Comments on: Childress shouldn’t get a second chance http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Fri, 24 May 2013 21:48:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Wisconsin77 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1363169 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 08:08:20 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1363169 dragonfly99 says: Oct 31, 2011 3:43 PM
I agree that Chilly is not a great football coach, but he should not take the entire blame for all of their personnel moves. The GM and owner (who are both still there) also share some, or most of the credit for Favre, Moss, and others.

Favre? You mean the guy he brought in that brought them within 12 men in the huddle to a SB? The guy who made one of the worst WR corps in the league look like a bunch of Pro Bowlers? Yeah, he should be fired for that.

]]> By: eegwaybeegway http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1362129 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:01:05 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1362129 Childress has many connections in the league. After he’s fulfilled the contract arrangement with Zygi Wilf and gets paid handsomely through 2012 for sitting on his fanny, he’ll be back in the league in a top-echelon coaching position.

]]> By: fargovikesfan http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1361678 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:34:59 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1361678 Chilly thought he was Bill Belichick but in reality the guy couldn’t coach his way out of a wet paper bag. There’s a reason Andy Reid called the plays in Philly while Childress was the OC. But surprisingly, when Chilly got the job here and Morningweh got the OC job, HE started calling plays. And as far as Childress being a QB guru that helped “develop” McNabb, after seeing him throw bounce passes at the feet of our WR’s the first 6 games of the season, I can believe that Childress had a hand in his learning the NFL game. There’s a reason we called that big plastic “play sheet” that Chilly always held up in front of his face his IHOP menu.
IHOP in this case stood for Idiot Has One Play

But on a side note, Jerry Angelo should not read this post. We’re just bitter Vikings fans that were sad to see such a Gem of a coach get fired. he’d be a wonderful fit in Chicago.

]]> By: bobnelsonjr http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1360816 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:13:19 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1360816 If he was so bad for the vikings, Why was he given a nice long contract extention?

Brad Childress will still be getting paid by the vikings for years to come.

]]> By: tatum064 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1360804 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 07:39:38 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1360804 If the Vikings dont turn the ball over a jazillion times v. the Saints in that NFC Championship, go to the Super Bowl.

he’d still be the head coach. Favre got them there, then committed the crucial turnover, then a phantom PI call on Ed Thomas again put them their.

The Moss thing was the final nail.

Look where it got them, though. At least they did get Ponder, though. Things could be looking up in the future.

]]> By: thedefinitiveman http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1360706 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:50:27 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1360706 As an Eagles fan I must say we were glad he left (winning hides the truth as to how good someone is), and we laughed that the Vikings hired him as their head coach. I agree with the take on the article on Childress.

]]> By: axespray http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1360704 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:47:07 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1360704 Wade Phillips/Brad Childress/Sean Payton/Mike McCarthy were the 06 class of new head coaches…

and people laughed when Ted hired Mike…

]]> By: vikefan http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1360562 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:42:30 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1360562 ….and lets see if another one of my posts gets deleted, bet PFT has auto delete button for my posts by now.

]]> By: pkrlvr http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1360521 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:13:39 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1360521 phillyfan4ever says: Oct 31, 2011 2:48 PM

Wasn’t it the owner who lobbied for Brett Favre and Chilly had to deal with the reprocussions of bringing in a pre madonna?
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Seriously? Bringing in BF was the only intelligent move they made outside of drafting AP. Klink woulda been fired a lot sooner if it wasn’t for Favre’s success.

]]> By: eegwaybeegway http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1360375 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:29:46 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1360375 Childress won back-to-back division titles with the Vikings for the first time since Bud did it 34 years ago. He should still be coaching the team. But as it is, he would be a great candidate to find a high-ranking coaching job with another NFL team. I’m pretty sure he needs to honor the contract agreement with Zygi Wilf though to sit out the 2012 season to secure the $3 million he has coming to him. If he lands another job with an NFL team, I’m pretty sure that money is forfeited … so why would he hurry back?

]]> By: glenne81 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1360133 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:22:09 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1360133 Steal????? We beat them and gave it away. Look at the stats.

]]> By: footballisking http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1360063 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:57:20 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1360063 I would like more information on this “pissy email” that was sent…. possibly a transcript of it would be an awesome way to get me through this awful monday afternoon :)

]]> By: clear2me http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1360019 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:40:20 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1360019 Giving Childress a call and asking him to interview for an NFL coaching position is about the same as giving Bernie Madoff a call in jail and asking him for some investing advice. Doesn’t make sense!

]]> By: rabidbillsfan http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1360015 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:39:14 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1360015 Actually, Phillyfan, Favre is a Post-Madonna, by about 15 years. Which I’m also guessing is about your age, or atleast your that of your mental capacity.

]]> By: shaggytoodle http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1360010 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:36:21 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1360010 Some people aren’t meant to be head coaches in the NFL, I think Childress may be able to do all right as a OC or a college coach, look at Mike Sherman.

