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BIPOC is a more inclusionary acronym for minorities. But I think you already knew that before you belittled it. 50% of NCAA is black (excluding mixed race and other minorities) and 65% are BIPOC. If participation isn’t part of the mainstay in becoming a HC at the NFL level, can you explain to me the experiences that would lend itself to rule out those candidates at such astonishingly high levels when compared to the participation rates. Where are white coaches gaining significantly more experience/skill sets compared to their minority counterparts that make them more qualified to be HC at the NFL or NCAA level? Why is 25% of the league having a much more meaningful experience, developing a skill set that 65% are not. And why at such a high rate? 25% of participants are making up 80%+ of the hires?

It is not a great post because it is being comparable to the general population. But 65% of the sport are BIPOC. The threshold level is far too low. Even 7 HC begs a lot of questions.

The league is at a real risk of having 8 head coaching vacancies, 2 BIPOC fired, and no BIPOC replaced. I don't mean that as a need to fulfill a quota. The league just cannot explain that away. Including players who identify as multi-racial (black and...) ~65% of the NFL is BIPOC and has been that way for over a generation. Sure it is statistically possible to flip a count 32 times and have it land on heads on 3 times. Also possible to roll a dice 32 times and never role 1,2,3, or 4. But it is HIGHLY improbable. The tinfoil hat voice in the back of my head thinks maybe the league agrees to let Deshaun play to make that job more enticing for a candidate. As a business, the issue with the Browns and Dolphins, Flores law suit, no black head coaches is far too much to risk with their antitrust exemption on the line. I haven't caught up on what I missed in this thread, but the last few pages are now sort of questioning the blackness or lack there of with Flores by mentioning whether or not he is latino. Something some people may want to pay attention to. It is subtle but also really important.

I get different places have different styles. But it is wild to me entire cities can get it wrong. I am in Saratoga now and the pizza game here SUCKS. We have found a certain pizza here or there. But overall the corner pizza shop is terrible. (The food scene here blows overall. But that’s a different thread)

Not a huge golf guy but pay some attention. I think they factor in the amateur handicap. QB1 is a 9, which is pretty good. But he’s not a scratch golfer. Ray Romano and Bill Murray are 16’s which is wild. Those guys play a TON. I thought they’d be better. Alfonso Ribiero is a 2? With a handicap that low I figured I see him golfing WAY more. Granted different tee’s but having a 2 means he could basically be the Pro to say Josh Allen’s Am.

Brady actually played in two different primetime head to head matches where he was a featured star. Once with Phil vs Manning/Woods. The other against Rodger/Phil with Bryson DeChambeau.

You mean the guy who watched his team play at home with an IV in his arm but didn’t understand why the league wouldn’t let him back at practice when he wanted to has other terrible takes?

Streaming services. Everybody is increasing the cost on everything largely because they can. Don’t get me wrong. They’re are supply chain issues. I deal with a ton of very common manufacturers daily for work. They’re increasing pricing by 20% quarter after quarter without any inventory constraints just because others do have some bottleneck. A ton of very popular brands have had record profitability during the pandemic by laying people off and cutting out T&E while consistently raising prices. Basically slashing expenses and price gouging. Its not great.

This is my take. The Rooney rule isn't perfect. But teams will most certainly avoid BIPOC without. So without a clear improvement on the Rooney rule, I can’t imagine moving on from it. That said. I think Schoen locked in on Daboll as well. I don’t think Schoen did anything wrong himself. But at scale, this is most certainly an issue for BIPOC candidates.

Wait, what? Evans bank was charged with redlining and settled in 2015. Trustmark National Bank just settled a few months ago. The fact that the federal government had to charge lenders with said violations in recent local history would prove that institutional racism exists. And it exists based on the the standards you just set in this post.

This makes it sound like we ran 11 personnel based on QB deficiency. Or at least makes it sound like Allen needs to be coached how to run it. But like....did Nolan watch our OL for the first 80% of the season? It was a major liability. Josh may very well need to improve here, but erring on the side of heavy sets seemed have been needed based on OL issues, not QB play....

I hope the NFL enjoyed its antitrust exemption while it lasted.

I think the league has a real problem with minority representation at all levels. Black coaches are given a much shorter leash and are required to have more success to maintain job security. The Rooney rule may not be the best solution, but you can't just waive it away. The sport is and has been dominated by BIPOC for quite some time, but the executives continue to be oddly pale. Until you have a better replacement other than "JuSt HiRe ThE bEsT cAnDiDaTe" it is the only real tool in the tool box. Flores may very well be right here and I am probably side with him. But in court this will be a tough one. Unless Schoen put in writing somewhere that they wanted to give multiple interviews to Flores and Frazier in order to give the perception of fairness, he will have a tough time winning this. If Schoen did put it in writing his career as a GM is over before it started. I view things like this sort of like redlining. It is most certainly illegal. And it most certainly continues to happen. But the burden of proof needed to prosecute is so astronomically high/avoidable by companies/lenders that it is really difficult to move on legally.

Honestly, just sub out Davenport for Andre Johnson. Even then you have to sub somebody out to get 5 OL out there, or a TE has to line up on the line and declare as eligible. Wild to think about.

Think Jim Kelly will finally get his investors together?

This is the second SB in a row that a team is “hosting” Rams in LA. Bucs in Tampa.

This is the second SB in a row where the host city is also playing. Not sure that’s happened before. Wild.

This ended better than I could have hoped. I didn’t want the Chiefs to get rolled. It meant we battled a team we should’ve beat handily if we wanted to go to the SB. But the Chiefs were the much better team for a good portion of this game and had a total melt down. They let it get away. All that said. It was going to be tough for any team to get back up after that epic divisional game. As an athlete/team you only get a couple goes down the track with that kind intensity. It’s not sustainable.

I just keep thinking about all the posts about the AFC being a QB gauntlet. As long as Beane doesn’t botch roster management the next few years, it will be Allen vs. Mahomes for eternity. “Burrow is amazing”…scores 3 points….

This game just looks like when you’re a kid and you have to let your little brother play madden with you.

He also has two different posts claiming that the Bills v KC game was rigged for entertainment. At this rate we are 5 offseason posts away from him organizing a raid on local pizza places to save the children.

I think he probably stays. It depends on his contract. I sense something slightly above average. In the 8-10th most expensive TE range. Maybe only 2-3 years so he can cash in again.

Why do you even join a message board? You don’t know more than anybody about anything when it comes to any aspect of running an NFL franchise.

I think the taunting penalty is dumb for a bunch of reasons. One is that it’s football. The other is that is is subjectively enforced differently in the same game. But this one makes me really mad. The penalty literally exists because of Tyreek and the peace sign. If you don’t flag him for that, WTF is the point of ever throwing a flag. In this instance, really want the flag because of TH history with the rule. But I also want the rule to go away.