Post-season results matter, but not every good coach is going to come from a winning program (see Belichick). Not sure that you can completely blame this guy for being stuck with a QB that sucks, whom he reportedly told sucks and needs to be better, when he wanted someone else who ended up being good.
He is undefeated against Belichick, I believe.
He’s 4-2 against Belichick. But I don’t understand why you’d call Underwood a failure for a loss in a single elimination tournament, yet willing to cede total control to a coach who’s never made the playoffs. I’m not saying he’s not a good coach, he likely is, but this is kind of like going all in on Trubisky and Nagy. You’d better get it 100% right (trusting a still somewhat unproven coach), or it could blow up spectacularly.
I’d probably be good with Flores if you hire a Rick Smith first, and he hires Flores. But I’m not letting a largely unproven coach pick his GM. I’m willing to be wrong if indeed he’s all he’s cracked up to be and more.
Also, does 3 OCs in 3 years (actually 4 because they had dual OCs this year) not concern you?
My first question for Flores is “who is going to be your offensive coordinator?” I’m not sure he has an impressive answer for that question.