Thread: Childress inexperienced?

At first I thought this was going to be a rip on Childress thread. I'm glad to see that you're on board (no love boat jokes please,) with the new changes. As for the media's take on the C-Pep trade, they all are two faced. 2 weeks ago every reporter was ripping on the Vikings for their attitude towards the Daunte situation. Now those same reporters are backing Zygi and Childress in their decision making.

As for the question of Childress's inexperience, I think aceclown said it best:"aceclown" wrote:

Big Fukkin Deal, at least he served as a coordinator, which is more than Tice could say before he was promoted to head coach.

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CHILDRESS NEEDS TO PUT A SOCK IN IT



After two months of virtual silence, new Vikings coach Brad Childress has begun to talk.



A lot.



And it's getting the attention of several league insiders, one of whom believes that Childress "talks way too f--king much" and that he should "shut the f--k up." (Poetry. Sheer poetry.)



Childress has become loquacious in the week since the Vikings shipped quarterback Daunte Culpepper to Miami. The coach has dissed Daunte on at least two occasions, comparing him most recently to Terrell Owens. And Childress also boasts that if he hadn't taken the job in Minnesota, he could have had the gig in Green Bay.

"I saw [Packers general manager] Ted Thompson at the combine, and he asked me, 'Is it OK for me to have the driver come back from Appleton now?' He was going to pick me up. I said, 'Yeah, you can have him come back now. I'm staying here with the Purple.' So, they didn't pick me. I picked them."

Fine. But what's the point? These comments make him come off as insecure, and petty. (Hey, he could write for us.)

Brad's best bet, in our view, is to zip it. Now. At the same time he fears that Culpepper has caught the "me" disease, Childress needs to avoid developing the "Meathead" syndrome.

As long as he backs it up, he can say whatever he wants!!!

He doesn't say anything and people rip on him. He finally talks and people rip on him.

Give the guy a chance. Heck, Tice had 4 years and screwed up every single one and there are those who still swear by him. With all the B.S. Pep has thrown out, Childress has every right to defend himself.

I kinda hope he brings some of that Philly swagger with him.

and as the saying goes, "The rest of the story..."

Childress needs to let Culpepper go
This offseason, the Vikings have an excellent new owner in Zygi Wilf, who has been busy making over the organization. First, he retained vice president Rob Brzezinski. Then, he hired a solid X's and O's head coach in Brad Childress, who is very detail-oriented. Finally, he brought in a young VP of personnel in Fran Foley, giving the Vikings a trio of executives who, for the first time in a long time, appear to have this franchise on the same page.

I say "appear" because the Vikings seemed confused in their handling of Daunte Culpepper's contract situation this offseason (Culpepper has since been traded to Miami). On one hand, we have Wilf being quoted as saying Culpepper never asked for more money. On the other hand, we have new coach Childress talking about Culpepper wanting to be "a $10 million-a-year quarterback." It seems the coach and owner were not on the same page on this one.

So why shouldn't we believe the hype now when talk centers around the Vikings being a potential playoff team in 2006? Aside from the fact they traded away a three-time Pro Bowl quarterback, the biggest reason is that their new head coach is showing his inexperience and is coaching with training wheels on.

Childress might have the football knowledge to be a good head coaching candidate, but he must not have been taking notes during all those Andy Reid press conferences, because it doesn't appear he knows how to manage a football team.

Childress was Culpepper's coach for roughly two months. But Cardinals QB coach Mike Kruczek (Culpepper's coach at Central Florida), Cardinals head coach Dennis Green (who drafted Culpepper) and former Vikings coach Mike Tice, who spent a lot more time with Culpepper than Childress did, have never had anything negative to say about the player. On the contrary, they consistently have talked about how great he was on the field, in the locker room and as a person off the field.

Entering last season, Culpepper ranked third all-time in passer rating (93.2), trailing only Steve Young (96.8) and Kurt Warner (95.7). Over the first five seasons of his career, he had the second-highest completion percentage in NFL history, behind only Warner. In 2004, he set the record for most yards from scrimmage by a quarterback (5,123), breaking a 20-year old record set by Hall of Famer Dan Marino.

So what is the real story here? Do Childress and Culpepper have some past history that might have predicted that they wouldn't get along?

After the 2003 season, when Culpepper was named the NFC starter in the Pro Bowl, the Eagles' coaching staff, with Childress having moved up to offensive coordinator, led the NFC squad. After a season in which Culpepper had thrown for 3,479 yards, 25 TDs, had a passer rating of 96.4 and a 65 percent completion rate, he played exactly five minutes in the Pro Bowl game. The fact that a player chosen by the fans, players and coaches to represent the NFC played only three series and only one quarter goes against the entire spirit of the game. It's possible that the 2003 Pro Bowl was the start of the problems for Culpepper and Childress.

Sources close to the situation have said that Culpepper requested a playbook from Childress this offseason and never received one. What kind of message does that send?

Whatever their past history, it's clear there was a rift between Culpepper and Childress.

