Oregon gets FREE PUB for hiring Taggert
Willie Taggart became the head football coach at Oregon on the basis of his record. He earned the job through tireless recruiting, explosive offensive game plans and training under the likes of Jim Harbaugh and David Shaw. Over four years, he turned the moribund University of South Florida into a 10-2 conference power. He is, at 40, one of the best young coaches in the country, and he is at a place worthy of his ascent.
Taggart’s hiring is noteworthy, regrettably, because of the color of his skin. In a sport in which a majority of players are African American, Taggart became the seventh black man in charge of a Power Five conference football team, of which there are 65. In all of major college football, 14 of 128 schools are coached by African Americans. A lot of big-time football programs have never hired a black head coach. Before Wednesday, Oregon had been one of them.
“I never thought Oregon would hire a black football coach,” Portland-area civil rights activist Sam Sachs said. “I never thought I would see that day.”
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I dream of a day where a coach will be evaluated based not on the color of his skin but on the record he brings to the football field.
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Disagreewhlinder said:https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/oregon-law-on-hiring-practices-might-be-just-what-college-football-needs/2016/12/08/866396de-bd91-11e6-94ac-3d324840106c_story.html?utm_term=.a8ad2dc614f9
Willie Taggart became the head football coach at Oregon on the basis of his record. He earned the job through tireless recruiting, explosive offensive game plans and training under the likes of Jim Harbaugh and David Shaw. Over four years, he turned the moribund University of South Florida into a 10-2 conference power. He is, at 40, one of the best young coaches in the country, and he is at a place worthy of his ascent.
Taggart’s hiring is noteworthy, regrettably, because of the color of his skin. In a sport in which a majority of players are African American, Taggart became the seventh black man in charge of a Power Five conference football team, of which there are 65. In all of major college football, 14 of 128 schools are coached by African Americans. A lot of big-time football programs have never hired a black head coach. Before Wednesday, Oregon had been one of them.
“I never thought Oregon would hire a black football coach,” Portland-area civil rights activist Sam Sachs said. “I never thought I would see that day.” -
Ernie Kent coaches the other revenue sport for thirteen years and a civil rights leader is shocked they hired a blick coach?
I'd be ok with civil rights movements if the people running them weren't so fucking stupid. -
Gotta love the WaPo following the script.
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7/65 = 11%whlinder said:https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/oregon-law-on-hiring-practices-might-be-just-what-college-football-needs/2016/12/08/866396de-bd91-11e6-94ac-3d324840106c_story.html?utm_term=.a8ad2dc614f9
Willie Taggart became the head football coach at Oregon on the basis of his record. He earned the job through tireless recruiting, explosive offensive game plans and training under the likes of Jim Harbaugh and David Shaw. Over four years, he turned the moribund University of South Florida into a 10-2 conference power. He is, at 40, one of the best young coaches in the country, and he is at a place worthy of his ascent.
Taggart’s hiring is noteworthy, regrettably, because of the color of his skin. In a sport in which a majority of players are African American, Taggart became the seventh black man in charge of a Power Five conference football team, of which there are 65. In all of major college football, 14 of 128 schools are coached by African Americans. A lot of big-time football programs have never hired a black head coach. Before Wednesday, Oregon had been one of them.
“I never thought Oregon would hire a black football coach,” Portland-area civil rights activist Sam Sachs said. “I never thought I would see that day.”
14/128 = 11%
13% of Americans are black.
But don't let facts change the narrative!
