January 06, 2006

It's Childress

Reports tonight indicate that the Vikings have made their choice on a new coach, and it's Brad Childress, the offensive coordinator for the past six years for the Eagles.

A good, solid, choice, I say. A shy, unassuming, non-egomaniacal guy who's nonetheless quite media-savvy, he should be a good fit in Minnesota, a market which, aside from Tice and the parade of dumbasses who coached the Wolves in the pre-Garnett years, tends to hang onto pro coaches forever. Childress also once told TO to go fuck himself, which gives him extra points in my book.

Much of Childress' appeal, I grant you, comes from his place in the "Coaching Tree" of Bill Walsh, Mike Holmgren, and Andy Reid, the one that produced and refined the West Coast Offense. That's a better bet, if you ask me, than the expected strategy of the other seven teams with coaching vacancies, who I suspect will all hire guys just because they once shook hands with Bill Belichick 15 years ago.

He may not be proven as a head coach, but we know the Vikings are no longer coached by an imbecile, which puts them well ahead of where they were this time last week.

Posted by Stephen Silver at January 6, 2006 02:00 AM
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He may not be proven as a head coach, but we know the Vikings are no longer coached by an imbecile, which puts them well ahead of where they were this time last week.

and that is the hiring summed up in 30 words. Count me as a happy viking fan.

Posted by: J. Lichty at January 9, 2006 07:51 PM
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