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NFL owners recently approved a resolution that will reward teams who develop and hire minority candidates for head-coaching and general manager positions. However, this development hasn't been met with much enthusiasm and has drawn mixed feelings around the league, per Adam Schefter of ESPN.
Multiple sources who are people of color told ESPN in recent days that there are, at best, mixed feelings about a plan approved this past week that will award two third-round compensatory draft picks to teams that have minority head coaches or general managers hired away from their organizations.
According to Schefter, the sources reportedly wanted more involvement with the plan by giving their own input. However, they were not consulted on the matter. This, along with the quick approval of the plan did not sit well with them. Furthermore, the sources expressed concerns on if the teams are actually hiring minority candidates for their talents and abilities.
Article Continues Below“This will affect all of us, and we wanted to be involved in the process,” one source said over the weekend. “We don't know whether it's lip service or real, and we just want to be judged on our own merits.”
Likewise, given the incentive, this may have an effect on making hirings between division rivals.
Another issue is how the plan could impact intra-divisional hirings. One executive wondered whether the Dolphins would have been willing to hire Brian Flores away from the Patriots if it meant division rival New England would be compensated with two extra third-round picks.
In addition, an anonymous source suggested that the plan is unreasonable, given that the league should have already been doing this in the first place.
The NFL currently has six minorities holding head coaching jobs. Initially beginning the season with four, the Houston Texans promoted Romeo Crennel as interim coach and the Atlanta Hawks named Raheem Morris their interim coach.
