Letters to the Publisher

Dear Publisher: First, let me congratulate you and AFM on your article outlining minority coaching issues (The Dilemma of Black Coaches, Vol. 3, 3rd Quarter). The article's fair and objective presentation of the issues dealing with minority hiring presented the problems well. Yet, as we now sit in the midst of another hiring season, there is an even greater reason for concern. On the heels of a dismal hiring record in '97, we must ask: Are we off to greater disappoitment in 1998? The issue is far greater than the hiring of a single minority coach. It reaches to the heart and soul of athletics. In our coaching we demand the best of our young persons, imploring that second best is not the American way. Yet, we keep talented minorities on the sideline with an endless list of excuses. Our young people deserve the best! The best carries no color; it is simply the best. Thank you for