OT: Raiders Hire First Black Female President

[PDXChris]

Love seeing this! Hire the best matter who they are!

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[oaken1]

Raiders have always been the front runner in equality.

Just win baby!

 

[mjb21aztd]

Lol she is pretty good looking just saying

Best of luck hope she has a good carrer for raiders ownership

 

[Zobaczcie suki]

Raiders have always been the front runner in equality.

Someone forgot to tell John Gruden about this.

No disrespect at all to Ms. Morgan's qualifications at all, major kudos and congratulations to her, but I see this as similar to the Phoenix Suns' moves after the mess that Sarver created came to light.

 

[splitsecond]

Someone forgot to tell John Gruden about this.

No disrespect at all to Ms. Morgan's qualifications at all, major kudos and congratulations to her, but I see this as similar to the Phoenix Suns' moves after the mess that Sarver created came to light.

Not surprising that someone who needs to virtue signal with their avatar on a sports forum would have such a terrible take. The Sarver allegations are dead, but knowledge of that would require a level of critical thinking other than ESPN chyron memorization.

 

[oaken1]

Someone forgot to tell John Gruden about this.

No disrespect at all to Ms. Morgan's qualifications at all, major kudos and congratulations to her, but I see this as similar to the Phoenix Suns' moves after the mess that Sarver created came to light.

So... one bad apple right? Right??



Must really suck to be you

 

[Zobaczcie suki]

Not surprising that someone who needs to virtue signal with their avatar on a sports forum would have such a terrible take. The Sarver allegations are dead, but knowledge of that would require a level of critical thinking other than ESPN chyron memorization.

Thanks for the cheap shot. As far as I know, Sarver is still under investigation by the NBA, no decision has been made, and the Suns have done their best to show that his bad actions do not represent the organization.

The Raiders have always been one of my favorite teams. When I was a kid, my friends and I used to listen to an LP recounting their Super Bowl run when Madden and Stabler were at the helm. Gruden kind of pissed on that legacy. I am glad to see that they are moving in the right direction.

 

[Ronin]

Not surprising that someone who needs to virtue signal with their avatar on a sports forum would have such a terrible take. The Sarver allegations are dead, but knowledge of that would require a level of critical thinking other than ESPN chyron memorization.

2 day break for attacking the poster.

 

[Ronin]

So... one bad apple right? Right??



Must really suck to be you

Unprovoked. 2-day break.

 

[cardpa]

I hope she does a good job for them. She certainly appears to have a work history that would qualify her for the position.

 

[LA Redbird]

Not to detract from her accomplishments, but she's really attractive. Don't know anything about her, but best of luck - except against us.

 

[Jetstream Green]

Love seeing this! Hire the best matter who they are!

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Cool, and by what precedent led you to believe they hired the best for the job

 

[LA Redbird]

Cool, and by what precedent led you to believe they hired the best for the job

Does this question imply that you don't think they did? If so, what is your basis for implying she's not the best?

 

[Jetstream Green]

Does this question imply that you don't think they did? If so, what is your basis for implying she's not the best?

And what's the basis to imply she's not the worst either? Nothing, just like saying they hired the best. My stance does not support best or worst, because there is no way to know at this juncture. I am real hesitant to hand out awards to the dysfunctional franchise known as the Raiders till her tenure provides adequate data to support one way or another

 

[LA Redbird]

And what's the basis to imply she's not the worst either? Nothing, just like saying they hired the best. My stance does not support best or worst, because there is no way to know at this juncture. I am real hesitant to hand out awards to the dysfunctional franchise known as the Raiders till her tenure provides adequate data to support one way or another

Ok but maybe the other poster know something about her and her credentials and he is able to make that claim.

Just seems the reflexively doubting tone of your response carries a negative bias. Or maybe it's just speech context lost in communications on the internet.

 

[PDXChris]

Ok but maybe the other poster know something about her and her credentials and he is able to make that claim.

Just seems the reflexively doubting tone of your response carries a negative bias. Or maybe it's just speech context lost in communications on the internet.

I'm not responding to the other poster because I never said she was the best and the tone indeed a reflexively doubting tone. I said hire the best no matter who it is. For decades white men got the job no matter what and many were/are terrible at it. To see a POC who is also female opens a pool of so many more candidates allowing for the best no matter who they are. The Raiders did this with Art Shell in 1988, making him the second black coach ever and first since Fritz Pollard in 1921. We went 67 years between a black head coach.

There have been 500 head coaches in the NFL's history — 24 of them have been Black. That's 4.8%. In 2022, with the Steelers' Mike Tomlin and recently-named Texans head coach Lovie Smith, that percentage is 6.3%. Thirty percent of assistant NFL coaches are Black

 

[QuebecCard]

I'm not responding to the other poster because I never said she was the best and the tone indeed a reflexively doubting tone. I said hire the best no matter who it is. For decades white men got the job no matter what and many were/are terrible at it. To see a POC who is also female opens a pool of so many more candidates allowing for the best no matter who they are. The Raiders did this with Art Shell in 1988, making him the second black coach ever and first since Fritz Pollard in 1921. We went 67 years between a black head coach.

Amy Trask was appointed Chief Executive of the Raiders in 1997. She resigned from the Raiders on May 11, 2013. After her resignation, Trask was referred to as the “glue” that held the organization together.

 

[LA Redbird]

I'm not responding to the other poster because I never said she was the best and the tone indeed a reflexively doubting tone. I said hire the best no matter who it is. For decades white men got the job no matter what and many were/are terrible at it. To see a POC who is also female opens a pool of so many more candidates allowing for the best no matter who they are. The Raiders did this with Art Shell in 1988, making him the second black coach ever and first since Fritz Pollard in 1921. We went 67 years between a black head coach.

That doubting tone is exactly the burden "unconventional" demographics have to overcome to even get a job, let alone to be respected in it. There is a big time "standard/default" bias - and that standard/default is white and male.