The first statement is a fact. The Vikings ARE the 1969 NFL Champions. The second is a wish. The problem with the wish is that the Vikings cursed themselves by moving indoors and by not putting Joe Kapp's name on the wall or ring of fame in either of their indoor stadiums. Joe Kapp took a very average bunch of offensive players and made them champions. He was the best on field leader the Vikings ever had.
Interesting. The first I heard that, but you fail to give credit to Bud Grant who took the rag tag team of misfits and made them a cohesive unit
The first thing Bud gran did, and this is from the players, nit Bus. He made them all stand near the 50 yard line and made them stand at attention and practice putting their helmets under their left arm, and their right hand on their heart to sing the national anthem.
The players at the time thought, “What kind of crap is this? This hasn’t anything to do with football.?
But it was the very first thing he did before he ever had them begin practice.
Joe Kapp said in an interview, it was Buds way of showing them they need to be disciplined or they would never be a winning team.
From that moment on, they became one of the most disciplined and prolific teams in the NFL, and it lasted till after he retired..
In my opinion, the players of the NFL, could learn a thing or two from old stone face.
Joe never did get the recognition he deserved. however, many say it’s because he decided to took the money and left for LA and stardom in Hollywood. He cared more for himself. In those days that was a sign of respect for those who did you good.
What he did was not reminiscent of the old school, it’s more of how players are today, It’s more about them than their team mates.
Many players in the following years could have done so when their contracts ran out, but they chose to stay with Bud. They all give him the credit and respect for what he did with them.
I will say in closing, they probably should put him in the ring, but from things I read from the players of the old classic Vikings, their respect for him was not as great as you believe.
Not my words, but words of the old timers. Their is not an interview, or article about my beloved Vikings of old I have not watched or read.