Now, Childress can't seem to bash him enough. Over the past week, Childress has basically assassinated Culpepper's character in the media. He talked about Culpepper's contract demands, about Culpepper being a "me" guy and even compared him to former Eagles WR Terrell Owens.

All of Childress' comments came after Culpepper had been traded, and the AP quoted Culpepper as saying, "I wish the best for the Viking organization as they go forward under the new ownership group and coaching staff." I would hate to have seen Childress' response had Culpepper blasted the organization.

I'm not a head coach. I've never coached a day in my life. But I have been around the NFL my entire life and have been around some great coaches. I've been to hundreds of press conferences, and I've seen how different coaches handle different situations. There is a certain way you deal with touchy situations, and Childress is about to learn that lesson the hard way.

Childress never has been a head coach, either, and he was not even the primary play-caller in Philadelphia. Taking cheap shots at a player who had been the face of the Vikings for six years doesn't strike me as something an experienced head coach would do. Childress easily could have echoed Culpepper's positive comments, saying something like, "Daunte was a great quarterback for the Vikings, but we have opted to go in another direction. We feel like we received excellent value for him, and we hope to take that second-round pick and get ourselves an excellent football player. We wish Daunte all the best in Miami."

Instead he took two opportunities to rip the former Pro Bowl and franchise Vikings QB.

If Childress' goal were to get off to a rocky start with his new players, then mission accomplished. Culpepper always has been well-respected by the players in Minnesota and throughout the NFL. I can't imagine the Vikings players don't see what's going on or that it doesn't affect them to see their new head coach tear down a player many of them respected.

Childress might turn out to be a great head coach, but he might want to remember that in the coaching profession, you don't comment on other teams' players, and Culpepper is no longer his player. It's time for the Vikings' first-time head coach to grow up, take off the training wheels and get on the high road. Childress needs to become a leader within his organization, something he appears to have lost sight of in the Culpepper saga.

Now all of us are entitled to our opinions, and mine is this article is SPOT ON! Childress isn't the person half of you believe him to be and until he proves differently, he'll remain a IMHO!

My opinion is, if anyone was acting out like a retard, well Culpepper rode himself out of Minny on a short yellow bus while licking the back window.

Childress has come to town and he's kissing no ones ass. He's already been part of a positive FA and it may not stop where it is now.

He's come to Minny with his own ideas and his own way, so far I back him 100%.

I myself, don't put much weight into an artical written by an ex-coaches son, who is pushing a pen instead of push a yard marker backwards or forwards.

I'm going to have to up my order of Crow, for those non-belivers...

I'll let the na-sayers know when it's time for din din.......

BigMoInAZ wrote:

Now all of us are entitled to our opinions, and mine is this article is SPOT ON!

Well, I'm entitled to my opinion too, y'know? An' dis article ain't no SPOT ON! It's more of a stain, a poop stain, y'know?

It's just more hatin' on our new head coach by someone wit' his own poisenal opinion, y'know? It don't mean he's right, just means he got an opinion, just like we all got an opinion like we all got sphincter holes, y'know? Only in dis case, Jeremy Green is talkin' out of his, y'know?

You tink Brad is a r-e-t-a-r-d. I tink he is a m-a-n. We'll see who is right, y'know?

"RandyMoss8404" wrote:

CHILDRESS NEEDS TO PUT A SOCK IN IT



After two months of virtual silence, new Vikings coach Brad Childress has begun to talk.



A lot.



And it's getting the attention of several league insiders, one of whom believes that Childress "talks way too f--king much" and that he should "shut the f--k up." (Poetry. Sheer poetry.)



Childress has become loquacious in the week since the Vikings shipped quarterback Daunte Culpepper to Miami. The coach has dissed Daunte on at least two occasions, comparing him most recently to Terrell Owens. And Childress also boasts that if he hadn't taken the job in Minnesota, he could have had the gig in Green Bay.

"I saw [Packers general manager] Ted Thompson at the combine, and he asked me, 'Is it OK for me to have the driver come back from Appleton now?' He was going to pick me up. I said, 'Yeah, you can have him come back now. I'm staying here with the Purple.' So, they didn't pick me. I picked them."

Fine. But what's the point? These comments make him come off as insecure, and petty. (Hey, he could write for us.)

Brad's best bet, in our view, is to zip it. Now. At the same time he fears that Culpepper has caught the "me" disease, Childress needs to avoid developing the "Meathead" syndrome.

LOL I love it...that is exactly how I feel

He shouldn't have taken shots at Culpepper after the fact, he should of straight up pimp slapped him from the begining and every time that POS sent an E-mail to his ESPN pals Childress should have stomped his ass into the ground.

I can see it now, this just in Duante Culpepper sent us an e-mail......he's crying over spilt milk.

Brad Childress has sent us an e-mail...

"Hey guys......since my QB wants to e-mail you and ignore me because I won't give him more money do you think you can hook an inexperienced coach up and pass him this note....

Dear Daunte:

Fuck You

Sincerely: Brad Childress

thanks ESPN!"