Vikings Head Coach Mike Zimmer is entering his third season at the helm for Minnesota, and Jim Souhan of the Star Tribune said it’s safe to say Zimmer has won the favor of Vikings fans – without trying to. Souhan compared Zimmer to legendary Head Coach Bud Grant, writing the following Thursday:
Grant and Zimmer are of a like mind, and a like kind. Grant is a Minnesota hero because he wore short sleeves in freezing temps and used a subzero glare as his primary form of communication. Zimmer’s personality is a hybrid of Grant’s bluntness and Jerry Burns’ creative use of blue language.