gopherwrestler Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 22 minutes ago, SemperFeist said: If Mike Zimmer isn’t going to give up calling the defense, is there really any point to hiring or promoting someone to DC? I’d probably say to help with at least gameplanning. Main reason I wouldn’t mind finding someone with some sort of experience. It’s not really any difference from hiring a OC when the head coach calls the plays on offense. Still need someone coordinating the players, not just calling plays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 5 minutes ago, gopherwrestler said: I’d probably say to help with at least gameplanning. Main reason I wouldn’t mind finding someone with some sort of experience. It’s not really any difference from hiring a OC when the head coach calls the plays on offense. Still need someone coordinating the players, not just calling plays. Agreed. Zimmer still needs someone to do the heavy lifting of creating the game-plan. Zimmer only calls the plays because he's the best at doing so, he doesn't create the game-plan. That's up to the coordinator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RpMc Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 George has likely handled the gameplan install from week to week with Zimmer calling the plays and guiding the overall direction. The Gopher used to do this under Mason... they had an offensive coordinator to handle the week to week minutiae, but then their QB coach called the plays on game day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SemperFeist Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) Starting over. Not necessarily a bad strategy. Something happened in that DB room this past year. Edited January 13, 2020 by SemperFeist 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopherwrestler Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Great coach for us. Hard to say he didn’t at least contribute to what we had. Rhodes was great for a period of time, Wayne’s became something was not a scare out there. Alexander has improved. Made something out of Harris and Sendejo, and even Kearse. Helped developed a top 3 safety in the NFL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TENINCH Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 I wonder if Terrence Newman is a candidate for Jerry Gray's job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopherwrestler Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 1 minute ago, TENINCH said: I wonder if Terrence Newman is a candidate for Jerry Gray's job? As soon as he left the room..... CB play dropped off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede700 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, SemperFeist said: Starting over. Not necessarily a bad strategy. Something happened in that DB room this past year. I do agree on that. I imagine when coaches have been together as long as they have, it does bound to get a little stale. In reference to Zimmer's comments during the presser, this might also mean the promotion of Jeff Howard to DBs coach, since he's been with the team for 7 years. Or he could be promoted to LB coach (as he played as and coached LBs in college) to replace Adam Zimmer, if he gets the DC job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrplChilPill Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Now it seems reasonable that the defense wasn't what they expected, wanted.....and I'm kind of surprised. They weren't great, but given the aging personnel and DB injuries, they played mostly well. I'm curious what this really means for the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Heimdallr Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 2020 Vikings - Mike Zimmer and Gary Kubiak 2023 Vikings - Adam Zimmer and Klint Kubiak 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikesfan89 Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 Even Wilson developed pretty well under him. I have no problem promoting the kids as long as they deserve it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RpMc Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 With Gray leaving, the incumbent staff worthy of a promotion are Zimmer and Patterson. Patterson has been a DC four times over at this point in his three decade career, and I believe has stated he doesn’t wish to have that role again and instead enjoys the “teaching” involved with being a position coach. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perrynoid Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 1 hour ago, RpMc said: With Gray leaving, the incumbent staff worthy of a promotion are Zimmer and Patterson. Patterson has been a DC four times over at this point in his three decade career, and I believe has stated he doesn’t wish to have that role again and instead enjoys the “teaching” involved with being a position coach. We are so fortunate to have coach of Patterson's caliber. He deserves a raise, at the very least, for taking mid-round picks and making them Pro Bowl level players (Griffen in the 4th round, Hunter in the 3rd). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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