Let's Get to the Real Issue
The sports news media has been buzzing since this past weekend after the AFC and NFC Championship Games revealed that Tony Dungy's Indianapolis Colts and Lovie Smith's Chicago Bears would be meeting in Miami for Superbowl XLI. For those of you who live under rocks, the meeting of these two giants is important because it marks the first time in the history of the NFL that a black coach has coached in the Superbowl (let alone two coaching against each other).
Still, I think we're missing the more important issue here: WHY COULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN YOU, ART SHELL?!
RAIDERS IN '08!
Still, I think we're missing the more important issue here: WHY COULDN'T IT HAVE BEEN YOU, ART SHELL?!
RAIDERS IN '08!
posted by LaTowna at 2:09 PM
5 Comments:
Yet again we see the insecurity of all those citizens from "The Town" coming out in full force. Let's be real, one could focus upon the fact that two african america coaches are doing big things. But NO. LaTowna has to remind everyone that there is some football team in "The Town." (Though one could say they're not so much a team with their 2-14 record as much as a JOKE). All I'm saying is this: LaTowna, let's remember what the real focus is. Not on the pathetic raiders, but on the Colts and da Bears.
Oh yea...and really it's going to be the FALCONS in '08!!!!
aren't you from kentucky? do they even have a pro football team? don't be salty because you can't "remind everyone that there is some football team" in YOUR town. sippin from the haterade i see.
relatedly, michael vick is pretty damn fine.
I feel you my Silver & Black sister. But I believe the silver lining, if you will, is that this milestone was made possible in part by Art Shell and Al Davis. Shell made history just 17 years ago as the first African-American to be a head coach in the modern era of the NFL. And it took a maverick like Davis to have the courage to do it. However, we here at Minoriteam give equal opportunity props so we recognize that the largest two factors for change have been 1) the Rooney rule, and 2) the proud performance of the black coaches in the league today. The league, unlike the NCAA, has addressed institutionalized racism through interview requirements and it has paid off in a better product on the field. Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith are not only consistent winners, but carry themselves with class. The same can be said of Herm Edwards and Marvin Lewis. And their accomplishments were made possible by the likes of Shell and Denny Green, two coaches who had poor years in 2006. Notably, Shell and Green were ghettoized, like Romeo Crennel, into teams with major obstacles, given an “opportunity” that was doomed to fail. This has been common in the college ranks as well. As a final note, I think that it was so appropriate that on the same day that Dungy and Smith made the Super Bowl, the Steelers hired Vikings defensive coordinator Mike Tomlin. This is the beginning of real change. Romeo Crennel had to wait decades for his opportunity. Tomlin is the young, hot talent who would have been passed over only five or ten years ago.
You're right LaTowna. No overpaid athletic teams can be said to hail from Kentucky.
Instead, we must simply settle for THE WINNINGEST BASKETBALL TEAM IN NCAA DIVISION I. Note, it's not some team from the Town (do they have a college there) nor is it that school with some bruins down in L.A.
And, to tag onto wonderbread's comments, while NCAA football has not really followed the trend of promoiting successful black coaches, we have seen a great deal of success for our black coaches in basketball. Of course, one such example would be our boy Tubby Smith at the University of Kentucky (aka, THE WINNINGEST BASKETBALL TEAM IN DIVISION I NCAA). Gotta rep when we can, eh?
Suns!!!!!!!!
I don't know anything about football.
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