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Childress still talking about his ex-QB


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From ProFootballTalk.com

 

CHILDRESS ACTS LIKE A CHILD

 

You'd think that Vikings coach Brad Childress has better things to do.  The draft is less than a month away.  Minicamps are coming up.  Potential free agents are still floating around.

 

But yet Childress still has time to continue to pick at the scab on his butt otherwise known as Daunte Culpepper.

 

Although Childress previously has vowed that he was done talking about Culpepper, the rookie head coach can't help himself, it seems.  This time around, Childress is dissing Daunte's decision to rehab his shredded knee in a location that, in Brad's apparent view, isn't good enough for an NFL quarterback.

 

"He's rehabbing in a HealthSouth place in Orlando. . . .  I close my eyes.  I'm seeing a Chinese restaurant, a HealthSouth place, a laundromat.  Basically a strip mall that he's rehabbing himself at.  And I'm thinking, what did they have in there?  They had a StepMaster and some other things.  In other words, all the modalities we have in our training room, all the different things [he didn't have]. . . .  I just thought it would be better [to train in Minnesota]."

 

Childress said that, when trainer Eric Sugarman went to Florida in February to check out Culpepper's progress, the quarterback agreed to attempt some basic movement drills.  To do the drills, Culpepper led Sugarman out of the rehab facility -- and into the parking lot of a Wal-Mart.

 

"So you can understand where I'm coming from," Childress said.  "The Chinese restaurant, the laundromat, then he's in an alley, out the back door and into the Wal-Mart parking lot.  I'm like, 'What's wrong with this picture?' . . .  This is our franchise quarterback. . . .  Is he better served here in the fieldhouse or in the Wal-Mart parking lot?"

 

In our view, Childress is better served shutting his yap about Culpepper, and then sticking to his vow to do so.

 

But, you see, the problem could be that the Triangle of Authority is feeling more than a little nervous about the possibility that Culpepper will make them look like a Circlejerk of Fools for trading him away for a second-round pick in the April draft, and so Childress naturally feels compelled to continue to explain in March, April, May, and June the basis for a decision that could end up coming off as a very bad one come September, October, November, December, January, and/or February. 

 

Really, do you think it's a coincidence that Childress broke his promise to not say anything more about Culpepper the day after the NFL announced that Culpepper's new team will be playing in the national spotlight on the two biggest Thursdays of the league year?

 

We sure don't. 

 

And we also think there's a strong correlation between a man's ability to hold his tongue and his ability to lead others effectively.

 

But what, you ask, should Childress have done differently?  If, as it seems, Culpepper was making poor decisions about the process for rehabbing his surgically repaired knee, how should Childress have made it known?

 

The answer is easy, friends.  The coach, or others in the organization, should have leaked the information on an off-the-record basis to the media.  That way, the story would have gotten out, without Childress having to say another public word about the situation.

 

One last note on this.  Moving forward, Childress needs to keep in mind that Culpepper is now the property of another team.  Under league rules, Childress really shouldn't be saying anything at all about him.  So maybe the league office will do us all a favor and remind Brad that the time has come to zip his lip regarding the guy that he traded away.

 

 

Like I've said before, this dude is a donkey.

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He sounds like a tool. i rehabbed my knee at a healthsouth...we had a doctor's office and a carwash next door...fool. :D

 

He needs to get over it, he's acting like a rookie.

 

Childress' press conferences this year should be fun, he seems like he'll be throwing players under the bus. No need to ask questions, when this guy can't stop talking.

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::D  Slow news day apparently.  Nobody cares but you and PFT.

 

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Dunno, I read this in the Trib this morning and I have to wonder why the subject isn't simply closed by the Vikes. It serves no purpose to go on and on about it - it's like Childress is prodding Culpepper simply to see if he'll get annoyed and say something back.

 

I don't get it.

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The rest of the story

 

Hey Swiss, intrestingly enough PFT only printed part of the interview.... :D

 

Here is what they left out concerning Childress and C-Pep (from the St Paul Pioneer Press) :D

 

Moving on to Culpepper, Childress said he regretted recent remarks in which he compared the former Vikings quarterback with disruptive former Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens, who last week joined the Dallas Cowboys.

 

Childress left no doubt, though, that Culpepper's insistence on rehabilitating his knee injury in Florida was a big factor in the March 15 trade that sent him to Miami for a second-round draft choice.

 

"I probably didn't need to go on and make the analogy between Terrell and he," Childress said. "I just talked about what a quarterback means to your program, where his mind and heart should be, being in that city and working out when there are 55 other guys there working out. That's the guy that is going to be the focal point, and you're going to hang your hat there.

 

"There has to be a buy-in factor. The buy-in factor usually means coming to town, immersing yourself in the system and be there throwing and working with the guys, even though he's in rehab mode."

 

Culpepper tore three ligaments in his right knee during an Oct. 30 game at Carolina, and it was Childress' strong feeling that the quarterback should have been working out at the Vikings' facilities under the supervision of team trainers.

 

While I do concur that Childress should concentrate on his players, I did wnat to point out the article was very slanted against Childress. :D

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From ProFootballTalk.com

Like I've said before, this dude is a donkey.

 

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Typical classless Packer fan

 

 

Sorry, could not resist :D

 

I got to admit Childress is wearing a little thin on the whole Duante thing. Especially when after he was hired, he was quoted as saying that he would never play out team business in the media. :D

 

I am getting the feeling that the triangle of authority feels the need to justify the trade. All you really heard was Duante’s public email tirades and some speculation of what was really going on. Other than Favre, what quarterback would work out a major injury away from the team. :D

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Childress honestly has me concerned. He not only has been on about Culpepper but he also dumped on TO unlike Reid. Doesn't he have more to do than to beat a dead horse?

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Zygi did an interview with KFAN on 3/16. Up to that time, not one person from the Vikings front office had a news conference with local media, they denied all interview requests etc about Daunte Culpepper or the team in general. Barriero asked Zygi why they are not saying anything when Culpepper was the face on the franchise and now he is gone. Zygi answered it pretty good, but since then, Childress has done about 10 interviews with the local media in the last week and 1/2)...thanks Dan!!

 

He pissed Daunte handled the situation like a little whiny girlie...

 

Here is the interview: its at the 2 minute mark when Dan asked Zygi why the Vikings are shutting out the local media:

 

http://cctvimedia.clearchannel.com/kfan/zygi_031606_2.mp3

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