]]> By: kibawib http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1359978 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:22:13 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1359978 The NFL has never been more of a quarterback-driven league than it is today. You don’t often hear about a “great coach” unless he has a “great QB” running the offense. Look at Shanahan’s record since Elway retired. Look at Belicheck’s failed stint in Cleveland compared to his string of success with Brady under center. Translation young coaches like Sean Peyton, Mike Tomlin, McCarthy, etc., wouldn’t be considered great coaches if they didn’t have Brees, Roethlisberger and Rodgers under center every Sunday. As for MN, we have Ponder, and as Sunday’s game showed, decent QB play makes any coach look a lot smarter.

]]> By: gberg09 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1359961 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:14:18 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1359961 STEAL a super bowl birth??? The vikings dominated the saints in that game. New orleans was the team doing the stealing…

]]> By: notthekiller http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1359950 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:10:18 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1359950 Re-treads usually blowout faster then a new tire. It is just a fact with tires as well as with people..

]]> By: rwf1984 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1359947 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:09:45 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1359947 As long as Childress is not the coach of the Vikings, I wouldn’t care if he coaches for a different team! He has an eye for talent (besides QB position), but coaching kind of sucks!

]]> By: stavreafavre http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1359895 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:54:29 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1359895 So many “What ifs” in the NFL. I’ve always been extremely grateful that the Vikings wouldn’t let Col. Klink out of town after interviewing him. His next appointment was in Green Bay. Whew!

]]> By: fwippel http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1359868 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:45:46 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1359868 I think this analysis is quite good. The only exception I take is how the Daunte Culpepper situation was handled. DC had a miserable 2005 season before it ended in injury; he was literally a human turnover machine. He then had the gall, before the rehab fallout, to march into the Viking front office and declare “I’m a $10 million per year QB”. Childress was right to send Culpepper packing, and DC’s performances after that proved to be the right move.

Otherwise, Childress completely mismanaged the QB position from the word go. He started out handcuffing Brad Johnson, a 15 year vet with a SB ring, by not allowing him to audible, and then blamed him for the 6-10 record. He forced Tarvaris Jackson into the starting lineup before TJack was ready, and refused to bring in any solid competetion for him. Hell, the only reason he lasted more than three years is because Gus Frerotte saved his bacon in 2008 before Favre did it again in 2009.

Childress was not a bad talent evaluator in some respects. His drafts included Ray Edwards, Cedric Griffin, Chad Greenway, Adrian Peterson, Percy Harvin, and were better as a whole than the drafts that happened under Mike Tice. But Childress acted like a control-freak who thought he was the second coming of Bill Belichick.

Some coaches were meant to be coordinators. Kevin Gilbride was a miserable head coach, but is still a very successful coordinator to this day. That may be the best Childress can hope for.

]]> By: dragonfly99 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1359857 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:43:22 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1359857 I agree that Chilly is not a great football coach, but he should not take the entire blame for all of their personnel moves. The GM and owner (who are both still there) also share some, or most of the credit for Favre, Moss, and others. The Vikings tried to buy an NFL championship through free agency and could not do it.

]]> By: zn0rseman http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1359852 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:42:15 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1359852 I think Chilly’s biggest failings were his personnel decisions.

He got rid of more talented players in order to protect “his” guys, especially when his guy was getting consistently outplayed by one of Speilman’s guys. To the detriment of the Vikings, and to the benefit of other teams out there – who were happily picking off the talented Speilman picks, this happened far too often, and not just at QB.

Frankly. I wish some hungry sports media guy would do a story on it.

]]> By: Carl Gerbschmidt http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1359850 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:40:53 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1359850 How can you expect anybody to succeed in the poisonous environment that is the Vikings? Obviously, he’s not good enough to coach the Green Bay Packas, but he may very well have a moderate amount of success elsewhere – say Dallas or San Diego.

]]> By: santolonius http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1359793 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:21:55 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1359793 you guys really went out of your way to tear down a man. why you gotta do that?

]]> By: greymares http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1359794 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:21:55 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1359794 the viking fans are evidently right. look how well they have been since he left.———NOT.

]]> By: myopinionisrighterthanyours http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1359788 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:20:30 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1359788 Wow, just when I thought I couldn’t see anything funnier, I see somebody calling Lord Favre a Pre-Madonna. Wonder if he set “Like A Virgin” as the background music in his text to Jenn Sterger?

]]> By: The Phantom Stranger http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1359787 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:19:35 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1359787 If Christian Ponder had been available in 2006, Chilly would be a Hall of Fame coach.

Seriously, a coach is about as good as his quarterback. I don’t think there have been any good quarterbacks available when the Vikings drafted since 2006 until they got Ponder this year.

Lest anyone gets the wrong idea, I still think Chilly was a terrible coach. It’s just that any coach can look good if he has a good QB. In 2009, Favre got him a contract extension.

]]> By: swagjag http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1359777 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:17:16 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1359777 I can think of no team that has a fanbase that would be energized by bringing in this LAPD look-alike retread. He was a bad hire to begin with and his extension was laughable.

]]> By: flapjackdaddy http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/31/childress-shouldnt-get-a-second-chance/#comment-1359752 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:10:25 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=164163#comment-1359752 I agree. But I love the telemarketer headset. [sarcasm]

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