Mark C. Johnson
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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro quote:
ORIGINAL: Todd M KOC is a bum and should be shown the door and Flores made HC. Any time is good. Most, if not all of us, felt that way about Tomlin and we were right. I'm afraid the same thing is about to happen. Not that O'Connell deserves to get fired, he doesn't, but Flores looks like he could be a keeper. Highly doubt the Wilf's have the gonads. I'm a Cub's fan...okay, no hate! I bring up the Cubs to illustrate why the Vikings may want to fire KOC and hire Flores. In 2014, the Cubs manager was Rick Renteria. He was a decent manager but when Joe Maddon became available, the GM of the team, Theo Epstein, didn't hesitate to fire Renteria and hire Maddon in 2015. As we all know, Maddon went on in 2016 to lead the Cubs to their first World Series victory since 1908. Epstein could have just kept Renteria...he was safe, a good person and well liked by the players. But, he took a risk to go after the guy he felt could lead the team not to a "good" season, but rather, a great one. Flash forward to this offseason in baseball. The Cubs had a good manager in David Ross...a beloved World Series hero in Chicago and very well liked by the players. What did the new GM, Jed Hoyer, do with Ross who had one year left on his contract? He fired him and hired Craig Counsell from the Brewers. Will Counsell lead the Cubs to a World Series championship? Only time will tell, but the point is if you think there is a coach out there that can elevate your team from competitive to a championship, then you make that move. The question for Kwesi is will he "play it safe" and keep the head coach that he selected or will he open his eyes to the possibility that Flores could be the Vikings version of Maddon? If I was sitting in Kwesi chair, that's the question I'd be asking myself.
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