From CNN/SI:
Terming his staff “lame-duck” as it prepares for a meaningless season finale against Chicago, Mike Tice expressed hope Monday that Vikings owner Zygi Wilf will announce Tice’s fate “sooner rather than later.”
Oh, I do hope so. How I do hope so! The Vikings should have made me their general manager long ago; I would have fired Denny Green and hired Tony Dungy rather than letting him go to Tampa, refused to sign Randall Cunningham to the long-term contract after 1998 that sent Brad Johnson to Washington and avoided the caticestrophe of recent years.
How did they not fire him last year, especially when he handed them an excuse on a silver platter with the ticket-scalping scandal? I’m still annoyed about that. Actually, I would have fired him after last year’s Miami game, then been in a position to pursue Charlie Weis or Lovie Smith, both of whom are looking pretty good right now.
Speaking of coaches, does anyone else think that Pete Carroll would do well to stay in college? Perhaps he can pull a Belicheck, but I don’t think so. They’re two very different men with very different styles. I think Carroll has found his niche; no one has a better deal than a legendary college football coach.