NFL eyeing Rooney Rule expansion

[ThomasTomasz]

There are only 2 black offensive coordinators, right?

There's just two now, but none to start the season. The thing is, a lot of black coaches are currently on the defensive side of the ball.

Ray Horton- Browns
Dennis Thurman- Jets
Jerry Gray- Titans
Perry Fewell- Giants
Mel Tucker- Bears
Alan Williams- Vikings
Todd Bowles- Cardinals

Lovie Smith is a defensive coach, as is Raheem Morris. Both Leslie Frazier and Mike Tomlin had defensive backgrounds as well.

When you look at the trends in the NFL, we all know it's in a direction with lots of offense. Plenty of rookie QBs have come in over the past two seasons and started from Day One without much transition. With that said, of the eight positions that opened up this season, seven chose to hire offensive-minded coaches, leaving all of the guys listed above out in the cold. If the team is not looking to go in a certain direction, you aren't going to make them.

Trends can always reverse themselves. Just look through the Wikipedia page that has all of the NFL coaching staffs lined up in a list. In a few years, many former players will have rose through the ranks offensively to start taking some of these positions. But it's not going to happen overnight, and not going to happen because there will be interviews forced on teams.

 

[seaplus]

unfortunately the history of the NFL is littered with racist owners who wouldnt even give players a chance to play let alone coach. In todays NFL you still have the old guard way of thinking where 32 rich, white men control who they want to work with.

aahhhh shit. what are these stupid racists doing paying black players?!? oh ... they want to win? so if they thought a black coach would do a better job than a white coach, then these racist owners would probably put aside their racist beliefs for money and hire him wouldn't they?

I believe the intent of the RR is to allow minority candidates to get some exposure and to provide more awareness and training for minority candidates at entry level coaching positions. I really don't see it as being much of an issue.

sounds to me like more needs to be done before we get to these NFL head coaching job vacancies. in my view the RR is only treating the symptom. start early ... create an organization that helps grooms minority kids who want to coach and further develops minority adults currently coaching, have schools start offering sports management degrees linked with african american studies or whatever, create a cross-racial organization where white coaches mentor young minorities trying to break into the field, and do a bunch of other things i can't think of that are even better than what i suggested.

this stupid rule isn't helping and more needs to be done in earlier stages to make a real difference

 

[Aso]

There's just two now, but none to start the season. The thing is, a lot of black coaches are currently on the defensive side of the ball.

Ray Horton- Browns
Dennis Thurman- Jets
Jerry Gray- Titans
Perry Fewell- Giants
Mel Tucker- Bears
Alan Williams- Vikings
Todd Bowles- Cardinals

Lovie Smith is a defensive coach, as is Raheem Morris. Both Leslie Frazier and Mike Tomlin had defensive backgrounds as well.

When you look at the trends in the NFL, we all know it's in a direction with lots of offense. Plenty of rookie QBs have come in over the past two seasons and started from Day One without much transition. With that said, of the eight positions that opened up this season, seven chose to hire offensive-minded coaches, leaving all of the guys listed above out in the cold. If the team is not looking to go in a certain direction, you aren't going to make them.

Trends can always reverse themselves. Just look through the Wikipedia page that has all of the NFL coaching staffs lined up in a list. In a few years, many former players will have rose through the ranks offensively to start taking some of these positions. But it's not going to happen overnight, and not going to happen because there will be interviews forced on teams.

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