LET'S GO KWESI!

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@supafreak84 said:

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Cody Carpentier

@CarpentierNFL

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Vikings are finalizing a deal to hire Browns’ Vice President of Football Operations Kwesi Adofo-Mensah as their next general manager, per multiple sources.

They are working diligently to add Catherine Raiche as the Assistant General Manager as well, per source.

Heads will be exploding...

Goodell, Stephen A Smith, and every pundit on ESPN will absolutely shit themselves in inclusive ecstacy if this were the case. Talk about doubling down on a gamble though. I just want to win, and if they do, I'll say I was wrong and salute the hires. If this blows up, then the Wilfs deserve to be skewered relentlessly for hiring two people with such limited football backgrounds to run their organization. Let's see how this plays out starting with this off-season, which should be an interesting one with a lot of big decisions 

 Every hire is a gamble. There are no guarantees. Same with every draft choice. Everyone, including the decision makers who hire, will be scrutinized for whether their choices pan out or not. Why would this be any different?

Agreed, but this is a huge out of the box hire based on backgrounds and experience...so if this blows up, the Wilfs should be scrutinized at a higher level. I don't believe he was the most qualified person for the job and I certainly won't be alone in that assesment. To me it's in the same wheelhouse as the Raiders bringing in Mayock as their GM a couple years ago. I hope it works. All we can do is sit back and watch this thing unfold 

 what would scrutinizing the Wilfs accomplish?  there have been absolute shit owners in the nfl... and most of them are still owners after decades of scrutiny.

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I like that it's a 4 year contract. He gets 1 year to reset things and then go from there. That sort of set up makes sense. 

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So the OP begs the question: Is it Queasy? Or Kwayzee? 

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Can someone tell me why the Vikings website has NOTHING on both being hire?? Only A Wolf update on the ongoing search for a GM and HC?? Weird - why don't they have all sorts of stuff up yet?

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@NorthernCalVike said:
Can someone tell me why the Vikings website has NOTHING on both being hire?? Only A Wolf update on the ongoing search for a GM and HC?? Weird - why don't they have all sorts of stuff up yet?

Maybe they are behind. I looked as well. 

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@Vikergirl said:

@NorthernCalVike said:
Can someone tell me why the Vikings website has NOTHING on both being hire?? Only A Wolf update on the ongoing search for a GM and HC?? Weird - why don't they have all sorts of stuff up yet?

Maybe they are behind. I looked as well. 

What is interesting is that the Wiki page for Catherine Raiche already has her as Vikes asst. GM in her Career History:  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Raîche

As administrator
2015–2017	Montreal Alouettes (Coordinator of football administration)
2017	Montreal Alouettes (Assistant general manager)
2018–2019	Toronto Argonauts (Director of football administration)
2019	Tampa Bay Vipers (front office)
2019–2021	Philadelphia Eagles (Football operations coordinator)
2021–2022	Philadelphia Eagles (Vice president of football operations)
2022–present	Minnesota Vikings (Assistant General Manager)

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@MaroonBells said:
So the OP begs the question: Is it Queasy? Or Kwayzee? 

Cleveland friend confirms it's Kwayzee. That in mind, this will be a JT18 goldmine. 

Today’s headline:
Vikings new direction: So Kwesi it just might work
Headline I’m hoping to see 10 years from now:
NFL’s Best GM: Still Kwesi After All These Years
Headline I’m hoping we don’t see:
Vikings Off the Wails on a Kwesi Twain

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@MaroonBells said:
So the OP begs the question: Is it Queasy? Or Kwayzee? 

Will Ragatz

@WillRagatz

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By the way, Kwesi Adofo-Mensah's first name is pronounced Kway-see. It rhymes with macy, not messy.

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Or, for old Looney Tunes guys, I like to think of Elmer Fudd saying crazy.

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@MaroonBells said:

@MaroonBells said:
So the OP begs the question: Is it Queasy? Or Kwayzee? 

Cleveland friend confirms it's Kwayzee. That in mind, this will be a JT18 goldmine. 

Today’s headline:
Vikings new direction: So Kwesi it just might work
Headline I’m hoping to see 10 years from now:
NFL’s Best GM: Still Kwesi After All These Years
Headline I’m hoping we don’t see:
Vikings Off the Wails on a Kwesi Twain

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