http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/football/pro/dolphins/sfl-flspdolphins08sbjan08,0,1321452.story The Fritz Pollard Alliance is OK with things, why is drama blog PFT not? PFT is trying to create a story were there obviously now isn't.
That's what Furio does. Did you see his new angle on this non-story? They all share the same agent so it is mass collusion. I don't understand why he even pretends that it is a story, as long as the date on the signed contract says one thing that is all that will matter. I guess you got to take the good, juicy gossip with the crass, yellow journalism.
Um, maybe were talkuing aout 2 different things... Doesnt it say the NFL mandates the Rooney Rule, which is what i am saying is pretty self explanatory, because in your post you write what the definaition of it is, so, yeah, pretty self explanatory, so what do you mean, "i would think that would I"?
Well you know all the threads that have been started or threads that often lean toward the discussion of the Rooney Rule and "its stupidity", "violations" by teams that know their top guy but have to quote-unquote waste time to interveiw a minority, whether a team can make an offer to a coach prior to interviewing a minority and its impact, etc, etc, etc.... The point is simple, the Rooney Rule (and its advocates like the FRITZ group understand) clearly states one thing and one thing only...."The NFL Rooney Rule mandates that teams give at least one interview to a minority candidate for any head-coaching vacancy." All its about is an INTERVIEW process and not a HIRING process or a HIRING rule.
dude, im not disagreeing or arguing with you about it. I know what the rule means clearly and the definition is self explanatory unless you have the IQ of a rat. All I said was we know who our head coach is (basically) so its good to see we have a step out of the way to get closer to signing who we want.
Sorry, I wasnt implying you didnt get it....I was agreeing that you clearly understand it, and my statement about "You would think that wouldnt you" wasnt a negative about you thinking a certain way, it was a positive that all folks should clearly understand the rule the way you see it. Sorry, context and translation gets lost on message board when sarcasism is involved. My bad.
You know what is real sad about PFT? They have a link to that same Sun-Sentinel article in their quick hits section and the one line talks about Lee getting a 100,000 raise compared to Ole Miss. So, that means they read the entire article including the stuff about the Rooney Rule. Yet, no story pops up about how they were wrong and there is no drama. PFT gets some things right, and they have sources, but it irritates me when they only push one side of a story. Usually the negative.
If a policeman goes to the scene of a crime and the victim refuses to lodge a complaint and the witnesses say they saw nothing does that mean a crime was not committed? What the 'phins are doing is a complete sham. The FPA are smart enough to know that if Leslie Frazier doesn't want to rock the boat that kicking up a fuss will be counterproductive so they're sitting quiet for the time being.
No, but does it mean that there was a crime committed? Im not taking sides here, but, Sparano said no job was offered..and Miami said no job was offered..Miami interviewedFrazie..so they fullfilled the Rooney Rule, if he gets the job great for him, its because he was a better interviewer than Sparano, if he doesnt get the job, too bad, its because he wasnt a better interviewer than Sparano. Case Closed. No sham here and no laws broken.
Actually...if you re read what was said about the Rooney rule...it was about allowing a minority to go through the interview process....NOT ABOUT WHETHER THEY HAVE A CHANCE AT GETTING HIRED. So...according to the way the rule is written. It is not a Sham. They want guys to get experienced at doing interviews. Getting experience at interviews happens in every major coroporation in the world. Even if you have NO SHOT IN HELL..and everybody knows it..you still go through the interview process to get your name out...and to get the experience.
I like his site a lot actually. He gets a lot of good information. The one thing that bugs me a little about him is that he will flip flop on how he stands on certain issues depending on the team in order to be able to make a 'story' about it. He can be too 'moral' and 'ethics' biased as well, IMO. Football is a violent man's game played for MONEY. This isn't boy scouts or alter boy stuff. Leave the moral aspect to the editorial writers.
They know that Sparano is the choice, heck the guy for the FPA said Parcells likely already made up his mind before the Frazier interview. His response to that? No Violation. If you want to use your crime example, it is like the police officer knows that it was done, but decides it isn't worth it.
Geez..... Parcells and Ireland are hiring who they feel is the best man to run this franchise. That's what they were hired to do. They are supposed to have the best interests of the MIAMI DOLPHINS regardless of whether what's best pisses off more "minority equality" groups. Regardless, they just released a statement saying everything went according to policy yet here YOU are trying to stir the pot farther.
If you interview a Hispanic or an Asian does this mean you have complied with the Rooney Rule? How come there are not more Hispanics/Asian head coaches? I think every race and religion should interviewed so that nobody feels discriminated against.
This reminds me of an old Snickers commercial. Where the priest gives a pre-game prayer.....followed by a line of other clergy ready to give a prayer for "their" guys. And of course the phrase, "Not going anywhere?" Thanks for the laugh today. I can see the line outside Tuna's office....and he and Ireland interviewing every race, creed, religion, sex, etc. People who have no idea what footballs is, getting interviewed just to satisfy the "Roman" rule.
Agreed. Forget the Rooney rule and just let teams interview who they think is best. You don't see something like the Rooney rule for players. Otherwise, there'd be a mandatory draft rule for Asians and Hispanics.
...and after they implement that, they should adopt the Sehorn Rule, where every team must try out a white cornerback before signing or drafting one.
there are plenty of white WR's (Welker, Camarillo, Kevin Walter, Kevin Curtis, Stokley, Anothony Gonzalez, Jurvicious, Dane Looker, Mike Furrey, Matt Jones, etc) name a white CB besides Sehorn in the last 20 years...
