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The NFL's low number of black coaches is evidence of systemic racism.
Monterey Weekly ^ | January 24, 2019 | Dave Zirin

Posted on 01/24/2019 11:06:00 AM PST by artichokegrower

The day after the end of the NFL season, when teams fire allegedly underperforming head coaches, is known as Black Monday. This year that nickname was a tad too on the nose. Of the seven NFL head coaches fired, five are black.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: blacks; nfl; racecard
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To: artichokegrower
Michael Jordan put a consortium together to buy the Charlotte Hornets some years ago. In this country there is no reason why some black person can’t do the same thing to buy an NFL team and then hire whatever color coach they want. But, it is easier to whine about how badly they perceive their lot in life is than it is to work to achieve a goal. Perhaps it is the Al Sharpton method of getting ones way.

By the way, the Williams sisters are minority owners of the Dolphins.

61 posted on 01/24/2019 11:52:02 AM PST by Purdue77 (Okay, I'm too cheap to afford a tag line.)
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To: artichokegrower
Stupid comment....NFL teams just want to fill the stadium with paying folks...coaches could be blue....who would care.
62 posted on 01/24/2019 11:52:13 AM PST by mastertex
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To: CatOwner

“The SJWs would be perfectly fine with the NFL collapsing.”

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So would I


63 posted on 01/24/2019 11:53:00 AM PST by Levy78
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To: artichokegrower

Destroy

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Destroy some more...


64 posted on 01/24/2019 11:55:09 AM PST by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 $215.71 from 50% increase in 1.2183 yrs)
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To: artichokegrower

White coaches need to take a knee in each game to get ahead of the flack.


65 posted on 01/24/2019 11:56:02 AM PST by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? -Homer Simpson)
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To: artichokegrower

Why do these coaches have such poor won-loss records? Is the game racist, too?


66 posted on 01/24/2019 11:58:45 AM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: artichokegrower

I’m more concerned with the lack of white Running Backs in the NFL.


67 posted on 01/24/2019 11:59:28 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: artichokegrower

The worst sports writer evah, Dave Zirin, strikes again.


68 posted on 01/24/2019 12:01:34 PM PST by C19fan
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To: artichokegrower

Why is no one crying about the underrepresentation of midget female Vietnamese coaches with Tourette’s in the NFL?


69 posted on 01/24/2019 12:01:57 PM PST by Two Kids' Dad (((( Wake me when a prominent democrat gets prosecuted. ))))
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To: artichokegrower

Maybe it’s about winning.


70 posted on 01/24/2019 12:04:09 PM PST by grania ("We're all just pawns in their game")
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To: artichokegrower

Take the writing utensils away from Dave Zirin.


71 posted on 01/24/2019 12:04:54 PM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
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To: artichokegrower

The guy is so blind about his own racism.
What? Are we supposed to fill coach positions based on a quota? So many black coaches per white?

He should apologize for those racist comments, and re-examine his own outlook on life.


72 posted on 01/24/2019 12:05:02 PM PST by Toughluck_freeper
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Pssssst ...it's really about the Patriots having more white starters than any other NFL team
73 posted on 01/24/2019 12:11:13 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: artichokegrower

Hue Jackson - TWO wins over nearly 3 seasons. You show me any white coach who could get away with that.

Marvin Lewis - He was there for 16 seasons and never won a playoff game. Are you telling me he got jobbed?

Todd Bowles - 3 losing seasons in a row. Not the worst job, particularly with the Jets’ lack of talent, but that would likely get most coaches fired.

Vance Joseph - Back-to-back losing seasons. Again, not the worst job, but that will get a lot of coaches fired.

Mike Tomlin - Still has his job despite having no clue how to manage the clock, when to challenge plays, when to cut his kicker or how to maintain basic discipline. But not fired, because the Rooneys created the Rooney Rule.

Steve Wilks - OK, one season? This guy probably did get hosed.


74 posted on 01/24/2019 12:13:55 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: V_TWIN
He forgot to mention there are no women coaches either......WHAT’S UP WITH THAT???

Why not have more referees that are women---- could have done better in the last game. Yea, thats the new mantra for this yr.

75 posted on 01/24/2019 12:14:45 PM PST by Digger
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To: artichokegrower
And players are hired on their ability to play. Dosn't bother this twerp that so many NFL players are black, in disproportion to their percentage of the overall population.

You can't hide incompetence on a football field or on the sidelines.

76 posted on 01/24/2019 12:15:09 PM PST by dirtboy
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To: Buckeye McFrog

I’ve course I could counter with why does Jason Garrett still have a job?


77 posted on 01/24/2019 12:15:16 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: artichokegrower

NFL?


78 posted on 01/24/2019 12:17:06 PM PST by Midwesterner53
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To: FroedrickVonFreepenstein

Professional athletes and all of those associated with the “sport,” are entertainers. When an entertainer chooses to disrespect our country’s flag, and the commissioner and owners do little or nothing about it, the “game” ceases to be part of my life. An entertainer has no right to “make a statement” about anything when he is on the field or when he represents his team, league or sport.
Now, when the race of any of those who entertain becomes important, we are allowing social issues to replace the business of entertaining. The business demands performance. If the coach or player under performs, he or she is gone.
Mixing racial considerations with performance is a loser. It has not proved successful in business or sports.
Stop the madness.


79 posted on 01/24/2019 12:20:02 PM PST by BatGuano
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To: artichokegrower

No longer care. Go ahead, kill the NFL. After 40 years of devotion, I’ve found over the past 2 years I’m perfectly fine not following it.


80 posted on 01/24/2019 12:20:52 PM PST by Tigercap
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