Not A Fan Of Flip

The offense is a mess. Defense was keeping us in the game but can't be the offense too. Flip not utilizing Dalvin more is pissing me off. Dalvin looked good yesterday and was hitting holes and making cuts like last year. Yet, he gets 9 whole carries. WTF???
I am starting to wonder if we should have just hired Stefanski. They kept him on the staff and blocked him from interviewing. What's the plan with him? Why go out and get a different OC if you regard someone highly enough that you won't let them interview with another team?
I am just going to say it...I feel like good old Rick has mismanaged the team this year. He dumps all of our QBs and spends mega bucks on Cousins. He then hires outside of the org for our OC when he apparently wants to stash Stefanski for some reason. Maybe, just maybe, there were candidates in house for those positions (OC and QB) that could have worked out better. Honestly, I feel like we're going to deeply regret letting Teddy go. To me, Rick overreacted to our ass whuppin' in Philly. He immediately wanted to emulate what they did. What they did was capture lightning in a bottle. Just look at them this year. DeFillipo's play calling is poor.

@"prairieghost" said: The offense is a mess. Defense was keeping us in the game but can't be the offense too. Flip not utilizing Dalvin more is pissing me off. Dalvin looked good yesterday and was hitting holes and making cuts like last year. Yet, he gets 9 whole carries. WTF??? I am starting to wonder if we should have just hired Stefanski. They kept him on the staff and blocked him from interviewing. What's the plan with him? Why go out and get a different OC if you regard someone highly enough that you won't let them interview with another team? I am just going to say it...I feel like good old Rick has mismanaged the team this year. He dumps all of our QBs and spends mega bucks on Cousins. He then hires outside of the org for our OC when he apparently wants to stash Stefanski for some reason. Maybe, just maybe, there were candidates in house for those positions (OC and QB) that could have worked out better. Honestly, I feel like we're going to deeply regret letting Teddy go. To me, Rick overreacted to our ass whuppin' in Philly. He immediately wanted to emulate what they did. What they did was capture lightning in a bottle. Just look at them this year. DeFillipo's play calling is poor.

@"Vikergirl" said:

@"prairieghost" said: The offense is a mess. Defense was keeping us in the game but can't be the offense too. Flip not utilizing Dalvin more is pissing me off. Dalvin looked good yesterday and was hitting holes and making cuts like last year. Yet, he gets 9 whole carries. WTF??? I am starting to wonder if we should have just hired Stefanski. They kept him on the staff and blocked him from interviewing. What's the plan with him? Why go out and get a different OC if you regard someone highly enough that you won't let them interview with another team? I am just going to say it...I feel like good old Rick has mismanaged the team this year. He dumps all of our QBs and spends mega bucks on Cousins. He then hires outside of the org for our OC when he apparently wants to stash Stefanski for some reason. Maybe, just maybe, there were candidates in house for those positions (OC and QB) that could have worked out better. Honestly, I feel like we're going to deeply regret letting Teddy go. To me, Rick overreacted to our ass whuppin' in Philly. He immediately wanted to emulate what they did. What they did was capture lightning in a bottle. Just look at them this year. DeFillipo's play calling is poor.

I hear what you are saying about the overreaction but when it comes to the OL, there wasn't enough of a reaction. The offense is a mess, DeFilippo sucks and I was pissed that Cook was not utilized more especially since he was successful. There is so much regression going on. I was ticked that the offense could not capitalize on a turnover and then turned it over. I have been wondering about Stefanski as well. I hate that so many weapons are going to waste. The play calling is bland and predictable. I am not as mad about the QB money as I am about the OL. If you are going to spend big on a QB, you need him to have protection otherwise what is the point. 

I hope Flip is gone after the season.  The Viking offense was no challenge for the mediocre Pats D.  I don't think there's a decent team in the NFL that fears the Viking offense.  There's talent to work with, but the tempo, speed, and creativity just seems missing.

@"HappyViking" said: I hope Flip is gone after the season.  The Viking offense was no challenge for the mediocre Pats D.  I don't think there's a decent team in the NFL that fears the Viking offense.  There's talent to work with, but the tempo, speed, and creativity just seems missing.

