Super Bowl 41--First African-American coaches

[oregonpackfan]

Some sportswriters have already noted that Super Bowl 41 will feature the first African-Americans ever to coach a team in the Super Bowl.

Though it is a milestone, hopefully our country will reach the level where issues of race/skin color are irrelevant.

By the way, both Lovie Smith and Tony Dungy are class acts both on and off the field, IMO.

[J-Rok]

While it's nice and all, I just can't see this as a story. I don't know. Maybe it'd have more of an impact if I had lived in more than two decades.

[mraynrand]

Re: Super Bowl 41--First African-American coaches

Some sportswriters have already noted that Super Bowl 41 will feature the first African-Americans ever to coach a team in the Super Bowl.

Though it is a milestone, hopefully our country will reach the level where issues of race/skin color are irrelevant.

By the way, both Lovie Smith and Tony Dungy are class acts both on and off the field, IMO.

As I understand it, there will also be a lot of black players, each and every one who earns more than me, playing in the game. Still, the owners are all white, meaning the league is racist, the United States is racist, and the U.S. is the most evil nation in world history. At least that's what moveon.org told me.

[SkinBasket]

Re: Super Bowl 41--First African-American coaches

Though it is a milestone, hopefully our country will reach the level where issues of race/skin color are irrelevant.

Doesn't celebrating it as a milestone defeat your goal of racial irrelevance?

[Zool]

Re: Super Bowl 41--First African-American coaches

Though it is a milestone, hopefully our country will reach the level where issues of race/skin color are irrelevant.

Doesn't celebrating it as a milestone defeat your goal of racial irrelevance?

Thats always been my question.

[Guiness]

Re: Super Bowl 41--First African-American coaches

Though it is a milestone, hopefully our country will reach the level where issues of race/skin color are irrelevant.

Doesn't celebrating it as a milestone defeat your goal of racial irrelevance?

Great, I'm thinking like SB now. I won't be able to sleep tonight.

[woodbuck27]

By the way, both Lovie Smith and Tony Dungy are class acts both on and off the field, IMO. . . . . oregonpackfan

Yes. I am personally impressed with how cool both of these HC's are as they patrol the sidelines.

[MJZiggy]

I'm thinking the more interesting story here is that the two of them are reportedly VERY good friends. It will be interesting to see how they gameplan against one another.

[Lurker64]

One of my favorite parts of this is that now "Who was the first African-American head coach to coach in the superbowl?" is a trick question.

[mraynrand]

One of my favorite parts of this is that now "Who was the first African-American head coach to coach in the superbowl?" is a trick question.

I know the answer: No one. As far as I know, there is no 'NFL Africa', and neither Lovie nor Tony are from Africa. At least I think both are Americans.

Here's a trivia question: Who was the first English-American president?

Another question: If my ancestry is 3/8 German and 2/8 Russian, am I a Russian-American or a German-American or a Germanorussian-American? Maybe I am just a Fucker-American.

[MadtownPacker]

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Im just glad a white coach aint gonna win it!!!!!!!

For reals though, if this is the main storyline for the SB then it just shows how much more the U.S. needs to go before we are all considered "equal".

Question - Has a latino or asian coach ever won the SB?

[FritzDontBlitz]

One of my favorite parts of this is that now "Who was the first African-American head coach to coach in the superbowl?" is a trick question.

wouldnt the technical answer to that be lovie smith, since his team won 4 hours before tony dungy's did?

[MJZiggy]

Tom Flores for Oakland in SB XV.

[MadtownPacker]

Tom Flores for Oakland in SB XV.

Oh yeah, forgot about that guy. Was that made a big deal out of at the time?

[MJZiggy]

I'm too young to remember that far back...