and lets say WE hired wisenhunt, or jim zorn or mike smith for christs sake.. all of you would have been bitching - all no names or former players or people with ZERO head coaching experience. you’d rip the franchise for not hiring someone with a REP a blue chip coach.
they’re all doing really well.
lets take some of the coaches i like a lot.. herm edwards, holmgren.
their teams suck
lets take shanahan two years ago, im sure lots of fans wanted a "new direction"
last year denver sucked.
this year? theyre playing good football, maybe getting lucky, but his "fan approval" is high
i loved mike tomlin, wanted to hire him... im happy for his success. OF COURSE HE DID INHERIT AN AWESOME TEAM.
obviously winning means the most, it shuts up a lot of rubes, but I feel strongly that coaches get too much blame AND too much credit. (see deny green "too much credit" who’s players got to the playoffs despite him not because of him, green got out-coached in the playoffs every year. 41 - 0?)
I do not sit around and endorse Brad Childress - but i do indict all those rubes out there who sit around and blame him for the losses AND "ugly wins"
its just like politics - "you guys" will see it how you want, like a McCain supporter vs an Obama one, like people polarized over the OJ verdict, whatever the bias is, it’s really really hard to shake of.. everyone has short memories
no one cites AP’s two fumbles or ryan cooks drive stopping penalty on the 1 yard line, the blame the coach like he’s "all responsible"
and part of that is due to the stupid cheesy cliche press conferences where the culture of the coach being the one "accountable" for anything that happens to "his team" goes through but i find it all a little too bullshitty.
how come coaches can removes themselves from a players behavior off the field in one second, blame the player and have no accountability (more then maybe taking a "chance" signing a "troubled player") yet on the field, if someone fumbles or throws a pick-6, after the game you always hear the coach mumbling some bullshit, instead of just CALLING THE PLAYERS OUT.
it’s a team sure there is order and a pecking order. the coach and coordinators call the shots and ON GOOD TEAMS, the QB can do lots of audibles.. but i think the coaches should have a license to tell the truth and call people out in public.
if AP knows he almost chocked the game away, as witnessed by him praying and crossing his heart "our father" at the end of the game, if the television crew knew AP almost chocked away the game, as proven by them having a camera ISOLATED on AP to get his reaction when the FG went through, why cant all you dumb ass haters understand that too? that the oweness was on him MORE then any other player?
sure, "we win as a team, and we lose as a team" and that’s true BUT it’s just naive to hold EVERYONE accountable or JUST ONE PERSON accountable which is what happens when rubes and haters say the vikings lost and it’s all CHILLYs fault.
it’s just b.s.
either you have an IQ and you can replay the game in your head and see what turnovers and penalties and defensive breakdowns cost us the game (or referee calls=) or you can’t.
so you can waste your time hating on childress all you want, wont change anything. he has demonstrated a learning curve and is getting more and more solid and his "questionable" calls have had no impact on our wins and losses whatsoever this year so its moot.
it’s pointless to talk about playcalling mainly because we dont know who calls what and when nor do we know what the defense is calling.. it’s like trying to prove or disprove jesus, all speculation.
it’s an argument i now I CANT WIN because even though we got over 400 yards last week people still bitched and moaned about the "play calling"
anyways, lets hope the vikes can get the run going against a tough chi defense, i like our guys, we have more big play capability then they do, they’re missing booker and matt forte! =p as well as tillman and their safety. all they have is hester. i hope the bears are who i thought they are.
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