And GodofWhine, your screen name accurately fits you.

Stop being a victim. The job market is tough for everyone. The military have the belief they can beat out everyone for job. Not so in this market when you are competing against 90 other people for each position. 90 people with direct experience. Stick with govt jobs where you are rewarded for your service. Or become a contractor.

But lay off the poor military black man routine.

Folks, there is no such thing as reverse discrimination. When you exclude someone based on their race it is discrimination regardless of which race they happen to be.

Discrimination is wrong, but so is giving preferential treatment on the basis of race/skin color.

What’s evenmore disturbing are the folks who still believe giving a black person a head position in the NFL automatically means racism is over. This psychology needs to stop.

What you should be offended about is that teams are going through the motions with has-beens like Ray Rhodes instead of really advancing the cause that you are so worried about.

People that refer to the rule as “stupid” or so-called “reverse discrimination (which is, again, ridiculous because the requirement is only to interview)” ought to live to try living in the shoes of someone who has the education, training and motivation, but NO ACCESS to the same opportunities as a select few. Then you propably won’t see it as stupid.

If the dept were all/mostly white then I’d be FORCED to hire a black person but in this case it is reversed so I will hire a non-black person.

In fact, I’d like to know if the Rooney Rule specifies that the minority HAS to be black. Why can the person not be Native American, Asian, or Hispanic? Those 3 races are more under-represented than blacks are yet they get no outcry for “diversity” solely b/c “diversity” is for ONE race alone: blacks

Yet it is blacks who scream that they want diversity but when it goes against them then it is a racist situation

If teams hire a non-minority as interim head coach who becomes a preferred candidate and ultimate choice, it would “look” pre-meditated — even after a thoroughly conscientious and proper interview process.

But better yet, the teams’ hiring of minorities as interim head coaches advances the Rooney Rule by giving minorities “real” head coaching experience (even if temporary) for future consideration.

For guys like Tomlin, Raheem Morris, & (eventually) Frazier, the Rooney Rule has worked out well. But for all the others being trotted out for fake interviews I feel bad for those guys. They have to know they are just being used.

You must understand that unless you are unbelievably naive, prejudice and racial prejudices are still out there. It is impossible to meat them out, we can only hope that people have matured to the point where they are able to realize that race has little or nothing to do with whether or not a person can do the job. This has to do more with the person than the race of the individual.

Race is a lie. A challenge by God himself to see if we are smart enough to see past something so irrelevant…and most of us fail miserably

This would be good because right now, they often just waste some poor sucker’s time.

Seems unfair that a team can promote a minority coach from within but not a non-minority coach.

Make it mandatory to interview 5 people for the job. If the team goes through 3 or so coaches in 10 years and none of the interviewees are minorities then maybe something can be done.