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Here's a good working definition of unconscious bias: Unconscious biases are social stereotypes about certain groups of people that individuals form outside their conscious awareness. Unconscious bias happens outside of our control. It occurs automatically and is triggered by our brain making a quick judgment.Unconscious biases are social stereotypes about certain groups of people that individuals form outside their conscious awareness. Unconscious bias happens outside of our control. It occurs automatically and is triggered by our brain making a quick judgment. (https://talentculture.com/the-truth-about-unconscious-bias-in-the-workplace/) Basically, there's thought that owners/GMs hold minority coaching candidates to a much higher standard than their counterparts. Good example is Eric Bieniemy who has coached for nearly 20 years (after a playing career) and worked his way up the chain "the way you are supposed to" (position coach to coordinator). Every year he interviews for jobs only for them to go to the a less experienced guy. Or how African-American quarterbacks labeled as "athletic" often have their credentials as QBs questioned because of their style of play. (See Lamar Jackson, most recently.) Is that because of unconscious bias? I can't say, but I think it's worth discussing.

I don't have an ax to grind. Just interested in a discussion about this if any of you have thoughts.

Maybe that's just how he handles stress. People banged on Jay Cutler for being loose and lax but he played hard. Just because he doesn't go Tom Brady on someone doesn't mean he cares less. Just means he handles his business differently. Brandon Marcello has been sowing that seed of a story about locker room problems but I'm not seeing it. They aren't coached well and aren't playing well. Happens.

I wonder what academic have against him. All he's done is promise to add more to their ranks and coffers since he got there.

I'll bite. What do you base that on? Honestly curious...

In Malzahn's offensive design certain player packages are set to run certain plays from certain formations. Always has been this way and I suppose it always will. People like to scoff at the 2016 Clemson game (the 3 QB rotational attack plan) as the dumbest thing in the history of ever but that plan was built on the above principle. Almost worked, too. Imagine what the season would have looked like if it had! Malzahn got negative reinforcement with the win over Washington that this plan for this season was good. It clearly wasn't. And, as we all know by now, there is no backup plan.

Little surprised the Titans are beating up on the Patriots like this. Gronk isn't playing though so maybe they are laying back some.

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And we've had spurts of success (2010, 2013) which lead us to expect things like that are the norm when, in fact, they are the anomaly. Tuberville built a program like you are talking about there. Then he got sick/had personal problems, trusted his guys, and introduced the wrong idea as a "quick fix" to the changing landscape. Things have never been the same since.

Because he's not ready to run the scheme.

Gus and company will need to adjust from taking "best available" to actually recruiting to fit a plan.

Agree here. I just wonder if the BoT is ready to do that knowing the stain of the buyout will rest on the door of the President. That undermines his leadership in a public, major way. There's more at stake than who coaches the football team.

I just can't see them cutting him even if Alabama does to us what Clemson did to Louisville a couple weeks ago (77-16). They don't want this to stick on the new(ish) President Leath? I don't see the university wanting to sully him at this point. Lots of moving parts here.