You really don't understand? Let's see more women get jobs as assistant coaches before we just jump right into them being head coaches.
It's not time for that, and I in no way mean that for any other reason that there isn't any women who have come up fully through the process yet of graduate assistant, quality control coach, small school assistant, large school assistant, small school coordinator to large school coordinator and then finally small school or large school head coach. That's about a 15- to 20-year process for many head coaches. The other avenue is to have a completely dominant high school program leading to a coordinator job, and that hasn't been done, either. I know of one woman currently head coaching a high school team (in Florida), and the first woman was hired as an NFL assistant coach for this coming season, but that's an entry level quality control special teams coach for the Bills. QC of special teams, not THE special teams coordinator. It's a step in the right direction, but we're way away from her becoming a head coach, even if she ever does. It'll happen one day, but there's a process. You don't want to put someone in that position and have them fail miserably because they were shortcutted through the process to make history. I think well before we see a female head coach, we'll see a female NFL general manager.
Kind of my logic.... "Oh a Woman can run a country better than a man but god forbid we let one coach a football team."
Why do have to HAVE this? Can't we just let a product continue to be what it is before we change it JUST to be changing it? Whether good or bad, why the need to go around "makng changes" just so you feel like we've done something. I love the Ms America pagent the way it is. I dont need to see a dude in a bikini just for sh*ts and giggles. Let's let the best person for the job get the job and stop forcing everybody to NEED something that's not NEEDED. It's a product, not a political movement here. Btw, In no way am I saying that women aren't capable, THEY ARE. They just don't have to be forced into something just so people can say they did it. Just imo. Carry on.
Did I say there weren't any? I said lets see MORE. So you name one. What are there, 2 or 3 total in the NFL? I know Arizona has or had one. So because we have a few assistants we need it is time to see one be a head coach? No chance right now.
It has nothing to do with that, and it is a little baffling that you think those two are related. Last time I checked, there is far more training and chances to gain experience at an early age in politics than football. Can a woman do the job? Sure, but it is no different than any other job. They need to start at the bottom like 90% of the coaches today did, and work their way up. Considering there are only a few women in coaching positions in the NFL, there is no way that a woman is qualified enough to be a head coach right now in college or NFL. So much more goes into it than just Xs and Os. How to talk to the players in the locker room. What drills to run in practice. How to recruit if it is in college. Being able to talk football with the boys doesn't mean she is able to run a team. She needs to learn how to run a team/organization before she is put in a position. If Hillary is elected president, she isn't just getting voted in because she is a female and it is time for a change. She has 30+ years of training for this, plus spent some time in the White House with her husband in the same position she may be elected to.
Alright buddy... didn't have to get all sexist.... thats kind of uncalled for. All i am saying is - in the event a Woman rightfully works her way up the coaching ladder, it would be nice to see one make it as a head coach. As Trey mentioned though, theres no need to rush things just because. It will have to be done through work, not political agendas.
I mean, if you think about it women are completely running GOT now.
Lady Mormont... shes the baddest chick in the show. If she had 3 dragons the series would have only been about 4 seasons.
I wasn't being sexist. The title of your thread said it is time to see it. That will be an accurate statement 20 years from now, maybe.
There are far more pressing matters regarding race and head coaching jobs than whether or not a woman who is 15 years away from being qualified should be a head coach. There are plenty of black coaches qualified to be a college head coach, yet there are only 11. There are plenty of Hispanic coaches qualified to be a MBL manager, yet there are none.
Goose, she's lost it man.Me too man, love getting behind hot blondes.
I feel you are still looking at this unfairly, but I will not feed in to your trolling just because you want to get a rise out of me. Its the 21st century man, times are changing and women deserve an equal opportunity of employment. Theres is an extremely tough barrier to entry for even these quality assurance and assistant rolls, thats why they are unable to work their way up the ladder as you have mentioned they should. Can't do it the right way if you cant get started.
Calling him sexist is quite out of line jrh. Disagree with him, point out where he's wrong, even call him misinformed or ignorant, but sexist? -C'mon. I firmly agree with him. Am I sexist? The idea of making a woman a head coach on the college level at this time when there's not any women who are qualified for the position is absurd. And in my opinion, you are trolling because I can't fathom anyone thinking that's a realistic possibility in 2016 when there isn't a qualified candidate. Maybe in a decade it happens, but that woman simply isn't out there right now, and if she is she doesn't have the resume or experience yet. I know a lot about college football. That in no way makes me qualified to be a college head coach. Nowhere did he state that a woman isn't capable of doing the job with the right experience.
Let's start with hiring some female GAs and quality control coaches then repost this in about 10 years.
Maybe addressing the barriers to entry over the past 10+ years is more appropriate. I think we are in a time where we will see that change, and you are correct, I think 10 years down the road would be more plausible than today. My main concern is the entry at the bottom of the totem poll to even get them there.
OP are you saying that AD's need to hire a woman as a HC just to hire a woman? Does the responsibility of hiring the best possible person carry any weight? There are literally thousands and thousands of male football coaches in this country. Many thousands. It is a long process for nearly all. There are very few women at all coaching football. If they stay in the profession and have success and work up the ladder then maybe there would be an opportunity.
Not to worry, we're going to transgender locker rooms.
