There’s a “former” in front of the title of Vikings defensive coordinator Mike Tomlin, who is now the deserving head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers, which means the Vikes are on the lookout for their next defensive coordinator. While some are lobbying for solid defensive line coach Karl Dunbar to get the promotion and a [...]
In at least one way, the Brad Childress era of the Minnesota Vikings is starting to feel a bit like the tenure of another Vikings coach, Dennis Green. What I mean is this: early in Green’s run, he had a top-performing defensive coordinator who was snatched away for a head coaching spot, ensuring Green remained [...]
“We were at a point where was a team we were just treading water,” Wolves GM Kevin McHale told a hastily-assembled press conference Tuesday night, just hours before the President’s State of the Union speech. Call it McHale’s State of the Wolves address. While President Bush is expected, among other things, to call for Americans [...]
If what ESPN.com is reporting is true, heads need to roll at the University of Minnesota. Like, now. Starting with U of M athletic director Joel Maturi. Because according to a report by ESPN’s Joe Schad, the Gophers AD just blew his first huge hire. This may prove false – according to local media, the [...]
The Minnesota Timberwolves have a well-publicized logjam at guard this year and, weighted down but long-term contracts with folks undeserving of them, the problem has become one big headache for GM Kevin McHale, whose long-term future with the team is in doubt given he’s the man behind these and numerous other bad deals for the [...]
Dan Monson, the underachieving Gophers men’s hoop coach? Gone. Check. Glen Mason, the solid but incapable of a championship Gophers football coach? Gone. Check. So, where will the Gophers turn now? With Monson and Mason sitting on the sidelines, contemplating their next move, (like maybe investing in Orlando condos, for example, while waiting for another [...]
