tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8268346.post2922910476664337607..comments2023-10-30T09:37:03.456-05:00Comments on Vikes Geek: Minnesota a Higher Employed Michigan as Vikings Fall to Par With Lionsvikes geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06530336385552424416noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8268346.post-26052067276157351402010-11-16T07:42:56.355-06:002010-11-16T07:42:56.355-06:00Detroit Lions have something the Vikings don't...Detroit Lions have something the Vikings don't -- a good head coach. The Lions have had some bad breaks this season, and could easily be 5-4 or maybe even 6-3. They've been competitive in all their games this year, unlike the Vikings. Their offense is certainly more fun to watch.KSandbergFLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00666907862837388981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8268346.post-64107798119139585882010-11-15T13:03:19.237-06:002010-11-15T13:03:19.237-06:00With our dreams for the Super Bowl now gone up in ...With our dreams for the Super Bowl now gone up in smoke, barring a miracle, I'd like to weigh in with my opinion about what the Vikings should do for the rest of the season. Not that anyone cares about my opinion, of course, but I'll throw it out anyway in hopes that you might address the issue yourself, VG.<br /><br />It's interesting to contrast the mentality of recent perennial losers like Detroit, St. Louis, Cleveland, etc., with that of the Vikings, who were expected to win but didn't. The sense of despondency among the Vikings' players is palpable. Your post on the Bears game, VG, criticizes their interest level. I expect this lack of genuine interest will persist for the rest of the season. It's not that the players don't want to win -- obviously they would prefer winning to losing. But are they ready to put everything they have into winning a few meaningless games? I doubt it, which is why I contrast them to those perennial losers I mentioned. The Lions, for example, aren't giving up because the season is over for them. They never expected to win anyway, not this year. Their goal is to win one game at a time, in expectation that they'll be able to parlay their improvement into future competitiveness. <br /><br />Can the Vikings adopt a similar attitude? I would say no, because of the higher expectations they had. The only way to put the team into such a mindset is to pretend that the last seven games constitute a "new season," as it were. To illustrate my point, I doubt that Jason Garrett's actual coaching was vastly superior to that of Wade Phillips, but he's managing to instill a new spirit into the Cowboys' team. Like the Lions, they're probably going to go all out to do well in the "second season" coming up.<br /><br />There's a lesson here for the Vikings. A lot of the pundits are saying that there's no point in firing Childress now. I say that's exactly what Zygi should do, because if he doesn't, there's little hope that the Vikings can forget about their dismal failure this year, recharge their batteries, and approach the last half of the season with a different mind set. That their attitude could possibly change with Chili still at the helm is, to put it bluntly, inconceivable.Cabritohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413035026045238243noreply@blogger.com