Rooney rule growing

[murf74 461]

http://m.nbcsports.com/content/nfl-considering-expanding-rooney-rule-coordinators

 

I think Tomlin has a job for life and its pretty obvious he was always gonna be hired over Whiz at the time.

 

This crap is stupid. If you are good enough you will get an interview and hire.

 

If I were a black coach, I would hate this rule....how would you ever know if you have serious chance or you are only being interviewed because of the color of your skin

[MDC 7,652]

I get that the NFL thinks black people are underrepresented as coaches and they have an incentive to encourage minority hires but this rule is ridiculous and it encourages teams to interview candidates they have no intention of hiring. Dumb.

[murf74 461]

I get that the NFL thinks black people are underrepresented as coaches and they have an incentive to encourage minority hires but this rule is ridiculous and it encourages teams to interview candidates they have no intention of hiring. Dumb.

 

Yep it does nothing to help a hire unless you are Rooney doing the hiring. The more I hear Rooney on this rule the more obvious it is that he did not hire Whiz cause he is white

[Eagles Green 34]

nigga please

[tanatastic 2,062]

Yea Iv been on the fence about this rule. On one hand I love the spirit and intentions of it. But if I were a minority coach I would HATE feeling like my interview was BS just cuz they had to.

 

I might be wrong, but I feel the nfl has come far enough that the rule isn't needed. I wonder how many black coaches have their job because the rule forced an interview. It's prob 1 or none, they got the job fair and square.

[MDC 7,652]

Yep it does nothing to help a hire unless you are Rooney doing the hiring. The more I hear Rooney on this rule the more obvious it is that he did not hire Whiz cause he is white

 

I wouldn't go that far. I think teams should be open to hiring minority coaches too. I just think the rule as constructed now encourages a lot of tokenism.

[Joey Gladstone 33]

Shouldn't passing on a great minority candidate because of race be a team's self-imposed penalty?

[murf74 461]

I wouldn't go that far. I think teams should be open to hiring minority coaches too. I just think the rule as constructed now encourages a lot of tokenism.

 

Yep which is exactly why it is not needed. Its a business and to think an owner wouldn't hire the best coach cause he is black is absurd.

 

Still waiting to see that all white football team and coaching staff. There isn't one and there never will be with or without Rooney

[RLLD 4,275]

Shouldn't passing on a great minority candidate because of race be a team's self-imposed penalty?

 

Of course, but you have to at least interview a lesser-qualified candidate, and hire them too

[IGotWorms 4,060]

Tomlin has won a Superbowl, dummy.

 

Maybe you just don't like black people? That would explain your avatar

[RoadLizard 73]

Why don't they just make a rule that says all coaches must be black. Then, make a new rule that all owners must be black. Then, finish it off with all fans must be black. Done. Im sure Obama will support it.

 

No sense is having merit and credentials be the reason for hiring someone. As long as its politically correct and makes the libtards happy.

[murf74 461]

D.

Tomlin has won a Superbowl, dummy.

 

Maybe you just don't like black people? That would explain your avatar

 

So what exactly about my avatar says I don't like black people?

 

Yes nothing screams racist like Obama in a Santa hat. You of course dont follow politics more than what Jon Stewart spews, but that avatar represents how your current president won the election....promise a bunch of lazy bums like you free stuff and you will never lose an election again. I mean Santa is awesome he will give you free stuff for doing nothing. Who pays for it...oh that's magic just like Santa sleigh

[IGotWorms 4,060]

D.

 

So what exactly about my avatar says I don't like black people?

 

Yes nothing screams racist like Obama in a Santa hat. You of course dont follow politics more than what Jon Stewart spews, but that avatar represents how your current president won the election....promise a bunch of lazy bums like you free stuff and you will never lose an election again. I mean Santa is awesome he will give you free stuff for doing nothing. Who pays for it...oh that's magic just like Santa sleigh

 

The KKK types never like it when you pull their hoods off

[FlaHawker 24]

D.

 

So what exactly about my avatar says I don't like black people?

 

Yes nothing screams racist like Obama in a Santa hat. You of course dont follow politics more than what Jon Stewart spews, but that avatar represents how your current president won the election....promise a bunch of lazy bums like you free stuff and you will never lose an election again. I mean Santa is awesome he will give you free stuff for doing nothing. Who pays for it...oh that's magic just like Santa sleigh

I guess if you don't like Obama you automatically don't like black people. If you disagree with Obama, you automatically are a racist. If NFL owners do not hire lesser qualified blacks, they will be punished.

[FlaHawker 24]

The KKK types never like it when you pull their hoods off

You mean KKK types like Robert Byrd?

[murf74 461]

You mean KKK types like Robert Byrd?

