The frustrating thing about DEI is that EVERYONE understands the underlying concepts, as long as it is in a field where “they” belong.
Every single person on this board knows that in recruiting, you don’t just blindly offer the kids who put up big numbers from Katy/Southlake/etc and call it a day. Every single person on this board understands that these big school kids have likely had all of the advantages presented to them to this point and it is not necessarily indicative of future success. Every single person on this board understands the logic behind extending an offer to someone who might have lesser stats now, but could thrive given the proper opportunity.
But that’s somewhere where “they” are allowed to succeed, so nobody ever associates DEI with college football.
The compounding factors on all of this, of course, is that most people who are generally labeled as a “DEI hire” absolutely have similar/better resumes than their counterparts, yet folks like @Enchubben just assume they must have only gotten the job because of the color of their skin. I won’t publicly call you a racist, but I’ll let your words speak for themselves.