That sounds (reads?) funny coming from you, the master of the spoken (typed) word.

That being said, the internecine sturm und drang with Favre/Vikings is infinitely more entertaining to observe than the Packers.

It’s also provides awhayes with lotsa bloviating material.

I think it was a mistake from the start for the Vikings to acquire Moss. However, and this is just a guess, but I believe Favre had a lot to do with the trade to pick-up Moss, and also the fact that Rice was out. The actual getting rid of Moss was the right decision I believe, because Moss’ behavior had moved from irritating but mostly harmless to a deadly cancerous phase. Did you happen to see in the pre-game of the Vikings and Patriots contest there was film of Kraft and Brady coming up to Moss and acting so very friendly, it was sickening to see how sugary it all was. Call me a cynic, but I think Kraft and Brady did this as a psychological ploy to pal-up to Moss knowing it might soften his competitive spirit. If this is the case, if one takes another look at that game, Moss did not compete on any play for the entire game! He was ridiculous. I think Moss believed the Vikings were going no where in 2010 and got the idea he might be able to somehow get back to New England if he acted more harshly than normal, ergo the obviously boorish behavior at the post game meal and the refusal to travel with his team back to Minnesota. How do most organizations handle insubordination of this type from a person with Moss’ record? If I were Childress the way I would look at this situation is that I took a gamble and it did not pay-off, so I had to cut my losses as soon as I could. For Moss to get paid the amount of money he gets paid and to act the way he does is never conducive to promoting a team atmosphere. I am not a big fan of Childress at all, I still remember his refusal to shake MM’s hand after a loss about two or three years ago at Lambeau. But, given all the vehemence directed at him from all sub-publics (i.e. players, press, fans, pundits etc.), for basically everything is a little unfair. Is this not the same coach that led them to a pretty good season just last year? Yes, he has made his share of mistakes in 2010, however the amount of blame directed his way I think is way too much. What about Favre and his antics, what about Rick Spielman the GM are we to believe he is perfectly innocent, what Zygi and his erstwhile sons are we to believe that there actions have always been logical and right on target, what about Rice and that little game of holding out and having a phantom injury in the off-season that made it impossible for him to practice…did that really seem right at the time? Lastly, what about this wooing by Zygi of the community to support the building of a new stadium, hasn’t that added an extra dimension to the pressure that is on all the coaches to do well? Zygi is suppose to be a billionaire, I think, why doesn’t he just understand these are difficult economic times for the general american public, and go ahead and either finance the stadium himself or move it?

My apologetically belabored point is, there are a lot of dimensions to the problem that we refer to as the Minnesota Vikings, and I think in totality Childress is taking too much of the heat.