Re: Coach Tom Flores
The MISSION of
the Pro Football Hall of Fame:
- HONOR INDIVIDUALS
WHO HAVE MADE OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL
- PRESERVE historic
documents and artifacts
- EDUCATE the
origin, development and growth as an important part of American
culture
- PROMOTE the
positive values
Each individual Hall Of
Fame Voter is specifically unequivocally mandated:
- "CHARGED WITH
THE VITAL TASK OF CONTINUING TO BE SURE"
A Sports Writer recently
noted:
"Tom Flores: The least
known and least appreciated multiple Super Bowl-winning coach."
Several Sports Writers and
Voters use this criteria:
"The Professional
Football Hall of Fame is for people that you cannot write the history of the
Professional Football without them"
…if true, then let us
carefully reconsider Coach Tom Flores by that same criteria:
Pioneer? Yes!
Trailblazer? Yes!
Groundbreaker? Yes!
Barrier Breaker? Yes!
Beat the Odds? Yes!
Overcame? Yes!
First of the First?
Yes!
One and Only?
Yes!
Historical? Yes!
Record Holder? Yes!
Leader? Yes!
Champion? Yes!
"Hybrid of All
Hybrids"? Yes!
And All at the Highest
Level? Yes!
If you take Everything out
of the record books
If your erase Everything he
has done, Everything about him
Then in fact, you Cannot
write the history of Professional Football without him
Win or Lose...his
Commitment to Excellence speaks for itself
MANY OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS
COACH TOM FLORES HAS GIVEN TO THE 95 YEAR HISTORY OF PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL
CANNOT BE QUANTIFIED
NUMBERS ALONE DO NOT TELL
THE ENTIRE STORY AND DO NOT DEFINE HIM
Sent: Fri, Jan 9, 2015 9:37
am
Professional Football Hall
of Fame 2015 - 113 Nominees
15 Finalists announced
Only 3 Head Coaches were
among the 15
I have nothing against the
3 they picked as Finalists, Great Coaches and very deserving
But they left off:
Thomas Raymond
"Tom" Flores
His Four (4)
Super Bowls and One (1) AFL Championship are Elite and is
the FIRST and ONLY person to have accomplished this as a Player, Assistant
Coach and Head Coach with Five (5) Wins at the Highest Level
In addition to those Five
(5) Wins at the Highest Level, add a Runner-Up Super Bowl as a Contributor
for a total of Six (6) Games at the Highest Level
55 years Professional
Football: 1960 to Present
34
Years Player, Sports Columnist, Assistant Coach, Head Coach,
Front Office, General Manager, Team President & Head Coach:
1960 to 1994
18 Years Sports
Analyst/Broadcaster: 1997 to Present
28 Years Eligible for Induction
into the Professional Football Hall of Fame: Since 1987 and counting
(He returned to
Coaching
21 Years Eligible for
Induction into the Professional Football Hall of Fame: Since 1994 and
counting
FIRST: PLAYER / HEAD COACH
In the 95 year history of Pro Football to win Super Bowls as a
Player
and
Head Coach
(The only other Player
/ Head Coach to equal this is Mike Ditka and Tony
Dungy, they are the only 3 to do this, he was First)
FIRST: PLAYER / ASSISTANT
COACH / HEAD COACH In the 95 year history of Pro Football to win Super Bowls as
a
Player (Kansas City
Chiefs),
Assistant Coach
and
Head Coach (Raiders)
(The only other Player
/ Assistant Coach / Head Coach to equal this is Mike Ditka, they
are the only 2 to do this, he was First)
FIRST & ONLY:
Individual in the 95 year history of Pro Football to have the most Super Bowls
and Championship (before the NFL-AFL merger)
with Five (5) as a
Player (Kansas City
Chiefs - 2 {1 AFL Championship and 1 Super Bowl} ),
Assistant Coach
(Raiders - 1)
and
Head Coach (Raiders -
2)
(No Player / Assistant
Coach / Head Coach has accomplished this in the history of the league)
FIRST: NOT JUST
FOOTBALL....ALL MAJOR SPORTS TEAMS!
Professional Football Hall
of Fame officially recognized:
"In the 30-year period
1963 - 1992, the Raiders' winning record of .661 with 285 victories,
146 losses and 11 ties
RANKS AS THE BEST AMONG
ALL MAJOR SPORTS TEAMS."
