(02-04-2022, 11:10 PM)Newton Wrote: Byron got offered the job, with less qualifications than Pederson, and we all celebrated.  By all accounts, he turned the job down after hearing about the details. I think trying to make the jags coaching search about race is ridiculous.  Byron will be an amazing coach. The guy scored a 40 on his Wunderlich test, played QB at a high level, and by all accounts connects with players well (including the GOAT). I do think he is going to be a long-term fixture in the NFL and probably gets his job next cycle.  Unfortunately, it is unlikely to be here.

Nobody, and I mean nobody ever said that every failure of every minority to get every head coaching job is race based.

By the same token, in the NFL head coaching realm, minority qualifications are undervalued with alarming frequency.

The primary reason cited for former Packers' OC Sherm Lewis not getting a head coaching gig was that he did not call plays while under Holmgren.

Yet that same playcalling qualification did not harm Pederson when applying for the Eagles' HC gig, although he did not consistently call plays under Andy Reid.  Kevin O' Connell, who has been named the new head coach of the Vikings, did not call plays as Rams' OC.  He's been a OC for all of three years.  But nobody had problems with his qualifications for the job.  Conversely, being a playcaller under Andy Reid's Chiefs offense for four years has not translated into a HC gig for Eric Bienemy.  Leftwich called plays under Bruce Arians for years and by most measures, he was successful at it.  Yet you hasten to point out his "lack" of qualifications.  Admittedly, he has not been a head coach who won a Super Bowl like Pederson, but using experience as a playcalling cooordinator as a barometer of qualifications, he should have gotten consideration over O'Connell and McCown if merit were the only consideration.

Why the double standards?

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