“I tried to push more, hard and I saw my (rivals) were not picking up the pace. It requires franchises to look at minority candidates they might otherwise not consider, listen to their pitches and maybe make a choice they might not have made before. The Baltimore Ravens, Heap’s longtime former team, called the accident “knee-buckling news and an overwhelming tragedy. Rooney himself might have selected a white coach when Bill Cowher retired in 2007 had he treated Tom.