Brad Childress

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gged about what I thought was the biggest question mark for the 2009 Minnesota Vikings...Head Coach Brad Childress.  In this post, I would like to examine the quarterback position, which will also come under deep scrutiny as the season plays out.

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tations is whether or not the Head Coach deserves to keep the reigns for another go-round.  In Brad Childress' case, I do not think he does.  Sure, he did lead the Vikes to a 10-6 season (technically better than any record Mike Tice posted), but my judgement comes down to this: Under Childress next year, I think the Vikings could just as easily go back to being a 7-9 team as they could make the playoffs again.  I mean, who really thought that the Vikings could make a realistic run at the SuperBowl this year (or will next year with the exact same staff in place)?  When Childress was quarantined by the Vikings front office and hired away from Philadelphia, he was supposed to be an offense-orientated leader.  However, now with three years of hindsight, Brad Johnson throwing to Koren Robinson and handing off to Chester Taylor (the last year of the Tice regime) was just as productive as Tarvaris Jackson throwing to Bernard Berrian and giving to Adrian Peterson.  Essentially, what I'm trying to say is that Childress has come nowhere near delivering the "kick-ass" offense he promised a few seasons ago.  Sure, the defense has been incredible, but Chilly lucked out in that regard (and was likely helped by the presence of Mike Tomlin, now Head Coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers), as the Wilfs had just doled out the money to Pat Williams, Antoine Winfield, and Darren Sharper, while Kevin Williams was becoming a major inside force.

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receivers on plays that should have moved the chains.

Secondly, the playing calling of Head Coach Brad Childress as it relates to the running of Adrian Peterson.  Since Peterson is one of the top runners in the game right now, I will give him the benefit of the doubt that he wasn't just screwing around in the backfield.  Instead, the blame goes to Childress for not utilitzing AD in a better fashion.  During the third quarter, Peterson had six rush attempts for ten total yards, which is unacceptable if the Vikes want to win a game.  I understand that Chester Taylor is much better at picking up the blitz and thus needs to be on the field for many third-and-long passing situations, but (at least to me) that doesn't excuse the strange non-usage of Peterson.

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ally, and most obviously, the Vikes will have to eliminate mental/simple mistakes altogether.  Brad Childress can't bungle the time management, turnovers cannot occur, and the special teams (once an abysmal unit) must maintain the focus they have shown down the stretch of late.

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l should have lined up for a much easier field goal than 50 yards) and really can only be blamed on Brad Childress (as he ultimately decides when time-outs should be called in those situations).  However, besides that lousy ending that was (again) saved by some Longwell heroics, the Vikes played a much better game than the score indicated.

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I am an avid Eagles fan (yes I do the chant...lol). I was born and raised in Philadelphia and remember watching my favorite team get pounced by the Raiders way back when. A lifetime of disapointm

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>The kind of game that the Vikings played on Sunday, I imagine, is EXACTLY the type of contest that Brad Childress envisioned for this offense when he took over as Head Coach three years ago.  QB Tarvaris Jackson was smart with the ball AND made a heap of outstanding throws (a combination we had never seen from him until this point) to give the Vikings a lead, after which point they rode Adrian Peterson (165 yards) for the rest of the game.  Throw in the tremendous pressure that the defense put on Kurt Warner and the Arizona receivers, and a blowout was almost inevitable.

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him behind center.  I have said this many times before (though perhaps not on this blog) that Brad Childress has modeled this Viking offense off his time in Philadelphia under Andy Reid.  The Eagles always had a star running back (Bryant Westbrook), no notable wide receivers (James Thrash and Freddie Mitchell, anyone?!), and a defense that stifled the run.  The Vikings have those three components as well, but whereas the Eagles had Donovan McNabb at the helm, the Vikes have Rot (because Tarvaris Jackson bombed).  It was perhaps the most short-sighted move of the entire

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s how the Wilfs (both Ziggy and brother Mark) feel completely confident in their chosen Head Coach, Brad Childress.  To me (and maybe I'm just reading into things too much), I don't see how ANYBODY could be COMPLETELY confident in Chili to this point in his tenure.  I mean, what has he shown that has the Wilfs so "impressed" with him.  The offense still (by and large) stinks, the defense has gotten worse (especially against the pass), and the special teams are now horrendous.

