Stephen A. Smith claims Brian Flores did not have the same sources as Mike McDaniel
Marcos Mixed Bag! Stephen A. Smith on Brian Flores not having the same sources as Mike McDaniel, like Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle.
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00:00I got some sound here from the national pundits pundits.
00:07What does that mean?
00:08I don't know that it's
00:11it's like a judgy person, right?
00:13Yeah. The national talking heads.
00:16That's is that better?
00:17I don't know.
00:17Like, I feel like a pundit.
00:20Yes.
00:21According to dictionaries, Google can trust an expert
00:25in a particular subject or field who frequently call is called on
00:29to give opinions about it to the public.
00:32Oh, I would consider.
00:35Stephen A. Smith as a pundit.
00:40I would agree.
00:41I would call him a pundit.
00:43Yeah, well, he, as usual, gave his opinion.
00:49Very interesting one in regards
00:52to the Brian Flores era of the Miami Dolphins.
00:57All right.
00:59Now, he mentions Brian Flores did it without Jalen Waddle.
01:04Hmm. Problem.
01:07Jalen Waddle was there.
01:08I don't understand really what he means by that.
01:11But let's hear Stephen A. out, shall we?
01:13Talk and brag about how Mike McDaniels has done such a bang up job.
01:17That's a great job.
01:18But that's not what Brian Flores did.
01:21Well, I recall Brian Flores winning about 10 games in the season.
01:24I recall Brian Flores having Ryan Fitzpatrick.
01:27Now, what he said, according to Tua, is inexcusable, egregious.
01:31It was beyond apparel.
01:32It crossed the line.
01:33And nobody's here to defend Brian Flores' behavior
01:37towards Tua Tungvaluwa if those things were true.
01:40But the other side to this, guys, is this.
01:43Brian Flores didn't have Tyreek Hill.
01:46Brian Flores didn't have Jalen Waddle.
01:48I mean, you know, we're talking like Brian Flores goes out the building.
01:53Mike McDaniels comes in the building.
01:56Same identical scenario, but different results.
01:59That's not true.
02:01What would Brian Flores have done if he had Tyreek Hill and Jalen Waddle?
02:04What would he have done if he had those brothers?
02:07I'm just asking, because see, those are the kind of questions to me
02:11that are relevant, because when we talk about Mike McDaniels, again,
02:15he deserves this contract extension, Shea Shea.
02:17Jeff Saturday, he deserves it.
02:18I'm not trying to imply that he doesn't.
02:21But when we talk about him like it's such an it's
02:24such an incredible upgrade from Brian Flores.
02:29All right, there you go.
02:31Well, yes, as you point out, Marcos.
02:34Yeah, he did have Jalen Waddle.
02:36Jalen Waddle actually had more catches with Brian Flores than he did
02:39with in either season with Mike McDaniel set a rookie record.
02:43Um, here's the other thing with Tyreek Hill.
02:45Like everybody's like, oh, he didn't go to Tyreek.
02:47All right.
02:47Tyreek Hill was not available at the time that Brian Flores
02:50was the Dolphins head coach.
02:52Should he have become available?
02:53Maybe they would have gone after him.
02:55But here's the thing that I get a little.
02:56I'm I really kind of want to move on from the Ryan Flores thing.
03:00I really do.
03:01Yeah.
03:01But since we're going to do it,
03:03um, I get a little tired of hearing how the Dolphins didn't go after anybody
03:09when Brian Flores was here, because it's just not true.
03:13Like, yes, Brian Flores had to withstand a stinky season
03:16where they looked maybe historically
03:19like they were on the worst on trajectory to be the worst team ever. Right.
03:24That was bad.
03:24He had to he had to take that one on the chin.
03:26We're questioning claims that he was given.
03:29He was offered lost bonuses from Steven Ross.
03:34However, they did try and offer him up.
03:38Tom Brady, you know, they did try and offer him up.
03:42Tom Brady, who went on to win the Super Bowl.
03:46Now, did he go because he's such a Boy Scout?
03:49And he goes, Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.
