Optimism Going, Going, Gone

after that, start jackson. Let us see if he can show up on sunday, after his time behind brett. Also, the last 2 games, i wan to see Joe Webb play parts of the fourth quarter. Just to let him get some experience and see how much he has progressed this year.

The actual shortages that have developed are in the number of games left in the regular season and the number of players on the active list.

Anyone who saw those three starting Viking wide receivers sitting on the bench together injured during the game in Chicago who still thinks it’s a lack of hope or effort that has the Vikings down perhaps needs to regain consciousness. Players need to step up, since nothing else is going to work. It’s not a pity party.

The point is that the only question that matters now is what everyone involved can do to defeat the Packers. Keep the eyes on the prize, not the pothole you want to knock the wheels off.

A shortage of people concerned with what is best for the Viking team itself is bad for all concerned.

(That’s why that founding father Ben Franklin urged, “We must all hang together, or most assuredly we will all hang seperately.” Enlightened self interest always beats the heck out of woe-is-me at your treason trial.)

No player is not going to get a better contract by hiding his lamp under a bushel.

If a scapegoat is to be needed by any of the faint of heart, plenty of time will be available for producing all those negative campaign commercials following the arrival of any mathematical elimination from contention. They may say never say never, but remember, the team that selects the best scapgoat never wins the Super Bowl.

Watching Bernard Berrien, Sidney Rice, and Percy Harvin on the sideline in Chicago, was hard. So much talent unavailable. Sad.

Any winning streak has to start with one game so let’s hope that it starts Sunday at the Dome against the Packers. It always feels like a good omen when the Vikings beat the Packers.

that it doesn’t even seem like Packer week.

SIgh…

So far this year I have seen 5 minutes of inspired team play from our team. The most frustrating thing is, you only have to watch a couple plays to see the lack of intensity. Of course we have had a few right spots… AD, Percy, Greenway and Winfield. Maybe the efforts of some individuals has prevented us from looking like the Cowboy team that played Green Bay, but given the performance last week, I fear it won’t be long.

I still think it all starts and ends with Chilly, and I just don’t see his lame-duck head-in-the-sand behavior bringing about any improvements. Wilf must have his reasons for waiting, and hopefully they are worth waiting for, but in the meantime the schism is becoming a cataclysm. So now my hope is that after this circus leaves town we get that high profile big name proven leader and winner who can mold the very talented remaining core of our roster into the ass-kicking football team we deserve.

I for one will not go quietly into the night. I believe in our players and as much as the season has gone astray, I will not be expecting the Packers to hand it to us on Sunday.

If you listen to the masses here in the heart of Wisconsin the seem to think the game will be won just by showing up. Their only questions involve if James Starks will run rampant through our lines in his debut or if Rogers will pass through our secondary all day.

I’m not having it! I think ol #4 and our beloved boys in purple have had enough of this crap season and are ready to prove a point. (And we are at home…thankfully!)

Lets all sit back a little and give them one more chance before we start rebuilding.

so the vikings squeaked by the cowboys in a game they HAD to have and the packers dusted those same cowboys off 2 weeks ago and had a bye week……….well, lets just say this is like scene in ‘perfect storm’ when they tried to drive the boat up and over that last huge wave……..

with that said, most of us are still pulling for the team and pondering the future. and, shockingly, the future looks bright. chilly gone (hopefully), none of farve’s offseason ridiculousness and a roster that, all and all, does have a good amount of talent.

hopefully the vikings can get gruden to come out the booth to the sideline (they already run the same defense that they ran in tampa) and bring in new coordinators. i used to be for frazer getting the job but not anymore. i think t-jack will end up the starter next year because throwing a rookie in would be alittle worse. all rookie qb’s have a big learning curve.

If this were a rebuilding year that would be one thing, but this is a veteran team with so many Pro Bowl players you can’t swing a cat without hitting one. Experienced players, who are some of the best in the NFL at their respective positions, playing this poorly is hard to fathom.

There is one answer. And only one.

The Head Coach is incompetent.

Nothing else explains it. The team has coasted on a huge wealth of talent and relatlvely easy schedules in the past, but this year they didn’t get the easy schedule. This year they had to perform, not as immensely talented individuals, but as a team.

It didn’t happen. There’s one person who’s responsible for turning a group of individuals, however talented, into a team.

The Head Coach.

Did AP get hurt in the Bears game. If he didnt why was Gerhart running all the plays on the one drive that resulted in a field goal. Great coaching from Mr Noodle having your workhorse on the sideline when its still a close game.the difference between a TD and a FG in my opinion.