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I believe this is the reason Senator Biden fought so gallantry to try to keep Justice Thomas off the SC. Thurgood Marshall was nominated by a D. Biden and his fellow Ds couldn't allow a R to nominate his replacement, so they organized a failed high tech lynching expedition to stop it.

Like Justice Thomas, he was the wrong Black man.

Thanks for helping me make my point. 🤗

I understand. But my post was dealing with if NFL HC hires are "systemically racist" based on the definition by the guy that invented CRT which is included in my post. That's how we judge things now. Death penalty is racist cuz 41% are Black while only 14% of the population. There are only 4 Black CEOs in Fortune 500 while Blacks are 14% of the population. Etc.

I have to question if the NFL HC hiring practice is systemic racism and here's why: The founder of Critical Race Theory Joe Feagin says: https://www.thoughtco.com/systemic-racism-3026565 So when I hear that there is systemic racism in NFL HC hiring the first question is OK, how many do we have? 1 or 3 is on obviously low compared to racial lines (14% Black). But I seem to remember recently we had more. So I looked back the last 15 years starting in. 2006. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2006/coaches.htm 2006 - 7 (Super Bowl between teams led by Black HC.) 2007 - 6 2008 - 6 2009 - 5 2010 - 7 2011 - 8 2012 - 5 2013 - 3 2014 - 4 2015 - 5 2016 - 5 2017 - 7 2018 - 7 2019 - 3 2020 - 3 2021 - 3 Note: I did not count Ron Rivera or Robert Saleh. I also didn't count interim coaches even though there have been several a la Perry Fewell. The avg was 5.25. >14% 5 years were <14% including the last 3 The real question for me is what changed in the last 3 years? Why was the NFL HC hiring within racial lines and suddenly now is not? I'm sure there is some racism going on cuz its everywhere. But as far as being systemically racist per definition, it doesn't seem to pencil out.

My question is why are kids in 8th grade reading comic books? Kids in 8th grade should be reading real books like "To Kill A Mockingbird" or " Lord of the Flies" or "Of Mice and Men".

This is how the work world works everywhere. I worked 38 years in the computer field. The very first job I got I didn't know anyone there. Just got my way in somehow. Every job after that I knew someone there and they knew of me already from working in the same field. Why should we expect football coaching to be different? We may not like and its not fair, but it just is. Of course no one should discriminate on the basis of race, but they're gonna hire who they want and its probably someone they know and have worked with cuz that's how it works.

I think Matt Cassel was #16. When drafted I waned him to be #13 like Kurt Warner. But really, IMHO, the number a QB wears on his back has nothing to do with wether his team's D can stop a team from getting in FG range in 13 seconds. Besides, if an NFL player changes his number he has to buy all the old number Jerseys in stock. I'd hate to see poor Josh waste his money on this. He was #17 in college too so its probably a lost cause.

No, they hire Black HCs to bad teams as "bridge" coaches. I read it in the shout box. Like how Denver hired Vance Joseph to "bridge" to Vic Fangio.

Really? Goodell, come on man. Criminy Louise.

Here's how the view on gambling by the NFL has changed in the last 15 years: In 2005 I played in the Seattle Seahawks Blue Thunder Drumline. On the Seahawks web site they had a page called Picks with Duck & Anna. Duck was an equipment guy and Anna was a chearleader. They would pick the winners for the next weeks games. I would see them at practice and the stadium sometimes would talk to the. Around week 10 I noticed the page was gone. They told me that had to stop cuz it could be construed as gambling advice so they pulled it. I under$tand why the NFL billionaires are doing it but it cheapens the product and introduces a lot of questions by fans and others. We all grew up hearing about the Black Sox scandal and gambling's influence on it. @Buffalo Boy mentioned his teacher's friend comment about it had to look right. I would also toss in that in the law field they talk about avoiding the perception of corruption. Partnering with gambling certainly raises the perception of being in bed with and influenced by gambling. I hope its worth it.

Orlando Wooldridge was number 0 or maybe it was an O.

I say no. I love the number 17. Its a real QB number like Don Meredith wore. I hate seeing QBs run around in kicker numbers (1, 2,3,4...) Don't listen to him Josh, 17 is great.

Or, we could trade McDermott for Payton.

Will be fun watching the Rs fall for this. An election is coming up this year and 75%of Americans think the economy is in the tank. Time to drag out the old stand bys. Racism (Republicans don't want a Black woman in SC). Facism. Book burning. Note to Republicans if they want to win: IT'S THE ECONOMY STUPID. Don't fall for it, but they will. As far as the book burning thing we are going through that in my hometown. A liberal group just got "To Kill a Mockingbird" off of the reading list cuz it contains the N word and promotes white saviorism. This is hardly a one side thing.

Who's ever in the majority does it and whoever is in the minority complains about it.

Are they going to also add urinals to the girls bathroom for all standing peeers?

Makes me wonder if Justice Breyer and Tommy have the same agent.

Good point. Thanks. I understand the opportunity aspect and support it. But racial equity in the results is what the argument is about. That's the whole reason this came up. Blacks are 14% of the population but only 3% of the NFL HCs are Black. Jim Caldwell Herm Edwards Lovie Smith

I posted 5 or 6 examples, one from this thread and 4 or 5 from the Tee thread. You'll have to ask them why.

Here's one for example: But is it really a racist thing? Teams are required by rule to do so. Here's a few more from the Tee thread first page:

Of course they do and of course they are. My question is why is it somehow OK to to have racial equity out of whack in one area (players) of the organization and not in another (coaching)?

Good point. Thanks for the correction. 🙂 So 9 years. I believe he has interviewed several years while here.

Do you think either of these guys would NOT have been hired sans Rooney rule?

How do you know its not the same? Can you name a case where a black coach was not hired cuz he was black?