Are the signs pointing to a change in ownership?

It’s hot, dry, not much grass for Favre to mow his lawn!

if the fired Childress and hired… link.

Battle stations. This is not a drill.

The opera isn’t over until the gravitationally challenged lady sings. Having stood face to face with Mr. Wilf in public, my take is that he sincerely both loves football and hopes to win Lombardi Trophies for Minnesota; however, he is also a successful businessman who knows the best laid plans will sometimes go south on you, and you need that Plan B.

As people in Cleveland in the 90’s rediscovered (see Rams, Cleveland Rams), just because the team name has always had your location in it does not guarantee that they won’t win that first Super Bowl as the Baltimore Ravens or the LA Purple Cruisers.

Just because players are on the market doesn’t mean they are a good investment at any price. The cash flowing in has to out pace the cash flowing out. If your town is not bristling with cash to begin with, don’t be surprised when you leave the art auctions without the Rembrandt.

Like in football, the clock is running, and the prudent and trailing will always break into the two-minute drill before the final gun goes off. Please hold your collective breath, because when they call the Hail Mary, something is going to happen, one way or another.

Only time will tell.

Granted, he might have payed a little too much for Berrian, but I don’t think Berrian is a total bust. So far, other then a coach who has called questionable calls and questionable time management and threw a QB into the fray waaaaaaay to early, the only other issue I see is the fact that we may be sticking with this QB a little too long. As far as Cutler, he may be considered a top 5 by alot of folks, but I feel that is way over rated and given his Whining and Sniveling attitude as well, would push that even lower. As far as skills and ability, I actually like Orton more then Cutler. I seriously think the Bears over reached for him and shot themselves in the foot. And now there is alot of talk about “He who shall not be named” about possibly coming out of retirement again. Well, let him retired. One year is not going to be enough if he even last’s a year. Is there a possible QB to trade for? Perhaps, but the asking price might be high for high quality. I’m not sold on Sage, not sold on T.J. and Booty is a unknown quantity, but if any of them can get more then 9 TD’s this season and can stay away the big game INT like the Philly playoff game, then we might go far.

As far as the team being sold, while I am just as frustrated as Ziggy about the lack of a stadium or even the look at alternative ways to fund one by the state, the amount of money he has put into the team and the fact he hasen’t given up on it tells me he is sticking around awhile. Personally, I think Redneck McCombs would have bailed on Minnesota and moved the Vikings the first chance. Something tells me ZIggy may not be as quick on the draw as some might think and will do what he can and will wait things out a little longer if necessary.

Ye, I hated to see Birk go, but thinking over it, might have been the right time. While I would have rather seen him go in a trade, I think he is at the peak or just a little past it in his career. If your referring to Sharper not being resigned, no big loss. It wasent the fact he was sacrificing himself, but that his play was indeed dropping off and past his prime. We will do alright without either one of those guy’s.

As far as the economy, you’re gonig to see alot of teams letting popular and longtime players go, not only the Vikings. Youre going to see alot of stadiums not get built, put off or not renovated for a long time. This is not affecting only the Vikings. Other then a questionable at times coach and a not so great QB situation, I think things are actually pretty dang good right now. We dont have a owner spending money on every big name like the Redskins or Cowboys only to be mediocre every season. We actually have shown improvement, though perhaps in very small incruments. As far as T.J. and Childress, for both, it will be a make or break year. But even if both are gone at the end of the season or remain, it’s still nowhere near as bad as teams with a new stadium and with owners throwing money at players left and right due to their names.

well thought out and brings up a topic we have not really discussed here. We all know a move is looming closer and closer every day, but in order for that to happen the Wilfs have made it perfectly clear that the team will be sold. The sudden wallet-pinching could be a sign of some slight buyer’s remorse. Or perhaps it is just a slowed down, different approach to team improvement. I believe that if Zygi/Mark etc. do eventually throw in the towel on being NFL franchise owners they better at least give another coach a shot with this crew first.

A nice, thought provoking post not related to BF. I’d like to hear more peoples’ thoughts on this subject. If Wilf is not interested in selling the team, then how long do you all think he hangs on for?

I don’t think it would be hard to find a buyer for an NFL team while there is money flying all over the place in LA.