Quote Originally Posted by bode
Owners/GMs are looking for the person they think will fit the best and get the most out of their team, not their skin color. While mandatory interviews may have opened someones eyes to another candidate they hadnt previously looked at, i doubt its changed the outcome of too many decisions.
I 100% agree that is what they SHOULD DO.. (look for the guy that fits the team, etc.), but I think there were plenty of GMs/owners, even 10 years ago, that were only considering those guys who would fit there team among white coaches... I'm agree the practice is pretty messed up... especially when a team has chosen their coach but does the pony show of black coaching candidates JUST to fulfill the Rooney Rule... but I think the data for NFL HCs is accessible enough that one could draw some meaningful conclusions if one takes the time to pull the statistics together and that would be interesting...

Sorry if this gets off of NBOC too much, i think it's an interesting discussion.