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Brian Flores

HooperScooper said:
Under recent enhancements made to the Rooney Rule, first instituted in 2003 to promote diversity by requiring teams to interview minority candidates for head coaching jobs, NFL teams must interview two external minority candidates. One of those interviews must be in person.

The Giants had already virtually interviewed Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier. It was interviewing Flores that satisfied the Rooney Rule.

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Brian Flores revealed what Black coaches have known all along: The odds are always stacked against them - The Boston Globe

Flores took what was an open industry secret and brought it into the legal light of day.
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They did interview Leslie Frazier in person after they interviewed Flores in person. Not a peep from Frazier.
 
Goodell issued a cliched bull statement and Flores’ attorneys immediately eviscerated it. This isn’t going away anytime soon. Pandoras Box.
 
HeGotGame said:
They did interview Leslie Frazier in person after they interviewed Flores in person. Not a peep from Frazier.
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Frazier hasn't been a serious HC candidate since going down in flames with the Vikings. He only got the interview because one of his Buffalo contacts got the GM job. He was supposed to come in, have his interview to meet league requirements and leave quietly so they could hire who they really wanted.
 
As soon as the Giants hired the Buffalo exec to be GM, it was odds on that he would bring a coach he had worked with for years. It was clearly Daboll's job to lose. He didn't. Everyone else was a safety school including Flores.

Flores may have been Mara's guy, but Mara has screwed up the franchise for years. Taking him out of the process, and letting the GM do his job, was big step for the Giants.
 
The rule is well intentioned but fundamentally flawed. Unfortunately, the NFL is a retread league. Excessive nepotism as well. Look at all the Shanahans, Shotenheimers, and yes, Moras. Lots of guys getting 2nd and 3rd shots as head coach, while new guys don't seem to get even one. Eric Bieniemy is waiting his turn, Doug Pederson and Josh McD just got their second. Too often that negatively impacts black coaches who often aren't part of the network. That said, Flores was hired by the Dolphins.

Not sure what the right answer is. But let's say Bill Belichick retires as coach but stays GM and wants to hire Steve Belichick as HC. He has to interview other guys he knows he isn't going to hire? Why?
 
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Flores seems determined to not work in the NFL anymore. The statement his attorneys issued yesterday praising the Texans for hiring Lovie Smith, while also bitching about him not getting the job was ridiculous.
 
traitor71 said:
Flores seems determined to not work in the NFL anymore. The statement his attorneys issued yesterday praising the Texans for hiring Lovie Smith, while also bitching about him not getting the job was ridiculous.
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Agreed. I felt like his initial stance was pretty solid and I assumed he had plenty of supporting material to back his position.

To immediately take a shot at a 2 time head coach and former coach of the year now makes his whole position seem more catty than it did yesterday.
 
I watched one television interview with the guy and his lawyers last week. He's got crazy in his eyes. No way I would ever have considered hiring him, especially after his history of not playing well with others.
 
So I guess this means Flores isn't going back to NE to coach the defense? Damn. At least Joe Judge is coming back. (Cringe.)
 
BigErnMcCracken said:
So I guess this means Flores isn't going back to NE to coach the defense? Damn. At least Joe Judge is coming back. (Cringe.)
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I expect Judge to be QB coach or RB coach. Hoping Bill O'Brien comes back as OC. Defense is set, didn't lose anybody. But I don't think Flores was a consideration.
 
The Viking said:
I’ll go back to my idea being something the NFL moves forward with unless someone can poke holes in it.
The league sets a threshold for percentage of minority GMs and head coaches and as long as the league is under that threshold the team hiring a GM gets a pick at the end of the first round and a team hiring the head coach gets a pick at the end of the second round.
I like the idea of prioritizing front office more than coaching since that is where the largest impact and trickle down effect for minorities would be.
A team could hire a minority GM and coach in one offseason and add two picks in the first two rounds.
I’m not sure how else they can do this. They can’t force a team to hire a particular person. This would cause a spike in minority hirings IMO.
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owners of a multibillion dollar corporation don’t care if the person is green. You are hiring the best candidate that you trust to run your corporation. These arent public companies and it’s ridiculous for anyone to think they should force owners to meet status quos when making hiring decisions to run such large net worth businesses

They are hiring who they feel is the best every single time regardless of where they came from. All these owners want to win and make more money that’s the name of the game and the bottom line and why they became so successful to be able to purchase these franchises
 
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Jerry Jones doesn't hire the best, he hires those who won't contradict him. These guys want to win but not at the expense of being the boss.
 
So now he has added the Texans to his lawsuit. He might as well just sue everyone at this point since no one is ever going to hire him to coach an NFL team after this.
 
traitor71 said:
So now he has added the Texans to his lawsuit. He might as well just sue everyone at this point since no one is ever going to hire him to coach an NFL team after this.
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As was said before. Discovery will be interesting. I wonder what his allegation is against Houston. They hired a black coach, so perhaps it's that they didn't hire him because he filed the lawsuit? That's just good business sense.
 
HuskyHawk said:
As was said before. Discovery will be interesting. I wonder what his allegation is against Houston. They hired a black coach, so perhaps it's that they didn't hire him because he filed the lawsuit? That's just good business sense.
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That's exactly the allegation. His attorneys put out a statement saying he was not hired because he stood up to racism in the NFL.
 
traitor71 said:
That's exactly the allegation. His attorneys put out a statement saying he was not hired because he stood up to racism in the NFL.
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Legally, that’s a crappy claim. Even if the others do have merit (I have no idea). Football is an entertainment business, so they can factor in the impact on fans, etc.
 
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I give credit to the Steelers for walking the walk. The guy can clearly coach and Tomlin is one of the best coaches in the league. I think it’s a great opportunity.
 
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