Norm Chow a bad interview?

[WCBias]

Why has Norm Chow been passed up for at least five jobs that I know he interviewed for in the past five years, including two in the Pac 10? Interesting to me that Stanford would bring in a guy with minimum west coast ties over someone who has presided over the best Pac 10 offense the past three years, BYU for umpteen years, and probably knows every high school football coach in LA.

He must really suck sitting behind that table.

 

[SpreadDestroyerr]

I've been thinking the same exact thing WC.

 

[ppeter]

I have seen Norm speak when he was back home and he is a decent and pleasant conversationalist.

It makes me sick to say it, but it appears he is being discriminated based on his race. No AD wants to pin his wonderbread-white ass on a D1 Chinese-American coach on the fear that inner-city blacks and their families would feel uncomfortable playing for a person of that background.

The sad reality is D1 ADs are no different than CEOs of fortune 500 corporations. Risk-averse for fear of losing their high-paying jobs should they stray "outside the box" and fail. :finger:

Only 2 black coaches out of 150+ D1 programs speaks VOLUMES about implicit racism at the AD and Board levels. The fact an offensive whiz like Norm Chow gets consistantly passed over for a head coaching job with 30 years of experience as an assistant at the highest level speaks volumes more.

 

[Redneckman]

I disagree with everything you said Peter. Chow more than likely didn't get hired because he didn't convince the A.D. that he could recruit well enough to compete in the PAC 10. Everything doesn't have to be racist.

 

[ppeter]

Redneck, no AD or President or Board Member in his right mind (or wanting to keep his job) is going to come right out and say "I didn't feel comfortable hiring Norm Chow because he is of Chinese decent and I worry he will have trouble recruiting because of that." Instead, they will create another "legitimate" reason, much like what you just said.Racism, whether subtle or not, is still racism.

 

[Kegler]

Racism?

While we're talking racism in college football, let's talk about players. How many white D1 running backs or white D1 cornerbacks are starters in D1 college football. Most people will answer that the "skill" positions are dominated by blacks because they are better players, not because of their race. So, I say coaching is dominated by whites because they are better coaches. Also, many of these guys became coaches to stay in football when they realized there was no way they were going to play ahead of the black players. Coaching is a completely different "talent" than being able to run fast or jump high. I'm tired of hearing all of these stats about the number of white coaches vs. black coaches. I live in Oklahoma where football is king. OU had a black coach who couldn't win so they fired him. They also fired two different white coaches before they hired him. One white coach was only here 1 year when the Administration realized he wasn't who they wanted to coach their team.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't Chow of Hawaiian descent? There really are not a lot of jobs available right now for him. The only open ones I know of are Indiana, Pittsburgh and Ole Miss. Maybe another 1 or 2 I am missing. I would love to see IU hire him, but why the hell would he want that job?

Chow could maybe go to Hawaii and be the OC there and take over for June Jones if he ever resigns. Jones has had some health issues.

I don't know if it is race or the fact that Chow is really an X's and O's guy and not a salesman, which is what you have to be to a degree nowadays.

 

[ppeter]

Norm Chow is Chinese-American. He grew up in Hawaii. I believe he has a little bit of Hawaiian blood in him, but he is mostly Chinese.

I believe he wants to stay close to the west coast because of his recruiting connections built by his decades spent in Utah and California. He also has ties to the Northwest recruiting pipeline.