A day after reports surfaced that the Minnesota Vikings and head coach Brad Childress were close to a deal on a contract extension, that deal has reportedly been reached.
John Clayton of ESPN reports that Childress and the team have agreed to a deal that will keep the coach under contract to the team through the 2013 season.
Clayton reports that the deal is believed to be worth $4 million to $5 million a year, which will at least double the $2 million annual salary on his current deal.
Childress has a 32-25 record with the Vikings. At 8-1 this season, he’s off to by far his best start as a head coach.
Good for him. I hope with all this new money he can find a nice place to live in Los Angeles.
Brett Favre and Adrian Peterson saved his job. Last year the Vikings were considering firing him. I guess he can thank them later
The Vikings are idiots.
Lucky Viking fans. There goes Super Bowl dreams,another OC not fit to be a HC,
Dear Green Bay,
Ha Ha!
ALL WE DO IS WIN, ALL WE DO IS WIN!!!
Regards,
B.F.
Yes! Good news for the Vikings!
Let the false expressions of joy, hysterical whining, and general pity partying from the Packers, Bears, and Lions begin.
Bad move. Win at least ONE playoff game, THEN a deal should be cut.
I’m sure they’ll spin it as some confidence booster, but without a proven playoff track record, I think this could really backfire, especially when Favre is gone.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Chilly! That cat is cold…
He’s been 6-10, 8-8, 10-6 and now currently 8-1. Name another coach that’s shown such consistent improvement? The guy gets hammered unfairly….much like the comment that Favre got him this contract. Really? Is that coming from the same people that called Childress a joke when he pursued Favre hard and said ‘Favre will be hurt by mid-October and the team will implode’.
Can’t have it both ways. Can’t slam him for pursuing Favre and then give Favre all the credit. Stupidity.
He will be fired after next season, after Favre rertires of course.
Brett Favre has made a lot of people a lot of money.
Dude deserves it! Congrats Brad
YES! Vikings are locked in to be NFC North Champs for the next couple of years! Lions, Packers, and Bears (oh my!)…have fun in our shadows haha! SKOL VIKINGS SKOL!
Frazier will be a head coach next year.
DYNASTY!!!!!
He should take some of the money and go house shopping in LA during the offseason while the market is still relatively weak . . .
Anyone know why it is that Childress gets to wear that thin microphone headset thingy while every other coach wears a chunky motorola one?
It includes a housing allowance in LA if they fail to win the SB.
it could be worse..i could have found out that my wife of 10 years use to be a man and that i have testicular cancer with the only option having them removed…. THIS SUCKS
Didn’t Jauron get canned too after extension..
well see what he does without Favre next year
I am undecided on this move…I think he gets more crap that he deserves, but I am not 100% sure he is not an idiot.
Thanks Brett.
And here come the Packer Fans with their pearls of wisdom bashing the Vikings even when their own coach is a turd.
God Bless Brad Childress!
Hahahahaha!
This guy is a joke! His team is good this year DESPITE him! I bet they buy him out of his contract before it’s up.
LOL
The is good news for every other team in the league and every other head coach.
Whatever amount of money Brad Childress is being paid every coach can argue they deserve more.
The day that Brett Favre leaves the viklings this deal will look even better.
It also means he will be head coach when their lease expires and the franchise moves.
Only half of those changeable vikling customers actual believe the guy has any measurable competence. No one else does.
This move will haunt the viklings for years…LOL
Alright we better get a super bowl this year then!!!
SKOL VIKINGS
Without Favre; 24 – 24
With Favre; 8-1
Yeah. He sounds like a 5mil a year coach.
Its better he got his ext now before Favre’s arm turns to Jello and ruins his payday.
Now that he has mustache trims covered for the rest of his life, perhaps he can purchase a personality?
Can I assume he’s having half directly deposited into Favre’s bank account?
/cause that’s the only reason he’s getting the extension
I can honestly say that never in my wildest dreams did I see this coming….and honestly what the hell is Chilly going to do when Favre is gone???
