Wilfs Looking To Sell?

purplefaithful wrote:

Gets back to the Medaille post...QB has been the Vikings achilles.
Red lucked into Denny/Healthy Culpepper/Moss/CC
Those CG's had nothing to do with ownership
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Tarvaris Jackson
Brooks Bollinger
Gus Frerotte
Brad Johnson
2005 Culpepper
Favre
Freeman
McNabb
Webb
Bridgwater
Cassel
Ponder
Keenum
Bradford
Hill
Mannion
Cousins
Donald
Mullins
Dobbs
Hall
McCarthy
Murray (?)

Against this backdrop of QB Purgatory, the decision to let Darnold walk (imo) was the main reason KAM is no longer GM here..

purplefaithful wrote:

Against this backdrop of QB Purgatory, the decision to let Darnold walk (imo) was the main reason KAM is no longer GM here..

It's probably the biggest reason. Last year we talked about how much egg would be on our face if Darnold, God forbid, went on to win the Super Bowl. To quote Ally Sheedy in Breakfast Club: "Tons." But I think the huge payouts we gave to the tepid 2025 free agency class played a part as well.

This always kill me. How can we be a top 5 win % team and have nothing to show for it? Every other team in the top 10 has multiple superbowl wins. I feel like the Wilfs have been willing to spend to try to win but this hex just never ends...

I mean.... The team with the lowest win % has more super bowls than us!! Ughhh...

purplefaithful wrote:

Against this backdrop of QB Purgatory, the decision to let Darnold walk (imo) was the main reason KAM is no longer GM here..

I still don't understand how all that played out like it did, from the Wilfs extended him (when there was clear hesitation) to waiting until he's off scouting the Senior Bowl to let him go. I think it was an easy decision to relieve Kwesi of his duties, but why was that decision not made prior to or right at the end of the season? Who waits an additional three or four weeks before making that decision then inserts a "temp" GM with no scouting experience to oversee an incredibly important draft before commencing with a real GM search? None of it made any rationale sense, but when it's the Wilfs, that's standard operating procedure unfortunately.

supafreak84 wrote:

I still don't understand how all that played out like it did, from the Wilfs extended him (when there was clear hesitation) to waiting until he's off scouting the Senior Bowl to let him go. I think it was an easy decision to relieve Kwesi of his duties, but why was that decision not made prior to or right at the end of the season? Who waits an additional three or four weeks before making that decision then inserts a "temp" GM with no scouting experience to oversee an incredibly important draft before commencing with a real GM search? None of it made any rationale sense, but when it's the Wilfs, that's standard operating procedure unfortunately.

Right?

And it's something thats been hanging out there ever since it went down like it did.

Whispers something happened closer to when he was released...I mean the guy was down at the Combine when he got canned right? Regardless of how any of us feel about The Wilfs, thats very uncharacteristic of this ownership.

supafreak84 wrote:

I still don't understand how all that played out like it did, from the Wilfs extended him (when there was clear hesitation) to waiting until he's off scouting the Senior Bowl to let him go. I think it was an easy decision to relieve Kwesi of his duties, but why was that decision not made prior to or right at the end of the season? Who waits an additional three or four weeks before making that decision then inserts a "temp" GM with no scouting experience to oversee an incredibly important draft before commencing with a real GM search? None of it made any rationale sense, but when it's the Wilfs, that's standard operating procedure unfortunately.

Exactly. The wilfs just aren't cut out for running a business like an NFL team.

supafreak84 wrote:

I still don't understand how all that played out like it did, from the Wilfs extended him (when there was clear hesitation) to waiting until he's off scouting the Senior Bowl to let him go. I think it was an easy decision to relieve Kwesi of his duties, but why was that decision not made prior to or right at the end of the season? Who waits an additional three or four weeks before making that decision then inserts a "temp" GM with no scouting experience to oversee an incredibly important draft before commencing with a real GM search? None of it made any rationale sense, but when it's the Wilfs, that's standard operating procedure unfortunately.

It seems like the Wilfs are out of touch with what is going on with the team and maybe they didn't realize Kwesi was in Mobile at the time. From the sound of it, the decision wasn't made until end of season evaluations were underway in New Jersey and it's possible coaches were pretty vocal to ownership about a disconnect between the front office and the coaches. So they decided to pull the plug on Kwesi. Still think if they go with Brez as GM nothing much changes. Will he stand up to the coaches and make his decisions without being swayed by voices in his ear? Think they need to make a clean break and find somebody with a scouting background and let Brez continue to work on contracts and the cap, which he is really good at.

