Report: Shanahan to DC done deal

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

I wonder though if all this commotion would be happening if it was Tony Dungy that was rumored to be coming here, not Mike Shanahan.

I don't see how the commotion would be the same, since the spirit and letter of the Rooney Rule would clearly have been satisfied.

Instead there would be a different commotion, such as the negative effect that in-season hiring has had on on-field play.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Lotus

I don't see how the commotion would be the same, since the spirit and letter of the Rooney Rule would clearly have been satisfied.

Instead there would be a different commotion, such as the negative effect that in-season hiring has had on on-field play.

How would it have been clearly satisfied?

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

How would it have been clearly satisfied?

Letter: we hire a minority in this scenario
Spirit: we genuinely interview a minority in this scenario (or we couldn't hire him)

It seems to me that the Rooney Rule is about advancing minorities, regardless of what time of year the advancement happens.

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Lotus

Letter: we hire a minority in this scenario
Spirit: we genuinely interview a minority in this scenario (or we couldn't hire him)

It seems to me that the Rooney Rule is about advancing minorities, regardless of what time of year the advancement happens.

But the Rooney Rule isn't in place for the Tony Dungys and Marvin Lewises (not anymore), it's there now for guys like Leslie Frazier, Sherman Smith, etc.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

But the Rooney Rule isn't in place for the Tony Dungys and Marvin Lewises (not anymore), it's there now for guys like Leslie Frazier, Sherman Smith, etc.

I understand your argument. Perhaps the Rooney Rule should be amended so that those who previously held high office don't count in its fulfillment. Of course, then it would be discriminative against folks like Dungy and Marvin Lewis - what irony!

But, as it stands, the Rooney Rule would be satisfied if we hired Dungy, regardless of when we hired him IMO.