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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raider Pride" data-source="post: 131203" data-attributes="member: 279">Zero,Two African American Coaches would be a cool thing?  Why would it be a cool thing?  I do not understand?I grew up in Canada in a time that there was no such thing as rooting for a African American, or rooting for a short White Guy.  I do not know a CFL fan who ever rooted for Warren Moon becuase he was African American.   No one in Canada that I know has ever rooted against him becuase he was African American.  Warren Moon was a football player and a great football player in Canada.  He was not African American.  Canadians as a whole do not root for color, or root against it for that matter.  Canadians give everyone a chance even small short White Guys.This is why we in Canada enjoyed Doug Flutie when America cast him off to the side.  This is why Warren Moon was a blessing to the fans of the CFL.With all due respect it is a silly and counter productive statement about individual talent and opportunity, for you to root for anyone becuase of the color of their skin, or to judge a man by his height.It is also so wrong of you to think that two African American coaches in the Superbowl would be a cool thing.  I think it would have been cool for a young coach who worked wonders in New Orleans to make it.I think it is cool to not even consider this crap and root for the best people at the time they were the best.   Regardless.   R.P.</blockquote>

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