Yup, makes you wonder if Jaire Alexander was right, huh? 
We have the players on O to be explosive and monstrous. If Shurmur was still the OC we'd be rolling. 

@"Wetlander" said:

@"SFVikeFan" said:

@"pumpf" said: I'll say this: I think we pass more than we should.

Rare game where we finally had running lanes for Cook.  9 carries, 84 yards, 9.3 YPC, and what do we do?  44 pass attempts in a close game in bad weather.

This is the truth...  I've been harping on this for awhile now.  Flip just can't commit to running the football and I don't know why...  This offense would be much better if we stuck to it.  How is Dalvin Cook not getting 15+ rushing attempts per game?

I don't get it.

@"prairieghost" said: The offense is a mess. Defense was keeping us in the game but can't be the offense too. Flip not utilizing Dalvin more is pissing me off. Dalvin looked good yesterday and was hitting holes and making cuts like last year. Yet, he gets 9 whole carries. WTF??? I am starting to wonder if we should have just hired Stefanski. They kept him on the staff and blocked him from interviewing. What's the plan with him? Why go out and get a different OC if you regard someone highly enough that you won't let them interview with another team? I am just going to say it...I feel like good old Rick has mismanaged the team this year. He dumps all of our QBs and spends mega bucks on Cousins. He then hires outside of the org for our OC when he apparently wants to stash Stefanski for some reason. Maybe, just maybe, there were candidates in house for those positions (OC and QB) that could have worked out better. Honestly, I feel like we're going to deeply regret letting Teddy go. To me, Rick overreacted to our ass whuppin' in Philly. He immediately wanted to emulate what they did. What they did was capture lightning in a bottle. Just look at them this year. DeFillipo's play calling is poor.

@"FSUVike" said:

@"prairieghost" said: The offense is a mess. Defense was keeping us in the game but can't be the offense too. Flip not utilizing Dalvin more is pissing me off. Dalvin looked good yesterday and was hitting holes and making cuts like last year. Yet, he gets 9 whole carries. WTF??? I am starting to wonder if we should have just hired Stefanski. They kept him on the staff and blocked him from interviewing. What's the plan with him? Why go out and get a different OC if you regard someone highly enough that you won't let them interview with another team? I am just going to say it...I feel like good old Rick has mismanaged the team this year. He dumps all of our QBs and spends mega bucks on Cousins. He then hires outside of the org for our OC when he apparently wants to stash Stefanski for some reason. Maybe, just maybe, there were candidates in house for those positions (OC and QB) that could have worked out better. Honestly, I feel like we're going to deeply regret letting Teddy go. To me, Rick overreacted to our ass whuppin' in Philly. He immediately wanted to emulate what they did. What they did was capture lightning in a bottle. Just look at them this year. DeFillipo's play calling is poor.

Zimmer hires coaches, not the GM.

@"MaroonBells" said:

I think it's his inexperience. With experience comes prudence, confidence, calm. He doesn't have it yet, and so he panic calls. At least that's how I see it. Cook even had a nice run that was called back due to penalty. You have to get him the ball. Even if it takes some no-gainers, you have to keep defenses honest. And he can break one at any time. The one off right tackle that went for about 10 was one toe grab away from the house. 

Excuse time is over.  We're heading into Week 13 of the season.  There is no way we should be scoring 10 points with Thielen, Diggs, and Cook on offense... 

Offense in general is a  mess.  Most of the season they haven't been able to run.  Yesterday when the run is working they drastically under-utilized it.  The OL has been a hot mess forever now.  Cousins is not as efficient as he was earlier in the season, mainly because he has to be shell-shocked.  

I really think the blame for this mess falls mainly on two people.  First, Spielman for his utter inability to find competent offensive lineman. Second, FeFlippo for his, in my opinion, horrible play calling.  I can't count how often this season that I was accurate at calling the play before it happens.  I've never coached or for that matter played the damn game but I know what is coming next with this offense so often it's ridiculous.  How the hell do they not expect opposing defenses to know the same thing.