Nice.
Too bad contracts in the NFL mean, uh, nothing. 2 bad seasons and he’s out, contract or no contract.
As a Packers fan all I can say is “Yes!!!!”
Maybe this is part of the plan to keep the Vikes in Minny. What other town would want to be associated with Childress?
Yes, there is a God in Heaven. This whole plan to ship out Brent Favre has produced some positive consequences, it got Childress a contract extension that he otherwise would have never gotten.
Now, what’s the over/under on Childress still being the head coach in LA in 2013?
and somewhere Mike Florio weeps alone
hahahaahahahahah…have fun with Major Dad.
Just in time before Brett to falls apart, and the Vikes go 1 and done. Smart move Chilly, smart move….
In other words, the Vikings brass is the opposite of it’s fans. They have the ability to stick by a guy through thick and thin. Think those playoff tickets are going to sell well this year?
This is a definite high point in an otherwise lousy season for all of us Pack fans. I would hate to be Adrian Peterson right now though, poor guy.
Now, if Favre retires, except this time he stays retired for a change, and then we finally send Owlman packing, I could easily see us retaking our hold on the division as soon as next year.
5-4 isn’t anything to be too proud of, but there’s a light at the end of the tunnel now. Hallelujah.
Funny what a washed up, will he retire-won’t he retire, interception throwing, injury prone QB will do for a coach’s career, isn’t it?
Just wondering if the Vikes might not have wanted to wait until, say, the first week of February before inking that new deal….. let’s hope they still think it was worth it by the end of the season.
By the way, was anybody standing at the door with offers for Chilly?
Didn’t think so.
Pretty good deal for a coach yet to win in the postseason.
Coaching is more about players then X and O’s and Childress has brought in some good players along with Brett and if you win you keep coaching and if you lose you are gone.
Chilly will be just like Charlie Weis, rewarded and given the $$$ only to crash and burn sometime down the road. Any true Viking fan will tell you he is brutal.
Childress has made one BIG mistake. Tavaris Jackson. Otherwise he and his staff have brought in players who have been great, both on, and off the field. Another good move by the Wilfs. Thank god Red McCombs is gone!
GO VIKES!
This is fantastic news for Packer fans. Thank you, Favre.
Awesome!!! He’s done a great job rebuilding the Vikings into something respectful.
Keep up the good work Brad!
Well deserved. Moreso for the off the field stuff than on-field coaching decisions.
He put his ass on the line trading for Jarod Allen, using a top 10 pick on an “injury prone” Adrian Peterson, dropping Bobby Wade for Greg Lewis, “overpaying” for Guard, Steve Hutchinson, and finally completely bending over backwards to secure the services of a certain 40 year old QB who’s having his best statistical season ever.
No matter what happens after this season, he deserves the payday.
horrible coach until favre arrived, so he probably still is … I don’t really understand why the vikes would feel the need to re-up him mid-season
bumkz says:
DYNASTY!!!!!
Ummm……. might want to slow down there a bit, Skippy. Don’t you have to win your FIRST title BEFORE you shout “DYNASTY!!!!” ?
Just askin’, is all.
@ dbag nelson, hey, it could be a lot worse, he could have ran out our best play over the last 40 years, have man boobs, and be in bed with the GM AND his own cousin, but that wouldn’t be the vikes now would it?
That’s funny. Favre won’t be around after next season at most and the Vikings have no QB of the future in place…….or a place to play for that matter.
I wonder if this dope even listens to himself? Hey Bob, ever get tired of being wrong?
http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/08/17/glazer-convinced-favre-vikings-talks-will-continue/
Bob Nelson says:
August 17, 2009 2:49 PM
Jay Glazer has been not just incorrect but improper and wrong in the past regarding Brett Favre.
Jay Glazer has nothing else to write about with the vikings. Their QB’s, WR’s, DB’s, TE’s, Coaching Staff, and stadium are all amongst the worst if not the worst in the NFL.
