MIAMI — This is where you come in armed with a plan.
Of all the various crises and sub-crises that have gripped the NFL in recent years, the lack of diversity among its head coaching ranks may be the most painfully evident. The optics are getting more difficult to tamp down each time a club hires a less experienced head coach over a minority candidate with better credentials. (That irony is probably not lost on Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy and 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh, who have both headed two of the most impressive units in football, and who will both be returning to their respective clubs next fall after the Super Bowl.