Singletary getting the "Rooney Rule" interview

I commented yesterday about the Cowboys hiring "search". At first glance, the Cowboys bringing in Mike Singletary seemed to make sense, he's well thought of around the league, he's young and would of course come cheap for Jones. With that being said, there is no way that Jones hires Singletary, if there is one thing Jerry Jones can do, it's hire the wrong coach just to prove that he's smarter than anyone else in the room. As Jerry Jones brings in other candidates it's apparent that Jones is only doing it to make sure he's not popped by the league for violating the Rooney Rule. Said profootballtalk.com: The Cowboys have brought in Mike Singletary to "interview" for the head coaching job, but the whole thing might just be another way for Jones to satisfy the Rooney Rule without really trying to hire a minority. Nancy Gay's wrote an excellent item in the San Francisco Chronicle regarding the Rooney Rule, and now it looks like Jones' decision to interview 49ers assistant head coach Mike Singletary is as much of a sham as was Jones' "interview" last week of defensive backs coach Todd Bowles. Writes Gay: "Perhaps Jones heard the whispers around the NFL that he somehow was not honoring the spirit of the Rooney Rule with this search for Parcells' replacement." And she also quotes a Cowboys insider, who shared with her this nugget regarding the interview of Bowles, who prior to Singletary was the only minority candidate considered for the job: "The time [Bowles] spent waiting outside the office for the interview was longer than the time he spent inside the office." So if Bowles' interview was merely a sham session aimed at superficially complying with the letter of the Rooney Rule, we're inclined to think that Singletary's interview is a sham session aimed at superficially complying with the spirit of the Rooney Rule. Please also check out: http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm
Simply put, Jerry Jones is doing everything but trying to hire a good coach for the Cowboys. Thanks Jerry, we Cowboy fans love seeing our team run back into the ground.