One of Peter King’s Ten Things he Thinks:
Has anyone thrown out the first Mike Tice job-security rumor yet?
Regulars here may recall that I was bitterly disappointed when turmoil in the Vikings’ ownership situation led to Mike Tice keeping his job this year. Now you know why. He’s just not very bright and I wouldn’t be surprised if the man was 30 IQ points lower than the NFL average for head coaches.
It’s not that Tice is a bad guy or completely incompetent, it’s just that he’s a perfect example of the Dilbert principle, wherein everyone is promoted to their level of incompetence. NFL head coach is a tremendously demanding job – just look at how Jack Del Rio appears to have aged 20 years in the last three – and it takes a near genius to succeed in it.
Unlike the case of Mike Martz, it’s not even entertaining to watch the myriad ways in which Mike Tice fails. They have to get rid of him now, find a caretaker for the rest of the season – which appears to be all but over already – and hire a quality long-term coach at the end of the year.