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CARSON WILL HOLD PARCELLS' FEET TO THE FIRE by Michael David Smith
Hall of Fame New York Giants linebacker Harry Carson has a great relationship with his old coach, Bill Parcells. So comfortable was Carson with Parcells when the two were together with the Giants, Carson started the Gatorade shower tradition by dousing Parcells during the 1986 Super Bowl season.
But Carson is now the executive director of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, and when he called Parcells lsat week, it wasn't to exchange holiday greetings.
"When I called him the day he was hired, I let him know that I was not calling as his friend but as executive director of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, and to keep diversity on his mind when looking at the various candidates," Carson said, per Harvey Fialkov of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
When Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga hired Parcells to take over the team's front office, he didn't interview any minority candidates for the job. That showed disregard for the spirit of the NFL's Rooney Rule, which requires teams to interview minority candidates in filling coaching vacancies.
Although the same rule doesn't require minority candidates to be interviewed for front-office jobs like the one Parcells has in Miami, common sense would suggest that if diversity is important in hiring coaches, it's also important in hiring team executives.
According to Carson, Huizenga has a history of ignoring the Rooney Rule. Carson told Fialkov that when Huizenga hired Nick Saban as head coach in 2005, he planned to do so without interviewing any minorities. Carson says that after he called Huizenga to remind him of his obligation, Huizenga put together a cursory interview with Art Shell and then proceeded to hire Saban as planned.
If Parcells takes a similar approach toward hiring a general manager and head coach, Carson vows that he'll take on his old coach. But Carson says Parcells told him he's committed to honoring the Rooney Rule.
"Parcells assured me that he would play into the equation when he made any changes," Carson said.
Hall of Fame New York Giants linebacker Harry Carson has a great relationship with his old coach, Bill Parcells. So comfortable was Carson with Parcells when the two were together with the Giants, Carson started the Gatorade shower tradition by dousing Parcells during the 1986 Super Bowl season.
But Carson is now the executive director of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, and when he called Parcells lsat week, it wasn't to exchange holiday greetings.
"When I called him the day he was hired, I let him know that I was not calling as his friend but as executive director of the Fritz Pollard Alliance, and to keep diversity on his mind when looking at the various candidates," Carson said, per Harvey Fialkov of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
When Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga hired Parcells to take over the team's front office, he didn't interview any minority candidates for the job. That showed disregard for the spirit of the NFL's Rooney Rule, which requires teams to interview minority candidates in filling coaching vacancies.
Although the same rule doesn't require minority candidates to be interviewed for front-office jobs like the one Parcells has in Miami, common sense would suggest that if diversity is important in hiring coaches, it's also important in hiring team executives.
According to Carson, Huizenga has a history of ignoring the Rooney Rule. Carson told Fialkov that when Huizenga hired Nick Saban as head coach in 2005, he planned to do so without interviewing any minorities. Carson says that after he called Huizenga to remind him of his obligation, Huizenga put together a cursory interview with Art Shell and then proceeded to hire Saban as planned.
If Parcells takes a similar approach toward hiring a general manager and head coach, Carson vows that he'll take on his old coach. But Carson says Parcells told him he's committed to honoring the Rooney Rule.
"Parcells assured me that he would play into the equation when he made any changes," Carson said.
