Thread: Vikes hire new receivers coach

From Sid Hartman's column in the Tribune

On the Vikings front, Childress reported that defensive coordinator Mike Tomlin was in Pittsburgh on Tuesday being interviewed for the Steelers coaching job to replace Bill Cowher. But Tomlin isn't likely to go to Miami for a second interview with the Dolphins, who are looking for a replacement for Nick Saban.

There will be one change in the Vikings assistant coaching staff. Wide receiver coach Darrell Wyatt is leaving and George Stewart, who was on Holtz's staff at Minnesota and has been with the Falcons, replacing Wyatt on the staff.

"Stew's a hell of a man, he's a 19-year coaching veteran and I know he can handle the receivers," Childress said. "He coached the 49ers when they had J.J. Stokes, Terrell Owens and Jerry Rice, so if he can keep those guys straightened out, he'll do all right."

So we hire the WR coach from ATLANTA???
Yeah, they really have quite a WR corps!
LOL

Now hopefully they will get a new offensive coordinator!!

"cajunvike" wrote:

So we hire the WR coach from ATLANTA???
Yeah, they really have quite a WR corps!
LOL

Compared to our's, yes.

"ViKing24" wrote:

Now hopefully they will get a new offensive coordinator!!

Now THAT IS a GREAT idea!!!

Good news I guess. Maybe a little bit of change can help out Troy and whoever we pick up this offseason. If he coached Rice and TO then i'm fine with the hire.

This from SI:

George Stewart, Falcons wide receivers coach. Intense and demanding, Stewart isn't one of those cookie-cutter autocrats who insist upon making people feel his power. Rather, he's a real human being who is honest, decisive and passionate. Think Terrell Owens is uncoachable? Stewart, who brought out the best in Owens without coddling him as an assistant in San Francisco, is proof that he isn't. Any team in need of a culture shock (are you listening, Al?) would be wise to turn to this hard-working motivator.

SI was thinking he may go to Oakland!

they brought him in to calm moss down when we trade for him hahhaha

Wow.... A WR Coach from Atlanta, why don't we hire Art Shell?

Somebody needs to tell the peeps in the front office to put down the crackpipe.

Wasn't atlanta the only team with more dropped passes than the Vikings?