Greylock wrote:

It seems like the Wilfs are out of touch with what is going on with the team and maybe they didn't realize Kwesi was in Mobile at the time. From the sound of it, the decision wasn't made until end of season evaluations were underway in New Jersey and it's possible coaches were pretty vocal to ownership about a disconnect between the front office and the coaches. So they decided to pull the plug on Kwesi. Still think if they go with Brez as GM nothing much changes. Will he stand up to the coaches and make his decisions without being swayed by voices in his ear? Think they need to make a clean break and find somebody with a scouting background and let Brez continue to work on contracts and the cap, which he is really good at.

Agreed and it absolutely goes to show how out of touch they are. Any owners worth their salt have a pulse on what's going on within their own building at all times, have done their evaluations prior to seasons end, and act accordingly (and swiftly) based upon those evaluations. You don't do interviews weeks after seasons end then all of a sudden act based on those interviews. AS OWNERS, YOU SHOULD ALREADY KNOW PRIOR TO SEASONS END! That's just pure negligence but not surprising either considering they basically fly in for game days then fly home to Jersey afterward and this is literally the second time in what, six years, that they have no clue about the dysfunction going on in their own building until well after the fact. All this, along with one of the lowest playoff win totals in the league since they've owned the team, yet some out there still love all things Wilf. It's really incredible

Last football guy I know to own a team was Al Davis, there are no football guys owning teams.

Wilf’s get great grades from players and the league.

Some of their decisions have been influenced by their personal values, it takes some non-fan perspective to understand that.

supafreak84 wrote:

Agreed and it absolutely goes to show how out of touch they are. Any owners worth their salt have a pulse on what's going on within their own building at all times, have done their evaluations prior to seasons end, and act accordingly (and swiftly) based upon those evaluations. You don't do interviews weeks after seasons end then all of a sudden act based on those interviews. AS OWNERS, YOU SHOULD ALREADY KNOW PRIOR TO SEASONS END! That's just pure negligence but not surprising either considering they basically fly in for game days then fly home to Jersey afterward and this is literally the second time in what, six years, that they have no clue about the dysfunction going on in their own building until well after the fact. All this, along with one of the lowest playoff win totals in the league since they've owned the team, yet some out there still love all things Wilf. It's really incredible

I don't think it matters to them all that much. They are the rich kids who bought a toy and their actions tell me they want it to act like a toy - all fun, no hard work. The hiring "process" such as it is has been has never been top notch and the resulting .500 record over 21 years and minimal playoff appearances speaks for itself. To be average and have a laundry list of former QB's similar to the ones typically associated with bottom feeders like the Browns and Jets says something about the inability to hire a top notch G.M. whose job it is to solve that most pressing problem. Top notch quarterbacking unlocks championship potential in the NFL, the rest is mostly noise.

But whatever, personally I'm not so invested in the team anymore, it's entertainment. If it does well, hurray, if not I get to make fun of them. Well I do that regardless but hey, more opportunities. 😃

The only thing that bothers me is that while we all sail along for decades here on the Good Ship .500, or the S.S. Purple Mediocrity if you prefer, we have to listen to people tell us how great these owners are. Why, because they built a stadium? Because they toot their horns about how wonderful they are? Every NFL team builds a stadium and yaks about "culture" and has a p.r. department ready to tell you how awesome everything is over at headquarters.

Fans enjoy winning, that's the entertainment we are paying for, not culture or whatever crapola is being sold today.

The grade in actual production is F-. It just simply is not acceptable to have 3 playoff wins in 20years. That's gotta be the end all be all thing that matters. Players may love them, they ARE getting paid millions no matter the outcome of the season and they have posh and tony digs to work in. But from a fan and paying customer's point of view.... I just don't get the pass that we give them.

Mike Olson wrote:

The grade in actual production is F-. It just simply is not acceptable to have 3 playoff wins in 20years. That's gotta be the end all be all thing that matters. Players may love them, they ARE getting paid millions no matter the outcome of the season and they have posh and tony digs to work in. But from a fan and paying customer's point of view.... I just don't get the pass that we give them.

They are starting to get called out more in the media, of which they are completely deserving of, and I think they are starting to feel a little heat amongst the fan base after this latest debacle. It's just a very long laundry list of poor management decisions and the playoff ineptitude speaks for itself. People are growing tired of the way they conduct business and want a winner. Nobody gives a shit about winning the division and being one and done in the playoffs anymore. It's almost become "figure it out or get the F out" with some in the media and I think this is where the "are they selling" rumors sprouted from and the reduced budget furthered their reasoning for (wishful) speculation.