1. I think it's indisputable that there's absolutely a Good Ole Boys type of mentality and hiring behavior where every single year you have total retread crappy coaches who get 3rd and 4th chances despite sucking, or completely in over their head guys who became HC's because their last name was Kiffin or a guy skips 3 steps, 3 jobs, and goes from QB coach or ST coach to head coach. (or on the GM side a guy goes from being a pastor / "culture" coach to running a franchise)
2. On the flip side, it rubs people the wrong way when any minority coach interviews because of the Rooney Rule or whatever other rule.
3. It's pretty silly if something like 80% of the players are black but the only black NFL head coaches are Tomlin and Cullen down in Houston (2/32). Again, pretty plain and obvious that the Good Ole Boys hiring behavior is real and I am not sure what to do about this one. Probably a sign of the rest of society as well. I don't even know who else there is if one extends this to any minority, is Ron Rivera still coaching? Anyways it's a real small list.
4. Even on the Pats, Flores paid his dues for like 15 years, never actually had the DC title, while a bunch of other guys kept getting moved up. No surprise his HC opportunity was with a black GM. I don't know how to solve this macro situation. End of the day, some people keep hiring based on comfort, "fit", and basically other euphemisms for what they're most familiar with.