Did it ever occur to you that an African American coach might actually have an advantage over a white coach if roughly 70% of recruits and players already on the team are African American?
Do you ever pause to think that a black 5 star recruit might be inspired to come and play at LSU if the head coach looks more like him than a white coach?
Did you ever contemplate that a black football player on LSU's roster might dig deeper and give more on the field if the man coaching the team is a role model that reminds him of the men in his life and family more than a white head coach ever could?
Do you think that a black head coach could possibly relate more to the roughly 70% of the players on LSU's roster in any given year that are black and be able to motivate them better because he was just like them during his playing days?
Why is it that you never ever say that you hope a white coach is not hired simply because he is white instead of being hired because he is qualified?
I realize - in your own words - that you are "A white guy still searching for the privilege I am supposed to have", but have you ever thought that the reason LSU has never had a black head coach might be due to a legacy of both conscious and unconscious bias that have prevented non-white candidates from ever having been given a fair chance and that perhaps it might not have had anything to do with actual coaching ability and qualifications?
Given that you spent the greater part of the last several years defending Orgeron, what qualifications did he have over African American coaches that got him hired at LSU and - in your mind - were there ANY African American head coaches that are better coaches than Ed Orgeron who might have been a better choice?
There are many here that are tired of your proactive belly aching in advance of a potential black man being hired as LSU's head coach because it would be a "Woke hire" instead of a hire of a man that would be qualified if Woodward decides to hire a black head coach.
This might be a hard concept for you and fellow minded people to wrap their heads around, but there is no such thing as one candidate to be "more qualified" than another in any hire or selection process. The concept of "qualification" is a minimum threshold for any job or position.
You can think of it as being like the red line when you board a roller coaster on the sign that says "You must be this tall to ride this ride". Being taller does not make you "more qualified" to ride that roller coaster than anyone else who is taller than that red line.
Scott Woodward has a list of qualifications that each candidate must meet in order for him to consider them as a head coach.
Let's assume the following candidates meet whatever qualifications Woodward has defined:
- Billy Napier
- Pete Carrol
- Mel Tucker
- James Franklin
- Nick Saban
- Matt Campbell
If each of those candidates meet the qualifications Woodward has set out for his next hire, then there is nobody on that list that is "more qualified" than any other candidate. There may be some whose past success makes them appear more likely to succeed but as long as they meet the qualifications set out, they are all equally qualified.
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