How 'Bout Them Good Ol' Boys?

Good morning!

I'm going to keep it brief today, people. In light of King Day, I'd just like to note that there are no Black coaches remaining in the NFL playoffs. Conspiracy? No, their teams simply got beaten. That's okay. But, it'd be nice to see a Black coach win a Super Bowl one day. That would be a real triumph for equality in an industry that has traditionally been inordinately reluctant to promote minorities to that level.

The good ol' boy network in the NFL is well renowned. It's going to take some very progressive ownership to keep the current trend of good minority hires moving forward. The success of Lovie Smith and Tony Dungy, among others, is heartening. Hopefully, other guys out there will get a chance, and not get turned away in favor of some retread coach who couldn't succeed his first eleven times around. We'll see.