Habib: Brian Flores, lawyers undercut credibility with classless shot at Lovie Smith

Hal Habib, Palm Beach Post

Allow me to give Brian Flores some legal advice.

What were you thinking?

OK, maybe that doesn’t exactly qualify as legal advice, and I never graduated from Harvard Law School, but still. The latest chapter in the saga of the former Dolphins coach just jumped the rails, and if somebody — Flores, his lawyers or both — doesn’t grab the steering wheel, this thing may become a wreck in a hurry.

Flores made national news last week by filing a class-action lawsuit charging the NFL with racism in denying Black coaches an equal opportunity at head-coaching positions. He also alleged that Dolphins owner Stephen Ross offered to bribe him for losing games to enhance the team’s draft position, which Ross denies. That was followed by a day-long media blitz of probably every network offered by your provider.

Fine so far.

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