Chili's Last Stand

Well, our Vikings are 1-3, the question now is: What will Zygmunt Wilf do?

How long will it take until he admits to himself, that hiring Brad Childress was a fatal mistake?

As I see it, Zygi has an open checkbook, and he spends whatever it takes to bring quality players here.

The underlying problem is, the players aren't coming in to an established, solid, formidable franchise that just needs a few pieces of the puzzle; they are coming in to a circus led by a clueless ringleader: Childress, head coaching for the first time in his life.

They are now one loss away from a wasted season, and London style blackouts circa 1942.

I have no idea who recommended Childress to Mr. Wilf, but if I was Zigy I would reconsider that relationship.

Some of the worst advice I ever got, was from people I thought were friends, but now I see their advice was only self-promoting, and did not benefit me in any way.

Can you believe when Childress was hired, he said we didn't choose him, he chose us?

Well, with his pedigree, and all his coaching wins, that bravado was warranted.

Oh wait, he had none of either, so I guess it was just delusional arrogance on a grand scale.

Childress has never been a head coach before, but he has been an offensive coach for many years at the college & pro levels, so why has he never heard of clock management?

He always harped on T-Jack, to just “manage the game.”

How can a quarterback manage the game when his coach can’t?

Zygi has done his part, this team is loaded with talent, far more than a 1-3 record reflects.

The Vikings have many great traditions, unfortunately, a recent one has been keeping a deficient head coach around, and losing a defensive coordinator who should have replaced him.

Is there any fan in the Viking Nation who didn’t want Tony Dungy to replace Denny “No Room for Crybabies” Green?

I’d take Mike Tomlin over Chili, he made the playoffs in his first year as head coach.

Chili took a 9-7 team, a good team, and promptly drove it in to a 6-10 ditch. (I can use that line because even though it’s been copied many times now in the Twin Cities, I said it first on the Sid & Dave Sunday morning radio show).

The point is, Chili has taken a winning football team, and in spite of all the money and talent Zygi keeps adding, he’s molded it in his image: Mediocre.

You don’t get to a level of success that Mr. Wilf has by making bad decisions, and that’s what’s got to be so frustrating for him, but sometimes even the best make mistakes.

That’s what separates the elite from the great, they have to realize they are human, and maybe they were misled from the start, but it’s time to cut your losses Zygi.

Mr. Wilf, I appreciate your investment in our team, and it must drive you as nuts as it does me, to watch our team, which is brimming with talent, lose again this week.

Last week Chili said he was quoting George Orwell in his pregame speech, it turns out he wasn’t even close.

How can someone inspire others to greatness when he doesn’t even know who he’s quoting?

Childress is brutally overmatched in his job in every way, he needs to go.

Les Frazier wears a Super Bowl ring; he has “cred”, to borrow from Obama: “It’s time for change we can believe in.”