Tom Flores played a MAJOR
ROLE during those 30 years as a Player / Assistant Coach / Head Coach /
Front Office / Leader
FIRST & ONLY:
"HE'S THE HYBRID OF ALL HYBRIDS"
Professional Football Hall
of Fame Vice President and Historian Joe Horrigan said about Tom Flores:
"Tom was a player,
coach and general manager," Horrigan said. "HE'S THE HYBRID OF ALL
HYBRIDS."
To be exact:
Player
Sports Journalist
Columnist
Assistant Coach
Head Coach
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Candidate
Front Office
General Manager
Team President
Head Coach
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Candidate
Author
Sports Analyst/Commentator
Numerous
Awards/Achievements
Continuous Community
Involvement
Champion at the Highest
Level
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Preliminary Ballot Nominee
He is Absolutely "THE
HYBRID OF ALL HYBRIDS"
Won Super Bowls and
a Championship
Five (5) Wins at the Highest
Level:
- 1 AFL
Championship Win - Player
- 4 Super Bowl Wins:
Super Bowl IV Chiefs -
Player
and
Super Bowl XI - Assistant
Coach
and
Super Bowl XV - Head Coach
and
Super Bowl XVIII - Head
Coach
Include Runner-Up
Super Bowl XXXVI -
Contributor
Six (6) Games at the Highest Level
95 YEAR HISTORY
PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL:
FIRST: Hispanic
Starting Professional Football Quarterback
FIRST: Hispanic Professional
Football Quarterback to win a Championship
FIRST: Hispanic Professional
Football Quarterback to win a Super Bowl
FIRST: Hispanic and
Minority Assistant Coach in Professional Football History to win a
Super Bowl
FIRST: Hispanic and
Minority Head Coach in Professional Football History to win a Super Bowl
FIRST: Hispanic and
Minority and Only Head Coach in Professional Football History to win
two (2) Super Bowls
FIRST: Hispanic and
Minority Front Office Personnel in Professional Football History
FIRST: Hispanic and
Minority and Only General Manager in Professional Football History
FIRST: Hispanic and
Minority and Only Team President in Professional Football History
Consider All the Great
Coaches Past and Present:
FIRST: Coach to win a Super
Bowl as a Wild-Card Team
FIRST: The Professional
Football Hall of Fame officially recognized the very First Wild-Card
win as "Tough Odds"
FIRST: Super
Bowl Highest winning percentage 1.000 - No losses
FIRST: 1973 to
Present Highest Playoff winning percentage overall other Coaches, he's
Number 1
FIRST: The Professional
Football Hall of Fame officially recognizes him among the "First
Hispanic Assistant Coaches"
FIRST: The Professional
Football Hall of Fame officially recognizes him among the "First
Hispanic Head Coaches"
FIRST: Hispanic and
Minority Assistant Coach of the Oakland Raiders
FIRST: Hispanic and
Minority Head Coach of the Oakland Raiders
FIRST: Hispanic and
Minority Head Coach of the Los Angeles Raiders
FIRST: Hispanic and
Minority Head Coach of the Seattle Seahawks
FIRST: Winningest Super
Bowl Raider Coach in Franchise History
FIRST: The Only Coach to
ever win Super Bowls with the same Team in two (2) different cities
SECOND: Coaches in the
modern era only Vince Lombardi has a higher playoff winning percentage he's
Number 2
THIRD: Coaches in the
modern era only Vince Lombardi and Weeb Ewbank (AFL/NFL) have a higher playoff
winning percentage he's Number 3
Out of 473 Pro Football
Head Coaches:
51 have Coached in the
Super Bowl
23 have Coached in more
than 1 Super Bowl
19 out of the 23 that
Coached in more than 1 Super Bowl have won at least 1 Super Bowl
13 out of the 23 that
Coached in more than 1 Super Bowl have won at least 2 Super Bowls
Only 4 Head Coaches:
Chuck Noll - Hall of
Fame
Bill Belichick
Bill Walsh - Hall of
Fame
Joe Gibbs - Hall of
Fame
Have more Super Bowl
wins as a Head Coach
TIMELINE: Coach Flores had
already earned all of his Super Bowl victories Before Coach Walsh, Coach
Gibbs reached their 2nd Super Bowl
THIRD: Ranked
3rd All-Time Head Coach Super Bowl wins in the history of Professional Football
SECOND: As a Head Coach won
his first Super Bowl in his Second year
SECOND: Ranked
2nd All-Time Coach/Player combined Super
Bowl/Championship wins, in the history of Professional Football
THIRD: Ranked
3rd All-Time Coach/Player combined Super Bowl wins, in the history of
Professional Football
SECOND: 83 wins Second-Most
in Raider franchise history
