Skip Bayless Slams ‘Shameful, Disgusting, Embarrassing’ NFL for Having Just One Black Head Coach

BAYLESS When I saw ░░░░░░░░ David Culley my Vanderbilt ░░░░░░░░ former Vanderbilt quarterback from ░░░░░░░░ school got fired after ░░░░░░░░ setup to fail year ░░░░░░░░ Exactly BAYLESS and it ░░░░░░░░ upon me that only ░░░░░░░░ Tomlin is the last ░░░░░░░░ standing the last black ░░░░░░░░ coach in The National ░░░░░░░░ League on the eve ░░░░░░░░ the playoffs It rocked ░░░░░░░░ because the gravity of ░░░░░░░░ hit me as we ░░░░░░░░ yet another Martin Luther ░░░░░░░░ Day on Monday This ░░░░░░░░ impossibly wrong It s ░░░░░░░░ surreally bad it s ░░░░░░░░ bad look it s ░░░░░░░░ bad feel It s ░░░░░░░░ bad taste And yet ░░░░░░░░ Sharpe we both love ░░░░░░░░ NBA as we love ░░░░░░░░ NFL and as we ░░░░░░░░ there are 14 black ░░░░░░░░ coaches in the NBA ░░░░░░░░ of 30 franchises There ░░░░░░░░ 14 out of 30 ░░░░░░░░ s almost 50 percent ░░░░░░░░ Yeah BAYLESS I think ░░░░░░░░ would say that s ░░░░░░░░ great SHARPE That s ░░░░░░░░ BAYLESS That s how ░░░░░░░░ should be Right SHARPE ░░░░░░░░ BAYLESS Thank you There ░░░░░░░░ one of 32 in ░░░░░░░░ National Football one of ░░░░░░░░ Yet Mr Sharpe when ░░░░░░░░ look at the evolution ░░░░░░░░ the black quarterback and ░░░░░░░░ came up early in ░░░░░░░░ business in an era ░░░░░░░░ black quarterbacks were having ░░░░░░░░ even harder time than ░░░░░░░░ head coaches are as ░░░░░░░░ speak SHARPE Correct BAYLESS ░░░░░░░░ yet the landscape has ░░░░░░░░ to the point that ░░░░░░░░ are times in the ░░░░░░░░ when 50 percent of ░░░░░░░░ starters are black quarterbacks ░░░░░░░░ as you well know ░░░░░░░░ have faces of the ░░░░░░░░ right now in Patrick ░░░░░░░░ in Dak Prescott in ░░░░░░░░ Murray in Russell Wilson ░░░░░░░░ I can go on ░░░░░░░░ are black quarterbacks So ░░░░░░░░ s that s good ░░░░░░░░ sort of caught up ░░░░░░░░ the times you can ░░░░░░░░ But at the coaching ░░░░░░░░ just the head coaching ░░░░░░░░ it is shameful it ░░░░░░░░ disgusting it is embarrassing ░░░░░░░░ it s inexplicably wrong ░░░░░░░░ I look at the ░░░░░░░░ surveys done by the ░░░░░░░░ s the Institute for ░░░░░░░░ and Ethics in Sports ░░░░░░░░ do a great job ░░░░░░░░ breaking down all the ░░░░░░░░ process in all the ░░░░░░░░ And would you believe ░░░░░░░░ past year they gave ░░░░░░░░ NFL for hiring assistant ░░░░░░░░ coaches it was just ░░░░░░░░ of color I believe ░░░░░░░░ remember we do have ░░░░░░░░ Rivera and Robert Saleh ░░░░░░░░ Right yeah BAYLESS so ░░░░░░░░ have to give them ░░░░░░░░ color SHARPE Yeah minority ░░░░░░░░ BAYLESS Okay but black ░░░░░░░░ coach hiring in the ░░░░░░░░ over the last year ░░░░░░░░ this institute was given ░░░░░░░░ A An A So ░░░░░░░░ re out there in ░░░░░░░░ pipeline but who are ░░░░░░░░ Where are they Do ░░░░░░░░ know of them I ░░░░░░░░ be honest with you ░░░░░░░░ don t I know ░░░░░░░░ Byron Leftwich is an ░░░░░░░░ and coming candidate in ░░░░░░░░ because he s calling ░░░░░░░░ for the inaudible down ░░░░░░░░ Tampa And other than ░░░░░░░░ as far as rising ░░░░░░░░ black assistant coaches I ░░░░░░░░ not so sure I ░░░░░░░░ a lot of proven ░░░░░░░░ in my book who ░░░░░░░░ former black head coaches ░░░░░░░░ I have no idea ░░░░░░░░ they re going to ░░░░░░░░ a shot or not ░░░░░░░░ Correct BAYLESS But the ░░░░░░░░ is the pipeline should ░░░░░░░░ full of names and ░░░░░░░░ only other name that ░░░░░░░░ hear every year is ░░░░░░░░ Eric Bieniemy.”

SHARPE: “Right.”