Why Now?

I was watching the NFL network today and a reporter asked Lovie Smith that since there were now two black coaches in the Super Bowl, did he think that the head coaching ranks could now be opened to other minorities, namely the leading minority in the country Hispanics. My beef with that comment is why now is it okay to hire a Hispanic coach. Who laid out the rules and said that the only good head coaches had to be white males. Are there actually people sitting around in head offices in professional sports waiting for one minority to do something before they promote the next to the same ranks. My deal is that if I were Lovie Smith, I would have responded 'Why Now'. I'm sure this is not what the reporter meant but the way I took it is why does the Black race have to prove themselves before Hispanics, Asians, etc. could be brought to that position. I feel that if you know you stuff as a coach, you deserve the right to give it a shot and bring home the trophy. Hey, if he doesn't no matter who he is, they can always fire him.