Dissatisfaction with NFL hiring practices

It's a slippery slope imo. If the rule isn't there how many guys even get a chance to interview? There is always the CHANCE one of these guys just wow the GM and get hired. I once heard a story told by an analyst that a former GM or Owner don't remember (wouldn't give the name) would hire his HC based on who he'd want to sit next to on a long flight back home. Wtf is that horseshit? How many of the Owners/GM's are old white dudes? All of em? How many of them would be looking to hire minorities based on this criteria? I know, it's a harsh extreme but that story always stuck in my head and made me wonder, what are Owner's/GM's actually looking for when they hire guys?

The Cowboys hiring made the Rooney Rule look like the farce it is. They brought in 2 candidates because the league told them they had to. Marvin Lewis and Mike McCarthy. Doesn't take rocket science to figure out how that was going to go. In the end, you just can't tell an owner/GM how to run their team. I've gotten this advice in terms of fantasy when another player makes a horribly one sided trade. Everybody is allowed to run their team how they see fit even if it's horribly. So while the Rooney Rule means well, these GM's and Owner's are allowed to run their teams horribly by possibly hiring less qualified candidates. I personally thought Robert Saleh was going to get more consideration this year but only saw his name mentioned like once. Felt the same last year in regards to Kris Richard but don't think he even got interviews.