Since no one would bother to read about the vikings, Glazer has to write something that will cause people to pay attention. He wrote another Brett Favre story.
Brett Favre is the most popular football player in America. His jersey last season out sold every team’s jerseys.
The NFL’s lowest revenue team, the vikings, know they need bailouts to avoid blackouts. A popular player like Favre would do that.
The viking franchise knows they have the worst QB’s in the NFL. Brett Favre would change that.
The problem for the vikings is that Brett Favre does not want to taint his image and legacy by being associated a bad franchise that will be relocating in a couple of years.
Brett Favre will not stoop that low even if the vikings offered $25 million a season.
Brett Favre is the greatest human on the planet in 2000 years, but even he cannot fix that viking franchise mess in one season.
“Dear Green Bay,
Ha Ha!
ALL WE DO IS WIN, ALL WE DO IS WIN!!!
Regards,
B.F.
——————————–
Dear Brett Favre,
No you don’t.
Regards,
The Pittsburgh Steelers
Congrats Brad. I like anyone from the Andy Reid tree to do well.
Chilly: 32-25, 1 playoff appearance. Failed at home. Contract extension.
MM: 32-25, 1 playoff appearance. Failed in NFC Championship game. Will be fired if the Packers don’t make the playoffs.
I guess we see the standards the respective teams are held to. Side note-In MM’s Championship loss, his quarterback and current quarterback of the Vikings completed more passes to the other team in the 4th quarter and overtime of that game.
I expect a new Quarterback for purple if Favre retires for good, perhaps Tim Tebow LOL, I expect another NFC North Title and I expect a Superbowl win if the wilfs in fact signed Chilly. And if he fails, run him out and let oakland pick him up.
I was really hoping they’d at least wait till after the season, to see how far we actually make it…. Not cool being stuck with the Colonel without knowing where we actually finish.
Bob with 2 o’s………………..YOU ARE AN IDIOT!
Should have waited till season’s end, but if he sucks down the line, the Wilf’s have so much dough it won’t matter if they want to can him.
Once again, it’s interesting to see all the lame-ass Pack fan posts. Usually, there’s a couple with some reasoning and class, but not today.
Yeah, it sucks to have a coach that the players like, generally makes decent personel moves (T-Jack notwithstanding), and has improved every year.
It must be so much better to be the fan of a team with a lousy GM, maybe one Pro-Bowl player, no O-line, average D-line, no RB, old corners, one-dimensional LBs, a string of lousy high draft picks and no free agent prospects cause the GM builds through substandard 3rd and 4th round draft picks. No, it must be heavenly to have a coach that can’t count challenges, can’t adjust his offense mid-game (or pre-game for that matter) to account for team weaknesses, coaches the least disciplined most penalized team in the league, and can’t take criticism from a frigging maintenance worker. The future is so much brighter in Green Bay.
I remember all the idiots a couple years ago calling for the head of Tom Coughlin.. just proves these fans have no idea what they’re talking about.. It’s funny when people credit the players for winning games, but when they lose its all the coaches fault.. it’s either one or the other..it’s the players that win and lose or the coaches, not one or the other..
Packer fans,
Would you rather have Childress or McCarthy?
If Favre is saving Childress’s career, why were the Vikings 10-6 last year without him?
In fact, if you say that Allen/Peterson/Favre/Harvin, etc.. are masking his abilities as a head coach and the vikings just have superior players, who built the majority of the team through the draft, free agency and trades?
If Childress can continue to bring in the level of talent that he has in the past, I’m all for keeping him as a head coach and the packers can keep your has-beens and never-will-bes.
Wilf- Chilly if you dress up like a woman since your Favres b*tch now I’ll extend your contract
Chilly- Sure no problem I hear they like drag queens in LA
I love all of the hate…it means Ziggy is right.
And johnko just pwned up on BobNelson
This is just an expensive insurance policy to keep the core unit together next year and maybe the one after that. Should Favre retire (hahaha) or they suddenly tank it massively, which is extremely unlikely, they’ll dump his ass contract notwithstanding.
