Anyway - the basic strategy of the draft is to choose “the best player available.”
If a team chooses the best general manager available and the best head coach available, why should it be rewarded - or penalized - in the draft based on the skin color of their top executives?
Full Disclosure...
I have been a passionate football fan since the 1950s.
I am losing more and more passion every year.
Yeah me too. After hearing all the sports wonks complain that no one would sign Kaepernick... and their annual hand-wringing over black candidates being passed over for head coaching positions...
There are only 32 NFL head coaching positions in the football world. Hiring a new coach represents, usually, a large capital expenditure, especially if he's a name, and time, as you generally give someone at least two years to get things turned around (sometimes three). And this man (they are all still men, maybe that will be the next fight) is the face of your franchise more than anyone else, unless you are blessed with a charismatic outstanding QB. Meanwhile your fans get impatient. So, I can understand owners being reluctant to take a chance on an unknown. It's tough to find the next Don Shula or Bill Belichick, or even John Harbaiugh. It's easier to hire someone with a proven track record - Dallas and Mike McCarthy for instance - or most first-time head coaches come from successful franchises. But most of them are busts too - e.g. Charlie Weis, Josh McDaniels. Same for hiring from the college ranks. Other than Jimmy Johnson who has gone from a great college program to a successful NFL run? It took Pete Carroll til his second go-round to get it right. Nick Saban couldn't do it.
I guess what I'm saying is... if blacks want to get a head coaching slot, do it the old-fashion day: Earn it!