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Originally Posted by IggyG
I think the Rooney rule is ridiculous! If a an owner wants to hire a coach that is white he shouldnt have to interview a minority. A good coach is a good coach. Whether he'd be black, white, hispanic, jewish, blue, green, orange...it doesnt matter. Hire who you want without any stipulations is what I say.
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I like the Rooney Rule. I think that it has helped good black coaches gain some experience in the interviewing process which has helped them land jobs on staffs and ultimately get HC jobs. I would like the rule expanded to say that at least 5 people must be fully interviewed and at least one be a minority (though not all). This would help the NFL overall to find new guys instead of the same retreads just switching teams and getting fired 3 -4 years later. Most guys aren't hired as HC for the first job they interview.
What I do hate is the outcry over the number of black coaches in the NFL overall. The typical argument is that in a league where the players are predominately black, the coaches should be too. However, in this country the general population is still majority white (for now). Time and time again we have seen that the best coaches aren't the best players. Spurrier played in the NFL, but Gibbs didn't. Who is the better HC? A few good coaches have played in the league (though I believe Dikta is the only one to win a Super Bowl as player and coach, Reeves coached in SB's but didn't win). Neither SB coach played in the league (though Belichick's dad did). So it would stand to reason that the percentage of blacks and whites in coaching should be proportional to the general population, not to the percentages of players.