The news of Brian Flores being hired by the Pittsburgh Steelers seemingly came out of nowhere. And to hear Flores tell the story of how he got the job, the job materialized very quickly. Flores joined HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel to talk about his pending lawsuits against the league and three times and his job with the Steelers.
As transcribed by Pro Football Talk’s Josh Alper, here’s how the process went down:
“Flores said that it “all happened very fast” because he called Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin “to get some counsel” about his next steps last Thursday.