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Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

I kind of think the Rooney Rule is a joke. I mean, if a team already has a candidate in mind, they're just going to grab the closest black person they can, throw an interview at them and then hire the the other person.

What was wrong with the NFL before the Rooney Rule was instated anyway?

I might be confusing names/teams, but I think it was Tomlin in Pittsburgh who was hired as a result of the Rooney Rule -- even though Pittsburgh had another candidate in mind (Wisenhunt, I believe).