Originally posted by Heatmiser
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Its not anyone hiring that is 'racist', it is the repeated action of infrequently hiring black coaches when the majority of players this century are black.
In other words, the majority of players who have experience/knowldege playing in the NFL, and who have demonstrated the discipline and mental aspects to succeed
at this highest level, are not getting as many opportunities at the coaching level.
In the past, this was tacitly (or openly) assumed to be due to black players not being 'smart', or not being 'disciplined' or even being prima donnas and not wanting to work their way up from the lowest level of an organization and put in all that overtime.
No one has replaced those bad reasons with any good reasons for their being comparatively fewer black coaches in the NFL or college.
Here are some good reasons:
Rich guys (or the Presidents of universities) generally are not comfortable interacting closely with a black guy....there are a few exceptions.
More than a few NFL owners would not want their organization run by a n......
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