02-22-2023, 10:54 AM
(02-20-2023, 01:18 PM)CKwi88 Wrote: Pretty much all this. It always starts with "Bieniemy doesn't call the plays". Then when you give a laundry list of HCs that also didn't call plays as a coordinator the goalposts move. It might be that those coordinators didn't have success. Then you can point to Head Coaches like Taylor and Sirianni and *poof* goalposts moving.
I won't say that it is 100% because of the color of his skin. But the quantifiable/objective reasons for him to be passed up after all this time are nigh nonexistent. The most objective reasoning is decades-old legal troubles, which bear some scrutiny. And honestly the pressure that Bieniemy will be under, knowing what the consequences might be if he were to fail as a HC might also give owners pause.
But to act like Bieniemy hasn't earned the same shot that other HCs have gotten, failures or not, is borderline delusional at this point.
I'll say it's 100% NOT the color of his skin. When an owner is looking for a Head Coach, they are looking for someone to come in and set the tone and the culture. Would you really want this guy setting the tone and culture in your locker room???
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- February 1998: According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Colorado police arrested Bieniemy and teammate Kanavis McGhee after a bar fight. Bieniemy was charged with disorderly conduct and fighting in public, but he pleaded no contest. He and McGhee received deferred sentences and performed court-mandated community service.
- July 4, 1990: According to the Orlando Sentinel, Bienemy pleaded no contest after allegedly shoving a firefighter. The University of Colorado Boulder suspended Bieniemy for one game in the upcoming season.
- September 1993: Colorado police arrested Bieniemy, then in the NFL. The Orlando Sentinel reports that Bieniemy allegedly grabbed a female parking attendant by the neck and threatened her. The University of Colorado Boulder banned Bieniemy from its campus for one year as a result.
- April 2001: According to the Daily Bruin, Colorado police arrested Bieniemy on a DUI charge, three months after he joined the football staff as a running back coach. He previously had his driver’s license suspended after numerous violations.
- Bieniemy was also linked to allegations that Colorado’s football program “used alcohol and sex to lure recruits.” ESPN reported in 2004 that the university discovered there was evidence of drugs and alcohol being used to “entice recruits,” but no university officials were guilty of misconduct.
