Choose Your 2014 Redskins Head Coach (Volume 2)

[KI Skins Fan]

I think that the Redskins should take a long look at the pool of minority candidates. I'm not talking about the spirit of the Rooney Rule, "doing the right thing" socially, or anything like that. I mean that in their own self-interest the Redskins should do this.

My reason is very simple. I believe that minorities are significantly under-represented in the NFL Head Coaching ranks. If you think of the search for a HC like it is prospecting for gold, then you don't want to stake a claim where the gold is played out. You want to mine in an area where there is still plenty of gold in the ground.

If NFL teams had done their homework on minority candidates before now, there wouldn't even be a Rooney Rule. So, I think that some of the better HC candidates are likely to be found among overlooked minority coaches.

To me, it makes little sense to sift through the usual re-cycled candidates because you're unlikely to find gold there. Instead, look somewhere that is likely to have big, shiny undiscovered nuggets.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by KI Skins Fan

I think that the Redskins should take a long look at the pool of minority candidates. I'm not talking about the spirit of the Rooney Rule, "doing the right thing" socially, or anything like that. I mean that in their own self-interest the Redskins should do this.

My reason is very simple. I believe that minorities are significantly under-represented in the NFL Head Coaching ranks. If you think of the search for a HC like it is prospecting for gold, then you don't want to stake a claim where the gold is played out. You want to mine in an area where there is still plenty of gold in the ground.

If NFL teams had done their homework on minority candidates before now, there wouldn't even be a Rooney Rule. So, I think that some of the better HC candidates are likely to be found among overlooked minority coaches.

To me, it makes little sense to sift through the usual re-cycled candidates because you're unlikely to find gold there. Instead, look somewhere that is likely to have big, shiny undiscovered nuggets.

Your logic makes no sense. It implies that there are more hidden gems out there amongst minorities than non minorities. And that's simply not true. Given that there are more non-minority coaches out there, there are likely more hidden gems amongst them.

The coaching search should look at all candidates regardless of race. In fact, if race is even a small factor in the search, then Snyder and Allen are doing a disservice to the franchise. Interview the best candidates, and hire based on merits and merits alone.

[jamf]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

Your logic makes no sense. It implies that there are more hidden gems out there amongst minorities than non minorities. And that's simply not true. Given that there are more non-minority coaches out there, there are likely more hidden gems amongst them.

The coaching search should look at all candidates regardless of race. In fact, if race is even a small factor in the search, then Snyder and Allen are doing a disservice to the franchise. Interview the best candidates, and hire based on merits and merits alone.

He is trying to imply that minority coaches aren't being "mined" at all compared to finding needle in the haystack among Caucasian candidates.

NFL owners are very unoriginal and rarely take risks, They've been picking apart coaching trees for decades.
during the 80's and 90's, every owner had to have a coach from the Bill Walsh coaching tree.
Then Parcells hit it big and they wanted Parcells guys. In the last decade it was Belichick guys and they bombed in the NFL and college.
There isn't a dominant system in the NFL anymore, it seems like everyone has a watered down form of the west coast offense.

Snyder gambled when he hired Spurrier and Zorn. They both didn't have a proven NFL background.
Then he plays it ultra safe with Shanahan and it completely back fires.

I want fresh blood in here. I want a guy that isn't scared to move away from the norm. Hopefully Snyder can find the next innovator.

[KI Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by jamf

He is trying to imply that minority coaches aren't being "mined" at all compared to finding needle in the haystack among Caucasian candidates.

That is correct. Thank you for assuring me that I made my point clearly.

As I said, it's not about race. I did not intend to imply that the Skins should only look at minority candidates. I just want the best HC that can be found and I have hunch where that may be.