John Elway couldn’t maintain again about Brian Flores’ accusations any longer.
Flores, the previous coach of the Dolphins, filed a class-action lawsuit in opposition to the NFL and its 32 groups this week, alleging racial discrimination. Within the go well with, he accused Elway of being late and showing “matted” to his 2019 head-coaching interview.
“Whereas I used to be not planning to reply publicly to the false and defamatory claims by Brian Flores, I couldn't be silent any longer with my character, integrity and professionalism being attacked,” Elway stated in a press release launched Thursday morning.
“I took Coach Flores very significantly as a candidate for our head teaching place in 2019 and loved our three-and-a-half hour interview with him. Together with the remainder of our group, I used to be ready, prepared and absolutely engaged throughout the whole interview as Brian shared his expertise and imaginative and prescient for our group.”
Elway, on the time of the interview, was the Broncos’ common supervisor. He's at present the group president.
Dolphins proprietor Stephen Ross, in response to allegations that he bribed Flores $100,000 per loss to tank video games, additionally used the phrase “defamatory” — suggesting there may very well be counter-litigation looming.
“It’s unlucky and surprising to be taught for the primary time this week that Brian felt otherwise about our interview with him,” Elway’s assertion continued.
“For Brian to make an assumption about my look and mind-set early that morning was subjective, hurtful and simply plain flawed. If I appeared ‘matted,’ as he claimed, it was as a result of we had flown in in the course of the midnight — instantly following one other interview in Denver — and have been occurring a couple of hours of sleep to fulfill the one window supplied to us.”
Former Bears defensive coordinator Vic Fangio was in the end employed for the Broncos job in 2019.
“I interviewed Brian in good religion, giving him the identical consideration and alternative as each different candidate for our head teaching place in 2019,” Elway stated.
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