Todd Bowles, head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, spoke to the press about the Bucs upcoming game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Bowles has an extensive football career by any measure. He was signed by the Washington Redskins as an undrafted free agent player in 1986 and played in the league for seven years, including Washington’s Super Bowl XXII winning team.
Bowles has been coaching different teams in the NFL for the past twenty years.
But not surprisingly, woke reporters wanted to talk about race.
Bowles was asked about his relationship with Steelers coach, Mike Tomlin, and being one of four black head coaches in the NFL, “You and Mike Tomlin are two of the few black head coaches in the league. I wonder what your relationship is like with him.”
“I have a very good relationship with Tomlin. We don’t look at what color we are when we coach against each other, we just know each other,” Bowles said.
“I have a lot of very good white friends that coach in this league as well, and I don’t think it’s a big deal as far as us coaching against each other, I think it’s normal. Wilks got an opportunity to do a good job, hopefully, he does it. And we coach ball, we don’t look at color.”
Helpful white ESPN reporter, Jenna Laine, race-splained to Bowles about the significance of his race, saying, “But you also understand that representation matters too, right? And that when aspiring coaches or even football players they see you guys, you know they see someone who looks like them, that grew up like them, that has to mean something.”
The exasperation on Bowles face said everything and Bowles’ response was fire. “Well, when you say ‘see you guys’ and look like them and grew up like them, means that we are oddballs to begin with. And I think the minute you guys stop making a big deal about it, everybody else will.”
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