Brad Childress was asked how he still can have what he calls "great" conversations with Vikings owners Zygi and Mark Wilf, the two men who abruptly fired him 302 days after he led their franchise to the NFC Championship Game 12 years ago.
"Well," Childress said, "it really is like Bum Phillips said back in the day. 'There's two kinds of coaches. Them that's fired and them that's gonna be fired.' It happens. Things change."
Yep.
One of the wildest offseasons of change in NFL history has reshuffled all 32 teams — including a whopping 10 that switched head coaches — in time for the league's 103rd season.