Vikings fire coach Mike Zimmer, general manager Rick SpielmanThe team fired coach Mike Zimmer and general manager Rick Spielman on Monday, parting with two men who'd been in their positions longer than most of their peers around the NFL.

Star Tribune ^ | 1/10/2022 | Ben Goessling

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On Monday morning, the Vikings made what might have been the most sweeping set of leadership changes in the Wilf family's 16 years of owning the team.

The team fired coach Mike Zimmer and general manager Rick Spielman on Monday morning, according to a source familiar with the team's decision-making, parting with two men who'd been in their positions longer than most of their peers around the NFL. Both Zimmer and Spielman had two years remaining on the contract extensions they signed in 2020, but a day after the team finished 8-9 and missed the playoffs for the second straight season, the Vikings opted for a total reset.

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Good.

[Red Badger]

It’s that time of year when the league plays “Musical Coaches”......................

[Red Badger]

Broncos fired their coach yesterday.....................

[vespa300]

Zimmer will probably end up in Dallas as a Cornerbacks coach. Of course Minnesota had the worse cornerbacks in the league but hey....that’s the Minnesota curse. Dallas is not cursed .....like the Vikes are. It’s bizarre.

[dfwgator]

At least as a Lions fan, even though we only won 3 games, I think we finally have a good coach in Dan Campbell.

[dfwgator]

Yep, I think Dan Quinn will probably be an HC somewhere next year, so the Cowboys will probably bring back Zimmer.

[Red Badger]

Dallas is not cursed .

I dunno, they get cursed pretty good in Washington, New York and Philly.............

[Dead Corpse]

Weird. I didn’t even think he did that bad of a job. Not everyone can be perfect every Season.

Denny Green was a great regular Season coach, but sucked hard once the play-offs hit.

Zimmer got us closer than anyone since Grant. This was just a sucky year all around.

[Red Badger]

Thoroughly enjoyed yesterday’s game!..............

[vespa300]

Yeah....the Cowboys are like NASCAR.....people either hate em or love em. No real middle ground.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I’ll say this about the Lions: Your team is young and hungry.

[Obadiah]

I've long rooted for the Lions and their long suffering fans. Glad they won yesterday. A few more razzle-dazzle plays next year and maybe they'll get to the Superbowl.

[discostu]

Black monday.

I’m never really sure if you should fire the coach with the GM. Firing the GM is basically saying he didn’t put together a good roster, not really the coach’s fault after that.

[KierkegaardMAN]

Can red blooded Americans who have friends family and loved ones that died for the flag actually support this communist racket? Thugs abound. Covid, BLM mouthpieces?

[nuconvert]

Should have done it 2 yrs ago.

[VA_Gentleman]

Dallas is not cursed?? Have you seen the past 25 years?
#DezCaughtIt

[T.B. Yoits]

Long before the NFL aligned themselves with Communist organizations such as Black Lives Matter^TM and called white people racist in a desperate attempt to stem their financial losses, discussions about the NFL changing personnel had as much relevance as the WWE discussing new chairs the wrestlers will use to hit each other on the head.

[VA_Gentleman]

Very true. As a Cowboys fan in VA it’s weird. Every time I wear a Dallas Cowboys hat, people have to comment, one way or another. I can’t imagine if I had a Bears hat on that anyone would say anything.

[Red Badger]

Washington, Detroit, Jets and Jags have been through how many coaches without more than marginal success?.... It’s not the talent on the sidelines, it’s the talent on the field.......................

[Red Badger]

It’s like wearing a Gators jersey in Tallahassee...............