Gruden Fired..

[Lukie]

Funny/hypocritical/laughable/etc. -- The Bucs fired John Gruden, which they have every right to do, then immediately hired a black candidate without ever interviewing a white one. However, were it reversed (i.e. had they fired a black coach and immediately hired a white one), it would been a blatant disregard for the rooney rule and the bucs would be subject to a huge fine.

Have I ever mentioned that I think it's a crappy rule in this day and age?

Straw man.

When was the last time someone got fined for not interviewing a minority coach? If it's a big name or in-house promotion, they always look the other way.

Sometimes it doesn't even matter: Who else did the Rams interview?

You are wrong on every point (impressive).

The last example I know of was when the NFL fined Matt Millen $200k back in 2003 for not interviewing any minority candidates before hiring Steve Mariucci.

If you were a minority candidate, would you comply with a sham interview when you had no chance at a job? How would you feel if you were Millen (no jokes about the quality of his roster please, it's irrelevant here) and were fined $200k because no minority candidate wanted to interview because it was so obvious Mariucci was getting the job?

The NFL *NEVER* looks away. Teams do sham interviews to meet this useless rule instead. For example, the Browns (who had just had a black coach) interviewed Mel Tucker (The Browns Defensive coordinator who is black), who clearly had no shot at the job. He wasn't even qualified and the defense arguably underperformed.

Please provide one example of a time when the NFL looked the other way on this rule. Note that there's an exception in the rule that an in-house replacement can be immediately promoted but *ONLY* if that is written into the contract before the former head coach resigns/is fired (see: Seattle with Holmgren and Mora).

The rams interviewed Leslie Frasier (who is black), among others. source: http://www.profootballtalk.com/2009/...aves-st-louis/