Stephen Ross offered Brian Flores $100,000 for each game he lost/ Flores also suing Giants for racism

[Rhg1084]

 

[chirorob]

Just now, #27TheDominator said:

Was he a Rooney Rule interview?  If so, I think he has a case if they made the decision before his interview.

Well, the GM came from Buffalo, and hired a guy he knew from Buffalo, who he had worked with for years.

My biggest take, keep your mouth shut about who you want to hire until you announce the hiring.

[jetstream23]

Just now, BigRy56 said:

I am surprised that Billy B is such a youthful texter for a 70 year old man. He loves him some exclamation points. I’m looking forward to seeing him on TikTok after retirement 

Just wait until you find out.

It was Belichick's dog texting.

 

[Rhg1084]

1 minute ago, Rhg1084 said:

 

Elway showed up drunk an hour late to the interview ???

[NIGHT STALKER]

Even if he's right, I think his HCing future in the NFL is kaput.  

[Jimmy 2 Times]

Uh, he was a head coach already.

Now he's suing because he didn't get a fair chance?  

[Adoni Beast]

Tom Brady retires and now this?!!?!? hahahahahah best day ever for a miserable Jets fan

[jetstream23]

More evidence?

[Matt39]

The Dolphins thing is way more damning than the Giants. Interviews when a candidate has already been selected happens all the time in places with HR.

[Doggin94it]

6 minutes ago, Rhg1084 said:

read the Belichick text, the giants had mad their decision on Daboll already before they even interviewed Flores. 

The difficulty with this is that Belichick could just have easily have heard through the grapevine that Daboll was all but certain to get the job and that wouldn't be an issue. Gonna take a deep dive into this case on Twitter (I do my #LitigationDisasterTourism threads if you're interested) but this will be a VERY uphill battle for Flores. That said, I haven't read the complaint yet

[Adoni Beast]

BB the genius texted the wrong Brian....hahahaha oh my god...I am in my glory

[Icer]

Sounds like career sabotage for Flores, even though it's all extremely likely, believable, and ****ed up

[johnnyjet]

What a shartshow the ny football giants are.  wow. 

[Rhg1084]

Belichick knew what he was doing texting Flores, he hates the Giants for beating him twice 

[sec101row23]

Giants interviewed Patrick Graham before hiring Daboll for Rooney Rule purposes.  What’s the issue with interviewing Flores even if they had already decided to offer Daboll?   Companies do that all the time, what if Daboll declined?  

[slimjasi]

[celtasnake]

[Ken Schroy]

I guess Flores will not be a HC in the NFL after the firing by the Fins.

[OMA]

8 minutes ago, Jet_Engine1 said:

They told Daboll they would hire him prior to interviewing Flores, which indicates he was just their plausible Rooney Rule patsy.

Did they ?  Or is this Belichick simply implying from his contacts in the league that Daboll was likely their choice.  Unless he can prove an offer was made and accepted I am not sure how he gets anywhere with this.  Often you have a favored candidate but the assumption that their will be acceptance of the offer would not stop interviewing other candidates.

Just seems like an impossible case to win in the courtroom. 

[Rhg1084]

Just now, celtasnake said:

Gotta be Watson 

[section314]

Just now, sec101row23 said:

Giants interviewed Patrick Graham before hiring Daboll for Rooney Rule purposes.  What’s the issue with interviewing Flores even if they had already decided to offer Daboll?   Companies do that all the time, what if Daboll declined?  

You're being too logical. It doesn't fit the narrative.?

[jetstream23]

21 minutes ago, TheNuuFaaolaExperience said:

Wow! Other teams are a clown show. Not us. We are only an awful football team.

 

 

 

The Jets are a really, really bad football team with unproven coaches and talent-less players.

But we ain't no circus no mo'!

 

[fullblast]

What a circus

[OilfieldJet]

We may be inept on the field, pathetic at drafting and make bad choices on uniforms, but the giants make us look great.

[Jimmy 2 Times]

Flores is a "Poor Me" kind of person.

Sounds like my loser brother. 

[peebag]

21 minutes ago, TheNuuFaaolaExperience said:

If these allegations are true about offering money to lose games, the Dolphins are going to lose multiple draft picks, pay millions in fines, but not before the owner is forced to sell the team.

One can only hope.

[jetsons]

flores Sounds like a CLOWN ?

[Sarge4Tide]

[Beerfish]

Well he wants money and not to be coaching in the NFL again it seems.

Just very difficult to prove unless they have some smoking gun.

[DetroitRed]

 But this is the scenario the NFL encourages by putting this phony system in place. If a coach is good , he will be hired.   If a coach can make you money, racism ain’t getting in the way.  Just cut the bull already 

[jetstream23]

3 minutes ago, celtasnake said:

 

This should torpedo the Dolphins.  And, it really kinda raises Flores in my eyes.  He got a lot out of that Dolphins team with Tua at the helm.

[TheNuuFaaolaExperience]

15 minutes ago, Rhg1084 said:

 

The previous head coach was black. Racist organizations don't hire a black man and then suddenly only want to hire a white man. 

[BigRy56]

This is going to be a huge story 

[Sarge4Tide]

1 minute ago, Beerfish said:

Well he wants money and not to be coaching in the NFL again it seems.

Just very difficult to prove unless they have some smoking gun.

 

[Warfish]

5 minutes ago, sec101row23 said:

Giants interviewed Patrick Graham before hiring Daboll for Rooney Rule purposes.  What’s the issue with interviewing Flores even if they had already decided to offer Daboll?   Companies do that all the time, what if Daboll declined?  

Exactly.

Flores is career suiciding.  There is not going to be case here.  An NFL team is well within it's rights to do due dilligence on other available candidates despite already having a specific candidate as a likely hire.  As you say, what if Daboll turned around and said "thanks but no thanks, I'm going to the Texans!" or the like?  The fact the Giants already met the Rooney Rule nullifies any "but but but only for the Rooney Rule" complaints by Flores.

Leaving the rule itself out of this, this just seems...dumb.  He's not going to win.  And it's going to hurt him for future opportunities.