Uh, I think it’s time to begin throwing the word “genius” around with Brad Childress. He knew he was on his way outta town and all he did was pester Brett Favre until he finally got Brett to play. What, about 10 phone calls or so and it made him a guaranteed additional 10 million dollars???
If that was not one of the most BRILLIANT moves in the history of the NFL, I’m not sure what is.
If quarterbacks give their linemen gifts for protecting their backsides, I wonder what the Forehead will give Favre for protecting his???
Really, are all Viking fans this dumb? Dynasty? Well I guess this will all hurt the very more when this, never mind you’ll see. LOL.
Vikings = CHAMPIONSHIP!
Thank you Minnestoa, the resigning of Chilly is reminiscent of the resigning of Wayne Fonts, Mr. Millen, Sam Wyche, Dave Wannstedt, and Lindy Infante. Everyone else in the North thanks you for the early Christmas gift.
As a Viking fan, I can say I’m torn on the extension.
As much as he has help improve this team (FA pickups and drafting, yes, he is a part of it) I think he is doing a good job.
That said, I still want to see him win in the post season. The fanbase will turn sour if there is another one and out this year (but I highly doubt that will be the case).
To all the above posters:
The Vikings are not going to L.A. Not only is the Minnesota legislature going to get a stadium done within the next year, the NFL will not allow the move. Please go look at the numbers. There are 4 other teams that will be moved LONG before the Vikings.
To Packer fans:
Even though you idiots aren’t worth the time, I’ll give it to you. Your teams front office and head coach are a laughing stock of the league. 13-3 to 6-10, and you will end up having yet another top 10 pick in this years draft (which BTW, your front office will screw up, AGAIN).
I’m not a huge Childress fan, but I’ll take him and our front office’s decision making over Ted “all I do is destroy organizations” Thompson and that down syndrome looking coach you have across the boarder.
Enjoy it!!
stopwhining says:
November 19, 2009 4:22 PM
Anyone know why it is that Childress gets to wear that thin microphone headset thingy while every other coach wears a chunky motorola one?
I believe he has a hearing condition. Not 100% sure on that, but I remember reading or hearing about it during the preseason.
OmegaXxXNFL says:
November 19, 2009 6:27 PM
Really, are all Viking fans this dumb? Dynasty? Well I guess this will all hurt the very more when this, never mind you’ll see. LOL.
Lol. A random Vikings hater…We have lost so much in Minnesota that it’s just nice to get the feeling of a magical season. So go ahead and bash. Everyone in Minnesota knows how the Vikings are. It’s the Minnesota curse. But with all the Vikings weapons, talent, no distractions, etc…Is it out of the relm of possibility that Vikings do become an elite team for the next few years? Not really. I was on the FIRE CHILLY bandwagon for his first two years as a coach. But he has improved this team by two wins every year he has coached. The Vikings made the playoffs with the QB Combination of Gus Freotte (Eh) and T-Jax (Whom I support). The Vikings have had excellent drafts and have received some excellent players via Free Agency. Not to mention, some Vikings assistants (Tomlin, Bevell, Frazier) have all received coaching jobs or are on the hot seat to become coaches. Do I think Chilly is a good coach? I have my doubts. I believe he would be a phenominal GM. But he has not done anything that shows me that he did not deserve a contract. You can say it was Farve, AD, Harvin, WW, The Hutch, or Allen, but in Chilly’s first year, he stole Chester Taylor/Drafted Greenway and T-Jax/and got this team primed for the future. Sure the Vikes went 6-10, but for a first year coach, that’s alright. Then 8-8. Finally 10-6. Anywhere that would be more than acceptable. So…Congrats Chilly! Win us one and keep our team in Minny!
Great to hear all of the fear and insecurity coming from opposing teams fans. You all witnessed the drafting and free agent wisdom Chilly has used in the last few years. We are a team of stars and up and coming stars. More charisma on this team than any other out there. The media camera is focused on the Midwest now,suck it East and West coast. Keep bringing in the talent Chilly, the rest will all play out. The haters will hate,and we will just keep winning. Here’s to NFC dominance for several years.
