Rooney Rule

• sleeper

  

  Where if you interview 10 coaches and all of them are non-whites = NOT RACIST.
  If you interview 10 coaches, none of them are non-white = RACIST.
  If you interview 10 coaches, half are black, half are white and you don't hire the non-white = RACIST
  
  Sorry, but anyone who supports or condones the Rooney rule is a racist and fuckhead. When will minorities grow up and be treated like everyone else instead of having rules put in place to give them jobs based on the color of their skin? Fighting racism with more racism, genius!
• Mulva

  

  http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8858003/nfl-looking-adjust-rooney-rule-ensure-diversity
  

  Jim Caldwell nearly went undefeated as a rookie coach in Indianapolis three years ago and he's one win away from returning to the Super Bowl as an assistant with Baltimore.
  
  Yet Caldwell didn't get one interview for any of the eight coaching vacancies in the NFL this year.
  
  
  "That's almost impossible for me to comprehend," John Wooten, chairman of the Fritz Pollard Alliance Foundation, told The Associated Press on Friday.

  The first sentence is hilarious, because he was as close to being winless in his 3rd season as he was to being undefeated in his first.
• SportsAndLady

  

  Agree..the RR is stupid. This is 2013, teams aren't secretly going, "Okay guys...lets find our coach. No Negro's."
• wes_mantooth

  

  Yup...stupid rule
• GoChiefs

  

  Of course, Stephen A. Smith is "appalled" that no black coaches were hired this time around.
  
  [video=youtube;HBatpwa70PQ][/video]
• sleeper

  

  Sorry that white people actually work hard to establish relationships and networks whereas black people just expect to be given something because of the color of their skin. Like I said, when will minorities stop having their hand held and step up to reality?
• shook_17

  

  The rule is so stupid. So what Stephan a Smith is saying the NFL should tell owners who they can and can not hire. Stfu smith. YOU are a racist bitch
• Mulva

  

  I wonder how Romeo Crennel got the white coach luxury of a 2nd chance.
• killer_ewok

  

  @chrisrock: Andy Reid wins 4 games and everybody wants him Lovie smith wins 10 games and can't get a job.
  
  Not against nor in favor of RR but after reading this thread I checked twitter and this was one of the first tweets I saw. LOL
• sleeper

  

  killer_ewok;1369559 wrote:@chrisrock: Andy Reid wins 4 games and everybody wants him Lovie smith wins 10 games and can't get a job.
  
  Not against nor in favor of RR but after reading this thread I checked twitter and this was one of the first tweets I saw. LOL

  Maybe Lovie has been handed everything to him in life because of the color of his skin and doesn't know how to handle himself in interviews or build a network with GMs and owners.
• Footwedge

  Why haven't they hired a woman h. c. yet?
• sleeper

  

  Why not apply the Rooney Rule to NFL positions? Minorities have no problem making up 80% of the league; shouldn't NFL teams have to interview a white RB/WR/CB/etc. before the draft? And if they decide not to draft a white RB, threaten with a lawsuit? After all, have to make things fair and about race.
• Rotinaj

  

  Yea the RR is dumb and Stephen A is the biggest shithead on TV. Also lol at Lovie being compared to Reid. I wish people would try to educate themselves even a little bit before they go and say dumb ass shit.
• killer_ewok

  

  Rotinaj;1369568 wrote:Yea the RR is dumb and Stephen A is the biggest shithead on TV. Also lol at Lovie being compared to Reid. I wish people would try to educate themselves even a little bit before they go and say dumb ass shit.

  
  I tend to agree although by the numbers Lovie isn't all that far off in comparison. Reid won 58% of his games vs. Lovie's. 56%. Each had 3 losing seasons although Reid has coached longer and had more winning seasons. Each lost a Super Bowl. I agree that Reid has the better career and resume but stats don't show as much of a disparity as I thought there might be.
  
  EDIT: Reid won 59% of his games, not 58%.
• Pick6

  

  Where the fuck is Rob Parker when we did him
• tk421

  

  so, now the NFL is going to mandate that you have to hire the black guy? Wouldn't that piss you off, the only reason you are getting an interview or hired is because of some rule? How about we let NFL teams hire whoever the hell they want.
• iclfan2

  

  Just trying to create equal outcomes instead of equal opportunity. In the nfl, the owner/gm only has an incentive if winning. Neither cares if you're white/black/Mexican/woman/gay if it means they will make more money. Period. Maybe there is a reason the black candidates aren't getting hired. If anything the nfl is a good ole boys network, ie shitty Crennell getting another job after cleveland. Like in life, it's about who you know not what you know. Tired of these stupid race arguments.
• bases_loaded

  

  I think if you look at it as a whole the Rooney Rule is "working".
  
  It's the most racist thing since affirmative action. Typical liberal thinking he has to make issue where there isn't to be the better person. I didn't know the color of your skin makes you a candidate to a position that only 32 in the world exist.
  
  Agree with sleeper on a Rooney rule for players too.
• sportchampps

  Lovie will get a job next year.
• Rotinaj

  

  I don't think there are 32 nfl coaches better than Lovie. Not sure why he didn't get hired this year but I'm 100% sure the reason isnt because he's black.
• ts1227

  

  bases_loaded;1369914 wrote:I think if you look at it as a whole the Rooney Rule is "working".
  
  It's the most racist thing since affirmative action. Typical liberal thinking he has to make issue where there isn't to be the better person. I didn't know the color of your skin makes you a candidate to a position that only 32 in the world exist.
  
  Agree with sleeper on a Rooney rule for players too.

  Political bullshit stays in the political forum. You can make the exact same point without all of the retarded buzzwords.
  
  

  Rotinaj;1370231 wrote:I don't think there are 32 nfl coaches better than Lovie. Not sure why he didn't get hired this year but I'm 100% sure the reason isnt because he's black.

  This.
• bases_loaded

  

  ts1227;1370234 wrote:Political bull**** stays in the political forum. You can make the exact same point without all of the retarded buzzwords.
  
  
  
  
  This.

  
  Fix it for me then.
  
  And then go fuck yourself.
• sleeper

  

  Oh Christ, if this thread spins off into a political discussion then so be it. Dynamite drop in ts, you saved the thread! :rolleyes:
• bases_loaded

  

  sleeper;1370266 wrote:Oh Christ, if this thread spins off into a political discussion then so be it. Dynamite drop in ts, you saved the thread! :rolleyes:

  
  Somebody has to let everyone know who's a mod.
  
  Maybe I'll be bant to the basement to think about what I've done.
• GoPens

  

  At the time the Rooney Rule was a good thing, but it could probably be done away with now.