Doug Gottlieb: “Brian Flores has added the Texans to the mix of teams that he’s suing for racial discriminatory hiring practices. I don’t know what the reality is of the new owner of the Texans who is the son of the old owner of the Texans. I know what people like to say but I don’t know the reality of it is. But I find it really, really hard to go ‘they had a Black head coach, they fired the Black head coach, probably to hire Brian Flores’... Most people in the league thought that was a done deal until it wasn’t, and then they’re like ‘get me Lovie Smith.’ So the Texans had a Black GM Rick Smith for like a decade, then you just hired and fired one Black head coach [David Culley], then you hired another one [Lovie Smith], and you have ‘racially discriminatory practices’ in hiring coaches? I don’t know a ton legally but that does not seem like a strong case. Imagine yourself as an owner. I’ve said many times that this idea of ‘racism’ -- and I believe it’s because I know I’m not a racist -- these are multi-billion dollar corporations, so you mean to tell me that the marching orders for a coach in this situation are to win games; the more we win, the more we all make money, the better the games, the better the parties. You brought in Brian Flores because ultimately you thought he could be the next Belichick. But you’re going to go ‘What’s the best way to win? We’ve got to hire Brian Flores. Wait, is Brian Flores Black? OK, I DON’T want to hire him.’ That doesn’t make any sense to me, and I just struggle with that. Stephen Ross hired an all-Black front office, hired a Black head coach, even has diversity at the quarterback position with Tua Tagovailoa who is Samoan, and because he decided to make a coaching change the former head coach is going to try and make him sell his team? That’s how it goes over. If you’re another owner for a team you’re like ‘I’m not hiring that dude.’ It’s not what happens when you get hired, it’s what happens if things go bad and they get fired. It has nothing to do with color of skin, it simply has to with ‘if you’re going to sue people who either used to employ you or thought about employing you, why would I employ you if I don’t have to? No, thanks.’ That lawsuit seems all over the place and all over the map.” (Full Audio Above)
Listen to Doug Gottlieb discuss former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores’ most recently filed claim in his lawsuit against the NFL, this time naming the Houston Texans, and detail why he continues to believe that Flores’ allegations of ‘racially discriminatory hiring practices’ lack any merit.
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