Eagles assistant Brad Childress was hired as coach of the Minnesota Vikings on Friday…. “Coach Childress was the elite NFL head coaching candidate,” owner Zygi Wilf said at a news conference. “He embodies class, character and discipline and is a great family man. Bottom line, Brad Childress is a winner.”
I don’t know much about Childress, and given the performance of the Eagles’ offense – for which he didn’t call the plays as OC – over the last few years, there’s nothing that makes me want to sing and dance about this hire. Not that I have anything against it either; I certainly prefer him to Cottrell or Williams, the other two names that surfaced. And not being Mike Tice should be good for at least two additional wins a year.
But he has been with two winning programs, Reid in Philly and Alvarez at Wisconsin, so that’s theoretically a good sign. And the Vikes have done rather well with a low-key coach before. Think he’ll mind if we call him Bud instead of Brad?