 

I can pretty much guarantee he has no idea what you are talking about

[IGotWorms 4,060]

I guess if you don't like Obama you automatically don't like black people. If you disagree with Obama, you automatically are a racist. If NFL owners do not hire lesser qualified blacks, they will be punished.

 

That's not what I said at all.

 

What I said is it's stupid to say a man who won one Superbowl and has been to another was only hired because he is black. It's so stupid that I assume something else is driving Murf's thought process, since it obviously isn't reason.

 

Thanks for playing though.

[IGotWorms 4,060]

You mean KKK types like Robert Byrd?

 

What the heck does Robert Byrd have to do with anything? Dude ain't even alive anymore IIRC

[jerryskids 6,962]

That's not what I said at all.

 

What I said is it's stupid to say a man who won one Superbowl and has been to another was only hired because he is black. It's so stupid that I assume something else is driving Murf's thought process, since it obviously isn't reason.

 

Thanks for playing though.

Why is it stupid? The reasons for his hiring and his success after the fact are two different things.

[FlaHawker 24]

That's not what I said at all.

 

What I said is it's stupid to say a man who won one Superbowl and has been to another was only hired because he is black. It's so stupid that I assume something else is driving Murf's thought process, since it obviously isn't reason.

 

Thanks for playing though.

I never attributed that to you specifically or your comments regarding Tomlin. Thanks for playing though.

[FlaHawker 24]

What the heck does Robert Byrd have to do with anything? Dude ain't even alive anymore IIRC

[FlaHawker 24]

I can pretty much guarantee he has no idea what you are talking about

[SuaveSr 0]

It's about time for league to recognize the same issue at running back and institute the Riggins Rule and require each team to have at least one white running back on active roster or practice squad.

[IGotWorms 4,060]

I never attributed that to you specifically or your comments regarding Tomlin. Thanks for playing though.

 

[IGotWorms 4,060]

Why is it stupid? The reasons for his hiring and his success after the fact are two different things.

 

You generally hire a coach to field a competitive team, right? Maybe even win a Superbowl now and then.

 

Well Tomlin has done just that.

 

So why not assume that they hired him because they thought he would be successful?

[jerryskids 6,962]

You generally hire a coach to field a competitive team, right? Maybe even win a Superbowl now and then.

 

Well Tomlin has done just that.

 

So why not assume that they hired him because they thought he would be successful?

I'll let murf defend his reasons; he is a Steelers fan and follows the team more closely than I do. My point is that thinking Rooney hired him because he is black doesn't make you a racist. It's kinda like when Limbaugh said that McNabb gets a pass from the media because he is black -- that statement is not racist. Hopefully you can see the logic behind my point.

[IGotWorms 4,060]

I'll let murf defend his reasons; he is a Steelers fan and follows the team more closely than I do. My point is that thinking Rooney hired him because he is black doesn't make you a racist. It's kinda like when Limbaugh said that McNabb gets a pass from the media because he is black -- that statement is not racist. Hopefully you can see the logic behind my point.

 

I do, but I still suspect Murf is a racist. It's not too hard to read between the lines with him.

 

Oh, and BTW, Limbaugh either is a racist or was engaging in dog whistle racism with his comments.

 

I think a better example would be to say that maybe a guy like Romeo Crennel possibly keeps getting jobs mainly because of his race, since his track record stinks. As opposed to Tomlin, who has been very successful, and McNabb, who was generally one of the better QBs in the league for a decent portion of his career.

[Dan 66]

I do, but I still suspect Murf is a racist. It's not too hard to read between the lines with him.

 

Oh, and BTW, Limbaugh either is a racist or was engaging in dog whistle racism with his comments.

 

I think a better example would be to say that maybe a guy like Romeo Crennel possibly keeps getting jobs mainly because of his race, since his track record stinks. As opposed to Tomlin, who has been very successful, and McNabb, who was generally one of the better QBs in the league for a decent portion of his career.

 

Really? Seriously? Come on now; you're listening comprehension should be better than that. But for the fact that we are in such a sensitive, conservative-hating, society that looks for any reason to lash out at someone, anyone of average intelligence listening to Rush's comments recognize that he was clearly bashing the MEDIA. And what's more, he was RIGHT.

[murf74 461]

I do, but I still suspect Murf is a racist. It's not too hard to read between the lines with him.

 

Oh, and BTW, Limbaugh either is a racist or was engaging in dog whistle racism with his

comments.

 

I think a better example would be to say that maybe a guy like Romeo Crennel possibly keeps getting jobs mainly because of his race, since his track record stinks. As opposed to Tomlin, who has been very successful, and McNabb, who was generally one of the better QBs in the league for a decent portion of his career.

 

I am a racist for not liking Obama and not liking the Rooney rule?

 

OK

[IGotWorms 4,060]

I am a racist for not liking Obama and not liking the Rooney rule?

