The Lions' Pride

I understand that. I was just using it as an example of how ridiculous things are. I mean how do you imagine someone like Ray Horton feels when he knows a team is ready to hire someone else, but he still has to talk to them before they can make the hire? To me it goes against its intended purpose of equality.

Because it's freaking expensive to play hockey and there aren't a lot of black people in Canada.

Also, its not like football is extremely cheap. Football means more in black communities so they make financial sacrifices / time sacrifices so that their children can play.

I'm not, he's a defensive guy and offense is hot right now. 7 of the 8 new hires were offensive guys and the only defensive guy that was hired was a lot cheaper than Lovie Smith would have been. But of course this has to be made about race and how the NFL will try to shape human behavior through interviewing mandates.

Maybe the talking heads should concern themselves more with Journalistic integrity.

Pretty much... All PR. Sometimes affirmative action causes more harm than good... This is a way around it. But if a team has a target that they want, they will go get him. A la Chip Kelly... But some good comes of it. My steelers would have never found Tomlin without it... They are the last team to hire a minority HC from outside their organization... A lot has to change with coaching. I think it says a lot that Andy Reid won 4 games and was employed the next day... Lovie Smith wins 10 and he barely gets an interview...

I think that that is changing though, with guys like Frazier, Raheem Morris, lovie smith, David shaw, Kevin Sumlin, mike singletary, hue Jackson, Marvin Lewis, Jim Caldwell, Denny green, ray Rhodes, herm, dungy, crennel, fewell, charlie strong, etc.

Guys having success at all levels shows that there are many black coaches that are well qualified for coaching teams. However, I will say a majority of these guys are defensive minded coaches, and offense is the flavor of the league right now. I mean look at the scores of these playoff games.

Crennel has gotten multiple shots and if we're being honest, KC should've been nasty good this year. As for the Reid and Smith comparisons, Reid is historically one of the most successful coaches of this era, so him getting another shot is not because he's white, it's because of his résumé. As for smith, he'll be a head coach again at the latest in a couple of years when teams realize how important defense is again. Very few defenses were as dominating as the bears this past year, but that was lost with their decline the second half of the season.

Out of those guys listed above, I expect perry fewell, lovie smith, hue Jackson, Jim Caldwell, and maybe dungy to run NFL teams again on Sundays.

I will say I am a minority too because I want to share where my viewpoint is coming from.

I just think its ironic that Chud just hired Horton as his defensive coordinator.

Horton had his defense ranked 12 th in the NFL and that's impressive considering the fact that the cards had no offense. Their defense accomplished that while averaging 42 min per game. As for chud, hate the guy if you want, but he knows how to build qbs and run an offense.

Both guys are extremely qualified. I think what helped Chud was that he's from Cleveland and grew up a loyal browns fan, so he knows how important the franchise is to that city and its economy.

Seriously, you wouldn't want Horton because he has cornrows? What does that have to do with his football ability and football IQ? Nothing, guy can flat out coach. Seriously, bellichek looks like a Hobo in his cutoff sleeves hoodie, but I'd take him in a heartbeat.

It is changing very slowly. Sumlin is HUGE, especially in the SEC. Im just saying it's still a problem and the numbers dont lie, but you make good points. Id say its changing at an extremely slow rate. And half of the guys you listed aren't coaching. Just had to point that out... And that list is total... Among both college and the pros... Sad. And Jim Caldwell went from HC to position coach (not an OC). Lovie smith is unemployed after a 10 win season... Just reality. Not saying that it's as bad as it was back in the day, by any stretch. Just saying there is a long way to go. And college is WAAAAAY worse than the NFL. Period.

Do you believe football discriminates against White running backs and white corners?

That argument has no standing. They're football coaches, not CEOs. Let them wear hoodies and have cornrows, this ain't the military. Horton has demonstrated his ability to coach, he doesn't need to cut his hair to prove that he can coach.