Steelers hire Tomlin

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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.