“Did They Sleep With The Owners’ Daughters or Something?”: Super Bowl Champion Daniel Wilcox Says Jerod Mayo and Antonio Pierce Were ‘Token’ Black Coaches

The problem isn’t just getting hired, it’s bouncing back after you get fired. For Mike Vrabel, his bounce-back came in the form of returning to New England to take over the head coach position. His comeback was to the detriment of& Jerod Mayo, who was fired following one 4-13 season. Then attacked for winning his final game.Vrabel played eight years in New England and won three Super Bowls at linebacker before being traded in 2009. He previously faced the Pats as a Texans assistant coach and twice as head of the Tennessee Titans.Mayo, of course, also played for Belichick and is a Super Bowl champion, but he was given just one season to turn the team into a winner and after an in-person interview with Robert and Jonathan Kraft on Thursday in Boston, Vrabel will undoubtedly get more than one season with a rookie quarterback at the helm.There are plenty of Black sports voices that spoke out against the firing of Mayo and the first-year firing of Vegas Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce as part of some larger systemic problem in the coaching development process. NFL Tight End Daniel Wilcox Says Jerod Mayo and Antonio Pierce Were Set up For...