Purple Seeing Red
The idiocy of the Minnesota Vikings over the past ten days has motivated me to return to the blog.
In case you haven't heard, several Vikings players have been implicated in an out-of-control party cruise on Lake Minnetonka over the bye week, at which there were duffel bags full of sex toys, strippers, and sex acts being performed in full public view. On any other team, we would call this a scandal. With the current group of clowns we call our local NFL football team, we call it a "Thursday."
As a lifelong Vikes fan, I'm simply embarassed at the time and energy I've spent cheering for this group of losers. Fish rot from the head, and this team is no exception. I was really pulling for Mike Tice to be a successful NFL head coach. At the beginning of his tenure, he seemed like the kind of guy who wouldn't take crap from his players, who would crack the whip and instill some heart in what was a pretty gutless team under Denny Green. Instead, the opposite has happened. The Vikings traded away the most talented, dynamic wide reciever in the history of the game because Tice lost control if him. Getting rid of Randy Moss was supposed to clean up this team. At this point, they might want to think about bringing him back as a role model.
Former owner Red McCombs must be laughing all the way to the bank for snookering Ziggy Wilf into paying $600 million for a team that has one win (over a terrible team) to its name and has been an utter embarassment off the field. We're watching the defining moment of Wilf's ownership. What he should do is clean house, starting with Tice. There's no doubt that Miami Mike will be gone at the end of the season, and there's no reason to risk screwing up talented players by subjecting them to Tice's abysmal leadership skills for the remainder of this lost season. Fire his ass now, and appoint Fred Zamberleti (the trainer) as head coach for all I care. At the end of the year, bring in a head coach who has no previous ties to the Vikings organization to get tough with this team and transform its attitude. Bring in a real general manager as well. And Ziggy, you might want to lay off asking Minnesota taxpayers for a $1 billion stadium for a while. Like until after you have a Lombardi trophy or two under your belt.
In case you haven't heard, several Vikings players have been implicated in an out-of-control party cruise on Lake Minnetonka over the bye week, at which there were duffel bags full of sex toys, strippers, and sex acts being performed in full public view. On any other team, we would call this a scandal. With the current group of clowns we call our local NFL football team, we call it a "Thursday."
As a lifelong Vikes fan, I'm simply embarassed at the time and energy I've spent cheering for this group of losers. Fish rot from the head, and this team is no exception. I was really pulling for Mike Tice to be a successful NFL head coach. At the beginning of his tenure, he seemed like the kind of guy who wouldn't take crap from his players, who would crack the whip and instill some heart in what was a pretty gutless team under Denny Green. Instead, the opposite has happened. The Vikings traded away the most talented, dynamic wide reciever in the history of the game because Tice lost control if him. Getting rid of Randy Moss was supposed to clean up this team. At this point, they might want to think about bringing him back as a role model.
Former owner Red McCombs must be laughing all the way to the bank for snookering Ziggy Wilf into paying $600 million for a team that has one win (over a terrible team) to its name and has been an utter embarassment off the field. We're watching the defining moment of Wilf's ownership. What he should do is clean house, starting with Tice. There's no doubt that Miami Mike will be gone at the end of the season, and there's no reason to risk screwing up talented players by subjecting them to Tice's abysmal leadership skills for the remainder of this lost season. Fire his ass now, and appoint Fred Zamberleti (the trainer) as head coach for all I care. At the end of the year, bring in a head coach who has no previous ties to the Vikings organization to get tough with this team and transform its attitude. Bring in a real general manager as well. And Ziggy, you might want to lay off asking Minnesota taxpayers for a $1 billion stadium for a while. Like until after you have a Lombardi trophy or two under your belt.
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on Monday, October 17, 2005 at 10:48 AM.
