The one thing we are going to miss about Jim Zorn is his unusual candor. We could use a lot moreácandor in Washington from Capitol Hill to Redskin Park. Take Jerry Gray. Can we get some candor please?
As a black guy who attended his first Redskins game in 1962 because his dad thought it important that his son see in person the first black guy, Bobby Mitchell,áto play in a Redskins uniform, I have conflicting feelings about Washington'sáimplementation of the Rooney Rule and Jerry Gray's role in it.ááá
Coaches come with networks of assistants. I get it. Weáwant coaches to come with their assistantsáso they canámake the biggest impact on their new teamáthe quickest.áI get that, too.
Yet somehow that old boy network f ...
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Jerry Gray, Bobby Mitchell, and the Redskins Rooney Rule
Posted: 2nd January 2010 by Anthony Brown in NFLComments Off on Jerry Gray, Bobby Mitchell, and the Redskins Rooney Rule