The three core values that Brian Flores expects from this team
By Brian Miller
Selflessness
It is not fair to single out Jarvis Landry by using his picture above but if there was one thing that Adam Gase did start to achieve it was the selfish nature of several players. Perhaps in a way Gase cleared the path for Flores’ core values as he eliminated some of the selfish players from the roster so Flores didn’t have to.
Ndamukong Suh, Jarvis Landry, Jordan Phillips, and Jay Ajayi all had in some way over-stayed their welcome by transitioning from a team to a me. Flores doesn’t want that. In New England they didn’t tolerate it and when a player was set to hit free agency and demand big money, the Patriots simply let them go. This is what Flores needs to do with the Dolphins.
Eliminating the players that are solely there for the purpose of getting paid or finding themselves in a Pro-Bowl or an early evening pre-game highlight reel doesn’t need to be on this team. There are players currently that fit more in line with that thinking. Jakeem Grant and Albert Wilson come to mind. Jerome Baker and Raekwon McMillan on defense do as well.
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Grier and Flores need to drill this thinking home. When Joe Philbin took over the roster he had similar thoughts on how to build the team without selfish needs. He re-organized the locker room seating to integrate the players more among themselves. Philbin however couldn’t take that and move it forward to the field.
Adam Gase thought it was easier to send statements to the rest of the team by cutting top performers with ego’s and attitudes not consistent with his line of thinking. In the end it was Gase who couldn’t acclimate his own way of selfish thinking to a team concept and it cost him his job.
Now comes Flores with the New England bravado and the support of the owner and general manager. Can they fix it? If Flores values this as one of his core beliefs they have to.