If he is, it's because nobody else wants the job and they're trying to keep out of the controversy after firing a Black head coach after one year in which he did an objectively and subjectively good job. Don't get me wrong, Lovie Smith clearly possesses the bona fides, but his name only came into the conversation after Flo made it very clear that the Good Ol' Boys Network was full of good ol' boys and had very few Black men.