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Cliff wrote:Not to mention an extension won't stop them from firing Frazier should things fall apart. Didn't stop them from firing Childress.

chicagopurple wrote:THose of you willing to continue with Frasier are just bottom feeders happy to get a rare scrap of garbage

The Vikes had a WEAK schedual this year and benefitted accordingly.

Musgrave is a blatant idiot and Frasier bears responsibility for his asst coaches choices

The only really good team we beat was the Niners, How many bad play calls do we have to witness at 3rd and short, or goal line?

I will say our coverage on special teams is better then the recent past, our running game is great but thats largely due to APs insane commitment and DemiGod body.

We deserve a great coach. There are a number out there available. Our team is NOT meant to be a training ground for inexperienced first time coaches like Leslie

80 PurplePride 84 wrote:Clueless never looked good, ever. The team may have, but he was still an idiot.

I have no problem extending Frazier a year or two. But I hope they don't give him like 5 years and a ton of money like they stupidly did with Clueless.

When Baldylocks was extended he had 1 playoff appearance, no playoff wins, was still a terrible play caller/gameday coach and the players didn't like him. I hope he sends Brett Favre a Christmas Card every year cause he's the reason he got that extension.

Mothman wrote: Merry Christmas to you too!

Jim

Lash Man wrote:Oddly enough I do work at a factory as a Tool and Diemaker

No one in Winter Park would ever admit it, but there are plenty who work in the building who, if candid, would acknowledge they never thought the Vikings' regular-season finale would decide whether the franchise would make it back to the playoffs for the first time since 2009.

There is plenty of credit that must go around for the speedy turnaround. Spielman did a masterful job retooling the roster and his draft last April could go down as one of the best for a Vikings executive.

But credit has to begin with Frazier.

Mothman wrote:Zulgad: Doubts were justified, but Leslie Frazier always remained positive
Don't worry, Zulgad explains that statement...

It's a good read.

80 PurplePride 84 wrote:
Clueless never looked good, ever. The team may have, but he was still an idiot.

Leslie Frazier, Minnesota

My mother once told me that good things happen to good people, and there are few better people in this business than Frazier. He's not only kind, compassionate and understanding; he's one helluva football coach. These Vikings were supposed to be a dead-bolt cinch to bring up the rear of the NFC North for a second straight season, and there were rumors that Frazier might be on his way out. Yeah, sure, and you can time Adrian Peterson with an hourglass, too. Frazier is one of the year's best feel-good stories, and hallelujah. With everyone talking about Peterson and his exploits, it's about time we recognize the coach that has Minnesota in the playoff picture. He beat San Francisco. He beat Chicago. He beat Houston. In short, he won games he shouldn't have, and that's usually a sign of a coach who knows what he's doing. The Vikings don't have a top-15 offense; they don't have a top-15 defense; and they're minus-2 in the turnover differential. Yet, somehow, they're alive, and, yes, Peterson is a big reason. But so is this guy.

Mothman wrote:CBS writer Clark Judge has written an article about Coach of the Year candidates that deserve to be recognized, even though they aren't likely to get the award:

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/clark ... sideration

Frazier's ability to keep his team on message has been the driving force in what already matches the biggest single-season improvement in team history. It hasn't mattered that the Vikings have less talent than many of their opponents, or that they have the game's worst passing attack. And it certainly hasn't mattered that the league's fourth-youngest squad is a year removed from a 3-13 record. The team is 9-6, six wins better than in 2011, matching its jump from 9-7 to 15-1 in 1998. The Vikings have never improved by this much following a losing season. Only their ascent in 1968 comes close. A year after finishing 3-8-3, the Vikings went 8-6 and captured their first division title.

The Vikings' style of play matches Frazier's coaching persona. He is rarely demonstrative, players say, and keeps his player leadership group close, meeting with it Wednesdays to hone his message for the week.

"That's the only way you come back from tough losses -- if you have good leadership that can squelch a lot of discontent on the team," Frazier said.

The 53-year-old believes it's important for players to know what they'll get from him each day, remembering the effect volcanic coaches had on him when he was a cornerback for the 1980s Chicago Bears.

For these Vikings, Frazier's measured approach seems to be just right.

"He's the coach I've been looking to play for my whole career," fullback Jerome Felton said. "He's hands down the best coach I've ever played for."

@TomPelissero: Spent some time BSing with Zygi Wilf tonight. I can say this in all honesty, #Vikings fans: the guy wants to win as badly as you do.

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