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'Didn't look the part': The reasons Black coaches don't get NFL head coaching jobs

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Read this article below about how Black coaches aren't getting as many NFL head coaching jobs as others. Troy Vincent, who is the executive vice president of football operations for the NFL, spoke recently about the excuses he's heard about not hiring more black coaches. He made a list of all the excuses the NFL has given him as to why they do this, and here's a portion of the list:

  • Never called plays
  • Too many friends listed on potential coaching staff
  • No previous game-clock management
  • Unsure of their ability to motivate veteran players
  • Didn't interview well
  • Lacked the necessary experience to lead
  • Didn't look the part
  • Seemed nervous throughout the interview process
  • Job is different than what it was previously
Vincent doesn't think these are valid reasons, as do I. Especially when you see stuff like "Didn't Look the Part" which makes absolutely no sense, and sounds more racist than anything else on the list. Is it a must that coaches look a certain way out there? We got fat ones, short ones, bald ones, fugly ones, and yet black men and women can't get a position because they may not look the part?

So dumb. NFL get your shit together.

 
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The players have one of the worst union contracts in the major sports. Why? I'll call it how I see it. Too many of the black players, don't want to do what is necessary to make power moves against the owners. Too many spending their money and not saving so they can't survive a lock out. Baseball and basketball had enough unity to fight that move. The NFL players don't. The white boys always save their money. It's why you rarely hear of them going broke within 5 years of retiring. They think legacy building right away.

A lot more black players do these days, That must be said. Far more than 30 years ago, but not enough. It's the toughest sport physically to have a long career so you'd think they would do what is necessary to push for better conditions financially as well as in the front office and sidelines.

Or do I have it wrong? I'm open to correction.