Character Counts...Sometimes

Well, I’m confused.

I thought the new deal with the Vikings was, ok, we’ll suffer through a 6-10 battering in ’06, but in turn, we will bring a new direction to the team as far as conduct off the field.

Well, so much for Childress’ regime regarding personal integrity last weekend, as his 2^nd round draft pick in ’06 was arrested for disorderly conduct in a downtown Mpls nightclub.

Apparently starting cornerback Cedric Griffin was removed from a club for violating the dress code, as he refused to heighten his pants to what I call the “Forrest Gump Threshold,” they must cover your buttocks.

Griffin does come from Texas, where they do have a saying I believe covers his actions: “Dumb as dirt.”

That aside, the real question is: What the heck is Childress doing here?

He took a 9-7 team, added 2 All-Pros, and led us to 6-10 record. Now we see he’s added 3- 2^nd team types in the off-season, and his 2^nd round draft pick from last year is a clueless reprobate.

If his track record stays on course, and we fall back another 3 games this year, 3-13 is Steckel country.

Chili, we hardly knew ye.

To The Faithful

I'm sorry I haven't posted lately, but so many of my rants have ended up published in the MPLS Star Tribune in the last 6 months, that I haven't posted anything here.

See my latest in the Strib 4-28.