Has more total wins
then Hall of Fame Coach Bill Walsh and Hall of Fame
Finalist Coach Jimmy Johnson
Super Bowl XV - Head Coach:
His team was both the underdog and the Wild-Card Team and prevailed against "Tough
Odds"
Coaching win over Hall of
Fame Candidate Coach Dick Vermeil, described as a "Superior
Motivator/Innovator", Coach Vermeil's only Super Bowl defeat
Super Bowl XVIII - Head Coach:
His team was again the underdog and prevailed against the odds against the
Greatest Team NFL History
Coaching win over Hall of
Fame Coach Joe Gibbs, described as a "Genius", Coach
Gibbs' only Super Bowl defeat
Both Coach Vermeil and
Coach Gibbs are considered among the Greatest Of All-Time in All Coaching
Circles
"TOUGH ODDS":
FIRST: The Professional
Football Hall of Fame officially recognized the very First Wild-Card win
as "Tough Odds" - to confirm this
- 11 Seasons separate Coach
Flores/Raiders Super Bowl Win from when Wild-Card Games first began
- 18 Seasons separate
another Coach/Team accomplishing another Wild-Card Super Bowl Win after Coach
Flores/Raiders
- Professional Football
Hall of Fame: "...History of the Wild Card
Tough Odds
Since the Wild Card System
began in 1970, only eleven (11) Wild Card Teams have advanced all the way to
the Super Bowl
Of those eleven (11) Teams,
ONLY seven (7) Teams won the Super Bowl over those 45 years..."
Coach Flores/Raiders were
the First!
MORE "TOUGH
ODDS":
Washington Redskins: NFC
Champion - 1st NFC East - The Defending Super Bowl Champions
Coach Joe Gibbs: Hall of
Fame - 4 Super Bowls & 3x Super Bowl Champion
- Joe Theismann MVP
- Coach Gibbs was fresh off
of beating John Robinson/Eric Dickerson 51-7 and Bill Walsh/Joe Montana
- Highest scoring team,
most prolific offense, largest statistical advantages in National Football
history!
- '83 team considered one
of the Best if not the Best Coach Gibbs' team of
All-Time!
- The Best defending Super
Bowl Champion Ever!
- 2015 still ranked one of
the Best teams Ever!
- "Talk Of Fame"
Ranks them Number One (1)!
- Raiders held this
powerful defending Champion's offense to 9 points!
- Held below 10 points
first time in 45 games
- Super Bowl record with
fewest passing touchdowns!
- 38 points scored by
Raiders most in Super Bowl History
- 29 points largest margin
of victory in Super Bowl History
- Coach Gibbs, "The
main thing is those guys are the champions - they whipped us in every area.
They played great"
- Ronald
Reagan President of the United States, "Coach Tom
Flores...Congratulations. That was a wonderful win tonight"
Coached Raiders 9 seasons
won 2 Super Bowls as Head Coach
Hall of Fame
Coach John Madden Coached Raiders 10 seasons won 1 Super Bowl as
Head Coach
Coach Flores was his
Assistant Coach and Head Coach for the Only 3 Super Bowl wins in Raider history
FOURTH: Raiders Rank number
four (4) All-Time against All Teams with Super Bowl Wins, Coach Flores had a
Role in each of the Wins
Coach Flores Raiders' winning
percentage .610 Season and .727 Playoffs
Hall of Fame Coach Bill
Walsh 49er's winning percentage .609 Season and .714 Playoffs
Professional Football Hall
of Fame Coach Don Shula, when his name is mentioned in Coaching circles he is
among the Greatest:
- Winningest Coach in
Professional Football History All-Time Leader in Victories
- The only NFL Coach to
have a Perfect Undefeated Season
- A winning record against
every Coach he faced over a 36 yr period, with few exceptions, consider all the
Great Coaches he faced, had losing record against Coach Tom Flores (1-6)
One (1) of ONLY four (4)
Latino Head Coaches in the history of Professional Football
"TAKE A PEEK AT THE
GHOST TO THE POST":
Raiders vs Colts one of the
most exciting and memorable games in Professional Football History
Third-Longest Game ever at
the time in Pro Football History
Fifth-longest Game ever in
Pro Football History
Two (2) Overtimes
Forever remembered for one
critical play – “The Ghost to the Post”
The pass QB Ken Stabler to
TE Dave Casper "The Ghost" his incredible catch gained 42 yards led
to game tying field goal sending game into OT
"Offensive coordinator
Tom Flores called for a pass designed to go to one of the two wide receivers
running 'in' patterns, but told Stabler to 'take a peek at the Ghost to the
post', referring to a deep pattern by Casper down the field and then
angling to the goal post.
