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Brought to you by Mr. Cheer or Die and the Vikes Geek, welcome to theNot much time to write today. But, I have installed the Mike Tice Job Performance Rating poll. You can see the poll for August off to the left. I would think Tice will come in as "favorable" for August. But then, is Tice starting to go off the deep end a little bit and we'll have to worry about photos like this appearing on the front of magazines in the future?
Tice has been going “Ditka” on the offensive line as of late. Maybe this coaching technique of wacky exercise drills and mocking will work. But will the national media consider it ”innovative” or just “plain wacky”? Where is Howie and Bradshaw when you need them?
Episode One took place earlier this week. Tice required his linemen to carry out their blocking regimen with their hands constrained by elastic straps to impose them to use appropriate blocking techniques. The players didn’t, and don’t, like it. Guard Chris Liwienski was quoted as saying, “I certainly hope it was a one-day thing."
Jump ahead a few days brings us to even stranger Episode Two. About halfway in the course of the Vikings' morning session, Tice stopped an offensive line drill, kicked out guard Adam Goldberg and called to a fan, a regular Joe, who was standing nearby.
Tice instructed this fan to take part as a stand-in during a no-contact drill. Goldberg responded by feigning to take his jersey off. Tice later referred to the episode as a "gag."
But one has to wonder how long the offensive line will put up with this type of behavior and go along with “the gag.”
So, it is time to start the Tice Job Approval rating. Each month I will post a new poll and provide a grid showing the previous history below so we can track his approval rating through the season. Take a moment to vote!
Oh, and I gave ol' Pencil Ear a Somewhat Approve.
Other News
Brad Johnson talks about his former team and coach.
Ty Law will not play Friday against the Vikings. Probably doesn't want to be caught on the Culpepper-Burleson highlight reel.
Re: the BBB story - They know Lake Minnetonka down in Tampa??
Not sure I like this quote (if it's accurate):
"This is the same system we ran here for my first seven years. It hasn't changed a lick, so it's old hat for me."
Two head coaches, three coordinators and forty-leven postions coaches and it's the same thing??
Keyman: I took it as the "system" as a reference to Mankato and training camp and not a reference to the offensive scheme. Reading it again, you may be right. However, I see that as a good thing. Last time BBB played for us was the '98 season and the Vikes set the NFL scoring record with 556 points! I'll take that again!
Posted by: Brian Maas at August 17, 2005 12:11 PMTice is playing mind games with the O-Line and your latest poll is on Punt and Kick returners. What about the punt and kick position? If there was one glaring issue in the first preseason game for me it was the fact that we still have no punter or a solid kicker. Its hard to have a great defense and hard to beat solid teams when youre never winning the field position battle.
Posted by: Geoff Beckstrom at August 17, 2005 06:29 PMSpeaking of crappy field position, isn't anywhere in the Metrodome crappy field position?
Posted by: Cheesehead Craig at August 18, 2005 02:17 PMCraig,
Get your shots in early, cause old man river won't give you much chance to make shots late.
Posted by: Geoff at August 19, 2005 01:30 PM