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Originally Posted by Eureka
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.
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I mean, Kyle shanahan is a genius. Of course I’m not saying they’re all spoiled and unworthy. The point is that still a lot of the nfl favors those who know people. And the people you need to know tend to be from the old time days with zero diversity. These guys got jobs placed in their lap right out of college. Meanwhile, how many brilliant football players who don’t know industry insiders had to scrape their way through bullshit jobs at a D2 school just to get started. How many never got their foot in the door ever? But to your point, how do you know that an Adam Zimmer or a Britt Reid would get an nfl Job without their dad. Would Zimmer have advanced on his own without the last name? That is 1 less job out of 62 coordinator spots where you might say competition wasn’t really fair.
We’re talking 14% here for a limited group of 762 in the whole world. If we’re talking about true root causes for lack of diversity, it’s fair to ask about the 111 jobs that were not made available through an open process.