Raise a glass for Zimmer

dont hate the guy,   just thought it was time for the team to go a different direction,   his words/actions when things didnt go well werent always the things of legend,  but he is who we thought he was when he was hired.  true to his early comments,  he went out doing it his way.

@"AGRforever" said:

I know its a good day to shit on Zimmer..  I was on board with firing him because frankly his time was up here.

That being said.  The guy took a team that hadn't had success (minus the Favre year) since Denny Green and made them a defensive powerhouse.  The dude got some really shitty hands dealt while he was here...but that's life in the nfl.

Anyway, unlike the last several head coaches we've gone through, Zim deserves a pint in his name.  I wish him and his family the best.  Enjoy your hot girlfriend and beautiful ranch!!
Skol!!!!!

Thanks for busting your hump for Viking Nation Mike...Enjoy retirement or whatever else life brings. 

@"supafreak84" said:

@"AGRforever" said:

I know its a good day to shit on Zimmer..  I was on board with firing him because frankly his time was up here.

That being said.  The guy took a team that hadn't had success (minus the Favre year) since Denny Green and made them a defensive powerhouse.  The dude got some really shitty hands dealt while he was here...but that's life in the nfl.

Anyway, unlike the last several head coaches we've gone through, Zim deserves a pint in his name.  I wish him and his family the best.  Enjoy your hot girlfriend and beautiful ranch!!
Skol!!!!!

I don't know. I'm betting the hot girlfriend gave ol' Zimm the "It's not you...it's me" shortly after his call from the Wilfs

@"supafreak84" said:

@"AGRforever" said:

I know its a good day to shit on Zimmer..  I was on board with firing him because frankly his time was up here.

That being said.  The guy took a team that hadn't had success (minus the Favre year) since Denny Green and made them a defensive powerhouse.  The dude got some really shitty hands dealt while he was here...but that's life in the nfl.

Anyway, unlike the last several head coaches we've gone through, Zim deserves a pint in his name.  I wish him and his family the best.  Enjoy your hot girlfriend and beautiful ranch!!
Skol!!!!!

I don't know. I'm betting the hot girlfriend gave ol' Zimm the "It's not you...it's me" shortly after his call from the Wilfs

He did some good things. I don't hate him. He made a difference on and off the field. He will be fine. He is going to probably spend some time with his grandkids and relax. When you look at him when he started and now, it's evident that some downtime would do some good. He gave blood, sweat, tears and basically an eye, good luck in the next chapter. 

@"purplefaithful" said:

@"supafreak84" said:

@"AGRforever" said:

I know its a good day to shit on Zimmer..  I was on board with firing him because frankly his time was up here.

That being said.  The guy took a team that hadn't had success (minus the Favre year) since Denny Green and made them a defensive powerhouse.  The dude got some really shitty hands dealt while he was here...but that's life in the nfl.

Anyway, unlike the last several head coaches we've gone through, Zim deserves a pint in his name.  I wish him and his family the best.  Enjoy your hot girlfriend and beautiful ranch!!
Skol!!!!!

I don't know. I'm betting the hot girlfriend gave ol' Zimm the "It's not you...it's me" shortly after his call from the Wilfs

Lol!

I'm not convinced of that yet...Zimmer is guaranteed something like $15mm on his contract. 

Skol - onward we sail!

honestly,  look at how much the stress of the job has affected him physically,  this may save his life.  I was noting how much weight he has gained the last couple year and thinking damn,  that  makes me feel good about myself, and thats not a good thing.  I hope he can step back,  find his old self, and come back to the game on his own terms, doing what he loves.

@"JimmyinSD" said: honestly,  look at how much the stress of the job has affected him physically,  this may save his life.  I was noting how much weight he has gained the last couple year and thinking damn,  that  makes me feel good about myself, and thats not a good thing.  I hope he can step back,  find his old self, and come back to the game on his own terms, doing what he loves.

He was the guy I wanted to be hired, an “old school” coach, tough / but who the players respected.  Thanks Zim, was fun while it lasted....except your last two years

I'll always have love for Zimmer, glad he got his first opportunity as a HC here.

Thanks for the memories, Zimmer.  Wishing him the best on the next chapter of his life.

*cheers*

@"JustinTime18™" said:

@"JimmyinSD" said: honestly,  look at how much the stress of the job has affected him physically,  this may save his life.  I was noting how much weight he has gained the last couple year and thinking damn,  that  makes me feel good about myself, and thats not a good thing.  I hope he can step back,  find his old self, and come back to the game on his own terms, doing what he loves.

I'd be happy to be, ahem, doing what he loves.

@"Vanguard83" said: He was the guy I wanted to be hired, an “old school” coach, tough / but who the players respected.  Thanks Zim, was fun while it lasted....except your last two years

Dude was a defensive genius and deserves recognition with that.  The last 2 years were bad, partly because of the lack of talent/turnover at that DB position.  He needed DBs that had enough experience to understand and the willingness to buy into the team defensive system.  That isn't a knock on Zimmer, that is just something his defenses required.  

No doubt on the bad hands being dealt.   Seriously I think people forget how good Sharrif Floyd was becoming and to have a routine scope botched to destroy his career really hurt.   Floyd and Joseph were dominant in 2015 and poised to be that way for the next 5 years.  That was a killer.   Walsh missing that FG in the playoff game might of cost the Vikings a Super Bowl berth.   I didn't realize it at the time but now looking back I think the Vikings might of won out and would have been a good matchup vs Denver.  By then Manning was a shell of himself and I see the game playing out like the Seahawk playoff game.    Teddy's fluke injury as well.   Would he have turned out to be the guy?  Never know but the Vikings certainly would not have had to give up the draft picks they did to get Bradford.

I thought it was time to move on as well, but I’m not cheered by anyones firing. And it’s not like his tenure was smooth sailing.  Remember the whole Adrian Peterson saga, Teddy’s freak injury and the QB merry-go-round that followed. Sharif Floyd’s botched surgery, Covid bull crap. And on and on. Not an easy time for any coach. I wish him well, enjoy the ranch, family and a relaxing retirement.

@"JustinTime18™" said:

Darren Wolfson

@DWolfsonKSTP

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Can only imagine how emotional the morning was at TCO. Tears definitely shed. Told Rick Spielman did address the team, Mike Zimmer did not. #Vikings

There's being a curmudgeon and there's being an asshole.

Zim was the latter.

No shit?  Zim didn't even address the team?.....
Really?

Yup, sounds like an asshole.  Give the guy a break, he just got fired.  

Statement from former #Vikings coach Mike Zimmer, who was relieved of his duties this morning: “I have given my heart and soul to this organization and to the players. I have had outstanding assistant coaches who have worked tirelessly. I’m sorry we didn’t get it done.” pic.twitter.com/wPOjJ1yKnX

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) January 10, 2022