Why Peter King sucks
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 7:32 pm
Get players and or assistants to go on record or shut the fuck up. He doesn't even have the balls to say, "off the record, I have spoke with many AA players who feel this way.." and instead just puts out a blanket statement with nothing behind it."Can we please stop it with this 'NFL owners and GM's are racists because white guys got hired' nonsense? There's not one organization in the NFL that wouldn't hire someone who they believed was best for the job because of their race and suggesting otherwise is ridiculous. Seriously, find just one, ONE owner in the NFL who would interview a black coach/GM and say 'Hey, he's clearly the man for the job and I think he could lead our team to the Super Bowl, but he's black so I'm not going to hire him.' It's not 1950; comments like yours and Chris Rock's hurt the cause for equality more than they help. Why hasn't Lovie Smith been hired? He's an overrated coach. I love your column Mr. King, never skip a Monday, but the unnecessary indignation detracts from it in my opinion.''
-- Brian, Bridgeport, Conn.
This email mirrors many that I got saying the same thing. Here's my view: I don't believe owners and GMs are racist. I am not accusing them of racism. I am saying that in a league with a large majority of African-American players, and a strong cadre of African-American coaches (most of them assistants) and scouts, they notice the league going 14 for 14 in white hires in this progressive day and age. And it hurts them. And some of them seethe about it. You're right: No owner would pass on a black candidate if he thought that candidate would get his team to the Super Bowl. But are all of the black candidates being properly vetted? Why are there so few black coordinators and play-callers? Why no interview for Perry Fewell? The questions are valid and the NFL needs to address them.
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Fuck him and Fuck the Rooney rule.