According to a source, Pete Carroll, the coach of the Seattle Seahawks, called out the owners at the league's meetings last week in Florida, saying that the hiring of minority candidates won't improve until owners accept that there are candidates out there different than themselves.
During a meeting of general managers and coaches in Palm Beach last Tuesday, Carroll spoke for about 10 minutes. His comments came a day after the league announced that all 32 teams must hire a minority offensive assistant coach.
The coach told the group that the policies will never be enough until the owners change.
A source told Schefter that he went off after saying that owners need to know the candidates before hiring them.
When they learned of the comments afterwards, owners were not happy.
The new policy adopted by the NFL at last week's meetings states that a coach can be a female or a member of an ethnic or racial minority, and they will be paid from a league-wide fund. The goal is to increase minority participation in the pool of offensive coaches that eventually produces the most sought-after candidates for head-coaching positions.
Women were added to the language of the Rooney Rule at all levels.
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