Steelers hire Tomlin

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Big rumor is Grimm going to Arizona to be the offensive coordinator. Dan Henning might still go there as well, though not as likely.

I may not phrase this right, so bear with me. Do you think because the Rooney family was so instrumental in implementing the Rooney rule that states teams with coaching vacancies must interview minorities, they felt obliged to hire one?

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Originally Posted by TAFKAS

I may not phrase this right, so bear with me. Do you think because the Rooney family was so instrumental in implementing the Rooney rule that states teams with coaching vacancies must interview minorities, they felt obliged to hire one?

Nonsense. Teams hire people because they can get the job done and to be frank two African American coaches are in the championship game (Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith). No one said anything about race when Gibbs got hired even though he was a no-name. Or when Andy Reid came out of no where and got the Eagles Job. I'm pretty sure Tomlin didn't get the job because the Rooney family felt they should hire an African American coach.

[Beemnseven]

I may not phrase this right, so bear with me. Do you think because the Rooney family was so instrumental in implementing the Rooney rule that states teams with coaching vacancies must interview minorities, they felt obliged to hire one?

Originally Posted by saden1

Nonsense. Teams hire people because they can get the job done ...

... I'm pretty sure Grimm didn't get the job because the Rooney family felt they should hire an African American coach.

Uhh, don't these two sentences contradict each other?

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Originally Posted by Beemnseven

Uhh, don't these two sentences contradict each other?

What I meant to say was:

I'm pretty sure Tomlin didn't get the job because the Rooney family felt they should hire an African American coach.

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Originally Posted by saden1

Nonsense. Teams hire people because they can get the job done and to be frank two African American coaches are in the championship game (Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith). No one said anything about race when Gibbs got hired even though he was a no-name. Or when Andy Reid came out of no where and got the Eagles Job. I'm pretty sure Tomlin didn't get the job because the Rooney family felt they should hire an African American coach.

Yeah I didn't mean to imply that Tomlin doesn't deserve it. Just wondering why, out of two relatively unknown coaches, they chose the one that hasn't been a part of the organization for the past several years. I wonder what they saw, or didn't see, in Grimm. Did he interview poorly? Was he asking for too much control?

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Originally Posted by TAFKAS

Big rumor is Grimm going to Arizona to be the offensive coordinator. Dan Henning might still go there as well, though not as likely.

I may not phrase this right, so bear with me. Do you think because the Rooney family was so instrumental in implementing the Rooney rule that states teams with coaching vacancies must interview minorities, they felt obliged to hire one?

I would hope not. When will the day come when the best man gets the job? Regardless of race.

But if this rule was not in place I don't think there would be barely any black head caoches. The bottom line is most of the owners did not grow up around not only black people but minorties in general. So they hire white coaches becasue that's who they are most comfortable relating too.

Look at the college level? There are only a couple black coaches out of 106 jobs?? That's just ridicules. Some places you will never ever see a black HC. You will never see a black HC at Alamama, Tenn, Mississippi, Georgia or Auburn. It will never happen. Sly Croom should have got the job over Shula at Ala. He was way more qualifield. The problem is very similar to the pros. The boosters and AD's are all white and they are not 100% comfortable with being around black people. Sad but true.