Was Plantation Pete chomping on ten sticks of gum during his rant? To use a line from the great comedy Kingpin, Carroll's act is about as fresh as a Foghat concert. Hopefully the Seahawks suck again this season and he either retires or is canned.
Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio reports Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll "called out" NFL owners on the league's lack of coaching diversity.
Carroll reportedly spoke about the issue for ten minutes during last week's NFL owners meetings in Florida. Florio said Carroll's comments "were sufficiently strong to make people in the room uncomfortable to the point of angry." He told general managers that "the hiring of minority candidates won't improve until owners accept that there are candidates out there different than themselves." Carroll's impassioned speech comes as the league faces allegations of discrimination in hiring processes -- issues raised by former Dolphins head coach Brian Flores. "He just went off," a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter. NFL owners were reportedly "not happy" when they got wind of Carroll's comments. In its ongoing effort to diversify the NFL's coaching ranks, the league recently adopted a policy that would encourage teams to hire people of color and women who would "work closely with the head coach and the offensive staff, with the goal of increasing minority participation in the pool of offensive coaches that eventually produces the most sought-after candidates for head-coaching positions." The league's Rooney Rule -- requiring teams to consider coaches of color in their hiring cycles -- has done little to increase coaching diversity.
Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio reports Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll "called out" NFL owners on the league's lack of coaching diversity.
Carroll reportedly spoke about the issue for ten minutes during last week's NFL owners meetings in Florida. Florio said Carroll's comments "were sufficiently strong to make people in the room uncomfortable to the point of angry." He told general managers that "the hiring of minority candidates won't improve until owners accept that there are candidates out there different than themselves." Carroll's impassioned speech comes as the league faces allegations of discrimination in hiring processes -- issues raised by former Dolphins head coach Brian Flores. "He just went off," a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter. NFL owners were reportedly "not happy" when they got wind of Carroll's comments. In its ongoing effort to diversify the NFL's coaching ranks, the league recently adopted a policy that would encourage teams to hire people of color and women who would "work closely with the head coach and the offensive staff, with the goal of increasing minority participation in the pool of offensive coaches that eventually produces the most sought-after candidates for head-coaching positions." The league's Rooney Rule -- requiring teams to consider coaches of color in their hiring cycles -- has done little to increase coaching diversity.