For the NFL, it seems, increasingly, that one of the well-worn rituals among a segment of the talking heads and the media covering the league is to wait eagerly at the end of the season for the pink slips to be doled out among - usually - underperforming head coaches and front office executives and to see who can be the quickest to hurl accusations of “racism” in the process.
It’s become reflexive, and it’s usually done with such a celerity that it couldn’t possibly have involved a thorough investigation into the possible root causes - beyond those of a win-loss record, of course - that might have led to the dismissals.