03:51I could never tamper or or as he has taken a lot of his stuff from New England.
03:58Did he just think Tom Brady stunk?
04:00Did he just think he was washed?
04:02Either way, they did try and get him, Tom Brady.
04:06They did peruse and snoop around to Sean Watson
04:10before all the allegations came out. Correct.
04:12So it's not like the guy was never in a situation
04:16where they tried to improve things, but when it didn't go his way,
04:20washed out, washed out, was awful to his quarterback.
04:24Yep. Acted like it was such a burden to have him around.
04:28That is right. Tackle two. Right.
04:30Oh, and and Austin Jackson.
04:32And it's been Minka Fitzpatrick.
04:34Yeah, that's off a ship because he didn't like being here.
04:36You call him stinker.
04:37Quits bad.
04:38What did I stand by that?
04:40He was a bit of a baby on Twitter about it.
04:42True. You know, stick it out, stinker.
04:46Still a root for him to get out stink, you know, but
04:50it's not like the Dolphins never went after anybody
04:53when Brian Flores was here.
04:54Like, I get it.
04:56He didn't have Tyreek Hill.
04:58Guess what? He was in Kansas City, not available to Brian Flores at the time.
05:03You know, so and and the whole thing with Jalen Waddell, like, OK, he had this.
05:08Oh, he wasn't. It was a rookie.
05:10He was a pretty great rookie.
05:12And by the way, before the Dolphins got Tyreek Hill,
05:17remember how excited Mike McDaniel was to remember him in the Leviton show?
05:20He was like, oh, who's like a guy in fancy?
05:22We should get. And he was screaming Jalen Waddell.
05:24That's how excited he was to have Jalen Waddell and Jalen Waddell's production
05:30went through the roof, probably because he didn't have a fossil calling plays.
05:34So I don't know, man, I get it.
05:36Did Brian Flores have some elements of getting a raw deal?
05:39Maybe, you know, it's it's definitely
05:43I understand why he's pissed off, because you have a winning record.
05:47Who deserves to get fired?
05:49But also, as we've seen to Stephen Ross and you valuing.
05:55Workplace camaraderie, workplace environment.
05:58This guy seemed like he was really bad at it.
06:01He's even admitted that on the record now.
06:03Yep. A lot of things that I should have changed.
06:05Why Mike McDaniel?
06:07Seems to have a harmonious workplace that he's built.
06:10Ultimately, yes.
06:11Getting the playoff wins are the most important thing.
06:14Nobody's going to care about the other stuff.
06:16But Brian Flores didn't playoff wins either.
06:18And it's not like the Dolphins never offered up.
06:21Hey, we got big improvements that could be on the on the horizon for it.
06:23He goes, oh, I could never go on a boat with Tom Brady.
06:26Oh, that old who knew, knew, knew, knew.
06:30You know, like it's so
06:33I don't know.
06:34It's it's one of those things where.
06:37I'm not going to be completely
06:41deaf to understanding why Stephen Ross is looking at that
06:44and feeling like Brian Flores got a raw deal.
06:46But we got to say, hey, guess what?
06:49Sometimes you're Mark Jackson and sometimes you're Steph Curry.
06:53I mean, you're you're Steve Kerr, where you like you have the guys
06:56and then those guys take their leap.
06:58Yeah. You know, like it's it's it's it's unfortunate.
07:01But I don't I don't understand.
07:04Like, we're going to continue to say poor Brian Flores never got Tyree kill.
07:07Is that going to be on this tombstone?
07:09Yeah, I can imagine that.
07:11Like, you know, the heat would have been good.
07:13It's just they didn't have Michael Jordan.
07:14But by the way, the dude hates personalities.
07:18Yep. Hates big profile guys.
07:20Imagine how he would have dealt with time.
07:21How do you think you would have dealt with Tyree kill?
07:23Because I'm going to say probably not great.
07:25Yeah, true.
07:27Probably would have turned him into like Wes Welker.
07:29Oh, yeah. 200 catches for a thousand yards for for for Tyree kill.
07:34What do you know? Another slant.