Brian Flores' Lawyer Says Raiders Memo Depicted Client as an Angry Black Man A Korn Ferry candidate profile prepared for the Las Vegas Raiders before their coaching search was unsealed Tuesday in Brian Flores' class-action discrimination lawsuit, and his attorney says it relied on racial stereotypes. A previously sealed candidate profile that the search firm Korn Ferry prepared for the Las Vegas Raiders became public Tuesday in Brian Flores' class-action racial discrimination lawsuit. The profile was created before the Raiders' most recent head-coaching search, which ended with the hiring of Klint Kubiak. Flores was considered for the job while serving as the Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator. A magistrate judge overseeing discovery in the case had previously rejected Korn Ferry's arguments to keep the document confidential. The profile was first reported by Front Office Sports.Flaws In Brian Flores Candidate ProfileIt presents two columns under the heading Brian Flores -- Strengths and Weaknesses. Flores' attorney, Michael Willemin, told Front Office Sports that some of the descriptions conjure the image of an angry Black man. The memo is now central to Flores' argument that teams retaliated against him for filing his discrimination lawsuit and that discriminatory hiring practices remain in place across the NFL. Among the weaknesses listed, per Korn Ferry: He can fool you with his polish upwards.Has little people skills, lacks self-awareness and can sometimes exhibit erratic behavior. Tua's statements have opened the narrative that Brian was pessimistic and adversarial and his style shattered his confidence. The profile continued: Chip on his shoulder -- can be a dictator with players, coaches, and can even be difficult with ownership. His personality is unpredictable -- not sure who is going to show up.Failed in how he hires coordinators and staff because he doesn't give second chances or see efforts to improve. Another entry stated: Needs someone strong at the top to reign in some of his worst behavior. He once threatened violence to his GM and made irrational demands during an ownership meeting. One long-time senior team executive said, He may have changed since, but he was the worst hiring decision we've ever made.Another President of a club refused to talk about him. Even one of the six positive points Korn Ferry credited to Flores could be questionable in a discrimination suit. It paints Flores as someone who learned to speak and present himself positively because he met rich White people despite being reared in a tough, predominantly Black and Hispanic neighborhood. The positive point read: Polished and a good presenter despite growing up in Brownsville, Brooklyn (same as Mike Tyson).Law Firms Statement On Korn Ferry MemoHe was able to build a strong friendship with a billionaire's son which gave him opportunities to socialize and learn how to build relationships with white-collar and upper-class individuals. The law firms representing Flores, Wigdor LLP and Elefterakis, Elefterakis and Panek, issued a statement Tuesday about the Korn Ferry memo. The recently unsealed documents demonstrate two unfortunate, but unsurprising, realities, the statement reads.First, that Mr. Flores' decision to hold the league and its teams accountable for systemic race discrimination has been met with unlawful retaliation, the statement continued. Second, discrimination continues to play a significant role in the hiring process for NFL Head Coaches, as evidenced by the fact that the candidate profile prepared for the Raiders leans heavily on racial stereotypes.The statement added: We and Mr. Flores are committed to eradicating the institutional racism and retaliation that permeates the league, its teams and their partners. Flores first filed his class-action lawsuit against the NFL and its 32 teams in February 2022, specifically naming the Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos and New York Giants. He alleged that the league's hiring practices were rife with racism toward Black coaches.Details Of Brian Flores Racial Discrimination LawsuitHe was later joined in the lawsuit by fellow Black coaches Steve Wilks and Ray Horton. Flores coached the Dolphins from February 2019 to January 2022. He alleges in his suit that the Dolphins defamed him. If the Korn Ferry reference to Flores being the worst hiring decision we've ever made is shown to be from a Dolphins executive, that could be used to prove the defamation claim.While coaching the Dolphins, Flores hired and fired multiple assistants, often from one year to the next, while others left after a short time because personalities and opinions clashed. Flores also had incidents in which he angrily yelled at staffers. The dispute over the Korn Ferry profile is playing out as his legal team presses its broader case against the league.