Why No Defensive Coordinator Yet?
It has been 10 days since Mike Tomlin was named head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Minnesota Vikings have yet to name a new defensive coordinator. This does not bode well for the two in-house candidates: Linebackers Coach Fred Pagac and Defensive Line Coach Karl Dunbar. They clearly are not the first choice of Vikings Coach Brad Childress.
The delay likely means that former Atlanta and Green Bay coordinator Ed Donatell, who was not retained on the staff of new Falcons coach Bobby Petrino, is also not at the top of the list. Similarly, Nebraska defensive coordinator Kevin Cosgrove would likely have been named new DC by now if he was under consideration although their is some speculation that Cosgrove would want to wait until after national collegiate signing day before leaving to avoid negatively impacting Cornhusker recruiting.
The delay strongly suggests that the Vikings are waiting to interview an assistant from this year’s Super Bowl teams, Chicago and Indianapolis. Both teams play a version of the Tampa-2 defense deployed by the Vikings last season. Bears Linebackers Coach Bob Babich stated yesterday that he has no interest in becoming the Vikings’ defensive coordinator. “I could care less about the Minnesota Vikings job.”
Other possible candidates include Bears defensive backs coach Steven Wilks and
Colts defensive backs coach Alan Williams.
Whoever it is they end up choosing Vikings fans hope the delay is part of a well thought out plan and not a continuation of the bungling which has characterized the Childress era so far with the Minnesota Vikings.
I hope whoever they get will be in good shape. Theres talent on the defensive side of this team. If i were the vikings the first thing i do is bring in a free agent de like a freeny someone who is disruptive i know theres a free agent market for de. Second i would go after a wr like a guinn jr or if not see what out there in the market which i doubt theres anything this year. Third i would ask mr wilf to take childress play callling away and hire a good ofc who knows how to attack a defense. Fourth buy out childress contract and look for a new head coach(ron rivera, wade philips eg) This man has no clue. Vikings are in need of a new stadium. Winning and ticket sales are vital to the sucess of this goal.
KARL DUNBAR HANDS DOWN SHOULD BE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE TALENT AND FOOTBALL WISDOM WHILE YOU HAVE IT. THERE WILL BE OTHER TEAMS WILLING TO CAPITOLIZE OFF OF YOUR MISTAKES. WORDS OF WISDOM COACH CHILDRESS!!!!!!!!