Harold Goodwin expected to get head coaching interviews

[BullheadCardFan]

Harold Goodwin expected to get head coaching interviews

Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Cardinals offensive coordinator Harold Goodwin is expected to be on the interview list for the Rams, Bills and Jaguars once he’s eligible to start talking to other clubs. Goodwin was on the NFL’s Career Development Advisory Panel’s list of recommended candidates for a top job.

Goodwin is African-American, so interviewing him would satisfy the requirements of the Rooney Rule for all three teams and put them in position to make a hire whenever they settle on their choice.

 

[BullheadCardFan]

No tangible proof that Bruce Arians will be retiring

The rumors have been swirling for weeks that, when the season ends, so will Cardinals coach Bruce Arians’ coaching career. And while there’s no reason for Arians to disclose his plans publicly before the seasons ends, there currently is no concrete reason to believe that Arians will be retiring.

Per a league source with knowledge of the situation, Arians already is making plans for offseason activities like OTAs, free agency meetings, draft meetings, and Scouting Combine preparation. As the source explained it, everything Arians is saying publicly and privately contradicts the notion that he will retiring.

 

[Hollywood]

Harold Goodwin expected to get head coaching interviews

Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Cardinals offensive coordinator Harold Goodwin is expected to be on the interview list for the Rams, Bills and Jaguars once he’s eligible to start talking to other clubs. Goodwin was on the NFL’s Career Development Advisory Panel’s list of recommended candidates for a top job.

Goodwin is African-American, so interviewing him would satisfy the requirements of the Rooney Rule for all three teams and put them in position to make a hire whenever they settle on their choice.

This was a surprise to me. I had to google him to check.....and I have seen him do interviews numerous times.

 

[Hollywood]

No tangible proof that Bruce Arians will be retiring

The rumors have been swirling for weeks that, when the season ends, so will Cardinals coach Bruce Arians’ coaching career. And while there’s no reason for Arians to disclose his plans publicly before the seasons ends, there currently is no concrete reason to believe that Arians will be retiring.

Per a league source with knowledge of the situation, Arians already is making plans for offseason activities like OTAs, free agency meetings, draft meetings, and Scouting Combine preparation. As the source explained it, everything Arians is saying publicly and privately contradicts the notion that he will retiring.

Did anyone actually think that BA wasn't going to be back?

 

[Finito]

This is what happens when you let liberals make decisions. You get ******** racism like the Rooney Rule.

Wow

 

[GuernseyCard]

???

The irony of calling a rule to interview minorities, to help them gain exposure due to a history of exclusionary hiring practices, racist must be lost on you.

Ahh... the good old days when America was "great" and merit meant "white".

 

[don7031]

???

The irony of calling a rule to interview minorities, to help them gain exposure due to a history of exclusionary hiring practices, racist must be lost on you.

It is simple and unambiguous. If you give somebody preferential treatment based on their race, it is racism.

For me there is no middle ground when it comes to racism. You are either opposed to it or for it. You want to say it is okay here, but not okay there. But it is the same thing so it is either okay or not okay.

 

[b8rtm8nn]

It is simple and unambiguous. If you give somebody preferential treatment based on their race, it is racism.

For me there is no middle ground when it comes to racism. You are either opposed to it or for it. You want to say it is okay here, but not okay there. But it is the same thing so it is either okay or not okay.

Oh, we all WISH such things were simple and unambiguous. 'Racist' refers to a belief that one 'race' is superior than others by definition - the Rooney Rule makes no such assumptions and was initiated due to the lack of perceived opportunities to minorities for head coaching positions. The rule only states that a single minority candidate must be included in the interview process - not that they have to restrict the number of interview candidates nor that any preference be given to a minority interviewee for the open position.

It is intended to address what 'may be' an unconscious bias - that owner and general managers, who are traditionally white and have a social network that doesn't reflect the potential candidate pool racially, culturally or social-economically (etc), are not as likely to interview a minority for a head coaching position when the professional background of minority candidates may be equal to a non-minority candidate. This causes an exclusionary effect on the pool of candidates for that position, and not for football-philosophy reasons (which is where you want the exclusion process to have an impact).

So neither the lack of interview opportunities historically perceived nor the rule to require one minority candidate are 'racist' by definition (hopefully that is true for the first) - although the latter works to address an observed bias (whether conscious or unconscious) in the league.

 

[AZCrazy]

Did anyone see the Cardinals offense this year? It's a shame to think that any interviews he gets will be entirely due to the Rooney Rule.

And as to the rule itself - paying attention to race in hiring decisions is in and of itself a racist move. Unconcsious bias may exist, but it always will until the true power structure of a team is a mix of colors - the owner and GM. Band Aid responses don't help.