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VikingsFan84 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 7:31 pm I hope Vikings do not hire Harbaugh, he is a jerk and 2nd stints usually do not work out well like Gruden

If I'm not mistaken, 7 of the last 10 Super Bowls have been won by head coaches in their second NFL HC position.

Cliff wrote: ↑Sun Jan 23, 2022 2:50 pmBecause from that point on the team got worse and worse. That is literally the peak of what they could accomplish during 7 years. More than most coaches get to prove what their peak is.

Exactly!

That was sweet, wasn't it?

I’m not going to debate when the “beginning of the end” started because I don’t think it’s relevant. I think it is relevant because one time period is what ownership should be aiming for with their new hires while the other is what they should be desperately trying to avoid. The seasons leading up ...

I will take the dysfunction leading up to the 2017 every day. When you win more games than all but 3 teams in the entire NFL over a 3 year period, that is some good dysfunction. I understand what you’re saying. The 2017 season was obviously fun but for me, the trade off isn’t worth it because despi...

Just heard on KFAN that the two GM finalists are: Kwesi Adofo-Mensah (second interview Tuesday) Ryan Poles (second interview Wednesday) Perhaps I'm too much of a traditionalist but I'd be more comfortable with the Vikes hiring Poles (who has more of a football/scouting background) than Adofo-Mensah...

That is an interesting question. According to the reporting that Kapp shared with us, Zimmer went on record after the 2017 season ended saying that if the Vikings went out and spent a lot of money on a FA QB, that would be his doom. Then Spielman went out and did exactly that. I'm not sure what tha...

But I don't think it's all that unusual. I look to San Francisco and their hiring of John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan. Lynch was hired one week before Shanahan, but I'm not convinced he had much to do with Shanahan's hiring. On the contrary, Adam Schefter reported at the time that Lynch actually called...

That's an important power though. If Spielman is his "boss" in every other capability than that one, then even if Spielman wanted to move on from Zimmer and would otherwise have fired him, the fact that he couldn't would have forced him to play politics rather than make hard decisions. It...

I think it is important to note the organizational structure of the Vikings when Zimmer was hired contributed heavily to what was noted in the article. IIRC, Zimmer reported to Mark Wilf and not Rick Spielman. I don't think that's accurate. I'm not sure if Spielman could have fired Zimmer without i...

WTF are the Wilfs doing interviewing coaches before picking a GM?? Any quality GM will want to pick his own Head Coach….showboating by picking a female coach is BS PC crap. Any GM should be picked by a loong hx of success in management, ie player personnel person with a record of building super bow...

The idea that's a female GM is definitely a huge risk is speculative. As I wrote above, theres legitimate cause for concern because the NFL is so male-dominated but we don't know if that concern is truly justified (ie: if there would actually be problems). It's possible that many would be delighted ...

If the Raiders decide not to keep Rich Bisaccia as head coach, I hope the Vikings will take a good look at him. I was impressed with the job he did this season.

I read this article yesterday and I agree, it's excellent, credible and eye-opening. That last excerpt I pulled is really disturbing. You gather your team to give a presentation about all the bad things that have happened to you? From a man who claims he only cares about wins. It’s insane. Indeed an...

I have no problem with women being in charge. My wife is an executive, and she’s brilliant. Tough but kind, a leader who creates other leaders. Someone who never throws a contemporary under the bus, even if they deserve it. Women can do great things. However, the NFL seems like a different animal t...