Fans respond to head coach Kevin O’Connell’s contract extension

Another season of heights and low slump, and in the end nothing really changed. Sure, math quizen used different integers, but the results are still the same. 3+1+1 and 2+3 both equal to 5. In other words, even if the players, coaches and opponents have changed the same empty feeling.

I am convinced that the basic reason is that the “Minnesota Nice” gene born in any lifelong fan and is transferred to players and coaches through either airborne or handshake mechanisms. C’mon, admit it, Midwesters and especially Minnesotans, are too lovely and polite. Almost as if it would be rude to steal a game from another fanbase.

Detroit’s coach wanted his players to bite knee caps like Junkyard Dogs (though they acted against Washington more like ankle bitter). Playoffs look more like a sinking ship where civilized people might beat someone with a vein to steal their seat in the lifeboat. Simply put it does not work to be nice in sudden death.

But that’s why players and coaches shake their hands after the game. After the game is over. NFL is not like Pee Wee Soccer where they do not hold score and all a participation trophy. The winner goes ahead and the loser clears their closet.

I was too young to really understand and appreciate the purple people eating. I remember the next transcendent group of Vikings defenders with Chris Doleman, Scott Studwell and such. And then there is the group of guys Brian Flores has collected the last two seasons.

By insulting, the Vikings have had enough star players during the team’s history to fill a jumbo jet. Especially the list they had this year. So why is it that the match goes out of the team (s) right when it matters the most? Why are there no Lombardi trophies at the TCO Performance Center? There could have been as many as seven or more if we counted the losses in the Super Bowl and NFC Championship Games. And it doesn’t take into account losses in Wild Card games (twice in the last three years alone).

But returning to the hereditary thing, this genetic defect has been lurking for well over a century. After all, it was our Milktoast ancestors who chose a rodent as a state animal, for the eternal discomfort of our university’s sports team as we constantly had the majestic and malignant wooden floor that would have been far superior.

But again there is always next year. And if we somehow manage to retain Flores and the rest of our coaching staff and sign the essential elements of our offense and defense, Vikings fans might dig deeper to muster hope for a Lombardi.

– David A. from North Shore, but is stuck in the south

Lessons in mediocrity, or why the Vikings can’t win the big one !!

When I am preparing for a weekend of playo ff football I reflect on a 64^Th Season of Vikings disappointment. Another good regular season of performance over expectations, lots of excitement and surprises. However, many reasons for hope were wiped out in Detroit and then Arizona. Another Vikings season ends with disappointment and fans stay and wonder why? What do they not do so many others are doing well? What is missing in the team’s DNA, like the 49s, patriots, steelers and cowboys all have?

Minnesota Vikings started playing in the NFL in 1961. Since that time there have been 64 seasons with most of the average, several playoff options, 4 Super Bowls and exactly 0 Championships. Specifically, their record (regular season) is 537 wins, 438 losses and 11 ties. In Playoff s, they have a record of 21 wins and 32 losses (most playo ffLoss of any team). As for the winning percentage of all time, the Vikings are 54.6%. This is the eighth best all the time right in front of the San Francisco 49ers of 53.2%. Top 7 is: Dallas 57.3%, Green Bay 57.1%, Baltimore 56.7%, Chicago 55.6%, New England 55.5%, Miami 55.2%and Kansas City 54.7%. All Super Bowl winners! What is the likelihood that the 8th best team of time cannot win the League Championship in 64 attempts (despite the Vikings won the NFL championship in 1969, but lost the Super Bowl to Kansas City Chiefs 23-7)?

To keep things simple, I calculated the probability using the number of teams in the league (adjustment for different eras) and the Vikings winning percentage over time. This ignores changes in the playo format and variation in the Vikings that win percentage from year to year. For a given year, the probability is equal to 1-1/nwvikes/.5, where n is the number of teams and Wvikes are the Vikings winning percentage. Calculation of this across all eras is the approximate probability that Minnesota Vikings will not win a Super Bowl in all these years, about 7%. In other words, the Vikings have had about 93% chance of at least winning a World Cup. This failure is not a result of Uflaks. There must be other systemic organizational weaknesses that prevent the ultimate success.

Four of Vikings assistant coaches have joined the Coach Super Bowl winners. Pete Carroll was the Vikings Defensive Backs Coach from 1985-1989. Later he coached he Seattle Seahawks for a Super Bowl victory in 2013. Brian Billick was the Vikings Tight End Coach in 1992-93 and O*ff*ENIVE Coordinator 1993-98. He continued to train Baltimore Ravens for a Super Bowl victory in 2000. Tony Dungy was the defensive coordinator from 1992-95 and he led Indianapolis Colts to a Super Bowl victory in 2006. And finally Mike Tomlin went from Viking Defensive Coordinator in 2006 to world champion in 2008 with Pittsburgh Steelers. Bud Grant was the most successful coach in Viking’s history. He won 168 games, has a winning percentage of 62%, won 11 division titles, made 4 Super Bowls and won 4 league championships in the Canadian Football League and won an NBA championship as a player with Minneapolis Lakers (later La Lakers). He clearly knew how to win the big one, so why didn’t he do the Vikings? The Vikings trainers have shown the ability to win championships. The Viking organization has failed in other areas.

