Steelers hire Tomlin

[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?

[saden1]

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.