Zimmer

[S197]

Zimmer says good-bye to Cincinnati in open letter

Thanks for finding this. Judging by the comments we may see an influx of Bengals fans.

[dead_poet]

I must've missed this tidbit (from Mark Craig chat today):

Q: Is George Edwards going to be Puppet on a string for Zimmer his past performance has been subpar at best?

A: Most new head coaches struggle at first when it comes to delegating. But Zimmer strikes me as a guy who will coach his coaches as hard as he coaches his players. He'll teach them how he wants it done. Zimmer did say he'll experiment with calling his own defenses in the preseason.

http://live.startribune.com/Event/Acces ... _Tuesday_6

[Cin]

Thanks for finding this. Judging by the comments we may see an influx of Bengals fans.

Some of us will be cheering on. We had hoped he would have become our HC.

[cincymattdaddy]

I am definitely a Vikings fan now. My son has always liked AP, and followed them, well now dad is converted to. I will still wave my sad Bengals flag, just adding a purple one.

[Texas Vike]

Very cool, welcome aboard the Vikings' ship.

Cin, we empathize with you. Many of us wanted Tomlin before the Steelers lured him away from us. Sorry for your loss, but we are really excited to give Zimmer his first shot as a HC.

[dead_poet]

Spielman lauds Zimmer's evaluation skills

Before they arrived in Indianapolis, Spielman said Zimmer has, as expected, been a vocal presence in the team's draft meetings.

"I know he did a film session with all of our scouts and personnel people just looking at specific traits that he's looking for at each position," Spielman said. "And listening to him talk football, he has a reputation of taking guys that are good football players, some guys thought that maybe they were done, and yet getting them to play to their capabilities and beyond their capabilities."

Need proof? Just ask Chris Crocker. An 11-year veteran, Crocker spent the past two Septembers fielding phone calls from Zimmer convincing him to come out of retirement.

http://espn.go.com/blog/minnesota-vikin ... um=twitter

[Mothman]

Zim's combine press conference:

http://www.vikings.com/media-vault/vide ... d5a32639b4

I just finished watching the video at the link above and I have to say that so far, I really like Zimmer's attitude and demeanor. I feel good about him being the Vikings head coach.

[frosted]

Thanks, I was going to post that too. And it will be Denver or New England, both in the top 10 passing offenses, who win the SB.

[S197]

Zim's combine press conference:

http://www.vikings.com/media-vault/vide ... d5a32639b4

I just finished watching the video at the link above and I have to say that so far, I really like Zimmer's attitude and demeanor. I feel good about him being the Vikings head coach.

Thanks for the link, it was a good press conference. My only pet peeve is why don't the put mics in the audience? It would be so much better if you could actually hear the questions being asked.

And yes Coach Zim, please make Vikings football fun to watch again

[Texas Vike]

Zim's combine press conference:

http://www.vikings.com/media-vault/vide ... d5a32639b4

I just finished watching the video at the link above and I have to say that so far, I really like Zimmer's attitude and demeanor. I feel good about him being the Vikings head coach.

When he started talking about the importance of TEAM I thought of your mantra along those lines ("But all we need is a franchise QB!!! ).

Good listen. I liked Rick's presser too.

[Mothman]

Thanks for the link, it was a good press conference. My only pet peeve is why don't the put mics in the audience? It would be so much better if you could actually hear the questions being asked.:

It would definitely be nice to hear the questions.

When he started talking about the importance of TEAM I thought of your mantra along those lines ("But all we need is a franchise QB!!! ).

Yeah, I'm kind of big on that whole "team" thing. Zimmer sounded like he wants to be flexible and make the most of whatever personnel is available to him. I think that's a great attitude for a head coach to possess.

It was good to hear how impressed he is with the Vikings organization so far too.

Good listen. I liked Rick's presser too.

I need to listen to it!

[Eli]

My only pet peeve is why don't the put mics in the audience? It would be so much better if you could actually hear the questions being asked.

Some people who are more experienced at press conferences will repeat the question for listeners or else phrase their answers to make the question obvious, knowing that the press can't be heard over the mikes at the podium.

[S197]

Some people who are more experienced at press conferences will repeat the question for listeners or else phrase their answers to make the question obvious, knowing that the press can't be heard over the mikes at the podium.

I'm not an audio guy but wouldn't it be pretty easy to just put some boom mics around the room?

I honestly don't care that Zimmer isn't polished like a politician at the podium. As long as he's coherent (*cough*Childress*cough*) then it really doesn't matter to me.

[Crax]

Yeah, the coach shouldn't have to repeat every question. They need an audio guy to manage audience mics on/off when asking questions.

[MountainGirl]

I'm another Bengals fan who is definitely a Vikings fan too now because of Zimmer. You are all going to be amazed at what he can accomplish.