Here we go again.
Another NFL team has made a mockery of the Rooney Rule, which was put in place to make sure that at least one African American gets interviewed for every head-coaching opening.
But the Redskins are going to hire former Denver coach Mike Shanahan without a legit black coach getting an honest interview.
Last week, Washington owner Dan Snyder interviewed assistant coach Jerry Gray, one of fired coach Jim Zorn’s assistants.
Considering how poorly the Redskins played the last two seasons, there’s no way a Zorn assistant would be hired. This was just a dog and pony show.
How sad.
The NFL has to rethink this and make sure teams interview black assistants who honetly have a shot at the job. That just wasn’t the case here.
In a league that’s nearly 75 percent black, it’s a shame this rule even has to be in place. But since it is, it should be used correctly.
Hello, commissioner NFL Roger Goodell.
