.....some big assumptions there. He assumes Stanford’s success is due to the fact that it is not a “football factory” and that more of its players are from a nuclear family’s &thus accepting of black male leadership.
ND’s make up is at least as “nuclear” as Stanford’s, and yet Willingham failed miserably at ND.
He raises an interesting point about the black matriarchy, but it seems to be more about the hiring process to me. The affirmative action approach to interviewing does not allow for simply picking the most qualified person.
The requirement of interviewing black candidates has led to fruit being picked before it has ripened in some cases, and in others it has led to picking the best AA candidate available even when that candidate is undeserving.
Where the matriarchy issue may come in however is earlier on...those that go into coaching know how to lead other men. With no father figure in the majority of AA homes, that skill is likely much harder to come by. Thus, there are less candidates to begin with and it manifests all the way up the chain over time.