@stopwhining
Childress has a note from the doctor re the thin headset thing. It’s a hearing loss issue . . . (it also, maybe, requires him to take a knee now and then.)
He has earned it along with the supporting cast. The past 3 drafts and off season acquisitions have been brilliant.
However, the real issue is all the cheap republicans keeping the Vikings from a new stadium.. The Vikings have been part of Minneapolis/Bloomington Minnesota for 49 years their stadium is 30 years old get off you cheap fu-king ass people and get them a new one OR they will leave…
your so stupid the Laker’s, the North Stars remember??
FYI.. I have been a Vikings fan since 1969 and WTF, I was born in Florida and moved here in 2009!
He has earned it along with the supporting cast. The past 3 drafts and off season acquisitions have been brilliant.
However, the real issue is all the cheap republicans keeping the Vikings from a new stadium.. The Vikings have been part of Minneapolis/Bloomington Minnesota for 49 years their stadium is 30 years old get off you cheap fu-king ass people and get them a new one OR they will leave…
your so stupid the Laker’s, the North Stars remember??
FYI.. I have been a Vikings fan since 1969 and WTF, I was born in Florida and moved here in 2009!
Brad Childress has never won a playoff game.
Maybe you viling commentors would want him to accomplish something (like just one playoff win) before boasting of Baldy.
They made Mr. Noodle more expensive than Jauron to buy out.
Do you really think the new fans in LA will like this guy? No coach is worse at speaking that Brad Childress.
This isn’t as funny as not being able to get your first round pick selection to the podium on time 2 consecutive years, or arriving at the Lions stadium late for the start of a game, but it is another example of how not to run a franchise.
As for the claims of a possible Championship; They haven’t even won their Conference since Gerald Ford was President and have no trophies or trophy case to show anyone.
They will soon be moving somewhere, but they will probably screw up a move to Roskie’s stadium.
If Bob Nelson and the Packer fans don’t like it, it must be a good thing. Childress has earned it. He turned an undisciplined bunch of underachievers into a disciplined team. That meant hard choices and hurt feelings, and some missteps along the way, but it paid off. He made believers out of some players, like Winfield, who didn’t take to the new ways immediately. The one exception was Birk, but everyone parted without harsh words. I remember when some fans expressed regret that the Vikings pulled the trigger too quickly on Childress and didn’t hire Mike McCarthy. ROFLMFAO
To Bob Nelson,
“As for the claims of a possible Championship; They haven’t even won their Conference since Gerald Ford was President and have no trophies or trophy case to show anyone.”
Guess what team in the NFC Black and Blue division has won the most division titles since ’61, when the Vikings joined the league?
I’ll give you a hint, its not the Bears, Packers, Lions, or Bucs (when they were in the division).
I also believe even though they have yet to win a Super Bowl, the Vikings have played in more championship games than any of those teams since ’61 as well.
Try to act like you know what you are talking about before you talk out of your pie hole.
Guess what team in the NFC Black and Blue division has won the most division titles since ’61, when the Vikings joined the league
Guess which team is tied for the most Superbowl losses?
Guess which is the first team to go 15-1 and NOT make the Superbowl?
Guess which team team is most responsible for the Cowboys Superbowls teams in the 1990′s?
1961-2008 has what to do with this season again?
Oh yeah the Pack is a .500 team so we are talking about the past again…..imagine that.
i agree jimmysmith, since when is 5-4 a 500 team. will they be a 500team when they are 7 and 4?
Chick:
5 divided by 9 = .555= pretty much .500
Win one game and you automagically don’t have to play the next 2 to win? Really? You thought Tampa was a gimme too!!! lol
Go fix me a sandwich.
You need to shut up…..men are talking
“Guess which team team is most responsible for the Cowboys Superbowls teams in the 1990′s?”
Uhh, that would be the Bills, idiot.
no thatwoudl be the vikings and herschelwalkertrade