Unsatisfied….again
Brad Childress does not have the talent to be a head football coach in
the NFL. I say this not as a knee jerk reaction to a poorly coached game
last night, but as a reflection on a 3 year body of work. The following
comments are in no particular order:
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We entered this 08 season in the same situation as 07, with no
realistic back up plan if T-Jack didn’t pan out. This was pure arrogance
on the part of Childress.
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Brad Childress has consistently made terrible game decisions.
His clock management is unforgivable, peewee football coaches make
better “clutch” decisions then Brad for example A) Yesterday, T-Jack
throws an interception that is returned for a touchdown (I’ll talk more
on this later). THEN He marches the Vikings 80 some odd yards and caps
the drive off with a 3 yard Peterson Touch down. It was a TOP quality
NFL QB move, Clearly this is the talent that the coaching staff has seen
in T-Jack…He was a field General. After scoring The Vikings force a
punt from the Eagles, The Vikings have 100% of the momentum. With 1 min
left in the first half (and the Vikings getting the ball in the 2nd
half) Childress decides to run the ball, my thought is “ok run the clock
out go into half down by 2″ I was ok with this decision, I would like to
see him take a stab, but I understand the conservative play here….
THEN for some GOD Awful reason he decides to throw a 6 yd pass on 2nd
down, this is incomplete. Now the clock is stopped with 40 seconds left
in the half … The Vikings Run on third down, the Eagles call time out
and get the ball back with .30 left in the half. This is NOT NFL quality
decision making. If your going to take your shot, do it on first down.
do a hitch and go or something, make a stab at getting an field goal
before the half, if you miss, THEN run 2 times and run the clock
out….this was a just a DUMB Call!!!!!! B) To start the 2nd half the
Vikings get the ball, two plays in a row T-Jack rolls to his right and
hits Klinesaucer for 13-17 yards give or take. This was a great call it
gave T-jack space it forced the Eagles to consider the run, and the play
gained yards…. the never did it again! The Childress era is flushed
with poor clock management, bad decisions (remember the game a few weeks
ago when the Vikings were down by 5 pending an extra point ? Rather then
go for 2 and bring the game to within a Field Goal we elect to kick the
1pt extra?!?! Leaving us 4pts behind, Again A terrible coaching
decision! I am DONE with Childress, I think he has assembled a great
team, but he can NOT coach them and should not be given that opportunity
again!
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Offense last night was anemic…Again, the play calling was
Vanilla and with out creativity. We have the best running back tandem in
football, why the F are they never on the field at the same time?! If
Miami can run the Wild Cat, College can run the Spread, and High School
can run the A-11 offense we could at lest try a wishbone, or split
Adrian out in the slot with Taylor in the backfield (or visa versa)
Again I put this on Coaching there is just NO excuse for the bland
offence we have on a week in and week out basis
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Speaking of offense, how many shots down the field did we take
last night? What was our longest pass play ? (30 yards to Berian, in the
2nd qtr, but it was just a 10 yard slant that he broke). What happened
to the 30 yard shanko hit, or a hitch and go from berian… with the way
the eagles jumped that out rout (the int for a TD) you run that play
again with a pump fake, and no safety help over the top (the free had
rolled to berians side) and that goes for 6 all day !
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I agree Taylor has been CLUTCH last night and has been a NUMBER
of times this year.
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I disagree with Peterson, I didn’t notice the play your talking
about. By that I mean I saw both of Petersons TD’s and I don’t remember
him excessively gloating. the 40 yard td he was tackled as he crossed
the line so it must have been the 3 yard TD and as I said I didn’t
notice anything there it was the culmination of an 80 yard dominant
performance by the offence…
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Petersons fumbleitis, it happens, WR’s get the drops, linemen
miss assignments, running backs fumble… Peterson had 2 bad games, He
still is the BEST running back in the NFL. I don’t care what people say
about the 1,0,-2,60 yard performance, the fact is, when EVERY defense in
the NFL knows we have no realistic pass threat, AND that Peterson is our
number 1 running back, he still busts plays for LONG touch down runs,
and that MORE then makes up for a couple fumbles. For the 2nd year in a
row Adrian Peterson LED the league in rushing (regular season) with 1760
yards, He also had 10 Touch downs he only lost 4 fumbles all year (it
just seems higher because of the way it was “highlighted” being at key
times. Oh and for the record he had the 2nd most rushing yards in the
wild card round…. the Negativity towards AD is a little premature if
you ask me!
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Our special teams was terrible….again….there is NO excuse
for this … we are the worst kick coverage team in the NFL …
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Over all the Vikings for the 2nd year in a row ended up about
where I thought they would at the beginning of the season, its just
frustrating because they do it in such a uninspired fashion….
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Key injury … EJ Henderson…He was the 1 player on the VKS for
the first 3 weeks prior to the injury ….
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Jared Allen, He is my new hero ! 14.5 sacks in the regular
season 3 forced fumbles, 2 safety’s… Plus 2 more sacks last night and
1 more forced fumble… He is electric to watch… You tube some of the
game, and check out how many times he actually rush’s the passer, then
is the 2nd guy 10 yards down field making tackles… he has a motor that
just doesn’t quit…. This guy is amazing and I am excited to watch him
next year….
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Benching T-Jack at the beginning of the season in hind sight I
think was a mistake (But I was for it at the time). Shanko doesn’t drop
the TD pass in week 3 and the viks win, T-jack doesn’t get benched, and
the season is VERY different.
I am frustrated because I feel the same way about the team as I did at
the end of last season, I am unsatisfied. The Vikings don’t sell hope,
because the team already has all the pieces in my mind, there are no
GLARING gaps, special teams needs work, but that’s scheming, and
execution. We need a legit person to compete for the starting QB job,
but I still think there is a strong chance T-Jack is the guy, I think he
finally “got it” in these last few games….. But I am still frustrated
by Childress, and the coaching in general, which is why I am
unsatisfied, and frustrated.
