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Updated: Oct. 5, 2005, 10:53 AM ET
Vikings owner says Tice's job as coach is safeDaunte Culpepper's knee is hurting, Randy Moss is in Oakland and the Vikings are sputtering. Still, coach Mike Tice's job as head coach appears to be safe.
Owner Zygi Wilf told the Minneapolis Star Tribune that Tice won't be fired during the season, no matter how much the team struggles.
"I'm backing our coach 100 percent," Wilf told the newspaper. "I'm going to do whatever is necessary to give him whatever help he needs to improve our team. I don't know if he's always gotten that. He's our coach for this season, as we have said many times before. So that's the situation, and my message is: 'Let's go try to win our division.'"
Though the Vikings are just 1-3 in 2005, they are only a half-game out of first-place in the NFC North, where the Bears and Lions, both 1-2, share the division lead.
Tice was more than an hour late to his scheduled press conference with the media on Monday, leading some to whisper about whether or not Wilf had decided to fire him on the spot.
Once he did emerge from a team meeting, a sullen Tice was forthright and blunt -- knowing that a 1-3 start, which includes being outscored 67-18 in two losses on the road, has fans calling for his ouster.
"That goes with losing," Tice said. "If I am not doing my job, then they should call for my head. Right now, I'm not doing my job because we are 1-3. I need to continue to work to do my job better. ... I believe when all is said and done and evaluated at the end, I will have done my job. Right now, it is hard to say I am doing my job when we are 1-3."
However, Wilf said he is sticking with Tice as his coach for this season at least.
"Our coaching situation is something we'll discuss at the end of the year," Wilf told the Star Tribune. "Right now, all we're trying to address is how we're going to win our division. We're getting together over the weekend partly for that purpose. We have had plans to have a lot of discussion relating to our long-term goals as an organization, but we're also going to talk about how we can improve the team right now. We're all working together on that."
A big reason for the Vikings' struggles has been the play of Culpepper, who has thrown just four touchdown passes and 10 interceptions in four games, a year removed from tossing 39 touchdown passes with just 11 interceptions. Culpepper revealed that he has been playing with a sprained medial collateral ligament and bursitis in his right knee this week.
And Moss, who had been the Vikings' most dangerous offensive weapon in seasons past, was traded to the Raiders in the offseason, leaving Culpepper without his favorite target.
Tice has a 24-29 record as the Vikings' head coach and led Minnesota to a 1-1 mark in the 2004 playoffs.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
FUCK!!!!!!!!
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what the fuck is this shit.
son of a bitch
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Time will tell about the NFC North and history is not on the side of the Vikings.
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99slowGSX wrote:
I will bet you a case of beer that you owe me that we will win against the cheeseheads.........
Lambeau or Homo Humphrey Stadium? -
OK it's a deal.
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Favre really sucking it up today.;)
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Defense is just horrid too.
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No kidding! Allowing 3 points, WTF is wrong with them???
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52-3 hahahahaah Fuck yeah
R.I.P 1QK_PNY:icon_salut:
Current Ride-1983 Mustang GT T-top. 03 GSXR 750.
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Brett Favre's time has definitely passed him by.
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Let's see how many MVP's Big Ben gets in his NFL career.
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