Quote Originally Posted by ccfc_is_my_life View Post
I'd say society has changed a bit. It always does.

Equally, there have been more "minority" coaches coming up from lower levels such as college. Over time, gives a bigger pool of "head coach" quality minority candidates.

The Rooney Rule has been ignored for years and rightly so. As I said, Gruden to Raiders was an open secret even before any interviews began. Raiders interviewed two minority coaches to conform to the rule. The decision was already made, was always going to be Gruden.
Gruden to raiders proves nothing about the effectiveness of the Rooney rule. Yes that one case may well have been effectively sewn up beforehand, but in others it is clearly working. And who is to say one of the BAME coaches that were interviewed didn't impress and won't get a chance the next time they're looking for a coach, which they wouldn't without the rule