 

OK

 

No, you are a racist who doesn't like the Rooney rule and debases our president

 

I agree that the Rooney rule is dumb, but I'm not a racist

[Dan 66]

No, you are a racist who doesn't like the Rooney rule and debases our president

 

I agree that the Rooney rule is dumb, but I'm not a racist

 

So racism is reserved for those who voted against Obama . . . Thanks for clarifying.

[jerryskids 6,962]

So racism is reserved for those who voted against Obama . . . Thanks for clarifying.

He should have picked a white picture instead of a black picture of Obama. Cmon man, follow the logic.

[IGotWorms 4,060]

So racism is reserved for those who voted against Obama . . . Thanks for clarifying.

 

No, it doesn't. That's just another example where Murf is a racist. There are plenty of people who are conservatives, who do not like Obama, did not vote for Obama, and are not racists. Murf isn't one of them though.

 

P.S. The avatar I was objecting to is the one on the mobile version, which I now see is not the same as the one on the full version. The avatar on the mobile version is plainly racist. The one on the full site is just dooshy.

[Filthy Fernadez 2,696]

Rooney Rule sh!t be cray................

[murf74 461]

No, it doesn't. That's just another example where Murf is a racist. There are plenty of people who are conservatives, who do not like Obama, did not vote for Obama, and are not racists. Murf isn't one of them though.

 

P.S. The avatar I was objecting to is the one on the mobile version, which I now see is not the same as the one on the full version. The avatar on the mobile version is plainly racist. The one on the full site is just dooshy.

 

Lol that is a picture of Obama in Joker makeup. He is a joker...I have the same avatar with pelosi and Reids who are both white....in fact this avatar is a crop of a group of 3 of them....2 of whom are WHITE with caption "got socialism". What exactly is racist about it?

 

Here is the group picture http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s96mHKA0P34/TfRO-udT_zI/AAAAAAAADNc/WnqA9yNstkQ/s1600/obama_pelosi_reid_jokers.jpg

 

Why are you insulting me? Repeatedly? You are uneducated but way off base calling people racist which is a pretty heavy insult.

 

You are a flat out ignorant human being.

 

If you were a real man you would apologize for calling me a racist based on an avatar that in fact taken from a larger image that contained more whites than blacks.

 

Your attacks on me are unwarranted

[IGotWorms 4,060]

Lol that is a picture of Obama in Joker makeup. He is a joker...I have the same avatar with pelosi and Reids who are both white....in fact this avatar is a crop of a group of 3 of them....2 of whom are WHITE with caption "got socialism". What exactly is racist about it?

 

Here is the group picture http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s96mHKA0P34/TfRO-udT_zI/AAAAAAAADNc/WnqA9yNstkQ/s1600/obama_pelosi_reid_jokers.jpg

 

Why are you insulting me? Repeatedly? You are uneducated but way off base calling people racist which is a pretty heavy insult.

 

You are a flat out ignorant human being.

 

If you were a real man you would apologize for calling me a racist based on an avatar that in fact taken from a larger image that contained more whites than blacks.

 

Your attacks on me are unwarranted

 

Nope. I call 'em as I see 'em.

[GreenTD 56]

Not sure how Murf's avatar is racist but back to the Rooney rule topic.

 

While the idea of the Rooney rule has good intentions, I'm not sure what good it's doing. Like others have said, when a black coach is brought in for an HC interview & is the only one, how does he feel that it's possibly just lip service because of the Rooney Rule? Especially if he's the only black coach interviewed. I think if an owner is interviewing for someone to make his team/product successful, it wouldn't matter what color his skin is. The person's work ethic, knowledge of the game of football & people skills would have the likely edge over his ethnicity if I was the owner but I guess I'm naive to think that right?

[murf74 461]

Nope. I call 'em as I see 'em.

 

Still waiting to hear what is racist about Obama, Reid and Pelosi painted up like the Joker.

 

I will hang up and listen to your brilliant reasoning.

[jerryskids 6,962]

Still waiting to hear what is racist about Obama, Reid and Pelosi painted up like the Joker.

 

I will hang up and listen to your brilliant reasoning.

I'm afraid you'll have to wait a long time; Worms is a lawyer who doesn't use logic.

 

Luckily for him, when you pull the race card you don't need logic. And any attempt to defend yourself makes you more racist. HTH.

[murf74 461]

I'm afraid you'll have to wait a long time; Worms is a lawyer who doesn't use logic.

 

Luckily for him, when you pull the race card you don't need logic. And any attempt to defend yourself makes you more racist. HTH.

 

Funny I was definitely thinking same thing before your post....If I would have guessed a profession it would be lawyer...thanks for the heads up.

 

Lawyers don't need facts...throw stuff out and hope it sticks.