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  1. TheLeviathan
    I agree with this. It's certainly true that the Pohlad family pulled the rug out from the FO at several crucial times. We might never have seen what Falvey really wanted to do. At the same time....being a good "yes sir" employee got Falvey more power in this organization than basically anyone in baseball had. He played the Terry Ryan game...he was a good soldier. Fell on the sword publicly. Followed whatever constraints that were given. Praised his bosses ad nauseum. At the end of the day this mess is partially owned by him. He garnered a lot of "authority" and titles, but never garnered much sway with his bosses. At the end of the day, he followed orders. Even when those orders made our baseball team worse. He was fired yesterday because his opinion was no longer appreciated because it no longer agreed in lock-step with a family of silver spoon delusionals.
  2. TheLeviathan
    I'm surprised by the timing.
  3. TheLeviathan
    Sirles on Purple Daily called it a coup. Flores and KOC didn't go to the Senior Bowl and stayed back to finish putting in the final daggers.
  4. TheLeviathan
    Hindsight is essential to clickbait my friend.
  5. TheLeviathan
    Maybe I missed someone say this but it struck me after listening to the Wilf press conference: They felt so unsure about continuing with Kwesi that they'd rather fire him, go with an interim group through FA and the draft.....and then hire his replacement. That tells me they came away really, really shaken about his decision making that they'd rather wing it than let him have another go at it.
  6. TheLeviathan
    We're going to get a really good idea on how KOC feels (and felt) about JJ being the young QB this offseason.
  7. TheLeviathan
    I like KAM! He seems like a good dude. I had his back after the forced "competitive rebuild" stuff....but the draft record speaks for itself. He's been too bad at drafting to keep his job.
  8. TheLeviathan
    Agreed. I'd rather fire him than make that choice.
  9. TheLeviathan
    Well....that's a choice.
  10. TheLeviathan
    Is this confirmed? Maybe they have a GM in mind?
  11. TheLeviathan
    Many things can be true at the same time: * KAM was put in a crappy spot to have to try and be competitive with a roster that needed to be blown up when he was hired. This forced a lot of decisions that may not have happened if he hadn't had those constraints. * They have had a couple good free agent groups * He made the right decision to get a young QB. Whether he chose the right one is TBD. But what got him fired is simple: * Despite what one person on this planet believes - his draft track record is just awful. Whomever takes the job after him is going to have a steep hill to climb filling the holes left by 4 years of bad drafting. * The most impactful players on this team were free agents or drafted by Rick Spielman. Rick Spielman who was shown the door an eternity ago in NFL years.
  12. TheLeviathan
    A strange article to post only hours after the decision and only days after a string of articles that praised the "machine" they were building....
  13. TheLeviathan
    I am happy to see this.....but I have too many questions to list here.
  14. TheLeviathan
    Fox used to be such a gold standard for fun broadcasting and it is a full blown tire fire now.
  15. TheLeviathan
    We're going to find out how much of that was the major league coaches vs. organizational malpractice this year. It's, by far (IMO), the best reason to support Rocco being fired.
  16. TheLeviathan
    I thought he could be taught selective aggression because he had such a great eye at the plate and natural power....but everything they did to try and make him successful against LHP and pounce on strikes just backfired spectacularly.
  17. TheLeviathan
    I saw a few of these examples but I think we forget just how good Julien was. Julien: Miranda: Valencia: Santana: To me Santana is the best comp to Julien and he was also the only one who bounced back (2019 in Texas) but was mostly bad outside of that. All noteworthy disappointments but man....Julien felt like we had a real dude there and it just cratered....hard.
  18. TheLeviathan
    Man...has any player in recent memory had a dropoff like Julien? Not a bad return, but wow.
  19. TheLeviathan
    Maybe slow down on the Twins propaganda articles Cody. This is the 3rd? 4th? article in the last 5 days and they are all ranging from poor quality to outright ridiculous. I'd rather read articles that are thought-out and provide interesting information and angles than these increasingly bad ones that the board is being spammed with.
  20. TheLeviathan
    What has set the Seahawks apart (with an offensive line I think is significantly worse on a pure talent basis than the Vikings) is their willingness to run the ball. Kenneth Walker was a huge difference maker yesterday. They get the ball out quick, still take deep shots, and churn the ball on the ground. They're not afraid to hammer Walker and Charbonnet at the endzone. McCarthy has a ton of problems to fix, but even if he fixes all of them....the Vikings have got to fix their unwillingness to commit to running.
  21. TheLeviathan
    To jump off the other thread....it's been noted that KOC indicated in his presser that he wants to be the team that takes 7 step drops and tries to hit daggers. (He didn't say that, but instead implied that there is a "way" his teams are going to attack) One version of the 2025 Vikings played 2 TEs, ran the ball, and looked for play action and quick hitters. (They also controlled the clock and gave their defense a breather. Not a coincidence how the D played during that stretch either) The other version kept trying to huck it down the field on deep overs and chunk plays while barely acknowledging the need to run. One of those strategies caused us to win 5 games in a row and the other had us at 4-8. But if we're truly too stubborn to be that first version of ourselves......the answer is that we absolutely have to get better pass protection from our backs. IMO, that might be priority #1 after "teach McCarthy how to be more than a game manager" Hopefully that player, combined with the OL coach will be able to hold back modern day pass rushers for the ungodly amount of time KOC insists on having.
  22. TheLeviathan
    I thought our offensive line played well overall this season, so this article fits my bias. The issue early on was not running the damn ball. The larger issue is that we continue to be a team whose "personality" is long developing plays. Well....if that's your game, then you better expect to see more sacks and pressures. That's just how it works. It also makes it that much more important that your QB can navigate a pocket and deliver the ball on time.
  23. TheLeviathan
    Darnold is going to win a Super Bowl. I've had an epiphany......there is a God. And that SOB HATES Minnesota sports fans.
  24. TheLeviathan
    Ah yes, the brilliant "machine" that assures us Caratini and Bell play everyday but Keaschall sits until we face a lefty.
  25. TheLeviathan
    Seconded. No one should stand with a government that can't show their face and doesn't respect the rights of their citizens. Proud that TD is on the right side of basic human decency.
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