On NFL's Greatest Games,
Madden explained Casper's job on the play was normally to draw away the opposing
team's safeties so the receivers could make a catch, but Flores had noticed the
safeties had been playing closer to the line of scrimmage than usual, which is
what prompted Flores to tell Madden/Stabler to look for Casper downfield.
Hall of Fame coach John
Madden called the moment one of the most memorable of his coaching
career."
2002 Dave Casper's
Induction Speech
Pro Football Hall of Fame -
Canton, Ohio - Enshrinement:
"...We have Tom Flores
who was my receiver coach. I'm not sure Tom taught me how to play tight end but
he taught me how to learn how to play tight end. Every day he worked with me,
taught me a lot of skills. Nobody else was a better teacher -
the Raiders were great teachers..."
2003 Marcus Allen's
Induction Speech
Pro Football Hall of Fame -
Canton, Ohio - Enshrinement:
"...Coach Tom Flores
for putting his faith and trust in a rookie. Tom, I appreciate
everything you did for me..."
Professional Football Hall
of Fame confirmed: Greatest Comebacks in NFL History
- 1982: Raiders/Coach Tom
Flores – From 24 points behind to win 28-24 over the Chargers/Coach Don Coryell
28 years of eligibility for
PFHOF Induction has Never made it passed the very First Ballot Stage the
"Preliminary Ballot Nominee” Stage
(After his return to
Coaching
21 years of eligibility for
PFHOF Induction has Never made it passed the very First Ballot Stage the
"Preliminary Ballot Nominee” Stage
ESPN: "Hall of Fame
(2x Finalist and 7x Semi-Finalist) Don Coryell's lifetime record against Tom
Flores? Answer: 5-11"
28 years PFHOF Never been a
Finalist or Semi-Finalist or made it passed the very First Ballot Stage the
"Preliminary Ballot Nominee” Stage
QB the Key Position on the
field: Fouts, Aikman, Marino All HOF QBs - Manning future HOF QB
- Coach Flores had Zero
(0) HOF QBs in comparison to his Coaching counterparts
In fact Fouts, Aikman,
Marino were all “First Ballot Hall of Fame” QBs - Manning will also be “First
Ballot Hall of Fame” QB
Rewind 1983 Season:
- In the Super Bowl Era by
1983 only Coach Noll had 4 Super Bowl wins
- Coach Flores in 1983 had
four (4) Super Bowl wins Plus one (1) Championship win Player/Assistant/Head
Coach
- And at this timeframe in
'83, his two (2) Super Bowl wins as a Head Coach were equal to
Coach Landry, Coach Lombardi, Coach Shula.
- In 1983 No other Coach
had more wins
Regarding All PFHOF
Coaches, are there some that Coach Flores' overall "record" is better
or equal to their record? Yes
FIRST: The ORIGINAL MONDAY
MORNING QUARTERBACK - MMQB - Sports Column!:
Dan Daly: "...Flores,
to his everlasting credit, took his job seriously and wrote pieces that were
very educational. He was – a really good explainer, which is one of
the reasons, no doubt, he went on to win two Super Bowls as a coach.
His wheelhouse, of course,
was the quarterback position. That’s where he was at his best.
This may sound pretty basic
in 2014, but in 1962 it was virtually unheard of. You just didn’t get analysis
like that.
