December 23, 2020 · 11:55 AM

Plucked from the recycling bin

I know I risk sounding like one of those folks here…

… but are you really gonna tell me there isn’t a single black coach in all of college football who can do a better job than effing Tater Tot?

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88 responses to “Plucked from the recycling bin”

  1. waterloodawg
    December 23, 2020 at 12:09 PM

    Why would the color of the man’s skin matter?

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  2. eethomaswfnc
    December 23, 2020 at 12:16 PM

    Why would anyone hire Buster Brown?

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  3. Ozam
    December 23, 2020 at 12:26 PM

    The Senator is either virtue signaling or tossing in one of his incendiary bombs. I’m betting on the latter. 🙂

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  4. Hogbody Spradlin
    December 23, 2020 at 12:48 PM

    Please. College bend over backwards for minorities.

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    • Derek
      December 23, 2020 at 1:06 PM

      Do you think that black coaches are fairly represented in college football?

      Is there at least an appearance statistically of a bias for white candidates and against black candidates?

      Any fair points you can find here?

      https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/30435797/the-lack-black-college-football-coaches-glaring-the-excuses-it

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      • Greg
        December 23, 2020 at 1:15 PM

        Just hoping to see a commercial now with fair representation of all….

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      • TEXBaller
        December 23, 2020 at 1:36 PM

        I want fair player representation in the game —- college athletics, NFL, NBA, MLB, etc…says a White (capitalized) guy. I’ll hang up and wait for Jessie Jackson to reply……

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      • spur21
        December 23, 2020 at 2:17 PM

        Derek do you think white folks are fairly represented in the NBA or NFL asking for a friend.

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      • argondawg
        December 24, 2020 at 9:31 AM

        I guess the thing for me is that if you were going to see some type of affirmative action process for hiring, the first place it would start would be the colleges. Honestly did Auburn even interview any black candidates? I haven’t read where they did. What is the answer? We force colleges to interview AA candidates? I thought we already did that. I am just glad that Auburn wasn’t looking at Dell McGhee though he would probably do a better job than 90% of the folks they interviewed.

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    • Senator Blutarsky
      December 23, 2020 at 1:14 PM

      That would certainly explain the significant number of minority college football head coaches out there.

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    • Hogbody Spradlin
      December 23, 2020 at 1:25 PM

      To all replies: I stand by my statement.

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      • Derek
        December 23, 2020 at 1:30 PM

        If that’s the case, as black coaches are clearly underrepresented, you’re suggesting a clear implication that black candidates are inferior. You do know that right?

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        • Hogbody Spradlin
          December 23, 2020 at 1:53 PM

          Nice try.

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        • ant1123
          December 23, 2020 at 6:03 PM

          So you really believe that there are AD’s out there that intentionally look over a black candidate that they think would do a better job, just to hire a non black candidate.?

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          • classiccitycanine
            December 23, 2020 at 6:30 PM

            No. It’s not intentional. AD’s tap into their (white) good old boy networks when they look to make a hire and black candidates generally don’t make it into those networks to begin with.

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            • ant1123
              December 24, 2020 at 2:08 PM

              I think every AD tries to hire the coach they think will perform the best at their school that they can afford. Race does not factor into that and neither does “(white) good old boy networks”. Now certainly their are agents that probably do a better job than others of getting their clients opportunities but those agents aren’t doing that based on race but on opportunity and fit.

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              • classiccitycanine
                December 25, 2020 at 11:24 AM

                I highly doubt they are doing exhaustive systematic searches. That’s not how humans usually make decisions. Most of them already have a short list derived from their observations of the coaching landscape and their network plus the contributions of people–like boosters–around them. These networks tend to select people who they’re familiar and comfortable with (qualified or not). Since these networks skew white, they tend to select mostly white candidates. It’s not explicit “I hate black skin” racism. It’s the often unintentional exclusion that is systemic racism.

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  5. reipar1
    December 23, 2020 at 1:04 PM

    It feels like it’s not the comments that should get this thread shutdown. I read this and am truly amazed someone can be this obtuse.