Historically, the Vikings have had more than sufficient results: eighth best winning percentage and have the sixth most playoff performances since they came to the NFL. Top Ten in Playoff participation is: Green Bay with 37 appearances, Dallas 36, Pittsburgh 35, La Rams 33, New York Giants 33, Minnesota 32, Philadelphia 31, San Francisco 30, Indianapolis 29 and New England 28 – of course except for the Vikings , all Super Bowl masters.

Since their debut, the Vikings have had 32 All-Pros and another 76 chosen for Pro Bowl. Dallas Cowboys went into the league the year before Minnesota and has won 5 Super Bowls, then a useful benchmark. Cowboys have had 48 All-Pros and another 66 selected for Pro Bowl. They have been able to choose and develop 16 more extraordinary players than the Vikings. For further comparison, Steelers have had 36 All-Pros, the 49s have had 49, Packers 45, Bears 36, and Miami Dolphins have 36 in six fewer seasons. Another team that, like the Vikings, has not won a Super Bowl, but has lost 4 is Buffalo Bills. The bills have had 38 all-pros during that period. Detroit Lions have had 26, Tennessee Titans 47 (the former Houston Oilers won the AFL championship in 1960 and 1961). The Vikings have had fewer all-pros than all teams listed above, except for the lions. The Vikings do not have a good history of getting and developing all-pro talent. If you look at the numbers for specific games, you can see that the Vikings do not have numbers their opponents in talent in any Super Bowl. In 1970, the Vikings had two All-Pros and 8 Pro Bowlers, Chiefs had three All-Pros and 6 Pro Bowlers, in 1973 the Vikings had two All-Pros and 5 Pro Bowlers, Dolphins had two All-Pros and 9 Pro Bowlers; In 1974, the Vikings had two All-Pros and 5 Pro Bowlers, Steelers had two All-Pros and 10 Pro Bowlers, and in 1976 the Vikings had an All-Pro and 6 Pro Bowlers, Raiders had two All-Pros and 7 Pro Bowlers. Playing talent does not decide if you win the Super Bowl, but superior talent makes a difference. The Vikings have consistently been manned in the main games.

Jason Pauley on Medium.com completed an analysis of drafts from 2000-2020 by looking at the players’ actual approximate value (AV) as a percentage of the total AV for a draft of class. He calls this measure of Share. To compare teams ‘ability to work out quality players, he then created a metric that compared the players of the proportion with the expected AV share considering the players’ draft positions. For example, Tom Brady has an AV -AV -AV -AFTER of 3.94%and because he was elected 199^Th In this draft an expected AV share of only 0.18%, this gave the patriots an AV division of 3.76. Pauley then average the AV sharing of all teams in the 20-year period to come up with a location. The Vikings came in 15^Th Of the 32 teams. Top 5 is Baltimore, Green Bay, Pittsburgh, Carolina and New Orleans. Four of these 5 are the Super Bowl winners during the evaluation period, with Carolina making the Super Bowl in 2003 and 2015.

It is clear that the Vikings who are missing and developing top talent are an important factor in losing all their Super Bowls and inability to win most of their other important games!

How does the Vikings measure success? Management is generally changed when an organization believes it does not achieve optimal performance. The Vikings have had 10 general leaders over the age of 64. Certain forums show that the average period for a GM in the NFL is between 2-8 years. During the same period, Green Bay Packers have had 14 working GMs. Pittsburgh Steelers has had 7, and San Francisco 49ers has had 10. It seems that the Vikings are changing leadership to the same extent as the rest of the league. Given the Vikings in the regular season, this is as expected. However, the organization somehow accepts more good but not great achievement than other high -performance teams? Why, for example, had the Vikings the same general manager from 2006 to 2021, when they did not make the Super Bowl, had relatively fewer standing out and consistently completing mediocre drafts? The Viking organization is pleased to be competitive – not dominant! This culture of mediocrity must be changed.

Make your management responsible for good results. This year’s improvement with a consistent focus on winning a championship. Win each draft, win each trade, win each game. It must be in focus. This year, the team focused on walking 1-0 very week-it is not good enough. The team needs focus on winning each down in each game. Continuous improvement with an unshakable focus on winning is required. Vince Lombardi said, “Winning is not everything. That’s the only thing !!” It is the championship culture you need to instill.

Okay, quite a bit offered from David and Andy to start us, but their passion for the Vikings and try to solve the franchise’s search for a Lombardi trophy is tangible.

I guess it is one thing for the franchise to be considered long due to win the whole courage if the franchise was categorized as never deserved.

The goals and investments to consistently compete for championships have been demonstrated in the 20 seasons of leadership under the Wilf family. Viking’s ownership really wants to win it all for Vikings fans and has a strong record to support these goals with strategic plans.

The Vikings have made the playoffs twice (and would have if Kirk Cousins ​​was not injured in 2023) while underwent a transformation of the guard schedule and implemented new offensive and defensive systems. Minnesota’s potential continuity is something the team can continue to build on, even with some changes in the schedule again this season.

Along the lines of David’s comments, some said this year’s team had to improve his killer instinct to remove teams instead of letting them hang. O’Connell emphasized play style and I think it helped to a degree, but there are still more gains needed.

His 1-0 messages, I think, extends to all the things required to go 1-0 in a particular week.

The good and bad thing about football playing game compared to most sports with multigame series is that there is only a three-hour window of one day to perform better than another good team.