re: Ryan Clark Says Mike Tomlin Has Legitimate Interest in LSU Job

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Clark may legitimately be losing his mind if he thinks there are a lot of LSU fans still racist enough to be against a hire purely because of the mans skin color. Not wanting race to factor into the hire doesn’t equal being upset at a coach being black. I think Tomlin would me an awesome hire, but I admit that’s partially just because he just looks so cool on the sidelines. Sorry not sorry.

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I certainly don’t think “most” Tiger fans would be that racist - if you don’t think that there is a significant percentage who would be opposed to a coach because of his skin color you are naive.

There is also a difference between a person who believes “race shouldn’t be a factor” and people who preemptively start threads about it.

Mike Tomlin has proven himself to be a great football coach. The difference between him and guys like Lovie Smith, Herm Edwards and Bill Callahan is that he has multiple rings and isn’t a washout. There are some reasonable questions about differences between the pro and college games, but those questions are no more worrisome than the questions every other candidate has.

And I’ll just throw in regarding the “race” issue if you don’t think it exists - compare the reaction to John Gruden vs. Mike Tomlin.