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SoMnFan -> RE: Vikes talk for Twins Fans (11/2/2020 11:24:29 AM)
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Either the defense was as good as it could have been, with the circumstances, or GB just played awful.
Can't tell you which, but I never once complained about the defense, who you're right, gets their direction from Zimmer.
That part of the day he did his job.
If he's not calling offensive plays or manipulating the offense, then my complaints aren't about him.
But I'm basing our thought process late in games on some influence he must have, because its consistent since he became the HC, imo.
I'd say easily a dozen games have been lost in his regime, because of the WAY we approach the late stages of games.
That's my opinion, based on what we have seen over and over again. I'd figure if he could change it he would.
His comments and his demeanor make it very clear that he is proud of some old-school mentality that pounding the ball will eventually make you a champion in this league, and I disagree with that. If you see different, good on you and I wish I could.
I just see us saddled with an "ok, that's enough to win, let's try to sit on this and run the clock out"
Once again, that's 1960's thinking that today, loses you more games than you will win.
Its what I feel and see late, if you don't, you are fortunate.
GB didn't suddenly come up with fresh defensive guys in the 4th quarter. They started stopping our run solely because they knew we'd run Dalvin in the same hole until the game ended. One way or another, that's all we were going to do.
It should have cost us another painful game yesterday, luckily it did not.
No one else sees up 28-14 with 6 minutes left, over and over and over again, and goes …… "we will be lucky to hang on to this"?
I find that hard to believe. its more mindset than anything imo.
Most of you guys are young. If I had the internet in the 70's I would have been saying the same thing, even in our glory days.
Bud Grant, everyones hero around here, had the same issues imo and I was always vocal about it.
Those years we were loaded with HOF players, and we ran the throttle at 3/4. I see it here lately too. Some special players, and we still run the offensive throttle at 3/4. Hasn't gotten us a ring yet. Didn't get Bud one either.
My complaint is being careful. Its a game. We're protecting nothing, you're being careful and STILL we're talking about taking your job. Open er up once inawhile. I said the same thing about QB, if you have one that you don't trust to let win you a game, then you've picked the wrong guy.
I get what you're saying about a nice win, loved it. But that style we played yesterday won't win most of the time in 2020, and the late game execution was as bad as it gets. Luckily our opponent left it lay there.
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