Zygi, Put This Guy On Your List

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@StickyBun said:

@MaroonBells said:

@JustinTime18™ said:
Well, the doufuses at SKOR want to give Pete Carroll a shot at 75...so, Caldwell is a spring chicken in comparison.

Mackey and Judd might be the two stupidest members of purple media since Dark Star. And when they invite Courtney Cronin on they get stupider by a factor of 3. 

This.

Dark Star!! Haven’t heard that name for years. Not since the days of Viking Update. Whatever happened to him? And who was Dark Star, anyway?

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@Caactorvike said:

@StickyBun said:

@MaroonBells said:

@JustinTime18™ said:
Well, the doufuses at SKOR want to give Pete Carroll a shot at 75...so, Caldwell is a spring chicken in comparison.

Mackey and Judd might be the two stupidest members of purple media since Dark Star. And when they invite Courtney Cronin on they get stupider by a factor of 3. 

This.

Dark Star!! Haven’t heard that name for years. Not since the days of Viking Update. Whatever happened to him? And who was Dark Star, anyway?

6/2012
His closest friends became eerily suspicious when the long-time radio announcer didn’t make his regular KFAN broadcast slot Friday afternoon. It was the one day of the week that Dark Star so looked forward to. Not only because he could lend his voice to the sports topics of the day, but it also meant it was another weekend of horse racing at Canterbury Park.

When he didn’t show up for the afternoon show, colleagues became alarmed and tried desperately to reach him by phone. When those calls went unanswered, they drove to his Minnetonka apartment.
Their worst suspicions had come true – lying face down in his apartment, George Hutton Chapple was dead. He was 66 years old. 
Paul Allen, a colleague and long-time friend, described the feeling as “absolute devastation.”
Allen was in Chapple’s inner circle and went to the apartment when he first learned the news. 
Allen credits Chapple for giving him the breaks that got him established in the Twin Cities broadcasting market, where he calls Vikings football and horse races at Canterbury Park. 
“Before KFAN or the Vikings, he took me under his wings and was instrumental in so many things in my life,” Allen said. “I love him and so wish he was here.”
Chappel got his broadcast name from a 1953 Kentucky Derby winner. Listeners knew him as Dark Star when he began overnight radio on WCCO-AM 25 years ago. He was so popular he was soon moved to the 9 p.m. to midnight slot, where he had a sports talk show.
But it was at Canterbury Park, beginning in 1986, where Chapple felt most comfortable. He began working at the track in its early days doing a show called “The Canterbury Report” to help newcomers to the sport understand the ins and outs of horse racing and betting.
Moments before Friday night’s opening race, Canterbury fans gave Chapple a moment of silence.
Jon Mikkelson, a Canterbury media specialist, worked with Star from the beginning and loved his sense of humor and large personality.
“He was a huge fan of basketball, baseball, basically all sports,” Mikkelson said. “But if you asked him he’d say horse racing was on top.”
Up in the Canterbury press box, Dark Star’s seat sits empty – much like the feeling inside so many close friends. Canterbury owner Randy Sampson says Chapple was like a member of his family.
“We always talked about that being his living room there,” Sampson said. “He’d talk about having to get his mail delivered there because he was at the press box more than he was at home!”
“I just can’t believe when I go there tonight he’s not going to be there sitting in that chair,” Allen said. 
Friends say that in recent days Chapple had complained to them of feeling discomfort, but wasn’t likely to go see a doctor. An autopsy will be done by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office to determine the cause of death. 
Chapple grew up in Ohio and Long Island, NY. He was a Vietnam veteran, and originally came to the Twin Cities with his parents in the 1970s.

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@JustinTime18™ said:

@purplefaithful said:

@JustinTime18™ said:

@purplefaithful said:

@JustinTime18™ said:

@StickyBun said:
I like Doug Pederson. I hope they at least interview the guy. I think the team was one dropped pass in the end zone by the Pittsburgh TE away from having Z fired. 

The second we are eliminated from the playoffs, the ax should fall. Get in front of this, Zygi. Take advantage of the new rules. Hackett is the first current guy I interview.

