(03-31-2022, 07:17 PM)Newton Wrote:

(03-31-2022, 01:51 PM)Bullseye Wrote: (emphasis added)

Nothing except play QB in the NFL,  play on a Super Bowl winning team as a player, and be offensive coordinator for another Super Bowl winning team.  That is a better resume than Sean McVay and Zac Taylor when they first became head coaches in the league.

Sean NcVay's coachig career

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/c...cVaSe0.htm

Zac Taylor's coaaching career

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/c...aylZa0.htm

Byron Leftwich's playing career

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/p...ftBy00.htm

Byron Leftwich's coaching career

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/c...eftBy0.htm

For additional perspective

Doug Pederson's coaching career

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/c...edeDo0.htm

Jon Gruden's coaching career

/www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/GrudJo0.htm

Considering most NFL head coaches have been coordinators before becoming first time NFL head coaches, you can make a strong argument that Byron Leftwich was more qualified to become a head coach than any of the other candidates listed above.  Zac Taylor had one year total as an offensive coordinator, and that was at the University of Cincinnati, NOT in the NFL.  Leftwich had 5 as an NFL OC.  Jon Gruden had three seasons as an OC before becoming a head coach.  Sean McVay had three seasons as an NFL OC before becoming a head coach.  Doug Pederson had 3 years as an NFL OC before becoming Eagles' HC.  None of the other guys listed won a Super Bowl or even reached a Super Bowl as an OC.  Leftwich did. 

With the above in mind, I do not understand the basis for suggesting Leftwich hasn't shown anything to suggest he could be a head coach in this league.  Not only did he have a longer NFL career than most of the other coaches named above, he spent more time as an offensive coordinator on the NFL level than all of the guys listed above before they were hired.

The presumption of being unqualified is exactly why things like the Rooney rule are needed.

Agree that Byron is more than qualified. He should get his chance soon, and it sounded like he was very close this past cycle. Disagree that the Rooney rule is helpful.

Whether the Rooney Rule is being effectively implemented is a different issue than whether the owners felt it necessary to implement under the threat of an employment discrimination lawsuit.

When first implemented, it did a decent job.  But over time, the owner's emphasis towards offense combined with a greater knowledge of the Rooney Rule requirements/exceptions led to a continued deterioration of the rule's effectiveness.

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