After Steve Wilks was named the Carolina Panthers interim head coach following the firing of former head coach Matt Rhule, it was assumed that he would be the frontrunner for the full-time position during the offseason after a stellar performance. Instead, the team hired Frank Reich, and it sounds like Wilks and his legal team does not think the move was just about football.
Following the news that Steve Wilks would not be hired as the team’s full-time head coach, his attorneys’ office released a firm and bold statement expressing shock and disappointment that Wilks was passed over as the team’s full-time head coach, and claimed “there is a legitimate race problem in the NFL”
It was quite a bold claim from Wilks’ legal team, and the NFL world had plenty to say about it on Twitter as a result.
— JOHN JOHNSON II (@TheJJohnsonTV) January 26, 2023
I’m done with the Panthers bruh. Done https://t.co/a17qMsEhsX
— Tyberius Walker (@iDame2Please) January 26, 2023
— Kimberley A. Martin (@ByKimberleyA) January 26, 2023
From Steve Wilks' attorney. Yikes. https://t.co/b5CW80EULx
— Jason Huber (@_JasonHuber) January 26, 2023
There will be lawyers.. https://t.co/jQANdrY7Am
— Andrew Brandt (@AndrewBrandt) January 27, 2023
Even outside of this claim, Wilks is in the midst of an ongoing racial discrimination suit against the NFL and several teams that was initially filed on behalf of former Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores.