I'm not as convinced as the fan base that Zimmer is a dead man walking...Just a hunch. 

8 years. We've come full circle back to a Frazier caliber D. It's time.

Agreed...The fact that this isnt coming up much elsewhere and the Wilf's are mum?

Not sure if that silence is deafening or not. 

Kahn didn't say much until Urban skipped the flight home from Cincy. It's just not how things are handled. Hell, Zygi is practically allergic to the spotlight.

He's allergic to change, unfortunately.  It would not surprise me if a 7 seed saves Mike's job and we suffer through the same shit next year.

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@purplefaithful said:

@JustinTime18™ said:

@StickyBun said:
I like Doug Pederson. I hope they at least interview the guy. I think the team was one dropped pass in the end zone by the Pittsburgh TE away from having Z fired. 

The second we are eliminated from the playoffs, the ax should fall. Get in front of this, Zygi. Take advantage of the new rules. Hackett is the first current guy I interview.

I'm not as convinced as the fan base that Zimmer is a dead man walking...Just a hunch. 

I'm not either. I really would like to find a coach who can get a team mentally and strategically prepared game in, game out. A coach whose team reflects his own mental toughness. That is not Mike Zimmer right now. 

But I'll say this: I'd rather keep Zimmer if canning him means "cleaning house." Yeah, tear up and start over a team with one of the youngest rosters in the NFL, the youngest OL in the NFL now in place, a team featuring Dalvin Cook, Justin Jefferson, Eric Kendricks, Danielle Hunter, a top 10 QB and a top 10 GM. Utter insanity if you ask me, and if the Wilfs are as smart as I think they are, they won't do it. 

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@MaroonBells said:

@purplefaithful said:

@JustinTime18™ said:

@StickyBun said:
I like Doug Pederson. I hope they at least interview the guy. I think the team was one dropped pass in the end zone by the Pittsburgh TE away from having Z fired. 

The second we are eliminated from the playoffs, the ax should fall. Get in front of this, Zygi. Take advantage of the new rules. Hackett is the first current guy I interview.

I'm not as convinced as the fan base that Zimmer is a dead man walking...Just a hunch. 

I'm not either. I really would like to find a coach who can get a team mentally and strategically prepared game in, game out. A coach whose team reflects his own mental toughness. That is not Mike Zimmer right now. 

But I'll say this: I'd rather keep Zimmer if canning him means "cleaning house." Yeah, tear up and start over a team with one of the youngest rosters in the NFL, the youngest OL in the NFL now in place, a team featuring Dalvin Cook, Justin Jefferson, Eric Kendricks, Danielle Hunter, a top 10 QB and a top 10 GM. Utter insanity if you ask me, and if the Wilfs are as smart as I think they are, they won't do it. 

OTOH....

Could a "fresher approach" with a new coach/staff+ that player capital have a higher ceiling than under Zimmer?  Thats the intriguing part for me. 

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@purplefaithful said:

@MaroonBells said:

@purplefaithful said:

@JustinTime18™ said:

@StickyBun said:
I like Doug Pederson. I hope they at least interview the guy. I think the team was one dropped pass in the end zone by the Pittsburgh TE away from having Z fired. 

The second we are eliminated from the playoffs, the ax should fall. Get in front of this, Zygi. Take advantage of the new rules. Hackett is the first current guy I interview.

I'm not as convinced as the fan base that Zimmer is a dead man walking...Just a hunch. 

I'm not either. I really would like to find a coach who can get a team mentally and strategically prepared game in, game out. A coach whose team reflects his own mental toughness. That is not Mike Zimmer right now. 

But I'll say this: I'd rather keep Zimmer if canning him means "cleaning house." Yeah, tear up and start over a team with one of the youngest rosters in the NFL, the youngest OL in the NFL now in place, a team featuring Dalvin Cook, Justin Jefferson, Eric Kendricks, Danielle Hunter, a top 10 QB and a top 10 GM. Utter insanity if you ask me, and if the Wilfs are as smart as I think they are, they won't do it. 

