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When the percentage of black coaches approaches the percentage of black players (including college ball) then we will have the appearance of fairness and the story will go away. The reality is with the sheer number of blacks playing in the league race is a factor right now. Many of the owners are pretty conservative, hiring only guys they are familiar with, which keeps some proven incompetents of both races in their jobs. They need to do a better job of finding talented people.

It looks like the Steelers are going to hire another young coach, Mike Tomlin, the defensive coordinator for the Vikings. He's a black man so we're one hiring closer to race being a non-story. I believe he was hired because Rooney thinks he's the best man for the job and was open-minded enough to interview regardless of race. If you consider that his resume probably looks like Cowhers did when they hired him, it appears that they hired their kind of coach not a quota guy. Now if we hire Obama...