Tiger Board Logo

Donor's Den General Leaderboards TNET coins™ POTD Hall of Fame Map FAQ
GIVE AN AWARD
Use your TNET coins™ to grant this post a special award!

W
50
Big Brain
90
Love it!
100
Cheers
100
Helpful
100
Made Me Smile
100
Great Idea!
150
Mind Blown
150
Caring
200
Flammable
200
Hear ye, hear ye
200
Bravo
250
Nom Nom Nom
250
Take My Coins
500
Ooo, Shiny!
700
Treasured Post!
1000

YOUR BALANCE
Flores lawsuit
storage This topic has been archived - replies are not allowed.
Archives - Tiger Boards Archive
add New Topic
Replies: 9
| visibility 1

Flores lawsuit


Feb 2, 2022, 3:23 PM

I haven't kept up too much on this, honestly, but just read this article, and the gist of his lawsuit is that the NFL is racist, right? But to try to NOT be racist, the NFL either requires or encourages teams to interview black coaching candidates - maybe specific numbers, I don't know, but in general, they require or highly encourage it. So Flores is saying that it's racist that he had to sit in an interview for a job, knowing that they had already offered it to a white guy, but sat through it because the NFL basically required them to do it? Am I right there?

I'm not excusing the team for getting things out of order - that was pretty stupid to offer someone when you're still interviewing. But to call it racist - I don't think so, Tim. They offered the job and interviewed him for it so they WOULDN'T appear racist, which made them then LOOK racist, I guess. Kinda can't win there....

https://boston.cbslocal.com/2022/02/01/bill-belichick-accidental-text-message-brian-flores-racial-discrimination-lawsuit-giants-brian-daboll-hiring/


flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

Re: Flores lawsuit


Feb 2, 2022, 3:26 PM

Here is what I know from life lessons. Flores had burned all bridges and will struggle to get hired. He just slung mud at the Broncos, Dolphins and Giants. Yeah, good luck.

military_donation.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

Re: Flores lawsuit


Feb 2, 2022, 3:48 PM

You guys are probably going to have a difficult time understanding what drove Flores to go this route.

This didn’t just start ‘interviews conducted to meet the Rooney rule’. Think about why the ‘Rooney’ rule was put in place and then strengthen with penalties a few years later…people of color were not even considered for hc, gm or even coordinators. Rooney rule instituted and the ball was moved further down the field by owners with token interviews.

Right, some coaches of color got opportunities but in short numbers (lot of black players in NFL) and with a bias towards being fired if any struggle is seen I. E. losses. Yet some white coaches are recycled through the league. Why is that? Sure NFL owners can hire whomever they want, but #### it cover your tracks Miami, Denver, NY… if you don’t then get thrown to the sharks (lawyers).

Hats off to Flores for raising his hand and calling bs on this whole system. He may not work again but we are talking and hoping that adds up to something. Flores is a better coach than Mike McCarthy, Vic Fangio, Bill O’Brien, Urban Meyer, Rhule, about half the active head coaches.

And still Bieniemy, Tampa’s OC, can’t get a call back. Who’s that guy hired in Chicago? Sheesh.

As Spock famously said, ‘the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few…or the one’.

2024 white level memberbadge-donor-05yr.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

Re: Flores lawsuit


Feb 2, 2022, 3:52 PM



flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

Re: Flores lawsuit


Feb 2, 2022, 3:38 PM

I haven't read anything on this but since the 32 NFL teams are owned by 32 different people/groups, why is suit not against those 32? He had better win because he will never coach in NFL again now.

flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

who's gonna hire this headache.. same reason Kap didn't get


Feb 2, 2022, 3:49 PM

a backup qb job. Good enough to be a backup qb and makes some money but not worth the headaches/lawsuits/bad PR/narcissism. I really liked this Flores guy and was looking forward to him going to another team and putting it back in the face of the Miami ownership one day but after this stunt I see him in a whole new light. Seems to have gotten his feelings hurt and now he's grasping at straws to get them back. Its sad but this is our current culture.

flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

He just exposed an ugly truth…


Feb 2, 2022, 4:10 PM

It’s easier to get and keep a head coaching gig in the NFL if you’re a white male. Just look at an unqualified guy like Matt Eberflus who got a HC gig in Chicago while qualified guys like Eric Bienemy and Todd Bowles can’t get a serious interview. The cycle has to end, Flores just stepped up and sacrificed himself to bring attention to it. Honestly, that’s the only way they’ll break that good ole boy hiring system.

2024 purple level member flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up


Todd Bowles has been a head coach twice....


Feb 2, 2022, 4:48 PM

His winning percentage is 39%.

flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

Re: He just exposed an ugly truth…


Feb 2, 2022, 5:03 PM [ in reply to He just exposed an ugly truth… ]

Bienwmy is a head scratcher I will admit. . I had hoped for him in JAX. There must be SOMETHING out there that we the general public are not privy to. But Bowles has had his shots, and failed miserably. Someone mentioned Mike McCarthy who I think is kind of a tool, but he has a ring, and that puts him in pretty rare company.

military_donation.jpg flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

I've got my popcorn out


Feb 2, 2022, 5:10 PM

If Flores' accusations are proven true, just wow. If several other minority coaches with provable claims join him, the NFL is in for it.

The NFL was in the middle of celebrating it's best wild-card and divisional playoff rounds ever. Tom Brady's retirement announcement added to the glow. Now all of that has been forgotten (for now).

Personally, I have despised the NFL as an organization for 15-20 years. The owners are the worst of any sport. Roger Goodell is a complete clown and liar, which is why the owners love him so much.

I'm waiting on all the evidence to come out. Should be very entertaining.

flag link military_tech thumb_downthumb_up

Replies: 9
| visibility 1
Archives - Tiger Boards Archive
add New Topic