OTOH....

Could a "fresher approach" with a new coach/staff+ that player capital have a higher ceiling than under Zimmer?  Thats the intriguing part for me. 

All change comes with risk. You're betting that the new regime, whether it's coaching staff, QB, GM, roster, or all of the above, will be better than the previous. It's impossible to know. But there are a dozen teams making that bet repeatedly for decades. 

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@MaroonBells said:

@purplefaithful said:

@MaroonBells said:

@purplefaithful said:

@JustinTime18™ said:

@StickyBun said:
I like Doug Pederson. I hope they at least interview the guy. I think the team was one dropped pass in the end zone by the Pittsburgh TE away from having Z fired. 

The second we are eliminated from the playoffs, the ax should fall. Get in front of this, Zygi. Take advantage of the new rules. Hackett is the first current guy I interview.

I'm not as convinced as the fan base that Zimmer is a dead man walking...Just a hunch. 

I'm not either. I really would like to find a coach who can get a team mentally and strategically prepared game in, game out. A coach whose team reflects his own mental toughness. That is not Mike Zimmer right now. 

But I'll say this: I'd rather keep Zimmer if canning him means "cleaning house." Yeah, tear up and start over a team with one of the youngest rosters in the NFL, the youngest OL in the NFL now in place, a team featuring Dalvin Cook, Justin Jefferson, Eric Kendricks, Danielle Hunter, a top 10 QB and a top 10 GM. Utter insanity if you ask me, and if the Wilfs are as smart as I think they are, they won't do it. 

OTOH....

Could a "fresher approach" with a new coach/staff+ that player capital have a higher ceiling than under Zimmer?  Thats the intriguing part for me. 

All change comes with risk. You're betting that the new regime, whether it's coaching staff, QB, GM, roster, or all of the above, will be better than the previous. It's impossible to know. But there are a dozen teams making that bet repeatedly for decades. 

Yah and that's part of what makes a Zimmer kick to the curb so hard. You cant be switching around too often. But they have given him 8 seasons - a long time. 

The guys play for him, most games are insanely competitive. 

They lose tonight and they're pretty much out of the playoff's as I posted elsewhere. Two seasons in a row of that might be enough to tip the Wilfs to make a change. 

That would be enough for me if was named Zygi. 

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@purplefaithful said:

@MaroonBells said:

@purplefaithful said:

@MaroonBells said:

@purplefaithful said:

@JustinTime18™ said:

@StickyBun said:
I like Doug Pederson. I hope they at least interview the guy. I think the team was one dropped pass in the end zone by the Pittsburgh TE away from having Z fired. 

The second we are eliminated from the playoffs, the ax should fall. Get in front of this, Zygi. Take advantage of the new rules. Hackett is the first current guy I interview.

I'm not as convinced as the fan base that Zimmer is a dead man walking...Just a hunch. 

I'm not either. I really would like to find a coach who can get a team mentally and strategically prepared game in, game out. A coach whose team reflects his own mental toughness. That is not Mike Zimmer right now. 

But I'll say this: I'd rather keep Zimmer if canning him means "cleaning house." Yeah, tear up and start over a team with one of the youngest rosters in the NFL, the youngest OL in the NFL now in place, a team featuring Dalvin Cook, Justin Jefferson, Eric Kendricks, Danielle Hunter, a top 10 QB and a top 10 GM. Utter insanity if you ask me, and if the Wilfs are as smart as I think they are, they won't do it. 

OTOH....

Could a "fresher approach" with a new coach/staff+ that player capital have a higher ceiling than under Zimmer?  Thats the intriguing part for me. 

All change comes with risk. You're betting that the new regime, whether it's coaching staff, QB, GM, roster, or all of the above, will be better than the previous. It's impossible to know. But there are a dozen teams making that bet repeatedly for decades. 

Yah and that's part of what makes a Zimmer kick to the curb so hard. You cant be switching around too often. But they have given him 8 seasons - a long time. 

The guys play for him, most games are insanely competitive. 

