In search of the next Bears head coach, we visit the Vikings locker room
New York TimesMINNEAPOLIS — Like a thirsty man wandering through a desert, I required an oasis. I would love Flo to be here.” “If Flo went to Chicago,” said Vikings linebacker and Eden Prairie, Minn., native Blake Cashman, “I don’t think us, as the Vikings, who would want to play against him.” “You know what,” Vikings cornerback Shaq Griffin said. It would make sense that Bears GM Ryan Poles — if he’s the one leading the search for the Bears’ fifth head coach since Lovie Smith was fired after the 2012 season — and his boss, Kevin Warren, are looking for their Kevin O’Connell, the coach who has the Vikings playing for the top seed in the NFC. And I think, Flo’s the type of guy to change anybody’s locker room immediately, offense or defense.” What we’ve seen this season is the Bears need a change agent. “Honestly,” Turner told me, “it’s a blessing, really a blessing, to have a coach like that for my first year in the NFL.” There’s no question Flores is intense and exacting.
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