Uncle Buck Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Just now, RaidersAreOne said: I don't know much about Spielman but it's interesting seeing people be so high on him. The Raiders will likely have an opening at GM this off season. Hmmm. You could do a lot worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nzd07 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Kparty15 said: Rick Spielman is an amazing GM. He’s one of the best drafters in the league and wasn’t afraid to make trades to fill our roster of a key starter goes down with an injury. The Vikings have consistently been considered a contender because of the players he brings in. He will definitely get another job. Amazing is a bit of a stretch. Hughes, Gladney, and Bradbury were recent 1st round picks who failed miserably. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kparty15 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 15 minutes ago, Nzd07 said: Amazing is a bit of a stretch. Hughes, Gladney, and Bradbury were recent 1st round picks who failed miserably. Miserably is a bit of a stretch. Hughes played great as a rookie, had a few injuries, but then was traded away way too early. Hughes was a starter for the Chiefs this year and even managed to win AFC DPOW at one point. Gladney’s failure had nothing to do with Spielman as he had no red flags coming out and his character issues caught everyone by surprise. Also you can hardly call Bradbury a miaserable failure. He doesn’t have a great anchor, but other than that he has played well. Bradbury would be a starter on over half of the teams in the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid Iowa Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Zimmer should have been fired with about 5 minutes left in yesterday's game when he failed to call plays to help Jefferson get the Randy Moss record, and then when he ordered Cousins to take a knee rather than trying a 20 yard pass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Buck Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 44 minutes ago, Mid Iowa said: Zimmer should have been fired with about 5 minutes left in yesterday's game when he failed to call plays to help Jefferson get the Randy Moss record, and then when he ordered Cousins to take a knee rather than trying a 20 yard pass. It had to be disappointing that Jefferson wasn't able to get the record. At the same time, being right behind the Super Freak isn't too bad! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 48 minutes ago, Mid Iowa said: Zimmer should have been fired with about 5 minutes left in yesterday's game when he failed to call plays to help Jefferson get the Randy Moss record, and then when he ordered Cousins to take a knee rather than trying a 20 yard pass. Jefferson failed to break a 16 game season record in 17 games so IMO he didn't really deserve it. Next season with a competent & aggressive HC he can totally smash Randy's record 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid Iowa Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 13 minutes ago, viking said: Jefferson failed to break a 16 game season record in 17 games so IMO he didn't really deserve it. I do somewhat agree. Although Moss didn't have to deal with a pandemic that had his QB out of action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggie. Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Good guy who did good for the franchise, but it was time to move on. Minnesota was stuck in neutral with him. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy86 Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 It was kind of time, but as a packers fan I'm delighted with Zimmer being gone. Now, not gonna happen, but if we managed to get him as a defensive consultant for next year, I'd be laughing my *** off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nozizaki Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 6 hours ago, BobbyPhil1781 said: Are Viking's fans happy about this? I think Zimmer is a solid coach and honestly, y'all were on the **** end of the stick for a lot of really close games this year and easily could've been a 10-12 win team. Yes. He is not a bad coach, many teams could do a lot worse. But I am not sure he will ever get a team to a Super Bowl as a head coach, let alone win one. His double A gap looks have been popularized league wide. The game really caught up to him and it shows when the Vikings would play a team with good coaching like Green Bay, New England, Tampa Bay, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Buck Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 5 hours ago, El Ramster said: He’s been there 3 years too long. You're right on, Rammy. IMO, they should have canned him after the 2018 season (and I've been saying that since then). He had the chance to play the Super Bowl in his own house in 2017, and he comes into Philadelphia as a solid favorite, and his team gets their backsides handed to them in the NFCCG. When he followed that season up with an ugly 2018, it should have been obvious to the Wilfs then that he wasn't going to get the job done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Buck Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 8 minutes ago, Nozizaki said: Yes. He is not a bad coach, many teams could do a lot worse. But I am not sure he will ever get a team to a Super Bowl as a head coach, let alone win one. His double A gap looks have been popularized league wide. The game really caught up to him and it shows when the Vikings would play a team with good coaching like Green Bay, New England, Tampa Bay, etc. I think he is great his double A-gap stuff, but his big weakness is that he believes his tricks with that are enough. They aren't. He builds his defense to do that, to the detriment of the defensive line. IMO, you invest high picks in the trenches first, and then you follow that up with great safeties and corners. A great pass rush trumps sneaky blitzes and so forth. Bring me back to the Doleman/Millard years with Burnsie. Now THAT was a defense! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nabbs4u Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Uncle Buck said: He had the chance to play the Super Bowl in his own house in 2017, and he comes into Philadelphia as a solid favorite, and his team gets their backsides handed to them in the NFCCG Had the Eagles and Nick Foles not played just as well against the defending SB Champs on their way to a SB Ring, I might agree. But they did! Zimmer, the Vikings and their fans just ran into a buzz saw. His coaching or lack there of wouldn't of changed that outcome IMO. People just get caught up with the back up QB story and seem to always forget the Eagles had a Top 3 Offense and Top 3 Defense. In other words a very very good team playing at Home in a NFCCG. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikesfan89 Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 8 hours ago, Mid Iowa said: I do somewhat agree. Although Moss didn't have to deal with a pandemic that had his QB out of action. Who was Moss's QB? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Buck Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 When your All-Pro MLB says this, it becomes apparent that it was time for Zim to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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