RpMc Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 I like that they're casting a wide net for GM candidates, and the fact that several of them have worked with potential head coaching candidates is not lost on me. It's a good way to vet those candidates, and see who might have good working relationships. Bringing in all these varying backgrounds, I'm guessing part of the interviews will be their take on the cap situations, Cousins, and all that, so it's a way to crowdsource some ideas in that area regardless of who's hired. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikes_Bolts1228 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 I assume these interviews are being done by Zoom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFeist Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Just now, Vikes_Bolts1228 said: I assume these interviews are being done by Zoom? From my understanding, yes. The team is looking to cast a wide net and interview many candidates via video conference. They’ll then narrow their list and do in person interviews with the finalists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vikes_Bolts1228 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 10 minutes ago, SemperFeist said: From my understanding, yes. The team is looking to cast a wide net and interview many candidates via video conference. They’ll then narrow their list and do in person interviews with the finalists. That makes sense. I was going to say with the amount of candidates we're tied to right now, the interview process may get done by October if we had to fly everyone in lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFeist Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 I’m not sure how seriously I take any of these reports about “the Vikings are interested in…” since they haven’t hired a GM yet and that’s going to play the biggest role in who they hire as head coach. But it’s worth a note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heimdallr Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, SemperFeist said: I’m not sure how seriously I take any of these reports about “the Vikings are interested in…” since they haven’t hired a GM yet and that’s going to play the biggest role in who they hire as head coach. But it’s worth a note. There is some merit to it, because they are going to be running both searches in parallel to do their due diligence. The new GM will definitely make (or help make) the final decision, but they'll probably have a narrowed list and lots of research done beforehand. You want to give the new team as much time as possible to prepare for the Draft, free agency, etc. so you don't want this process to drag on forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFeist Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Ossenfort has accepted the interview request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VikeManDan Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Still hoping Dodds gets a request to interview. Why not make it an even 10 or 12 candidates?! LOVE the wide search, bravo Vikings!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RpMc Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 21 minutes ago, SemperFeist said: I’m not sure how seriously I take any of these reports about “the Vikings are interested in…” since they haven’t hired a GM yet and that’s going to play the biggest role in who they hire as head coach. But it’s worth a note. Since they source Fowler, this is speculative from that ESPN+ article I sourced the other day. No connection drawn, no interview request (yet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperFeist Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Cronin and Goessling are both still mentioning Dodds, McClay and Kirchner. Im guessing more requests will come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Vikes_Bolts1228 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 47 minutes ago, Heimdallr said: There is some merit to it, because they are going to be running both searches in parallel to do their due diligence. The new GM will definitely make (or help make) the final decision, but they'll probably have a narrowed list and lots of research done beforehand. You want to give the new team as much time as possible to prepare for the Draft, free agency, etc. so you don't want this process to drag on forever. I'd also assume that these GM candidates already have their ducks in a row as for who they want as their HC as well so the second they put pen to paper, they're calling their shortlist of HC candidates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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marshpit23 Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 4 hours ago, SemperFeist said: Known candidates by age; Raiche - 33 Brown - 34ish Poles - 36 Cook - 37 Wolf - 39 Kwesi - 40 Spytek - 42ish Yes, all very young (at least to me anyway). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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