Warning--foul language to follow.
Man, nothing irritates me more than manufactured controversy disguised as 'news'. And nobody is more guilty of it than ESPN.
The current windmill they're tilting at is the fact that none of the new NFL coaches hired since the end of the season have been black. So what? Who cares? I sure don't. I also wouldn't care if none of them were white.
They're making a big deal that 65% of the players in the league are black, but only 6 out of 32 coaches are black. That argument doesn't fly, because the league is much much more than players and head coaches. There are support staffs, assistants, trainers, doctors, equipment managers, business office personnel, logistics specialists, etc. etc. etc. And not every player wants to go on and be a coach when they're finished playing, just like not every coach is a former player. So quit using that tired argument. Besides, last time I checked, blacks make up 11% of the population in this country, so having 6 out of 32 coaches sounds like pretty good progress to me, if affirmative action turns you on.
Hey, here's a novel idea--just hire the best person for the job, regardless of what color they are! Nobody gives two shits that Tony Dungee is black and Bill Cowher is white. All that matters is if they are a good coach. Raiders fans have learned that Art Shell is terrible head coach, but he's a fine coodinator--just like Norv Turner. Color doesn't matter--ability to get to the playoffs does. So again, who cares what color the guy is who's wearing the headset on the sidelines?!?!? All that matters are the W's.
And if I paid a couple of million dollars to own an NFL franchise, I'll be damned before some jerkoff in New York tells me who I have to interview to run it. Fuck that! I'll hire whoever I damn well please, thank you very much. If I could get Lovie Smith, I would. If I could get Bill Belichick, I would. But nobody is going to tell me that I have to interview X number of minorities. It's degrading to them, knowing that they are just window dressing if the franchise already has somebody they're interested in. If I owned an NFL team, I'm sure I'd have an idea of who I wanted to hire long before I interviewed them. I'd put together a list of 5-10 prospects, hoping that one or two in particular would fit. Too bad if none of them are minorities at the time.
Case in point: The Detroit Lions went after Steve Mariucci a few years back without bending over the couch and letting political correctness give 'em a quickie before they hired him. He was the guy they wanted and they hired him. Any business owner should have that same right.
Seriously, they're telling us that if the greatest coach in the NFL, Bill Belichick, who is white, became available, teams wouldn't be tripping over themselves to throw money at the guy and get him to sign a contract? Oh wait, but first we need to bring in a couple of token black guys, just because.... of what? How in the hell does that improve the so-called shortage of minorities in head coaching positions? In fact it does the exact opposite. Minorities will be reluctant to interview for those jobs thinking that they are nothing but filling a quota to keep the fucking do-gooders in the league office and mainstream media happy.
Again--who the hell cares what color you are? Can you lead and can you win? That's all we're interested in!
We'll never get past race as in issue in this country until the idiots with the microphones stop talking about it. Honestly, the fans don't care about the color of the coach. We don't care about the color of the quarterback. We just don't care. So get over it and find something else for your bleeding hearts to drip on. If you start talking about it like it's some big controversy, I'm changing the channel. When you get back to real sports news, I'll come back.
So shut the hell up about race--the rest of the country has moved on.
Rant over.
Mikey
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