PALM BEACH, Fla. — Giants co-owner John Mara twice referred to as Brian Flores’ allegations of a sham teaching interview “false” on Sunday at The Breakers.
“The allegations are false,” Mara mentioned. “We’re very snug with our hiring course of, and it was a good course of, and we ended up making the choice we made primarily based on numerous elements, none of which needed to do with race.”
The lawsuit alleges that Invoice Belichick unintentionally texted Flores the Monday earlier than his Wednesday Giants head coach interview: “I hear from Buffalo and NYG that you're their man.”
Belichick allegedly meant to textual content Brian Daboll and despatched the message to Flores by mistake.
Mara unequivocally mentioned that nobody from the Giants, together with Mara himself, spoke to Belichick in regards to the hiring course of.
“I haven’t spoken or communicated with Invoice since we performed them within the preseason final summer season,” Mara mentioned, “and to my information, no person in our group communicated with him.”
So how can Mara clarify that Belichick allegedly had heard that data from somebody within the Giants group?
“I don't know. You must ask him that,” Mara mentioned.
Mara mentioned he by no means reached out to Belichick since to make clear the state of affairs.
“No, why ought to I?” he mentioned. “We made our hiring determination and we’re pleased with that call. I believe the reality will come out ultimately. However he didn’t communicate to anyone in our group.”
Mara mentioned he’s “not settling” the lawsuit. He mentioned he’ll sit for a deposition if he’s referred to as. “I don’t know if I’ll have the selection,” he mentioned.
Mara mentioned he “didn’t have a lot of a response” to Flores being employed by the Pittsburgh Steelers to Mike Tomlin’s workers.
“He’s a great coach,” he mentioned.
“We made the choice we made however we clearly had important curiosity in Brian [Flores] as properly,” Mara mentioned.
Mara reiterated that Flores’ lawsuit was baseless in his opinion.
“It’s false,” he mentioned. “I’ve mentioned again and again we’ve had a really thorough course of, interviewed nice candidates, made our determination primarily based on numerous elements. Actually Joe’s prior relationship with Brian definitely entered into it. However on the finish of the day we thought Brian Daboll was the very best match for us.”
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