Comments on: Childress’ contract extended

By: campbell

campbell — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:24:52 +0000

56Coop,

Me…acerbic?

A bitter indictment! Just because I throw the occasional yard of vinegar, does not constitute acerbity…merely avid interest.

Pac� e Gioia.

By: 56Coop

56Coop — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:52:20 +0000

Campbell–

Hopefully we get that wild card. If we do I hope & pray the MN has to play at least one playoff game before we do. Probably won’t get that “lucky” though.

Are you not basking in the warm afterglow of a Packer’s victory?

Happy Thanksgiving to you also, my acerbic fellow poster.

As well as to the rest of you..

‘Til Monday

By: Trav

Trav — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:58:27 +0000

Added to the list. Maybe if I can get a hat trick of “pad level”, I would be a possibility for a coaching position…

By: Doug in Sandpoint

Doug in Sandpoint — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:17:32 +0000

Trav:
Did you ever try to get “pad level” into a conferance call? I’d love to hear how.

By: 56Coop

56Coop — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:35:54 +0000

AGREED

However I think TT has more to do with the drafting than MM, not sure how much Chilly plays in the talent evaluation at MN. However it gets done I’d put them ahead of the curve on recognizing talent.

Problem at GB is Super Ted all but avoids FA & when it comes to drafting, with a few exceptions, it appears he can’t pick and/or MM can’t coach them.

By: 56Coop

56Coop — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:28:37 +0000

Ben — I doubt Favre’s discipline this year has anything to do with coaching. I think it has more to do with his desire to go out with a SB. The revenge factor is over–he beat his old team–twice.

I think Favre knows he is on a team loaded with talent and realizes he doesn’t have to do everything by himself. He truly does have a real shot at a SB but as we all know, playoff wins are a lot harder to come by than regular season wins.

I would imagine Favre has audibled more calls this year than he has since Ray Rhodes.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:42:42 +0000

I put Childress and McCarthy on the same level as far as coaching goes. Both are fairly average.

Where Childress outclasses McCarthy isn’t even related to coaching, its talent evaluation. Childress has gotten credit for some of the talent they have brought in over the past few seasons.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:38:55 +0000

Agree on Chilly. But Favre’s lack of coachability? He’s playing his most disciplined football since the Holmgren years. Seems pretty coachable to me.

By: Dave In Tucson

Dave In Tucson — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:15:44 +0000

Interesting that some of you consider the Viking’s last second SFO win “lucky”

Yeah, thanks to that last-second, desparation play, the Bears are the first, instead of the second, team the 49ers have beat outside the NFC West.

I can hear it now:

“Favre takes the snap and throws for a touchdown! Thanks to Favre’s Patent last second magic the final score of the NFC Championship Game is Minnesota 7, New Orleans 56.

D∈T

By: Trav

Trav — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:14:56 +0000

swashbuckling. Love it. A co-worker and I have an on-going game where we pick a random word and you have to work it into either a customer conference call or visit. Next up on the list “swashbuckler” or “swashbuckling”. I am still up big from when I was able to work “Jermaine Jackson” into a discussion 2 separate times with the Utah Dept of Human Services. Thanks josh for the assistance.