I don't think anyone is trying to pass up the best people for the job (except maybe whomever is running the Texans, more of that later).
I read a study that basically said when people hire, they tend to hire people they can relate better to, and most people just happen to relate to their own race more often, and subconscious prefer/pick their own race if they can tell the races. It's just a subconscious thing, based on experience. And a very large majority of the owners happen to be white.
I think the only thing the Rooney Rule does is get minorities a lot more interviews... which I assume might be helpful in terms of improving their interview skills... but if they already got a guy in mind, then they're simply fake interviews.
Now back to the Texans... they seemed to fire a staffer that everyone seems to absolutely love... and seems to have fired her for publicly celebrating a Democratic political win on her own time, as her only publicly known negative thing she did, and it was right after that.
And now it seems the Texans Owners has Jack Easterby running the football show, and his football background is be a chaplain and character coach. Like, he played basketball and golf in highschool, so I'm not she he's ever put on football pads, and the owner seems to be giving him full control to over ride the football people.
Easterby is now trying to get his good friend QB Josh McCown hired as the Texans head coach, despite the fact he has zero college or professional coaching experience. McCown's experience is just short of two decades in the NFL, and oh yeah, he's good friends with Easterby via their Fellowship of Christian Athletes connection.
Now, I have nothing against good peaceful and open-minded Christians, but based on the Texans actions, I feel like it's fair to ask if the Texans are looking for the best football people, or the best Christians. Because it hasn't seemed like it's best football people lately.
Originally Posted by: beast