TWEETS:
Dan Daly
@dandalyonsports
Pro Football Daly: Tom
Flores, the first Monday Morning Quarterback (for the 1962 Oakland Trib).
#Raiders #Seahawks
=
Peter KingVerified account
@SI_PeterKing
Thanks to Dan Daly for
pointing out the first MMQB, Tom Flores... Outstanding stuff, Dan.
Clearly, Flores’ talents
went beyond quarterbacking and coaching. His
analysis in his Monday Morning Quarterback column was far ahead of its time
— good enough to pass muster today. Even the Tribune’s diagrams...painted a
decent picture of pro football in the early ’60s..."
(More on the First MMQB
below)
1955 - NATIONAL JUNIOR
COLLEGE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ALL-AMERICAN HONORABLE MENTION
1956 - SCHOLASTIC
ALL-AMERICAN
1956 - ALL-PACIFIC COAST
TEAM
1957 - ANNUAL SHRINE
EAST/WEST ALL STAR GAME
1958 - AMOS ALONZO STAGG
AWARD
1966 - OAKLAND RAIDERS MOST
VALUABLE PLAYER
1966 - ALL-AFL SECOND
TEAM
1967 - PRO-BOWL
1978 - THE NATIONAL
1000 YARD CLUB FOUNDATION ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR
1979 - AMERICAN LUNG
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA'S MAN OF THE YEAR
1981 - PRO! THE
MAGAZINE OF THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PREMIERE ISSUE Cover/Lead Story
with Jim Plunkett
1981 - FIRST NATIONAL
CHAIRMAN OF ATHLETES FOR LUNG HEALTH
1982 - NFL-AFC: COACH OF
THE YEAR
1982 - NFL: SECOND PLACE
VOTE COACH OF THE YEAR
1982 - UNIVERSITY OF PACIFIC ATHLETE HALL OF FAME
1984 - SUGAR RAY ROBINSON
YOUTH FOUNDATION MAN OF THE YEAR
1984 - TOM FLORES/BOY
SCOUTS CELEBRITY INVITATIONAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
1984 - AMERICAN LUNG
ASSOCIATION OF LOS ANGELES HUMANITARIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
1985 - NOSOTROS GOLDEN
EAGLE AWARD OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION IN SPORTS
1985 - SEÑOR INTERNACIONAL
- MR. INTERNATIONAL - LULAC No. 12
1986 - WESTWOOD SHRINE'S
HUMANITARIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
1987 - PROFESSIONAL
FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME CANDIDATE
1988 - NATIONAL HISPANIC
HALL OF FAME
1988 - CHILDHELP
USA/NFL PLAYERS ASSN. "STARNIGHT" CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
1989 - MERIT OF EXCELLENCE
AWARD
1989 - APPOINTED BY
COMMISSIONER PAUL TAGLIABUE NFL COMPETITION COMMITTEE
1995 - THE HISPANIC 100:
LATINO MEN & WOMEN WHO HAVE MOST INFLUENCED AMERICAN THOUGHT & CULTURE
2001-2015 - PROFESSIONAL
FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME PRELIMINARY BALLOT NOMINEE
2002 - THE FIRST BLACK
QUARTERBACK: MARLIN BRISCOE'S JOURNEY TO BREAK THE COLOR BARRIER & START IN
THE NFL - CHAPTER 18 “Tom Flores Offers Rehab"
2003 - MULTI-ETHNIC SPORTS
HALL OF FAME
2006 - LATIN AMERICAN
INTERNATIONAL SPORTS HALL OF FAME
LAREDO LATIN AMERICAN HALL
OF FAME
2007 - CALIFORNIA SPORTS
HALL OF FAME
2010 - 100 CAMPEONES (CHAMPIONS):
LATINO GROUNDBREAKERS WHO PAVED THE WAY IN SPORT
2011 - CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGE SPORTS HALL OF FAME
2011 - ROBERTO CLEMENTE
AWARD
2012 - BAY AREA SPORTS HALL
OF FAME
2012 - NFLPA COLLEGIATE
BOWL COACH
2014 - GRIDIRON GREATS HALL
OF FAME
– INVOLVED IN THE
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY THROUGH HIS FOUNDATION
– STARLIGHT FOUNDATION
HONORARY TRUSTEE
– HONORARY DOCTORATE
PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY HUMANITARIAN SERVICE
– FORMER BOARD OF REGENTS
MEMBER UNIVERSITY OF PACIFIC
– SANGER HIGH SCHOOL -
TOM FLORES STADIUM
– AMERICAN FOOTBALL
LEAGUE HALL OF FAME
- World renowned Dr.
