An article (written by the venerable Minnesota sportswriter Sid Hartman) appeared in the Star Tribune newspaper the other day that I was very intrigued by. Here is the link...
http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/33551839.html?elr=KArks:DCiU1PciUoaEYY_4PcUU
What I was most surprised about was how the Wilfs (both Ziggy and brother Mark) feel completely confident in their chosen Head Coach, Brad Childress. To me (and maybe I'm just reading into things too much), I don't see how ANYBODY could be COMPLETELY confident in Chili to this point in his tenure. I mean, what has he shown that has the Wilfs so "impressed" with him. The offense still (by and large) stinks, the defense has gotten worse (especially against the pass), and the special teams are now horrendous.
I'm wondering whether or not this is hollow criticism from the Wilf family, as they just don't want to be seen as negative. I first ran across this sort of behavior in baseball trade negotiations, when I remember Alex Rodriguez saying how happy he was to be in Texas (and vice versa)...right before the Rangers traded him to the Yankees.
It could very well be that the Wilfs DO have genuine faith in Childress (in which case I'd seriously question their judgement anyway), but keep it in the back of your mind that this sort of "false praise" happens all the time.
Keywords: Brad Childress, Minnesota Vikings, Sid Hartman, Ziggy Wilf
