Black Monday has past. For those that don’t know, that is the Monday after the NFL regular season officially ends and head coaches are fired. Why it’s called that is beyond me. But the recent rash of firings and subsequent hirings have caused an uproar…for a lot of reasons.
The Dallas Cowboys recently hired former Packers Head Coach, Mike McCarthy. This came immediately came after what appeared to be an obligatory interview with former Bengals HC Marvin Lewis. There were no indication that the Cowboys were going to hire Lewis. It has the look of due diligence.
The New York Giants also made a hire after making room for interviews with several candidates including Eric Bieniemy, Kris Richard, Matt Rhule, and the aforementioned Mike McCarthy. They settled on New England’s special teams coach, Joe Judge for their vacant HC position.
Both of these transactions have made for a firestorm on social media and fan pages everywhere. And this has created some questions as to whether the Rooney Rule actually works in the way it was intended and if the issue with minority candidates being passed over for top positions in the league is being seriously addressed.
The rule was created as a reaction to the firing of Dennis Green of the Minnesota Vikings and Tony Dungy of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, when both were very successful. Dungy had a winning record and Green had his first losing season in 10 years. The purpose was “to ensure that minority coaches, especially African Americans, would be considered for high-level coaching positions.”
Is the Rooney Rule working? Has it failed in its implementation? Some have shared that it is a tragedy that the Rooney Rule is even needed among NFL owners to begin with. We’d love to hear your thoughts and comments. Please share your opinions on our poll as well.
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