Not sure if it's fixable this season which really sucks because they have a ton of big money contracts tied up in this team.

@"Wetlander" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

I think it's his inexperience. With experience comes prudence, confidence, calm. He doesn't have it yet, and so he panic calls. At least that's how I see it. Cook even had a nice run that was called back due to penalty. You have to get him the ball. Even if it takes some no-gainers, you have to keep defenses honest. And he can break one at any time. The one off right tackle that went for about 10 was one toe grab away from the house. 

Excuse time is over.  We're heading into Week 13 of the season.  There is no way we should be scoring 10 points with Thielen, Diggs, and Cook on offense... 

Do you suppose Flipper didn't know Zim wanted last seasons version of the Eagle's offense?  It looks to me like Flip just gave the Vikes the sputtering Eagles offense of this season. 

Zim and RS got duped.  B)

@"prairieghost" said:

@"FSUVike" said:

@"prairieghost" said: The offense is a mess. Defense was keeping us in the game but can't be the offense too. Flip not utilizing Dalvin more is pissing me off. Dalvin looked good yesterday and was hitting holes and making cuts like last year. Yet, he gets 9 whole carries. WTF??? I am starting to wonder if we should have just hired Stefanski. They kept him on the staff and blocked him from interviewing. What's the plan with him? Why go out and get a different OC if you regard someone highly enough that you won't let them interview with another team? I am just going to say it...I feel like good old Rick has mismanaged the team this year. He dumps all of our QBs and spends mega bucks on Cousins. He then hires outside of the org for our OC when he apparently wants to stash Stefanski for some reason. Maybe, just maybe, there were candidates in house for those positions (OC and QB) that could have worked out better. Honestly, I feel like we're going to deeply regret letting Teddy go. To me, Rick overreacted to our ass whuppin' in Philly. He immediately wanted to emulate what they did. What they did was capture lightning in a bottle. Just look at them this year. DeFillipo's play calling is poor.

Zimmer hires coaches, not the GM.

You don't think Rick had any input in Flip's hiring? Well, ok...

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Wetlander" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

I think it's his inexperience. With experience comes prudence, confidence, calm. He doesn't have it yet, and so he panic calls. At least that's how I see it. Cook even had a nice run that was called back due to penalty. You have to get him the ball. Even if it takes some no-gainers, you have to keep defenses honest. And he can break one at any time. The one off right tackle that went for about 10 was one toe grab away from the house. 

Excuse time is over.  We're heading into Week 13 of the season.  There is no way we should be scoring 10 points with Thielen, Diggs, and Cook on offense... 

Well I know that sounds tough and all, but I just want us to be wise about it. Sean McVay is everyone's darling and his first year as an OC his offense finished near the bottom in points scored. It improved ever year until he got his HC job four years later.

I agree that we should be scoring a lot more points with the weapons we have. But right now at least I put most of that blame on the OL. I think Flip is a guy who just might have a bright future, and he's going to have a LOT of mistakes to learn from between year 1 and 2. Just don't want us to make a decision that will come back to haunt us in a couple of years. 

@"Vikergirl" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Wetlander" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

I think it's his inexperience. With experience comes prudence, confidence, calm. He doesn't have it yet, and so he panic calls. At least that's how I see it. Cook even had a nice run that was called back due to penalty. You have to get him the ball. Even if it takes some no-gainers, you have to keep defenses honest. And he can break one at any time. The one off right tackle that went for about 10 was one toe grab away from the house. 

Excuse time is over.  We're heading into Week 13 of the season.  There is no way we should be scoring 10 points with Thielen, Diggs, and Cook on offense... 

Well I know that sounds tough and all, but I just want us to be wise about it. Sean McVay is everyone's darling and his first year as an OC his offense finished near the bottom in points scored. It improved ever year until he got his HC job four years later.

I agree that we should be scoring a lot more points with the weapons we have. But right now at least I put most of that blame on the OL. I think Flip is a guy who just might have a bright future, and he's going to have a LOT of mistakes to learn from between year 1 and 2. Just don't want us to make a decision that will come back to haunt us in a couple of years. 

