I don't bother with Flash most of the time & still manage to win a majority of the time without Flash anyway. You need certain spells/items for certain reasons, for example, you need a Haunting Guise (or Morellonomicon) to deal with ridiculous Regeneration-Rate Healers, you need Mercury's Treads against a High-CC Team, you need Banshee's Veil against Diana-players, and you need Flash if you take risks that could put you into a pinch that requires that type of escape.
I, personally, rarely take such a risk, and therefore, I have not found many occasions where Flash was that much of a game-changing spell to obtain a win. I do take Flash if I go ADC but that is usually the only Role where I will bother to take it as a Summoner-Spell. I am split half-and-half between Flash/Teleport if I'm using Galio depending on the enemy team-composition.
Here is another funny thing, when people complain about me not taking Flash-spell, they often perform worst on my team, yeah, dogmatism over-powered.