mansquatch wrote:
lso why is this coming out over a year after Kluwe was cut? That seems a bit dubious to me. Furthermore why is it coming out after a dissapointing season and a management shake up. This also stinks of alterior motives IMO. If this story is in fact libel I hope they take him to court.
If you believe Kluwe he waited for a combination of reasons. The first is that he didn't want to disrupt the team during the season. The second is that Priefer was in the conversation for head coach and Kluwe didn't want that to happen because of the exchanges they had.
According to his article, he wasn't shy about his motives and admits to timing it when he did. He dislikes Priefer and doesn't want to see him in a leadership role ... it's definitely personal.
mansquatch wrote:
If Priefer is guilty of this stuff then the Vikings will have to decide if they wish to continue to be associated with him. Priefer is widely regarded as one of the best ST coaches in the league and the results we've seen in the past two season certainly support this conclusion. IMO his performance on sunday is beyond reproach. So if the Vikings do end up canning him as a fan I will be dissapointed as it will be a completely PR related move in response to what is most likely a disgruntled punter of all things. (yes it is that ridiculous.) That to me would be an unncecessary set back.
I think if the Vikings can him it will likely because the new HC has his own staff in mind unless it comes to light that Priefer actually said these things and it can be proven. Then they might not have much of a choice.
Whatever happened to freedom of speech in this country? Now you can lose your job if you say something that society deems as politically incorrect. Slippery Slope...
Don't confuse freedom of speech with an employers right to issue a code of conduct. Priefer won't be hauled off to jail for his comments because his freedom of speech rights as a citizen are protected. Most employers, however, have some kind of a code of conduct that you have to follow or they can fire you. In general, you sign off on those rules when you're hired and the NFL has more rules than most.
I imagine he’d be in equally (probably more) hot water had he made those kinds of comments about any other particular group of people as well. “All Christians should die”, or “All people of color should die” … these are all the kinds of statements that get public figures in trouble. The trade-off for being a public figure making NFL-dollars is you have to maintain a level of political correctness … even if deep down you’d like all of <insert a type of people here> to die.
He's dangerous!
