{"id":418149,"date":"2023-02-18T17:26:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T17:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=418149"},"modified":"2023-02-18T17:26:57","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T17:26:57","slug":"skip-bayless-claims-white-owners-dont-hire-black-coaches-because-of-their-wives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/skip-bayless-claims-white-owners-dont-hire-black-coaches-because-of-their-wives\/","title":{"rendered":"Skip Bayless Claims White Owners Don\u2019t Hire Black Coaches Because Of Their Wives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Skip Bayless claims to know why there is a serious dearth of diversity among head coaching positions in the NFL: ageing, white NFL owners find it awkward to interact with Black coaches and their wives.<\/p>\n<h2>Skip Bayless Claims White Owners Don\u2019t Hire Black Coaches Because Of Their Wives<\/h2>\n<p>During Thursday\u2019s episode of \u201cUndisputed\u201d on FS1, the host said he believes white NFL owners don\u2019t want to hire black coaches because they don\u2019t feel comfortable interacting with their significant others.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI have been dumbfounded by it,\u201d\u00a0Bayless\u00a0told his\u00a0\u201cUndisputed\u201d\u00a0co-host\u00a0Shannon Sharpe about the NFL\u2019s lack of diversity. \u201cIt has been inexplicable to me, but then in the end, it\u2019s really pretty explicable.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Skip Bayless said White <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFL<\/a> owners don&#39;t hire Black head coaches because they&#39;re not comfortable w\/ the need to interact socially, such as dinner w\/ the wives.<\/p>\n<p>Asking, \u201cwhy cant hot Black assistant [coaches] get head coaching jobs? When they should be on schedule to get a job?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2efsbedVk6\">pic.twitter.com\/2efsbedVk6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dana Abercrombie #AmplifyBlackVoices (@sagesurge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sagesurge\/status\/1626436277519405056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019m going to boil it down to:\u00a0These older white owners just aren\u2019t that comfortable with a black head coach because they need to interact, they need to go to dinner with the wives or the significants or whatever. And they\u2019re just not that comfortable. When they do have an interview, it\u2019s gonna be a quicker click with a young white hot candidate.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s just culture, it\u2019s just the way life is. And I don\u2019t know how to defeat it, because each of these guys is an independent owner in the umbrella of the NFL and it\u2019s hard to legislate \u2018you must hire a black coach\u2019 \u2026 you can\u2019t unless it\u2019s in the man\u2019s heart to do the right thing \u2014 and every once in a while you have [Steelers owner, Art Rooney] the Rooneys in Pittsburgh who did the right thing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Skip Bayless says old, white NFL owners aren&#39;t comfortable socializing with Black coaches and their wives.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w0SUwlmvEX\">https:\/\/t.co\/w0SUwlmvEX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; chris evans (@notcapnamerica) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/notcapnamerica\/status\/1626845357383483394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs offensive coordinator <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/02\/14\/shannon-sharpe-fumes-after-chiefs-eric-bieniemy-gets-passed-over\/\">Eric Bieniemy<\/a> has yet to land a head coaching position in the NFL, according to a Time article and an opinion piece penned by USA Today&#8217;s Nancy Armour, which Bayless brought up on the programme.<\/p>\n<p>Bayless stated that he had been stating the same thing &#8220;on national TV&#8221; for the past 15 years after bringing up Armour&#8217;s opinion post, &#8220;NFL Owners Don&#8217;t Want Black And Brown Guys As Their Head Coaches.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Skip Bayless claims white owners don\u2019t hire Black coaches because of their wives <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/btOx5U17PP\">https:\/\/t.co\/btOx5U17PP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OEAMvTSmJ0\">pic.twitter.com\/OEAMvTSmJ0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1626641445053468673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bieniemy has long been the topic of the NFL coaching circuit. In Super Bowl 2023, he assisted in the Chiefs&#8217; 38-35 victory over the Eagles.<\/p>\n<p>Since joining Andy Reid&#8217;s coaching staff in 2018, 53-year-old Bieniemy has changed the Chiefs offence and assisted in the development of two-time Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes. He deserves to be considered for a head coaching position as a result of his performance in Kansas City, although he has made vain attempts to do so.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Twitter Reacts to Skip Bayless Saying Older White Owners Are Uncomfortable Hiring Black Head Coaches Because They Don&#39;t Want Them Interacting With Their Wives and High Society Friends (Video-Tweets) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QOtlnJ4hXQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/QOtlnJ4hXQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tmJQ743YHu\">pic.twitter.com\/tmJQ743YHu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Robert Littal BSO (@BSO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BSO\/status\/1626707851249868801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bayless\u2019 rant came after Sharpe sounded off about the situation on Tuesday\u2019s \u201cUndisputed,\u201d saying Bieniemy has been continuously passed over for head coaching jobs by less-qualified candidates.<\/p>\n<p>That came on the same day the Arizona Cardinals hired Eagles defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon as their new head coach.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6DYEgIuLsD8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE NFL UPDATES-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Tom Brady Speaks At Conference Sponsored By Businessman Accused Of Misleading Investors\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/tom-brady-speaks-at-conference-sponsored-by-businessman-accused-of-misleading-investors\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tom Brady Speaks At Conference Sponsored By Businessman Accused Of Misleading Investors<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skip Bayless claims to know why there is a serious dearth of diversity among head coaching positions in the NFL: ageing, white NFL owners find it awkward to interact with Black coaches and their wives. Skip Bayless Claims White Owners Don\u2019t Hire Black Coaches Because Of Their Wives During Thursday\u2019s episode of \u201cUndisputed\u201d on FS1, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":416975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[1974,5196,5195],"class_list":["post-418149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-skip-bayless","tag-skip-bayless-black-coaches","tag-skip-bayless-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418149\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}