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Brought to you by Mr. Cheer or Die and the Vikes Geek, welcome to theFulldeckism: As in, "He's not playing with a full deck."
At some point next season, Vikings head coach and all around favorite Minnesota mafia leader Mike Tice will do something to give us cause to drop our jaw in disbelief. I think the number of "What the F**k!" events will be lower than in seasons pasts...but it will happen nonetheless. It could be a red flag tossed 40-yards onto the field only to discover the right call was made, or no red flag being tossed when one should have been. It could be sticking with a running game against the #1 defense in the league against the rush.
Whatever the reason, we must prepare ourselves to prepare a compendium of insults and "not all there" comments in order to use in our various discussion threads and e-mails when discussing our guy. It will be therapeutic for the soul to use one. I'll get you started in this blog entry today. Feel free to leave your own by using the Comment feature found at the end of this entry.
1) Tice is a 20th century man... The guy has no future.
2) Tice is a barnacle on the Viking ship of progress.
3) Tice is a hop, skip, and jump from success, but to get there he'd have to give up chewing gum.
4) Tice has a mind as empty as the sleeping pill concession at a honeymoon hotel.
5) Tice cackles a lot, but I ain't seen no eggs yet.
6) Tice does the work of three men: Larry, Curly, and Moe.
7) Tice invented a pencil with an eraser on each end.
8) Tice has a one-way ticket on the Disoriented Express.
9) Tice has delusions of adequacy.
10) Tice has the offense floored in neutral.
11) Tice's team would follow him anywhere, but only out of curiosity.
12) In the pinball game of life, Tice's flippers were a little farther apart than most.
13) Tice's monorail doesn't go all the way to Tomorrowland.
14) Tice should go far -- and the sooner he starts, the better.
15) Tice wasn't strapped in during launch.
Getting Closer
Nothing like a Single Game Tickets Available announcement to wet the lips of anticipation, is there? Note: See new poll at left.
You may now return to your fireworks. You can find me out front. 140 bottle rockets (and counting) lit and blown up since Monday.
Posted by maasx003 at June 29, 2005 07:19 AM | TrackBackTypical Strib SNAFU.
Single game Tickets go on sale July 9, not 2nd. I confirmed this directly with Viking Ticket office. He's been getting several calls. Thinks maybe they don't know that "next Saturday" means the one after "this Saturday".
Posted by: Keyman at June 29, 2005 11:40 AMThanks for that update Keyman.
I don't know how the STrib stays in business. I can find errors (spelling, punctuation, facts, etc) in that rag every day. Every friggin'day.
Posted by: Brian Maas at June 29, 2005 12:56 PMBrian, if I didn't know better, i'd swear you didn't like Mike Tice. We're all entitled to our opinions, though. At the same time, he is our coach, & we need to stand behind him 100%. No matter who our coach is, i'll stand behind him. I would hope the rest of us do the same. You have a lot of 'pull' throughout the "Purple Faithful", & if we detect your lack of faith in our coach, some of us 'fans' will be be unmerciful towards Tice at the first hint of trouble. The entire team needs our 100% support.
Posted by: Jesse Manriquez at June 29, 2005 06:48 PMJesse, Jesse, Jesse...
Don't be silly. The Les Steckel "era" ought to have cured you of that syndrome already. We don't have to stand behind *anybody* 100%, if they are doing a bad job. Having said that, I like Bruno. He's definitely a breath of fresh air after The Sheriff, but you must admit he has a history of "Fulldeckism". My favorite is #11.
And I see the STrib has fixed the Ticket sale date. I cant' wait to get my tickets for the GB game on Oct. 31!! (Maybe I should check with the Ticket office again??)
Posted by: Keyman at June 30, 2005 08:21 AM