They lose tonight and they're pretty much out of the playoff's as I posted elsewhere. Two seasons in a row of that might be enough to tip the Wilfs to make a change. 

That would be enough for me if was named Zygi. 

To me, it's already been enough. It's not about the playoffs, our record, or Zim's record. It's about the WAY we've lost, or even won. The first Detroit game (a W) was ridiculous. Other Ws as well (panthers, steelers). Way too many games like that. Some we've won; some we've lost, but what we're seeing is the same nearly every week. 

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@purplefaithful said:

@Caactorvike said:

@StickyBun said:

@MaroonBells said:

@JustinTime18™ said:
Well, the doufuses at SKOR want to give Pete Carroll a shot at 75...so, Caldwell is a spring chicken in comparison.

Mackey and Judd might be the two stupidest members of purple media since Dark Star. And when they invite Courtney Cronin on they get stupider by a factor of 3. 

This.

Dark Star!! Haven’t heard that name for years. Not since the days of Viking Update. Whatever happened to him? And who was Dark Star, anyway?

6/2012
His closest friends became eerily suspicious when the long-time radio announcer didn’t make his regular KFAN broadcast slot Friday afternoon. It was the one day of the week that Dark Star so looked forward to. Not only because he could lend his voice to the sports topics of the day, but it also meant it was another weekend of horse racing at Canterbury Park.

When he didn’t show up for the afternoon show, colleagues became alarmed and tried desperately to reach him by phone. When those calls went unanswered, they drove to his Minnetonka apartment.
Their worst suspicions had come true – lying face down in his apartment, George Hutton Chapple was dead. He was 66 years old. 
Paul Allen, a colleague and long-time friend, described the feeling as “absolute devastation.”
Allen was in Chapple’s inner circle and went to the apartment when he first learned the news. 
Allen credits Chapple for giving him the breaks that got him established in the Twin Cities broadcasting market, where he calls Vikings football and horse races at Canterbury Park. 
“Before KFAN or the Vikings, he took me under his wings and was instrumental in so many things in my life,” Allen said. “I love him and so wish he was here.”
Chappel got his broadcast name from a 1953 Kentucky Derby winner. Listeners knew him as Dark Star when he began overnight radio on WCCO-AM 25 years ago. He was so popular he was soon moved to the 9 p.m. to midnight slot, where he had a sports talk show.
But it was at Canterbury Park, beginning in 1986, where Chapple felt most comfortable. He began working at the track in its early days doing a show called “The Canterbury Report” to help newcomers to the sport understand the ins and outs of horse racing and betting.
Moments before Friday night’s opening race, Canterbury fans gave Chapple a moment of silence.
Jon Mikkelson, a Canterbury media specialist, worked with Star from the beginning and loved his sense of humor and large personality.
“He was a huge fan of basketball, baseball, basically all sports,” Mikkelson said. “But if you asked him he’d say horse racing was on top.”
Up in the Canterbury press box, Dark Star’s seat sits empty – much like the feeling inside so many close friends. Canterbury owner Randy Sampson says Chapple was like a member of his family.
“We always talked about that being his living room there,” Sampson said. “He’d talk about having to get his mail delivered there because he was at the press box more than he was at home!”
“I just can’t believe when I go there tonight he’s not going to be there sitting in that chair,” Allen said. 
Friends say that in recent days Chapple had complained to them of feeling discomfort, but wasn’t likely to go see a doctor. An autopsy will be done by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office to determine the cause of death. 
Chapple grew up in Ohio and Long Island, NY. He was a Vietnam veteran, and originally came to the Twin Cities with his parents in the 1970s.

thanks PF! i didnt know any of this. much appreciated.

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@MaroonBells said:

@purplefaithful said:

@MaroonBells said:

@purplefaithful said:

@MaroonBells said:

@purplefaithful said:

@JustinTime18™ said:

@StickyBun said:
I like Doug Pederson. I hope they at least interview the guy. I think the team was one dropped pass in the end zone by the Pittsburgh TE away from having Z fired. 

The second we are eliminated from the playoffs, the ax should fall. Get in front of this, Zygi. Take advantage of the new rules. Hackett is the first current guy I interview.