So are you saying he should be given 3-4 years to come up with an offense? 

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Vikergirl" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Wetlander" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

I think it's his inexperience. With experience comes prudence, confidence, calm. He doesn't have it yet, and so he panic calls. At least that's how I see it. Cook even had a nice run that was called back due to penalty. You have to get him the ball. Even if it takes some no-gainers, you have to keep defenses honest. And he can break one at any time. The one off right tackle that went for about 10 was one toe grab away from the house. 

Excuse time is over.  We're heading into Week 13 of the season.  There is no way we should be scoring 10 points with Thielen, Diggs, and Cook on offense... 

Well I know that sounds tough and all, but I just want us to be wise about it. Sean McVay is everyone's darling and his first year as an OC his offense finished near the bottom in points scored. It improved ever year until he got his HC job four years later.

I agree that we should be scoring a lot more points with the weapons we have. But right now at least I put most of that blame on the OL. I think Flip is a guy who just might have a bright future, and he's going to have a LOT of mistakes to learn from between year 1 and 2. Just don't want us to make a decision that will come back to haunt us in a couple of years. 

So are you saying he should be given 3-4 years to come up with an offense? 

I'm not worried about his offense. I'm worried about his play calling. And I'm saying he should be given another year to learn from his mistakes and improve like McVay did. He seems to be a very smart Xs and Os man who doesn't yet have a feel for play calling. I'd be surprised if he didn't improve. 

Hypothetical question about our OC situation. If you believe this year's offensive troubles are largely because of the switch from Shurmur to DeFilippo, that means we would have been better if we could have kept Shurmur.
There's only one way we could have convinced Shurmur to stay with the organization. So: should the Vikings have offered Shurmur the head coach job (either firing Zimmer or asking him to stay on as DC)?

@"Jor-El" said: Hypothetical question about our OC situation. If you believe this year's offensive troubles are largely because of the switch from Shurmur to DeFilippo, that means we would have been better if we could have kept Shurmur. There's only one way we could have convinced Shurmur to stay with the organization. So: should the Vikings have offered Shurmur the head coach job (either firing Zimmer or asking him to stay on as DC)?

I've soured on Zimmer. Too much bitching about players to the media. Too many sound bites like 'are they even listening to me' and 'we weren't prepared' and talk about jitters.

He's an Old School Coach in a player-friendly Coach era. And I can't remember the last time an HC rallied a team by constantly complaining to the media about his players.

But Pat is no genius. He caught lightning in a bottle last year and didn't screw it up. There's better prospects out there.

experts say he’s padding his resume to become a head coach. His play calling isnt leading to wins.....I dont get why anyone would covet him????

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Vikergirl" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

@"Wetlander" said:

@"MaroonBells" said:

I think it's his inexperience. With experience comes prudence, confidence, calm. He doesn't have it yet, and so he panic calls. At least that's how I see it. Cook even had a nice run that was called back due to penalty. You have to get him the ball. Even if it takes some no-gainers, you have to keep defenses honest. And he can break one at any time. The one off right tackle that went for about 10 was one toe grab away from the house. 

Excuse time is over.  We're heading into Week 13 of the season.  There is no way we should be scoring 10 points with Thielen, Diggs, and Cook on offense... 

Well I know that sounds tough and all, but I just want us to be wise about it. Sean McVay is everyone's darling and his first year as an OC his offense finished near the bottom in points scored. It improved ever year until he got his HC job four years later.

I agree that we should be scoring a lot more points with the weapons we have. But right now at least I put most of that blame on the OL. I think Flip is a guy who just might have a bright future, and he's going to have a LOT of mistakes to learn from between year 1 and 2. Just don't want us to make a decision that will come back to haunt us in a couple of years. 

So are you saying he should be given 3-4 years to come up with an offense? 

I'm not worried about his offense. I'm worried about his play calling. And I'm saying he should be given another year to learn from his mistakes and improve like McVay did. He seems to be a very smart Xs and Os man who doesn't yet have a feel for play calling. I'd be surprised if he didn't improve.