Richard Lapchick who is "the Racial Conscience of Sport": 100 CAMPEONES (CHAMPIONS):
LATINO GROUNDBREAKERS WHO PAVED THE WAY IN SPORT
1 of only 20 players who
were in the AFL for its Entire Ten-Year Existence - "The
Originals"
FIRST: Hispanic Pro-Bowl
Quarterback
FIRST: Quarterback in
Raider Franchise History
FIRST: 1960 Led the AFL
Passing Percentage in it's First Season
FIRST: The ORIGINAL MONDAY
MORNING QUARTERBACK - MMQB!
- Not only is he the First
MMQB
- He was a Sports
Journalist before any of the current PFHOF Voters!
- First Sports Column of
its kind
- Sports Journalist Dan
Daly confirmed he is the First MMQB and current "MMQB" Peter King
agreed Tom Flores is the "First"!
FIRST: 14 Game Season -
QB/Raiders "improved from 1-13 to 10-4, winning its last eight...Best
turnaround in NFL/AFL history"
FIRST:
QB/Raiders "improved from 1-13 to 10-4, winning its last
eight...arguably the Best turnaround in NFL/AFL history", even against
teams that played 16 Game Seasons
FIRST: 52 year old Record -
Consider All the Great Teams/Offenses
- QB for Raiders vs Oilers
combined for 70 points at Half-Time - Record still stands!
- Pro Football Hall of Fame
confirmed it an "NFL Shootout" among the top scoring games ever
played
- He threw for 6 TDs
- Remarkable in that
Modern-Day Teams would have a Rules advantage over Teams 52 years ago!
FIRST: 52 year old Record -
Consider All the Great QBs of All-Time
- With the game on the
line, Only QB Professional Football History 6 TDs in game - with 4th Quarter
Comeback & Game Winning Drive.
- Matt Flynn tied it in
2011, making them both the Only QBs in Professional Football History
- Record still stands.
- Remarkable in that Modern-Day
QBs would have a Rules advantage over QBs 52 years ago!
FIRST & SECOND: 51
year old Record
- Most TD's thrown in
two (2) back to back games - 11
- Tom Brady tied it
2007, Ben Roethlisberger passed it 2014 - 12.
- Record stood for
51 years.
- Remarkable in that
Modern-Day QBs would have a Rules advantage over QBs 51 years ago!
SECOND & FOURTH: Prior
to the NFL-AFL merger Tom Flores was a member of the Kansas City Chiefs
- 1969 Kansas City Chiefs
were only the Second AFL Team in Professional Football History to defeat an NFL
Team, a Huge victory to beat an NFL Team!
- Fourth Team
in Professional Football History to win a Super Bowl (IV)
- Not only were they the
AFL Champions that year for their own League, they were Super Bowl Champions as
well.