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  6. Butler Reynolds
    December 23, 2020 at 1:36 PM

    I think it’s an even more interesting question to ponder if you change it to just “single coach”. Makes you wonder what the other available options were.

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  7. Illini84
    December 23, 2020 at 1:39 PM

    Poor aggrieved honkies. How DARE anyone imply that there is racial bias in the land of the free and the home of the brave.

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  8. jabo052
    December 23, 2020 at 1:40 PM

    They could always recycle one of the black coaches who just got fired. There is Lovie Smith, Derek Mason and Kevin Sumlin. They could dip into the HBCU pool but most of those guys seem to want to stay there. That program would be step down for many coaches out there. They could hire an assistant but that’s an exen bigger unknown.

    Seems they wanted a decent coach with HC experience and one who actually wanted to be there, which is what they got. They know they’d be a one or two year stepping stone for most so I don’t blame them there. Terry Bowden isn’t getting a P5 offer any time soon. Seems like a good fit for both parties.

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  9. Biggen
    December 23, 2020 at 2:27 PM

    What about the Orientals? The Indians? [Insert any other race]?

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  10. W Cobb Dawg
    December 23, 2020 at 2:36 PM

    It’s definitely a land of opportunity if you’re born into it like Bowden. Just getting a foot in the door seems too much to ask if you’re going by some of the comments on this post. Of course, talk is cheap when shielded by anonymity on the internet. If confronted in real life by one of our players of color, I have absolutely no doubt those same blowhards would STFU real fast.

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  11. Ran A
    December 23, 2020 at 2:38 PM

    Recycled or not – it’s the truth.

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  12. faulknersghost
    December 23, 2020 at 3:54 PM

    Not sure how I stumbled into the Playpen. Thought I scrolled past that. Merry Christmas bitches.

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  13. Dawg19
    December 23, 2020 at 4:20 PM

    I like driving in my truck…

    Wait…he doesn’t coach there anymore. My bad.

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    • RangerRuss
      December 23, 2020 at 4:59 PM

      Back up in your ass with the resurrection
      Is the group harder than an erection
      That shows no affection
      They want to ban us on Capitol Hill
      ‘Cause it’s die muthafuckas die muthafuckas still
      Merry Christmas!

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  14. ASEF
    December 23, 2020 at 5:06 PM

    UNC got a lot of the same smack talk for hiring Mack.

    BUT… UNC desperately needed someone to rebuild the program’s bridges to the rest of campus and NC’s high school coaching network. And Mack had remained very connected to all those constituencies. It’s worked wonders in a short time.

    What’s Tater’s connection to the school or area? Anything? Or nothing?

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  15. Hobnail_Boot
    December 23, 2020 at 5:17 PM

    I liken this more to Ohio University hiring Frank Solich. That has turned out pretty well.

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    • Napoleon BonerFart
      December 23, 2020 at 6:08 PM

      I agree. The deck is stacked against black coaches. But the fact is, ADs aren’t rewarded for how woke their coaching choices are. They want to win. Or at least, not lose. The case can be made that a mid-major school is better off with a good, not great, head coach. I doubt Bowden’s bosses think he’s the key to championships. Great coaches get poached by bigger schools and you’re back to trying to beat the odds with another diamond in the rough. Bowden is the white Herm Edwards. Not bad. But he’s not destined for greater things. If he can win 60%, he’ll give stability to the program for years to come.

      There just isn’t a big enough pool of black coaches that fit the bill of proven good enough to be worth considering, but not so good that P5 schools will want them.

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  16. Spence
    December 23, 2020 at 7:11 PM

    Funny nobody is answering the question just getting mad you asked it

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  18. gatriguy
    December 23, 2020 at 9:36 PM

    Is he bring Bobby Lowder’s daughter with him?

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  19. stoopnagle
    December 24, 2020 at 7:37 AM

    I can think of several structural reasons why black men aren’t getting opportunities for head coaching jobs in college football.

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  20. TN Dawg
    December 24, 2020 at 8:39 AM

    Is there a single coach in college football as capable as Kirby Smart?

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