The endless search for "enough" black football coaches

November 13, 2008
Lawrence Auster

So, the number of African-American coaches is "unconscionable." Since the colleges are doing everything they can to find capable coaches who are black, and are not finding them, and since the process is under so much oversight that discrimination seems unlikely, and since the colleges have so many other black employees that discrimination seems unlikely for that reason as well, maybe there are simply not that many blacks qualified to be coaches. Calling the situation "unconscionable" would be like saying that it's unconscionable that blacks are four years behind whites in reading ability. It would be to take a fact of existence that no one has been able to change, namely that blacks on average are significantly less intelligent than whites (sorry, I don't mean to offend anyone, it's just true), and considering this a moral failing on the part of society, or on the part of whites.

On a similar matter, the coach of Parramatta's rugby league team resigned partly due to frictions with Polynesian players. Hence the next coach needs some inside knowledge:

Another potential advantage for Anderson over other aspirants for Parramatta is his experience in New Zealand working with Polynesian players, as Parramatta have several youngsters from that background.

"You've got to understand the current generation and understand that many of them come from a Polynesian background, understand Generation Y and how things have changed," Fitzgerald said.

I don't think Daniel Anderson is hip to Gen-Y, so it's all about the motivating the Polynesians.