When Brian Flores was fired from his job as head coach of the Miami Dolphins on the Monday following the final week of the regular season, many people were shocked by the news.
There were a lot of things said by the team and put out into the media to portray, right or wrong, that Flores was difficult to get along with and wasn’t collaborating the way that ownership and the front office wanted him to.
On Monday, a new episode of the “I AM ATHLETE” podcast was released with Flores joining Omar Kelly, Brandon Marshall, and Chad Johnson to discuss a number of things, including his firing. When Kelly asked Flores if he believed those were the reasons he was fired, Flores responded with allegations.
“I think race played a role in my firing,” Flores said. “What I mean by that is there were things that I was asked to do, there were conversations that were had, I was made out to be a difficult person to work with, and I think my white counterparts wouldn’t have been asked to do the things that I was asked to do. Look, I’m a strong personality. I know that played a role. You need to be that as a coach in the National Football League.”
Flores had two winning seasons before being fired and recently joined the Pittsburgh Steelers coaching staff as a senior defensive assistant and linebackers coach.
