Mike Zimmer has always seemed like a guy who was a straight shooter.
He was let go after a disappointing 2021 when the Vikes went 8-9.
I assumed it was pretty understood by Zimmer that he had run his course there.
SOURCE- Zimmer was crushed.
The rare coaching lifer who had never been fired.
They asked me if I wanted to address the team, he says.
And I said, Hell, no.
They got me fired!
I didnt know I was supposed to go to HR and sign out or whatever.
No one told me.
I just got all my stuff, got in my truck, and left.
I can tell you Ive not watched one Minnesota game since.
Like I said, Zimmer was always a straight shooter.
Zimmer getting hired by the Cowboys seems like an odd move on paper.
Zimmer is 68 and hasn’t been in the NFL since being let go in 2021.
Rumor has it that this is a Jerry Jones decision.
Zimmer was defensive coordinator with the Cowboys from 2000-06.
But that’s a long time ago.
There are people reading this blog that were born during that era.
Zimmer was there for only the first pick.
When he picked Mond, I walked out of the room, Zimmer says.
I left the building.
I didnt even talk to him on the phone.
The two spoke the next morning.
Rick said, You mad at me?
Only Jones, with four career starts, is still a Viking.
Mond, Surratt and Davis have zero starts.
I saw him every day in practice.
Maybe I was omniscient or something.
He played three NFL snaps and two were bad.
He did also take Christian Darrisaw in that first round and he’s been pretty good.
The year before, Spielman took Justin Jefferson!
Spielman is also the guy that hired Zimmer.
That seems so petty by Zimmer.
Spielman was a decent GM the entire time Zimmer was HC.
Not every draft pick is going to be great.
To not talk to someone years later who made an honest mistake is shitty.
I always appreciate anyone in sports who doesn’t speak in lame ESPN-built cliches.
It’s refreshing and fun to see someone just go off.
But here Zimmer seems needlessly vindictive.
I can certainly understand why that would make anyone bitter.
But it can also give you perspective.
Life can be cruel.
