Bills Director of Player Personnel Terrance Gray Declines Interview Opportunity With the Patriots

[Buffalo03]

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/bills-director-of-player-personnel-terrence-gray-declines-interview-opportunity-with-patriots

 

Didn't see this anywhere but found it hilarious. Sticking it to them

[K D]

TG is actually going to get one of these GM jobs soon. He's very well regarded around the league. He doesn't need to go to any fake Rooney rule interviews.

[Buffalo03]

2 minutes ago, KDIGGZ said:

TG is actually going to get one of these GM jobs soon. He's very well regarded around the league. He doesn't need to go to any fake Rooney rule interviews.

How would he know which ones are fake, though? That's why I disagree with the Rooney rule

[K D]

27 minutes ago, Buffalo03 said:

How would he know which ones are fake, though? That's why I disagree with the Rooney rule

I think it's known that Elliot Wolf is getting this job and they are just going through the motions and doing their Rooney interviews

[Buffalo03]

30 minutes ago, KDIGGZ said:

I think it's known that Elliot Wolf is getting this job and they are just going through the motions and doing their Rooney interviews

It could be that way regardless, though. The problem with every minority interview is that is could be a pity interview to meet a requirement. Any team may know who they want. But the Rooney rule makes them have to satisfy a requirement which is to me is unfair to the minority candidate 

[Haslett_Stomp]

Brian Gaine is the man behind the curtain.

[ToGoGo]

It’s pretty clear the Bills believe their arch rival are the Patriots and not the Chiefs. 
 

Say what you want about the Chiefs but they don’t cheat their way into their Super Bowls. 

[buffblue]

57 minutes ago, ToGoGo said:

It’s pretty clear the Bills believe their arch rival are the Patriots and not the Chiefs. 
 

Say what you want about the Chiefs but they don’t cheat their way into their Super Bowls. 

What? That's some pretty amazing mental gymnastics simply because Terrance Gray declined an interview.

[BobbyC81]

6 hours ago, KDIGGZ said:

TG is actually going to get one of these GM jobs soon. He's very well regarded around the league. He doesn't need to go to any fake Rooney rule interviews.

Yeah, while the Rooney Rule is a sham, giving a 3rd round pick to a team for hiring a minority goes too far the other way.

[ToGoGo]

38 minutes ago, buffblue said:

What? That's some pretty amazing mental gymnastics simply because Terrance Gray declined an interview.

Mental gymnastics for people who have difficulty thinking. 

[TwistofFate]

The Rooney Rule is trash and should be abolished.  It serves no purpose at all.  Teams have a good idea of who they want and the Rooney rules does jack squat to influence anyone.  It's a charade. 

[transient]

Maybe Gray should take the interview, get offered the job, give them the impression a deal is in place, and then shop that deal to Carolina for a better offer. They can feel jaded by their naivety all over again.

[Blank Stare]

[RiotAct]

atta boy, Terrance!

[EasternOHBillsFan]

9 hours ago, TwistofFate said:

The Rooney Rule is trash and should be abolished.  It serves no purpose at all.  Teams have a good idea of who they want and the Rooney rules does jack squat to influence anyone.  It's a charade. 

 

It's working though... representation of minorities in the HC ranks has increased since it was implemented.

[Mr. WEO]

16 hours ago, Buffalo03 said:

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/bills-director-of-player-personnel-terrence-gray-declines-interview-opportunity-with-patriots

 

Didn't see this anywhere but found it hilarious. Sticking it to them

 

He knew he wasn't getting that job, so he chose not to interview as a token. Good for him.

 

That's hardly "sticking it to them"...

[Buffalo03]

46 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said:

 

He knew he wasn't getting that job, so he chose not to interview as a token. Good for him.

 

That's hardly "sticking it to them"...

The Rooney rule still sucks. All it does it give minority candidates pity interviews to meet a requirement 

[PBF81]

1 hour ago, EasternOHBillsFan said:

 

It's working though... representation of minorities in the HC ranks has increased since it was implemented.

 

How do we know that's because of the RR though?  

 

That would seem logical if people with lesser or undistinguished coaching histories have been hired, but coaches are hired because of their distinguished pay performance as coaches.  No?

 

 

[Simon]

18 hours ago, Buffalo03 said:

How would he know which ones are fake, though?

 

Zero of them are fake.

[EasternOHBillsFan]

14 minutes ago, PBF81 said:

 

How do we know that's because of the RR though?  

 

That would seem logical if people with lesser or undistinguished coaching histories have been hired, but coaches are hired because of their distinguished pay performance as coaches.  No?

 

 

 

The league rightfully has chosen to make their head coaching ranks look more like the player representation and so far it has paid off big time, because in 2024 minority head coaches are at the highest number in league history. That is true progress, and the Rooney Rule being in place is a good thing even if there is no "AHA!" data proving that it directly led to the hires.