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JediMAC:
AHHH!  My eyes, my eyes!!!  Make it go away!

Ugh... That was almost too painful to watch.  My Raiders got completely b**** slapped!  Totally obliterated.  I guess I'll just have to stick with my NBA and MLB bragging rights for now.  Lucky for you guys...   ;)

Deep depression begins to set in...  Probably even worse for my co-worker and her husband who are members of the Raiders booster club and who dropped $6,000 for two tickets to the game.  OUCH!

The Raiders completely fell apart.  Offense.  Defense.  All of it.  Total CRAP.  Gannon sucked.

But of course, a lot of that definitely has to do with how well the Buc's played.  They, and GRUDEN, deserve all the credit in the world.  They kicked our butts all over the field.

My only consolation is that I'm totally stoked to see Gruden win it all.  I love that guy (and miss him), and I can only imagine how bad it pissed of that loser owner of ours, Al Davis, to see his former coach kick his current team's butt!  At least Shania was an absolute joy to watch as always, even if she was wearing too much clothes...

Congrats Buc's, but I'm going to go sulk for a while now.  :(

Scott:
I had the 21 points right ;) just multiply Tampa's score x2 ;)

WHat amazes me is that Tampa hasn't won this before...their offense was better with Dunn and Alstott with Jaquez Green at WR than it is now...their D has been awesome for years now.  WHich begs the question how much longer until the salary cap takes its toll on the Champs ala the Ravens from a few years back?  I've heard the Raiders are like $60 million over for next year so their chances of coming back in the next decade are slim and none...

The saddest thing is now another team has won a championship before my beloved Purple...which leaves 15 teams:

Minnesota
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Tennessee
San Diego
Philadelphia
Atlanta

Haven't even been to a Super Bowl
Cleveland
Houston
Jacksonville
Detroit
Carolina
New Orleans
Arizona
Seattle

Reconsgt:
Did you guys read this story


NFL Diversity Committee hears Lions' case
   NFL.com wire reports      


PALM BEACH, Fla. (March 4, 2003) -- The Detroit Lions told the NFL's committee on diversity that they tried to interview minority candidates before hiring new coach Steve Mariucci.

Lions owner William Ford Jr. and president Matt Millen met for 90 minutes Tuesday with the committee. Chairman Dan Rooney, who criticized the team after the hiring, declined to elaborate.

"We had a good exchange," said Rooney, the Pittsburgh Steelers ' owner. "I'm going to talk to our committee and see where we are, and we'll make a determination where it's going sometime shortly."

Mariucci was the only person interviewed for the job after Marty Mornhinweg was fired Jan. 27. The Lions maintain the minority candidates turned down interviews because it appeared inevitable that Mariucci, the former San Francisco coach, would be hired.

Rooney said the league has not decided on penalties the Lions would face if the committee determined that the team violated its policy. The guidelines call for teams to interview at least one minority candidate for coaching vacancies.

"We think the process worked in a majority of the cases. We took some steps forward but by no means are we finished and by no means do we think the process will not continue to be tweaked," Rooney said.

He said the committee still plans to expand its initiative to include the hiring process of front-office executives.


  OK now answer me this. What good does this do anyone? Steve is more than qualified to be the head coach and I see no reason to waste other peoples time if the guy you want agrees to a deal.  If I was in a position to hire someone. I would bring in my first choice first and then worry about others if he /she passes on a deal.
 Is Jerry Jones looking at a fine for hiring Parcells? I beleive in equality but this doesn't acheive it.

 Now sports is a big business so wouldn't you think that a team would want the best personal in place to acheive their goals to win?  

Scott:
How could you say Steve Mariucci is the most qualified coach out there when this man is still on the Coaching Free Agent List?  ;D



I agree though...Steve Marriucci probably is the best coaching canidate out there and I'd hire him right away as well.  I seem to recall that Jones did interview more people than just Parcells.

People will say Denny was run out of town here and there were some racial things implied by some of the local black community...but Tony Dungy is almost diefied here too and was on many people's wish lists last year before they hired Tice.  There are many deserving black assistants that deserve a shot including Art Shell.  It will be interesting to see who the media starts lobbying for next after Lewis got the job in Cincy (perhaps GB can hire back Ray Rhodes)

Reconsgt:
1 round with Rhodes was plenty thanks. I think Sherman easliy justifies firing Rhodes ;)

 

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