NFL: Sources: Saints to hire Rob Ryan

[AsylumGuido]

(02-11-2013 09:15 PM)Beef Wrote:  When I referenced the Rooney Rule, I clearly started the sentence off with "If" and later "..., for instance,", which obviously says I was giving an open ended hypothetical.

I know you won't admit it if it were the case and of course you'll reply saying that you did know already, but I'd bet you had to google search the Rooney Rule and read up on it fully to find out if it included coordinators before you replied to me acting like you knew it didn't. I know I don't go around memorizing every rule this sport has. That doesn't interest me and would be boring and a waste of my time.

They apparently have talked about adding coordinators to the rule, but it just hasn't happened yet. It looks like it will eventually though.

That said, I already mentioned prior to Drath even suggesting the Rooney Rule other reasons why they might have withheld the fact they already interviewed and offered Ryan the job. I said a page or so back that for the sake of the appearance of being prudent, they lined up additional interviews, so of course if they let it out of the bag that they had already interviewed Ryan and offered him the job, nobody else would have shown.

I mean heaven forbid they look imprudent and making hasty decisions without appearing to explore all options.

The hypothetical was so open ended that it lacked any logic given the rule didn't apply. And yes, I was well aware of the parameters of the Rooney Rule even prior to all of the press concerning its limitations over the past month. The fact that there were 14 GM and HC hires without a single minority hiring has made this a very high visibility story for the past few weeks. The fact that assistant HC's and coordinators weren't covered by the rule has been thrown out as the reason for few quality candidates for the GM and HC positions. I read dozens of NFL related articles every day. Few relevant topics get by me.