[NU Sports] Here comes the "Black Coach" issue again

[Roy Lamberton]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3686028

 

If you take the 12% number for the black population in the US, there should
be 14 Div I Black Coaches - there are now 4.

 

With the current change expected in the White House, will this become an
issue? Will it be used to distract everyone from the state of the economy
that is voting with their feet over proposed corporate and capital gains tax
increases? Does it matter?

 

I have to agree with those who question why Black coaches can't seem to
crack the top job, but I also know that coaches serve at the whims of the
alumni - the guys who provide the money to pay the coaches. I personally
think Jerry Brown has the intellect and ability to be the head guy
somewhere, but I don't think the fire in the belly is there right now since
he's a big part of NU behind the scenes.

 

Another big problem is that the top Black players went to the NFL and made
what some might consider obscene salaries - they don't need the day to day
hassle of coaching a college team altho I could make the case that they need
to give something back.

 

We saw what one Black coach did at Grambling - Williams went there from the
NFL and kept the program alive. More NFL guys need to think about doing
that.

 

I think the solution is what RW saw at NU - schools have to raise the
salaries of the assistants, especially at the lower levels. Coaches need to
be able to make enough money to make that offer from the local business to
move into industrial sales unattractive. I once had a former N**** D*** star
RB sell me radio network services for RKO. He was an outstanding sales rep,
but probably could also have become an assistant or even head guy somewhere,
but he could make more money selling the network, and he didn't have to
travel as much.

 

Maybe the solution is for the lower levels to go after some of the NFL grads
- lots more potential jobs are out there in Div III and Div II. The coaches
can learn the craft of recruiting, and game management, and learn how to do
it. 

 

If that happens, we'll be worrying about the percentage being higher than
the population, not lower.

 

Go Cats

 

rsl

 

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Roy S. Lamberton - Senior Associate & Unix Guru.

Computer Applications & Support Associates

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Retired Senior Chief Cryptologic Technician [R]

Commissioner Delaware American Legion Baseball

Northwestern University - Sp 1974

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