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ehan (former Vikings and Dolphins offensive coordinator and Rams head coach) sits unemployed.  Brad Childress is (still) the Head Coach of the Vikings.

To me, those two paragraphs above make about as much sense as the phrase "jumbo shrimp".  The Vikings desperately need some consistent offense, right?  Well, here's the simple solution...bring back both Linehan (Head Coach) and the Pepper (QB).  Now, before you start calling me crazy, just hear me out:

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So, the question I am asking all Vikings fans right now is...do you think this team, coached by Brad Childress, can put together enough wins against that bunch to earn a playoff berth?  For me, at least, the answer is a resounding NO!  Sure, we scored 41 points against the Bears, but that will not be duplicated on a regular basis, and we still actually LOST that game.

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In my previous post, summing up the Vikings/Bears contest of last Sunday, I touched on the multiple areas in which the Vikings failed to put that game in the "W" column, including offense (four interceptions thrown by Gus Frerotte), and special teams (two mangled plays that led to Bears touchdowns).  However, in this post, I would like to lay the blame where I strongly feel it sorely belongs...on the pass defense.

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ce era, when the "McCombs Administration" would not spend a time on the defense.  As Brad Childress put together such talent as Pat Williams, Antoine Winfield, Darren Sharper, and Dwight Smith (until the whole sex-in-the-stairwell thing), the overall defense seemed to improve, but teams (starting with the New England Patriots on a fateful Monday night in 2006) began to realizing that all you had to do to beat the Vikings was pass, pass, and then pass a little more.

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In my previous post, I made the case that Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress should be fired after this Sunday's game against the Chicago Bears, regardless of the outcome, and former St. Louis Rams coach Scott Linehan should be installed.

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t, could score two touchdowns a game, with his eyes closed.

So, in my perfect world, I would fire Brad Childress regardless of our place in the standings Sunday.  By making the early move, the Vikes could install Linehan at the helm over the bye week, in time for a game against the Houston Texans that the Childress-coached Vikings will be hard-pressed to win.  Might the team squirm under having to adapt to a new head coach in mid-season?  Perhaps.  However, the chances of winning anything significant with Childress at the helm are quite slim.  Remember, Childress was an impulse hire from the get-go.  After Ziggy Wilf canned Mike Tice nearly before the goofy guy made it off the field in Week 17 of 2005, the Vikings top brass interviewed Childress (hilariously the former OFFENSIVE coordinator of the Philadelphia Eagles) right away.  Despite wanting to interview other candidates, though, the Vikings knew that a few others teams were courting Childress, and thus signed him without seriously considering other offers.  From that point, nothing has been done to improve the quality of the Vikings' offense in two seasons and six games, so in my opinion a change must be made.

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ct on a 40-yard field goal to give the Lions a lackluster 3-2 lead.  Since the introduction of Brad Childress as head coach of the Vikings, this was perhaps the worst offensive half of football that Vikings fans had ever seen.  As the Purple headed to the lockeroom to regroup, boos reigned down upon them, along with a rolling chant of "Fire Childress".  Personally, I don't condone such rude behavior from fans, but I definitely agreed with their sentiment.

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the contest, the Vikings got the ball and AGAIN moved backwards, setting up a punt.  With Brad Childress supposedly telling punter Kluwe to kick the ball out of bounds (i.e. away from Bush), Kluwe's punt ended up safely in Bush's arms (like Kim Kardashian, perhaps?!).  Sixty-four yards later, Bush had gone all the way (insert second Kardashian joke here) and was crossing the goal line to give his team a 27-20 lead.

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