The former Vikings coach breaks his silence and, in doing so, it becomes clear why he needed to be fired and why Kevin O'Connell was the right man to replace him.
Great job by Mark Craig for getting that interview by Zimmer, and then let Zimmer make a fool out of himself.
This coach doesn't get it. He just doesn't it. Rather than take accountability, he plays the martyr role and blames everyone but himself. Hard to respect him. He was as much as a problem as Spielman with how he mishandled Kurt and ran an offense that was from the 1980s. He is just a jerk. Good riddance!
I remember when Zimmer's firing went public and with him went Spielman, that was a good day. Zimmer for sure caused a lot of his own pain, but holy s*it Spielman should have been gone years before then. Watching the Packers run circles around him every draft and him trading down all the time to get more 7th rounders was freaking embarrassing. Watching Andy Reid do his thing in KC (about Zimmer's age, opposite style) is fresh air after being in a musty basement for a decade. Here's to hoping O'Connell can get it done.
Look, I have always thought Zimmer cared more about being right than getting it right. He valued ego over pragmatism and lessons learned through experience.
His idea of a franchise quarterback was one who never topped 18 TDs or 3,800 yards in a season. Two Gloves had to grunt like Martina Navratilova just to get the ball 20 yards downfield. Not sure if he’s been watching modern football or not but in today’s NFL quarterback play matters and supporting your quarterback can be the difference between being proud of 10 win seasons or aspiring to lift that Lombardi in February.
Should this surprise anyone. Zimmer has dedicated his professional life to limiting the success of quarterbacks. Unfortunately he never figured out that only applies to opposing quarterbacks and not his own.
Great job by Mark Craig for getting that interview by Zimmer, and then let Zimmer make a fool out of himself.
This coach doesn't get it. He just doesn't it. Rather than take accountability, he plays the martyr role and blames everyone but himself. Hard to respect him. He was as much as a problem as Spielman with how he mishandled Kurt and ran an offense that was from the 1980s. He is just a jerk. Good riddance!
I remember when Zimmer's firing went public and with him went Spielman, that was a good day. Zimmer for sure caused a lot of his own pain, but holy s*it Spielman should have been gone years before then. Watching the Packers run circles around him every draft and him trading down all the time to get more 7th rounders was freaking embarrassing. Watching Andy Reid do his thing in KC (about Zimmer's age, opposite style) is fresh air after being in a musty basement for a decade. Here's to hoping O'Connell can get it done.
Look, I have always thought Zimmer cared more about being right than getting it right. He valued ego over pragmatism and lessons learned through experience.
His idea of a franchise quarterback was one who never topped 18 TDs or 3,800 yards in a season. Two Gloves had to grunt like Martina Navratilova just to get the ball 20 yards downfield. Not sure if he’s been watching modern football or not but in today’s NFL quarterback play matters and supporting your quarterback can be the difference between being proud of 10 win seasons or aspiring to lift that Lombardi in February.
Should this surprise anyone. Zimmer has dedicated his professional life to limiting the success of quarterbacks. Unfortunately he never figured out that only applies to opposing quarterbacks and not his own.