I never said all male coaches have been good or great. I never insinuated men can only be good or great at coaching. The best fit is exactly just that, the best fit. If an upcoming great female coach comes around that's fine, but to say "I want women coaches because diversity!" that leaves a lot of interpretation, such as just having a woman coach regardless of her skill. I never said women can't coach, but I think a lot of coaches start somewhere lower than the NFL.
I will never understand the mindset of "include me because different", that's all I'm saying. And judging by some of these insecure posts I'm seeing makes me question if it's even about finding new great talent. How many women coaches are even out there? And we want to balance this number in the NFL by just hiring on the spot or are we going to accept that staffs will mostly consist of men since I rarely see women coaching football at any level. I feel like some pushing women don't have the best interest of the NFL.
This is really it. I don't see people in this thread saying women can't coach. I see people in this thread saying the best, most qualified person for the job should get the job. Is there a savant out there that is female and that might be better then anybody else for the job? There could be but then again, the odds are better that there isn't. The simple fact of the matter is that Coaches in the NFL aren't typically people who have never had any experience with the game.
I would be willing to wager that most, if not all, have played at some level along the way. It may not be at a Pro Level but it is at some level. Imagine if you will, you have a job in some vocation, where you have 20 years of practical, applicable experience. You have literally done it all, with regards to your craft. Then image that management decides to bring in somebody who will be put over you, who has no practical experience with your craft and who is now instructing you and training you on how best to do the job. Imagine further that you will be evaluated and held responsible on how well you do your job, based on the results. How would you fell about that situation because that's exactly the situation that we are discussing here. There is no way anybody is going to be OK with that situation.
Now, I can see where there are certain areas where experience with actually playing the game might not be as important but I can see none were experience would be of no value.
We sit here and we rail about how equality matters but then we say that we need to set aside jobs for women because why? It should not be that way. It should be the best person for the job gets the job. That is literally the only way this will work. If you set it up to be otherwise, the woman who gets the job is going to fail because Football is not about equality. The entire game is based on performance and who is better at every aspect of the game. I men, you guys do realize that what we are talking about here is diametrically opposite to everything about the game of football right? Any woman who is put in that position is going to fail because the players are not going to accept her, because of how you are trying to do this. Hell, any man would likewise fail because players and coaches don't respect anybody who didn't earn it. It's a perception thing and you are not going to get around that. They may tolerate that person, for awhile but it's only a matter of time before it all comes crashing down around whomever that person is.
If you were really interested in seeing a woman succeed in the NFL, then you wouldn't be trying to do this, in this manner. All you would be accomplishing by such a move is to insure failure and make it even more difficult for the person who comes later, who maybe did it in another way. Who maybe put the time in and did the hard work it takes to create a profession at the highest level of the sport.
I think this is a bad mistake but hey, if Arians wants to do this, more power to him. I applaud any stupid decision that any other Franchise might be willing to make. Full speed ahead I say. I'm just sorry for the women who might be thrown under the bus in the name of progress here.