- 1969 was the last year
prior to the merger and therefore the last AFL Champion
FIFTH: Leading Passer
All-Time AFL (Would be ranked higher was ill in '62)
1 of 8 Teams - Player on
the Original Eight (8) Teams that began the AFL
RUNNER-UP: In addition to
his five (5) Wins for Super Bowls and a Championship, was a Runner-Up
Contributor for the Raiders in Super Bowl XXXVII - thus, he had a role in five
(5) Super Bowls and one (1) Championship for a total of six (6) games at the
Highest Level
FIRST: On the very First
Raider Team
- As the very First QB the
Raiders ever had
- He was a Raider Before Al
Davis
- He was a Raider Before
John Madden
- He was a Raider Before
All of the Team's Hall of Famers
- Many of the Team's Hall
of Famers, he was a Player/Coach or Advisor to them
Coach Tom Flores is an a
Rare Elite Select Arena just to have played the game
It is then accentuated by
the fact he was not just a Player he was also a Coach
Combine that with:
Player
Sports Journalist
Columnist
Assistant Coach
Head Coach
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Candidate
Front Office
General Manager
Team President
Head Coach
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Candidate
Author
Sports Analyst/Commentator
Numerous
Awards/Achievements
Continuous Community
Involvement
Champion at the Highest
Level
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Preliminary Ballot Nominee
1 – AFL Championship Win
4 – Super Bowl Wins
1 – Super Bowl Runner-Up
6 – Games at the Highest
Level
95 YEAR HISTORY OF THE
LEAGUE HE IS:
1 of Only 10 Latino's
to have played the most difficult position on the field - Quarterback (First QB
History of the League)
1 of Only 4 Latinos to
be Head Coach
The Professional Football
Hall of Fame confirmed he is among the First "Hispanic Assistant
Coaches"
The Professional Football
Hall of Fame confirmed he is among the First "Hispanic Head
Coaches"
1 and Only Latino to be a
Team General Manager (First)
1 and Only Latino to be a
Team President (First)
Consider all of the
odds/obstacles for his success/achievements
Consider the odds to become
a Player in Pro Football
Consider the odds to become
a Coach in Pro Football
Consider the odds to Coach
in a Playoff game in Pro Football
Consider the odds to Coach
in a Championship game in Pro Football
Consider the odds to Coach
in a Super Bowl game in Pro Football
Consider the odds to Coach
in 2 Super Bowl games in Pro Football
Consider the odds to Coach
and win a Super Bowl game in Pro Football
Consider the odds to Coach
and win 2 Super Bowl games in Pro Football
Consider the odds to
accomplish all of this as a Head Coach in Pro Football
It was noted here the
Professional Football Hall of Fame confirmed that Coach Flores has been a
"First", a part of "History", the "Best", the
"Only", overcame "Tough Odds" and "He's the Hybrid of
All Hybrids"...
When you succeed at the
Highest Level you are considered a Champion and to conquer odds others did not
have to endure or overcome ... truly places you on the pages of
History ...
... yet he is not
in the Professional Football Hall of Fame
(if I left out
anything let me know?
Or any insight why he's
been overlooked because clearly if
"the Professional
Football Hall of Fame is for people that you can’t write the history of the
Professional Football without them"
then they have repeatedly
written it for 28 years without Coach Tom Flores)
“It is not the critic who
counts;
not the man who points out
how the strong man stumbles,
or where the doer of deeds
could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the
man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by
dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly;
who errs,
who comes short again and
again,
because there is no effort
without error and shortcoming;
but who does actually
strive to do the deeds;
who knows great
enthusiasms,
the great devotions;
who spends himself in a
worthy cause;
who at the best knows in
the end the triumph of high achievement,
and who at the worst,
if he fails,
at least fails while daring
greatly,
so that his place shall
never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
–
“Courage is not having the
strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.”
–
“It is hard to fail, but it
is worse never to have tried to succeed.”
–
“Far better it is to dare
mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than
to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much,
because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”
SF
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Sent: Thu, Sep 30, 2010
7:14 pm
(1976: Coach John Madden
won his Super Bowl, retired in 1978 after a 9 - 7 season. Coach Flores
was an Assistant to Coach Madden's Super Bowl win)
(Five (5) Seasons separate
Coach Madden's Super Bowl win to Coach Flores' first Super Bowl win as a Head
Coach)
Head Coach Tom Flores 2
Super Bowl Wins -
1980:
AFC Wild Card Game:
