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Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501
That is an interesting point. Let me throw some more data at you. 762 coaches in the nfl, 111 (14%) have a family tie. 78% of those hires are white. We saw it with Britt Reid. Alex wittingham isn’t family but he may as well be. He’s there because Reid is close friends with his dad. Adam Zimmer for crying out loud was for some reason calling plays in Minnesota. How many more were brought in because of who they know which, based on leadership structures, has been largely white.
You look at how Kyle shanahan got started. Gruden invited him to be a special assistant almost right out of college. Same with mcvay whose dad worked in the front office. hundreds of these positions are absorbed simply because they knew somebody. As the saying goes, some grow up on first base and you’d have to think many black athletes don’t have that luxury. These network hires don’t have to scrape through thankless admin jobs at a college football program. And in many cases, like with Stephen bellichick and Adam zimmer, they’re fast tracked to the top.
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I would guess these kids of coaches are very knowledgeable of the game from a coaching stand point at a much earlier age being that they grew up in the NFL coaching world. Was Adam Zimmer watching game film at 8 year old with his dad? The fruit doesn't fall far from the tree so maybe they have a knack at coaching like their fathers. To imply they are just handed these jobs is silly. They actually have to be good at them or know a thing or two.
It's definitely an advantage their parents are providing just like Mahomes dad did for him having great arm talent (pitcher), being around Major league clubs, and providing plenty of $ for whatever he needed sports wise.