[edited] OT: Chicago Bears interviewing Flores

Smart of the Bears. I think Flores is a really good coach. I just think his insistence on Miami pursuing Watson led to an unresolvable conflict. 

for those of you that don't habla español, el niño is spanish for... the niño

Carlos is Spanish for Charles… Charles Cain… The Alphabet Bandit! 

So this news broke on the Ocho, then?

He won 2 Super Bowls!  He also won 2 games total as the Seahawk coach in 1992, leading what might have been the worst offensive NFL team in the last 40 years.

He's one of at least three minority candidates they are seeking to interview.  They also have a list of diverse candidates they are looking at for GM.  They said a diverse pool of candidates was very important.  Interviewing Flores is certainly not a token interview to fulfill the Rooney Rule.

Nope. They also want to interview Todd Bowles and Byron Leftwich. It's crazy to imagine, but some franchises actually want to hire the best coach available.

No one ever knows for sure with Harbaugh, but a lot of insiders are saying it's Raiders or bust in NFL at this time.

Flores is black?  I thought his name was Flowers in Spanish... does that count as two minority interviews?

Harbaugh definitely put the word out to the NFL that he's interested. Nothing new there. That's been reported by everyone. He'll take any NFL gig that gets offered. (EDIT: I think you're correct that the Raiders are the biggest threat mostly because he supposedly has a good relationship with Mark Davis... maybe because they're both a little eccentric and odd, who knows)

Surprise twist: he's not getting calls, at least not yet. And anyone who thinks the holdup in signing a Michigan contract has anything to do with money is completely off base. The man doesn't even have an agent. It's about competing at the highest level and on a level playing field. There's nothing more Warde can offer him at this point-- just a waiting game for the NFL carousel to fully stop.

FWIW I'd suggest rooting for a deep Raiders run into the playoffs* and for the Bears/Vikings to make quick hires. If the Bears hire Flores, great. One less seat available. Jacksonville is a non-starter because the GM is Trent Baalke.

*EDIT: Jeff Chadiha was on Jim Rome yesterday and stated (an opinion as far as I can tell) that the Raiders are firing interim HC Rich Bissacia unless he's hoisting the Lombardi at the end

Firing Brian Flores made NO sense at all. Here's a guy who beat the Patriots & Belichik with a crap QB (drafted by the GM ahead of Justin Herbert) by getting his Defense to play at an astronomical level. Won seven or eight straight games down the stretch, meaning the Team bought in & was winning.

Saying that Brian Flores is just being interviewed to meet the Rooney Rule is selling him WAY short. He's one of the highest qualified coaching candidates. Why on earth the Dolphins fired him and not their GM is insane!!