It was only a couple months ago that we were waiting for the news to drop that the Vikings had parted ways with head coach Mike Zimmer, and as it turned out, general manager Rick Spielman as well. Beyond the mediocre record of recent years, it was revealed that the Vikings’ culture had become cancerous, with Zimmer being the primary cause. There had been hints of internal problems, and in retrospect many questions of potential dysfunction were answered in the affirmative as players and others sounded off in the aftermath of Zimmer’s firing. The job of general manager, when the head coach goes off the rails, is first to prevent that from happening, and secondly to rectify that situation ASAP.
Culture, Coaching, Cousins and Confidence: A Look into the Vikings Off-Season So Far
