Vikings coach upset at NFL for short-week trip to L.A.

You tell ‘em Zim! 

He has a point but that will probably piss off the league. And of course we know what happens then. 

Welcome to Minnesota coach,We've been takin' it with no KY since that ref got clocked in the head with a whisky bottle.

Ha Vanguard I am going to guess you are an old viking fan like me

@"ThunderGod" said: https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/vikings-coach-upset-at-nfl-for-short-week-trip-to-l-a-and-heres-why-he-has-a-point/ "We haven't had a home game on a short week since I've been here in five years," Zimmer said

Sawft af. 

Zim's changed.  

You never apologize for how the schedule turns out easy, and you never complain if it turns out difficult.  

You sack up, and slay whoever's in your way.  

I have to admit I was surprised, this doesn't sound like Zim the warrior to me. 

Then again, I heard that teams playing on Thursday night games that had to travel 2 time zones are 0/10...Something like that. 

Thursday night games blow! Hard, as a matter of fact.

It's not exactly been a normal week now has it. 

I think all the bad luck and bullshit has finally worn down Zimmer. Raging against the machine.

I agree with him Thursday night games should only be for teams coming off a bye. It puts teams in a bad situation. 

@"Mike Olson" said: I agree with him Thursday night games should only be for teams coming off a bye. It puts teams in a bad situation. 

I really thought I would love another NFL game on Thursdays, but they are complete garbage and they can't go away fast enough.  Unfortunately, that will never happen as the NFL has shown they will never walk away from money on the table for any reason.

Do you think for one second that the Rams care?  Nope, neither do I.  While it's a legit gripe, Zim may also be using this to light a fire for the team.  Let's hope it works.

SKOL!

@"purplefaithful" said: I have to admit I was surprised, this doesn't sound like Zim the warrior to me. 

Then again, I heard that teams playing on Thursday night games that had to travel 2 time zones are 0/10...Something like that. 

@"SFVikingFan" said: I really thought I would love another NFL game on Thursdays, but they are complete garbage and they can't go away fast enough.  Unfortunately, that will never happen as the NFL has shown they will never walk away from money on the table for any reason.

@"FessVike" said: Ha Vanguard I am going to guess you are an old viking fan like me

@"greediron" said:

@"purplefaithful" said: I have to admit I was surprised, this doesn't sound like Zim the warrior to me. 

Then again, I heard that teams playing on Thursday night games that had to travel 2 time zones are 0/10...Something like that. 

This is akin to a coach chewing on the ref's ear after a bad penalty.  It doesn't change the bad call, but it does have a psychological effect.  Someone at the league will hear about it and I will be we have our Thursday game at home next year. 

@"Jor-El" said:

@"greediron" said:

@"purplefaithful" said: I have to admit I was surprised, this doesn't sound like Zim the warrior to me. 

Then again, I heard that teams playing on Thursday night games that had to travel 2 time zones are 0/10...Something like that. 

This is akin to a coach chewing on the ref's ear after a bad penalty.  It doesn't change the bad call, but it does have a psychological effect.  Someone at the league will hear about it and I will be we have our Thursday game at home next year. 

Very true, but isn't some of that psychological effect for the coach's own team? "Hey, coach is sticking up for us even when the refs are against us, let's pull together!" That's strong while in the heat of a game, but I'm not sure what effect a mid-week rant has on the players. Maybe he's trying to give his team an us-against-the-world motivation, but that could backfire into, "Even the league office is against us, what's the point..."