Quote: @"BarrNone55" said:
I'd lean towards no.
But, when we get to the NFCCG, and our K blows a gimme that opens the floodgates, watch Kubie Jr (that's so Fetch, Kubie Jr, am I right?) watch some team snap up our well pedigreed OC.
Kubie Jr is happening.
Speaking of...
The Vikings' offseason program, which ended Thursday when coach Mike Zimmer canceled the spring's final practice as a reward to players, served as a trial run for young players and coaches alike, including first-year offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak.Throughout five practices open to reporters this spring, Zimmer varied the situations in which Kubiak called plays — something the 34-year-old coordinator hasn't done outside of preseason games. Goal-line, two-minute, and third-down play calls were repeatedly set up, with more to come in training camp later this summer.
"I really appreciate that," Kubiak said Thursday. "It puts you on the spot – make a call and let's go with it. [Zimmer] is giving me some valuable repetition that I've needed."
As the team's quarterbacks coach for the past two seasons under his father, Gary, who retired this offseason, and Kevin Stefanski, now the second-year Browns head coach, Kubiak helped install the Vikings' red-zone and two-minute game plans for Sundays.
This spring, he finally got a chance to call plays for those situations on the field. Zimmer said he put a similar emphasis on his other young coordinators — his son, Adam Zimmer, a co-defensive coordinator, and first-year special teams coordinator Ryan Ficken.
"I am trying to give Klint as many opportunities to get a feel for how things are going to run and how he calls a game, and different situations," Zimmer said. "For all the new or young coordinators, I think it's important that they get a chance to kind of practice their game-like situations, certain calls and understanding the game, whether it's we're winning or losing or two-minute."
Kubiak
was promoted this offseason to maintain the Vikings' offensive philosophy first established when Gary Kubiak was hired by Zimmer as a top advisor in 2019. But after working on the same team as his father for the past five years, from Denver to Minnesota, the young Kubiak
is embarking on his own with his father enjoying retirement.
"[Gary] has been keeping himself really busy in Texas," Kubiak said. "We talk all the time, and he certainly cares about our players and our coaching staff. He's really invested in what we're doing. I'm keeping him up on those things, but he has done an excellent job of staying away, which I am very shocked at."
https://www.startribune.com/vikings-mini...600069325/
