The process the Minnesota Vikings took to find their defensive coordinator could be described by a number of ominous adjectives. Like: Ominous.
Or worrisome. Or alarming.
A 13-victory team with a likable head coach and general manager and tremendous facilities needed a defensive coach, and nobody seemed to want the job. Ejiro Evero took the defensive coordinator position with the Carolina Panthers without interviewing with the Vikings.
Why didn't anyone want to work with Kevin O'Connell? Was the Vikings' defensive talent really that bad? Was Ed Donatell, among his peers, viewed as a scapegoat, not the problem?