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Just on NFL network

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Surprised Rick is out too, but thankful

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Mark Wilf will speak to the media at 1 p.m. central time today.
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@"JimmyinSD" said:
@"purplefaithful" said: https://twitter.com/VikeFans/status/1480549009932660736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1480549009932660736%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fvikefans.com%2Fbrandon-brown-and-doug-peterson-as-gm-coach-could-make-a-lot-of-sense-here-wil%2F


WTF,  I dont like how that reads... we like this coach or that coach,  but since they are white we will consider some non white candidates as well.... why cant we just not note skin color when evaluating coaching or gm candidates?  isnt the act of noting skin color part of the race problem in itself?  when a minority candidate does get an interview or job,  isnt it demeaning to them that its widely assumed that they may not have gotten their opportunity simply because of the color of their skin,  to fulfill some quota...  honestly since I dont really follow other teams to closely I have no I idea who half these names are in terms of OC/DC for our HC jobs,  and GM candidates coming from other teams front offices,  let alone what color skin they have.  I kind of prefer it that way... it just doesnt/shouldnt matter IMO.


Agreed Jimmy. Hoping that it was a space issue but that last sentance shpuld have been left off.

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So “led internally”. so whoever is left and Mark Wilf?  idk about that plan…

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@"Bullazin" said: So “led internally”. so whoever is left and Mark Wilf?  idk about that plan…
Brez,  and since they have learned from Green Bays errors,  they will likely ask Kirk for his opinion as well. :p
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Two options in my book:

1)  Keep Cousins, hire Harbaugh.  He is the best of the established options out there IMO that has a track record of taking middle of the road teams and 3 straight NFC Championships are hard to argue against 

2)  Trade Cousins, hire Pep Hamilton.  Hamilton is arguably the best at developing QB talent.  He coached up Andrew Luck, Justin Herbert and now Davis Mills in Houston.  He's the young, up and coming type but with plenty of NFL experience.  Good QB coaches in the NFL are highly coveted, he is one of the best.

GM's?  Yikes, glad I'm not making that decision. 

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@"purplefaithful" said: https://twitter.com/VikeFans/status/1480549009932660736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1480549009932660736%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fvikefans.com%2Fbrandon-brown-and-doug-peterson-as-gm-coach-could-make-a-lot-of-sense-here-wil%2F

This guy wants the guy who chose Jalen Reagor before JJ?

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The more I thought about it, it is time for a clean break.  Zimmer was a formality as he had lost the team.  Rick was a different story, but I think it was time to move on there too.  It can't be denied that we have some of the best owners in the league.  They're willing to spend and stay out of the way.  I think that may lead to some big opportunities to bring in big time talent at the GM and Head Coach spots.  The larger question is identifying who they are, because none of the ones I'm hearing about make me real comfortable.  Perhaps Brez for GM and go OC at head coach.

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@"StickyBun" said: https://twitter.com/BenGoessling/status/1480549345896419331


And that might be the reason he was fired.  

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@"Waterboy" said: The more I thought about it, it is time for a clean break.  Zimmer was a formality as he had lost the team.  Rick was a different story, but I think it was time to move on there too.  It can't be denied that we have some of the best owners in the league.  They're willing to spend and stay out of the way.  I think that may lead to some big opportunities to bring in big time talent at the GM and Head Coach spots.  The larger question is identifying who they are, because none of the ones I'm hearing about make me real comfortable.  Perhaps Brez for GM and go OC at head coach.
Brez being a capologist is great,  but what suggests he is GM material?  I dont want an internal hire here,  go outside the organization and bring in somebody with some fresh ideas and a bigger pool to pull from.
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@"JustinTime18™" said: I'm surprised but not shocked that Rick is out.

He probably regrets not returning my calls now.


You are on a roll this morning!  HAHAHAHAHA!!!

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If you want to know how difficult of a decision is was for the Wilf's to move on from Rick Spielman and Mike Zimmer today.
@PAOnTheMic stated on his show this "The Owners of the Minnesota Vikings cried during the conversation this morning"

Just shows the impact these men had.

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Can we figure out how to keep Andre Patterson?  Dude has turned lemons into lemonade time snd time again. 

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#Vikings president Mark Wilf on hiring a GM first and perhaps not being able to get a hot coaching candidate: "We don't try to look at who's hot and who's cold." He said the candidate will have to meet their criteria and the search will be "deliberate."
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#Vikings president Mark Wilf: "We're a place that coaches and GMs want to be."
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Mark Wilf: "No stone will be left unturned. We're open to any idea. We want strong leaders, and that can come from a variety of sources. We don't want to pigeon-hole that it's going to be this type of person, this type of coordinator."
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Mark Wilf says the GM will be hired first and have input on the head coach
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