"League owners are highly susceptible to recency bias, especially in a copycat league. Take Klint Kubiak, for instance. Kubiak served as an offensive coordinator twice before arriving in Seattle; he only lasted a single season on the job in both instances. But then he goes to the Seahawks, makes a Super Bowl run, and HEY PRESTO! Did you see how the Klintburger brilliantly schemed Jaxon Smith-Njigba open all season long?"
"The much bigger problem is that the NFL is, essentially, a closed ecosystem. Matt Eberflus got the Bears head coaching job in 2022 not because he was a good coach, but because he and Chicago GM Ryan Poles shared the same agent. And if you hear the color guy on any broadcast talk up an assistant head coach, they're not doing so spontaneously. Assistants lobby for those on-air"
Topics include fake booze, depressing old sex movies, driver's ed in a Tesla, and NFL hiring dynamics. Staff prepare for Dan McQuade's memorial later this week; normal length will resume next week. The NFL had ten head coaching vacancies this offseason with no Black hires. Corporations no longer have to pretend to care about diversity because of the current president, reducing pressure for diverse hires. League hiring favors recency bias and a copycat mentality, elevating recent winners. The league functions as a closed ecosystem where shared agents and on-air promotion help secure head coaching jobs.
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