Houston Oilers: 2nd AFC
Central
Coach "Bum"
Phillips: Hall of Fame Candidate Legendary Coach
Earl Campbell: Hall of Fame
Running Back
Best Career Season 1980
NFL Rushing Leader
All-Pro selection
Pro Bowl selection
NEA NFL MVP
NFL Offensive Player of the
Year
They held Houston to 7
points
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AFC Divisional Game:
Cleveland Browns: 1st AFC
Central
Coach Sam Rutigliano:
Hall of Fame Candidate - Consecutive UPI NFL 2x Coach of the Year 1980/1979
Brian Sipe: Quarterback
Best Career Season 1980
NFL MVP
PFWA MVP
UPI AFL-AFC Offensive
Player of the Year
AFC Leader Touchdown Passes
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AFC Championship Game:
San Diego Charges: 1st AFC
West
Coach Don Coryell: 2x Hall
of Fame Finalist 2015 & 2010 - Legendary Coach
Coach Joe Gibbs: Offensive
Coordinator - Hall of Fame - 3x Super Bowl Champion
Dan Fouts: Quarterback -
Hall of Fame
NFL Passing Yard Leader
AFC Leader Touchdown Passes
First team NFL history 3
Receivers over 1,000 receiving yards
John Jefferson: 1st NFL
Leader Receiving Yards (1,340)
Kellen Winslow: 2nd NFL
Receiving Yards (1,290) - Hall of Fame
Charlie Joiner: 4th NFL
Receiving Yards (1,132)
One of the top Offenses in
NFL history
One of the Greatest Teams
in Franchise history
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Super Bowl:
Philadelphia Eages: NFC
Champion - 1st NFC East
Coach Dick Vermeil: Hall of
Fame Candidate - 2 Super Bowls 1x Super Bowl Champion
Sid Gillman: Consultant,
listed as QB Coach - Legendary Hall of Fame Coach whose Coaching Tree/Forest
has 25 Super Bowl wins and numerous NCAA Championships
Ron Jaworski: Quarterback
Raiders 27 to 10
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1983:
AFC Divisional Game
Pittsburgh Steelers: 1st
AFC Central
Coach Chuck Noll: Hall of
Fame Coach 4x Super Bowl Champion
Tony Dungy: Coaching Staff
- Hall of Fame Finalist 2x 2015 and 2014
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AFC Championship Game:
Seattle Seahawks: 2nd AFC
West
Coach Chuck Knox: Hall of
Fame Candidate
Coach Knox was fresh off of
beating Dan Reeves/John Elway and Don Shula/Dan Marino
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Super Bowl:
Washington Redskins: NFC
Champion - 1st NFC East - The Defending Super Bowl Champions
Coach Joe Gibbs: Hall of
Fame - 4 Super Bowls & 3x Super Bowl Champion
- Joe Theismann MVP
- Coach Gibbs was fresh off
of beating John Robinson/Eric Dickerson 51-7 and Bill Walsh/Joe Montana
- Highest scoring team,
most prolific offense, largest statistical advantages in National Football
history!
- '83 team considered one
of the Best if not the Best Coach Gibbs' team of
All-Time!
- The Best defending Super
Bowl Champion Ever!
- 2015 still ranked one of
the Best teams Ever!
- "Talk Of Fame"
Ranks them Number One (1)!
- Raiders held this
powerful defending Champion's offense to 9 points!
- Held below 10 points
first time in 45 games
- Super Bowl record with
fewest passing touchdowns!
- 38 points scored by
Raiders most in Super Bowl History
- 29 points largest margin
of victory in Super Bowl History
- Coach Gibbs, "The
main thing is those guys are the champions - they whipped us in every area.
They played great"
- Ronald
Reagan President of the United States, "Coach Tom
Flores...Congratulations. That was a wonderful win tonight"
Raiders 38 to 9
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Author:
Football for the Utterly
Confused by Tom Flores / Bob O’Connor (2009)
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Coaching Football by Tom
Flores / Bob O’Connor (2005)
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Tom Flores’s Tales from the
Oakland Raiders: A Collection of the Greatest Stories Ever Told by Tom Flores,
Matt Fulks / Jim Plunkett (2003)
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Football: The Violent Chess
Match: A Fan’s Guide to Strategy by Tom Flores / Robert O’Connor (1994)
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Youth League Football:
Coaching and Playing by Tom Flores / Bob O’Connor (Sep 1993)
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Fire in the Iceman:
Autobiography of Tom Flores by Tom Flores / Frank Cooney (1992)
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THE MISSION STATEMENT OF
THE PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
HONOR THE
HEROES OF THE GAME
PRESERVE ITS HISTORY
PROMOTE ITS VALUES
CELEBRATE EXCELLENCE EVERYWHERE
MANY OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS
COACH TOM FLORES HAS GIVEN TO THE 95 YEAR HISTORY OF PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL
CANNOT BE QUANTIFIED
NUMBERS ALONE DO NOT TELL
THE ENTIRE STORY AND DO NOT DEFINE HIM
HONOR THE HISTORY &
VALUES HE HAS ADDED & CELEBRATE HIS EXCELLENCE
(if any of this is
incorrect let me know?
Or any insight why he's
been overlooked? Thank you)
#46FORFLORES
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