tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8268346.post226662438111794844..comments2023-10-30T09:37:03.456-05:00Comments on Vikes Geek: On The Come?vikes geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530336385552424416noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8268346.post-86824256460807623312007-04-24T16:02:00.000-05:002007-04-24T16:02:00.000-05:00VikesGeek...Thanks for your reply!! I mean it. T...VikesGeek...<BR/>Thanks for your reply!! I mean it. That would be great to entice COD to contribute now and then. I miss him but understand his COD blog became a burden on him.<BR/><BR/>I'll be a regular visitor now that I know you are back on the internet. <BR/>MikLevAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8268346.post-34810744535847988162007-04-24T00:39:00.000-05:002007-04-24T00:39:00.000-05:00Shimrod,I've yet to be convinced that Zygi knows w...Shimrod,<BR/><BR/>I've yet to be convinced that Zygi knows what he is doing. I was suspicious the moment I heard his cliche-ridden speech after purchasing the team and I am more suspicious now.<BR/><BR/>I agree that Zygi is doing everything that an NFL owner would do if they were intent on moving a team out of Minnesota. He spent money in year one because he had no choice under the cap rules and probably thought it was worth one more try to get a stadium built for free. He followed that with an amateurishly executed proposal to build a stadium in Blaine and hired a rookie head coach with an ego too big to allow him to admit his own short-comings and eyesight too poor to recognize the same. And, to top it all off, he has assembled a crack personnel team comprised primarily of people who either were good enough for Red (Studwell and Brzezinski) or not good enough for Miami (Spielman).<BR/><BR/>Two weeks ago, Wilf unveiled a preposterous stadium plan intent either on driving a final wedge between the Vikings and the State Legislature or trying to make anything less preposterous seem reasonable by contrast. That came on the heals of his commitment to "rebuilding" a team that didn't need rebuilding when he bought it.<BR/><BR/>The Vikings have become the most poorly run professional franchise in town, only slightly better run than the NBDL team that plays at Target Center. Either Zygi is a moron because he doesn't realize the damage that he is doing to the franchise or he is a moron because he believes that he is positioning himself to move the team when there is no better market currently desireous of an NFL team.<BR/><BR/>It makes me long for the wisdom of Mike Lynn.<BR/><BR/>VGvikes geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06530336385552424416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8268346.post-38727983999904979802007-04-24T00:16:00.000-05:002007-04-24T00:16:00.000-05:00MikLev,I'll see if COD is interested. He's due fo...MikLev,<BR/><BR/>I'll see if COD is interested. He's due for some input.<BR/><BR/>As for dry, it would be easy to go another route. The problem is that in this town, nobody seems very interested in covering the Vikings with anything other than rose-colored glasses. And some of the columnists try so hard to be funny I'm embarrassed for them.<BR/><BR/>The previous column got a bit long but there was quite a bit that has been left unsaid about a guy that the Vikings are at least considering taking with the number seven pick.<BR/><BR/>VGvikes geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06530336385552424416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8268346.post-22619881788393575552007-04-23T19:39:00.000-05:002007-04-23T19:39:00.000-05:00Zygi is looking to move the team, no doubt about i...Zygi is looking to move the team, no doubt about it. He spent money year one to cover his ass and that's the last time we'll see him spend any more than the minimum. The overpriced stadium proposal is just another part of the strategy. They have a plan all right. Build through the draft for their next city.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8268346.post-38117840207598459862007-04-23T17:01:00.000-05:002007-04-23T17:01:00.000-05:00Geek, I just submitted the last comment. I don't ...Geek, I just submitted the last comment. I don't have a Google account and don't care to, but I don't mind identifying myself as MikLev over at Purple Thoughts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8268346.post-36403714304177744182007-04-23T16:58:00.000-05:002007-04-23T16:58:00.000-05:00Well, like finding an old friend...well, quite pos...Well, like finding an old friend...well, quite possibly a very boring old friend, but a friend indeed! I always liked your thoughts and stories -- didn't always agree -- but I liked them. Your thorough and long and dryly written reports are a struggle to read through to the end, but I ususally do anyway. Where is our skinny-assed old friend, Mr. Cheer or Die? Maybe you could get him to take some photos of the first mini-camp where the newest members of the Vikings gather. That was always the best part of his blog. <BR/><BR/>Recommendation: At the end of each report, include a summary of what you just said!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com