Herm Edwards: Saints are making a mockery of the Rooney Rule

burningmetal · 03-29-2012, 08:27 PM

As long as you're good, I don't give a crap who you are. And if you're not good, I don't think any less of you as a human being, no matter who you are. I just wouldn't want you on my team.

But if you're an A-hole, I also don't care who you are. You can just go the hell away. I'm so tired of the media trying to start a racial war.

saintsfan1976 · 03-29-2012, 10:01 PM

Someone get Art Shell on a plane. I'm ready for Tuna Gumbo.

NOS2SB · 03-29-2012, 11:01 PM

Herm Edwards is an idiot. He does a poor job on ESPN. I think he had a poor career as a player and a coach too?

|Mitch| · 03-29-2012, 11:34 PM

As a coach he didn't even have a .500 win average, it's something like a .422; close but no cigar.

Marlboro Man · 03-29-2012, 11:44 PM

They are in talks Herm. They haven't done anything yet you mental midget.

pinch · 03-30-2012, 08:48 AM

I'm confused a bit. Does the Rooney rule say that a minority must be interviewed first?

Danno · 03-30-2012, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by pinch

I'm confused a bit. Does the Rooney rule say that a minority must be interviewed first?

I believe it does, but we aren't hiring a new coach. We have a head coach.
We're hiring a 1-year stand-in.

I'm pretty sure the Rooney rule doesn't clarify that if your head coach is supended for a year you must interview a minority candidate.

Personally I think applying the Rooney rule here is making a mockery of the intention of the rule.

Here's an idea I'd be OK with... Have all 32 teams set up at least one interview with a minority candidate regardless of their coaching situation. After all, one of its main benefits is to get minority coaches accustomed to the interview process and it also gives 32 teams better insight and information on minority coaches throughout the league.

It may be a bit patronizing, but no more than the original rule itself is.

UK_WhoDat · 03-31-2012, 06:35 AM

Originally Posted by Danno

......Here's an idea I'd be OK with... Have all 32 teams set up at least one interview with a minority candidate regardless of their coaching situation. After all, one of its main benefits is to get minority coaches accustomed to the interview process and it also gives 32 teams better insight and information on minority coaches throughout the league.

It may be a bit patronizing, but no more than the original rule itself

Nail on head, right there.

Hey at the end of it all, award the STAR "minority" interviewee with a NFL-sponsored secondment to be an under-Head Coach.

voodooido · 03-30-2012, 10:26 AM

um its a interim job. If this is the case then if you fired a coach half way through the season then you would have to interview before premoting before the next game. Dungey is such a ignorant SOB. The key would here is INTERIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

xan · 03-30-2012, 10:49 AM

I love the cult of personality. Poor taste, unfulfilling. Kloe and Paris have more insight.

03-29-2012, 08:27 PM	#1
burningmetal 1000 Posts + Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 3,923 Blog Entries: 3	As long as you're good, I don't give a crap who you are. And if you're not good, I don't think any less of you as a human being, no matter who you are. I just wouldn't want you on my team. But if you're an A-hole, I also don't care who you are. You can just go the hell away. I'm so tired of the media trying to start a racial war. pumpkindriver and SaintGup like this.

03-30-2012, 09:02 AM	#7
Danno Truth Addict Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Spanish Fort, AL (via NO and B/R) Posts: 24,757	Originally Posted by pinch I'm confused a bit. Does the Rooney rule say that a minority must be interviewed first? I believe it does, but we aren't hiring a new coach. We have a head coach. We're hiring a 1-year stand-in. I'm pretty sure the Rooney rule doesn't clarify that if your head coach is supended for a year you must interview a minority candidate. Personally I think applying the Rooney rule here is making a mockery of the intention of the rule. Here's an idea I'd be OK with... Have all 32 teams set up at least one interview with a minority candidate regardless of their coaching situation. After all, one of its main benefits is to get minority coaches accustomed to the interview process and it also gives 32 teams better insight and information on minority coaches throughout the league. It may be a bit patronizing, but no more than the original rule itself is.

03-31-2012, 06:35 AM	#8
UK_WhoDat 1000 Posts + Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Wherever I lay my hat Posts: 4,001	Originally Posted by Danno ......Here's an idea I'd be OK with... Have all 32 teams set up at least one interview with a minority candidate regardless of their coaching situation. After all, one of its main benefits is to get minority coaches accustomed to the interview process and it also gives 32 teams better insight and information on minority coaches throughout the league. It may be a bit patronizing, but no more than the original rule itself Nail on head, right there. Hey at the end of it all, award the STAR "minority" interviewee with a NFL-sponsored secondment to be an under-Head Coach.

03-30-2012, 10:26 AM	#9
voodooido 1000 Posts + Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 2,840	um its a interim job. If this is the case then if you fired a coach half way through the season then you would have to interview before premoting before the next game. Dungey is such a ignorant SOB. The key would here is INTERIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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NOS2SB Shampoo Join Date: May 2011 Location: Heidelberg, Germany Posts: 454	Herm Edwards is an idiot. He does a poor job on ESPN. I think he had a poor career as a player and a coach too?

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\|Mitch\| 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Alexandria, La Posts: 11,303	As a coach he didn't even have a .500 win average, it's something like a .422; close but no cigar.

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Marlboro Man 1000 Posts + Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,469	They are in talks Herm. They haven't done anything yet you mental midget.

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pinch 100th Post Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Diamondhead, MS Posts: 272 Blog Entries: 1	I'm confused a bit. Does the Rooney rule say that a minority must be interviewed first?

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xan Professor Crab and Site Donor 2014 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Princeton Posts: 3,373 Blog Entries: 34	I love the cult of personality. Poor taste, unfulfilling. Kloe and Paris have more insight.