I'm not as convinced as the fan base that Zimmer is a dead man walking...Just a hunch. 

I'm not either. I really would like to find a coach who can get a team mentally and strategically prepared game in, game out. A coach whose team reflects his own mental toughness. That is not Mike Zimmer right now. 

But I'll say this: I'd rather keep Zimmer if canning him means "cleaning house." Yeah, tear up and start over a team with one of the youngest rosters in the NFL, the youngest OL in the NFL now in place, a team featuring Dalvin Cook, Justin Jefferson, Eric Kendricks, Danielle Hunter, a top 10 QB and a top 10 GM. Utter insanity if you ask me, and if the Wilfs are as smart as I think they are, they won't do it. 

OTOH....

Could a "fresher approach" with a new coach/staff+ that player capital have a higher ceiling than under Zimmer?  Thats the intriguing part for me. 

All change comes with risk. You're betting that the new regime, whether it's coaching staff, QB, GM, roster, or all of the above, will be better than the previous. It's impossible to know. But there are a dozen teams making that bet repeatedly for decades. 

Yah and that's part of what makes a Zimmer kick to the curb so hard. You cant be switching around too often. But they have given him 8 seasons - a long time. 

The guys play for him, most games are insanely competitive. 

They lose tonight and they're pretty much out of the playoff's as I posted elsewhere. Two seasons in a row of that might be enough to tip the Wilfs to make a change. 

That would be enough for me if was named Zygi. 

To me, it's already been enough. It's not about the playoffs, our record, or Zim's record. It's about the WAY we've lost, or even won. The first Detroit game (a W) was ridiculous. Other Ws as well (panthers, steelers). Way too many games like that. Some we've won; some we've lost, but what we're seeing is the same nearly every week. 

@MaroonBells said:

@purplefaithful said:

@MaroonBells said:

@purplefaithful said:

@MaroonBells said:

@purplefaithful said:

@JustinTime18™ said:

@StickyBun said:
I like Doug Pederson. I hope they at least interview the guy. I think the team was one dropped pass in the end zone by the Pittsburgh TE away from having Z fired. 

The second we are eliminated from the playoffs, the ax should fall. Get in front of this, Zygi. Take advantage of the new rules. Hackett is the first current guy I interview.

I'm not as convinced as the fan base that Zimmer is a dead man walking...Just a hunch. 

I'm not either. I really would like to find a coach who can get a team mentally and strategically prepared game in, game out. A coach whose team reflects his own mental toughness. That is not Mike Zimmer right now. 

But I'll say this: I'd rather keep Zimmer if canning him means "cleaning house." Yeah, tear up and start over a team with one of the youngest rosters in the NFL, the youngest OL in the NFL now in place, a team featuring Dalvin Cook, Justin Jefferson, Eric Kendricks, Danielle Hunter, a top 10 QB and a top 10 GM. Utter insanity if you ask me, and if the Wilfs are as smart as I think they are, they won't do it. 

OTOH....

Could a "fresher approach" with a new coach/staff+ that player capital have a higher ceiling than under Zimmer?  Thats the intriguing part for me. 

All change comes with risk. You're betting that the new regime, whether it's coaching staff, QB, GM, roster, or all of the above, will be better than the previous. It's impossible to know. But there are a dozen teams making that bet repeatedly for decades. 

Yah and that's part of what makes a Zimmer kick to the curb so hard. You cant be switching around too often. But they have given him 8 seasons - a long time. 

The guys play for him, most games are insanely competitive. 

They lose tonight and they're pretty much out of the playoff's as I posted elsewhere. Two seasons in a row of that might be enough to tip the Wilfs to make a change. 

That would be enough for me if was named Zygi. 

To me, it's already been enough. It's not about the playoffs, our record, or Zim's record. It's about the WAY we've lost, or even won. The first Detroit game (a W) was ridiculous. Other Ws as well (panthers, steelers). Way too many games like that. Some we've won; some we've lost, but what we're seeing is the same nearly every week.