Beast_from_East;2582370 said:
The Rooney Rule applies to outside hires. The Colts promoted from within.
For example, we could name Dave Campo head coach tommorow and we would not be in violation of the rule since it would be an internal hire.
The rule is to make teams interview minorities if they are interviewing individuals outside the organization.
No, you are completely wrong.
The Rooney rule allows a team to make an explicit contract with an assistant to take over when the HC retires. Jim Mora and Jim Caldwell both had such clauses in their deals.
That does not mean internal hires do not apply. For example, the Rams could not have hired Hasslet without interviewing a minority applicant since Hasslet did not have an explicit clause in his contract that gave him the position.
We could NOT name Campo tomorrow without violating the Rooney Rule.