off a big win over the New England Patriots.

1:06.4

It's one of those like I love reporting moments. Obviously, I'm not excited for anybody to lose their job,

1:12.6

but that like moment of excitement when, you know, like something major just happened,

1:18.6

and you have to, like, you have to cover it.

1:21.6

I know I need to get a new story out. I needed to come up with a reaction.

1:25.6

I need to make a couple calls to whatever sources I can

1:29.3

to just get anything on background.

1:31.3

I had an unnamed editor who essentially called me

1:34.3

just to say, man, that sucks.

1:36.3

Have a good rest of the day.

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