This Flores thing is absolutely ridiculous. He is taking those texts from Bill Belichick as some sort of proof that racism exists. When the fact is the stupid Rooney rule is what caused the entire thing to happen. The Giants interviewed Daboll and loved him, decided on him, and were going that direction no matter what. But since the NFL has this rule in place to get your token interview, Flores just happened to be that person for them.
Just using your post because yours fits my narrative.
Totally bad analogy coming up.
I started in IT at age 22? (Early 90's) Whatever. This was still the good ol' boys club back then. When I was hired, I was the only person of color in my entire IT department. There was well over 200 technical IT staff. I was a diversity/AA hire, along with four others a few months later. The directors told me at least, that's why he was hiring me during the interview process. He was a dick, but I liked that he was honest. My only question was will I get paid the same, and he said yes. He paid me. No beefs.
None of us, had any IT experience. We just were not stooopid.
Within TWO years, outside of the Engineers (they were the real brains) I was by far the best in our IT department. Two promotions within that time. By the time I left there I had an analyst title. I left because the engineers were not going anywhere, and I wanted that engineer title. I was truly disgusted though. The shit was so easy, and they made it seem like it was rocket science. No wonder they kept that shit close to vest for DECADES. I was jaded.
The other minority hires were fine. Not on the same trajectory I was, but doing well. They, along with myself just needed a chance to prove that they could do the job...and do it well.
My point? If my company was not pressured to hire me and others, they never would have...me, all those years.
Now on to the NFL.
Daboll fits PERFECTLY with the NYG's. Not sure how it will turn out, but on paper, you can't ask for a better match.
Flores is an idiot for trying to pull that card. He's an idiot for burning his bridges all around. He's an idiot for not waiting. Take your back seat. If not this year, another opportunity will come next year. Miami shouldn't have fired him. Hell, he was the best coach Miami had in 20 years! Plus, they were starting to turn it around. He is a middle of the road coach would you say? That will get you in the playoffs a lot of years.
But I also believe they need to enforce the RR for simply one reason, so that the curmudgeon owners at least give minorities a legit shot. Not this token interview shit like you pointed out. Your teams sucks! Try something new jeez. Fucks sake, it's black history month! Give us something!
At the least I hope to see some of these position coaches move up to coordinator spots. THEN hopefully coaching postions.
