To me, I view it more as NFL teams fire their coaches all the time regardless of race. Are white coaches given longer leashes than black coaches? Possibly, but I’m not sure. Jack Del Rio got fired 1 season removed from ending a 13 year playoff drought for the Raiders. Doug Pederson had a 4 year stretch where he won a Super Bowl, and 2 division titles and he got fired.
I did and its all ESPN wants to talk about today. Strangely, they complain all day while the majority of the NFL is black. Even all the hosts on ESPN are black.
You really think an owner would rather take a white coach and lose, over a black coach and win?? Ridiculous. People dont give a chit what color the coach is if they win.
Well, when you fire a white guy, no one bats an eye. No one cries foul. Every company knows what’s coming if you have to fire a black person even with cause, you know what the claim is going to be. You know others will jump to automatically believing it’s because of racism.
I just find it comical that in a league that’s 70% one demographic and in a league where organizations give chance after chance to guys who get arrested for drugs, beat women, accused of rape, and breaking other laws that somehow they don’t get a “fair shake” because the majority of head coaches don’t look like them.
Never mind the coordinators. It’s real important the head coach has a specific race. Because that’s what matters not if they’re actually qualified.Sure but at the interview phase most of these people have never had a job so it's a prediction of what they will do once hired. I think any prediction an individual is likely to be riddled with their own preconceived notions and biases.
I don't think that is what anyone wants. I think Flores is saying he would like black head coaching candidates to have a fair shot. Not just be a token candidate on every job search. That's demeaning.
So you think Flores didnt get a fair shot because he's black? On what grounds, just because he said so?
Lets cut the bull. Black guys have been better running backs and wide receivers. Is that racist to admit blacks are better at a certain position?
Let's put this in terms that make more sense for the vast majority of us. Let's envision your average chain restaurant. Hiring a RB is like hiring a server or greeter. There are tons of qualified candidates and a line of people to replace them if something doesn't work out. These are low risk decisions so often bias doesn't come into play when hiring. Just pick someone and let them give it a go. If they do good great, if they don't, then drop them.
This may be true. but unfairness does not equal race discrimination. The law puts the burden on the employee to prove that race was a "motivating factor" in whatever employment decision that was made (in this case, the NYG decision to hire Daboll and not Flores). Just because, arguably, the NYG had already made their decision to hire Daboll before interviewing Flores is not (by itself) evidence of race discrimination.
You still didnt answer my question. Is it safe to say that black running backs and wide receivers are just better at that position? If so, is it racist to say that white people are possibly better at certain positions? Of course it is, racism is just a one way street.
Tanking games for better draft position has been talked about for 20 years. Lets not play the race card and act like this is the first just because he's black. Thats silly.
He won 8 of their last 9 games, arguably the Fins were the most improving team in the League last season. Never seen a coach that's winning get fired. There's a backstory here.
The back story here is that everyone hated him. He apparently wasn't talking to his coaches, he didn't want anything to do with Tua, he was really pushing for Watson, and he wasn't getting along with the GM. Not saying he was wrong on any of this stuff, but he definitely wasn't endearing himself to the people who made a decision on whether he stays or goes. I really think he's kind of a hot head.
The backstory as in he and their GM (who is also black) hated each other. That’s the backstory. So when your boss doesn’t like you and you never made the playoffs anyway this will be the result.
Their terrible start counts against him...losses to Jags and Falcons are crucial.
I LMAO when I saw Hue Jackson being interviewed. Talk about the worst possible witness for your side. Hue is only the worst coach in the history of the NFL and his race has absolutely nothing to do with how terrible he is.
Unless they can produce evidence i.e. text messages, recordings witnesses etc. no chance.
